The Knott Hole

Sunday, July 10, 2011

More pics

GG and Gisele

My Grandparents with Gisele.

Bonita Frances and Gisele Frances

Big Brother holding his "Bittle" sister (a combo of baby and little)

I think she was hungry....

Snuggling with daddy on the couch

Saturday, July 9, 2011

Heading Home!

Going home was a little different this time! It was nice and warm outside and we had a little excitement leaving the hospital!

My milk came in right at 5, so I fed her before she had her PKU test at 5:45 allowing us to leave. When she came back from the test she had spit up a little bit of blood. We determined it was from my feeding her and she got a little "too excited" so to speak about eating.

Big Bro checking her out to make sure she was good!

Showing Gisele her new crib and room.

Sweet kisses for Mommy! He finally warmed back up to me. We figured he knew the day I was in labor that something was going on. And in the hospital he just didn't like seeing me on the bed.

It's a GIRL!

Shocked Mama of her new baby Girl Gisele

Big Bro Xavier already giving kisses

He didn't want any part of me before delivery or even after really. Must have been the hospital bed.....

GG and Little G

Aunt Sha

April came to see us before she headed out for the 4th weekend! Thanks April! :)

Opa and G. He loves his little girls :)

Grandi and Pops

Aunt Be-Be

More kisses! And saying bye bye.

Smitten Daddy!

Family pic

Sweet Gisele after birth. Her Angelina Jolie lips went away by the next day! :)

Gisele Frances Knott was born at 5:45, June 30, 2011. She weighed in at 8 pounds 14 ounces and 21.25 inches long. (she was 7 ounces more than Xavier at birth)

Tuesday, June 21, 2011

38 Weeks

38 weeks with #2

38 weeks with X

Please excuse the completely tired look of the top picture! Holy cow, pictures really do speak a 1000 words! In my defense it was at the end of the day on Sunday!

I think I look pretty similar.......maybe a little more out there or pointier now and rounder with X.

I don't know but the good news is if he or she doesn't want to come out on their own this time he or she will be here on Wednesday July 6th, 2011 at some point. So 2 weeks and counting!!!

I am already 2 cm dilated and 50% effaced though which my Doc says is a good thing. Considering it took 12 hours of Cervadil and extra night in the hospital to get to this point with X, I consider this progress! Yesterday I was a little NQR (not quite right) but it poured down rain all morning and X and I never got out of our JJ's. I did do some nesting and resting though so that could have added to my fatigue feeling all day. I had some different "pains" last night but not contractions. I am ready to be done using the potty every 2 hours though, that is FOR SURE!!! I think I buy a 12 pack of toilet paper every week at the store.......

Xavier knows there is a baby in the beanie/belly. But I am not really sure he fully understands the concept just yet. It will be interesting to say the least what happens when Baby arrives!

Xavier has also been sleeping in his big boy bed for a week now! It has been a slow transition and of course I have to start back over with getting him to go to sleep on his own again....I have laid down with him each night until he falls asleep. He wakes at various times each time and I usually just run in there and lay back down with him for a few minutes and he is out. I have a feeling I am going to need a gate at his door to keep in his room once I start letting him go to sleep on his own, which needs to be asap! :)

Okay, we have a fun day ahead of us with GG, Sha, Caden and Chloe!

Happy Fathers Day

Caden and Chloe asleep on the couch at Sha's

Xavier thought it was fun to watch them sleep. He was quiet for a few minutes! :)

Little Miss Entertainer! She could see me through her shirt so she thought it was hilarious to walk around with her shirt over her head. Needless to say the neck is pretty much stretched! Good thing its Polo, it will probably shrink back to normal!

Unfortunately I didn't get any pictures of dad on Fathers Day! Oops!

It was a pretty lazy day until we went to Aunt Sha's house and the boys all played golf. Jake and I slept in until 9:30 and X slept until 10! Cleaned up around the house from the party and stayed in due to the rain!

I hope everyone had a Happy Fathers Day!

Happy Belated to my wonderful husband and almost Father to 2! We love you!

And Happy Belated to my Father-Opa! :)

Monday, June 20, 2011

Happy 40th Anniversary Grandi and Pops!

The Bickerson's-Pop's running/workout group

(Billy Bob, Hardcore, Coach, The Mayor, The Pope)

Grandi and X

X was exceptional all night!!!

The Cluck-Cluck's

Grandi's school friends

Pop's gift from the kids. A HOT PINK Javelin!!

Nancy (MOH), Pops, Grandi and Yellow-Dog (Best Man)

Uncle Walt, Aunt Shady, Uncle Jim, Aunt Manny, Grandi and Pops

(Jim and Manny are Grandi's brother and sister. Really it is Aunt Maggi, but X calls her Manny!)

Nancy and Grandi

Be-Be, Ya-Ya, Pops, Grandi, X, Me and Jake

Be-Be "borrowed" the wedding album and scanned in some pics. I had them printed at a local camera shop and made a little collage.

Grandi was such a Beautiful bride! Aunt Manny STILL had her Bridesmaid dress from the wedding and made Grandi a pillow out of her dress. She also used buttons from their Mom's dress she wore to the wedding.

Even though Grandi and Pops showed up to the party 30 minutes early, I think they were still surprised!

We are so thankful to the many friends and family who could make it to the party and I know G and P appreciate it too. We had the MOH from Texas, BM from St Louis, lots of Lafayette and Peru friends and family from Bloomington and Valpo.

Happy 40th Grandi and Pops! Here is to many more years!!!!!