22 months and 4 weeks

We have survived the first month!!!! We are finally getting into some routine thank goodness. I cut out milk from my diet, that has helped with Lindsey's colic, we still have bad days but for the most part it is better. She is just a lot more demanding then Maya ever was, when she is hungry she is hungry now and you better have her to the food or she screams. She also hates wet diapers and will scream and scream until you get it off. She is doing really well at night and I am only having to get up once a night. When Lindsey isn't having stomach issues she is really alert and wants to see things and learn things.

Maya is doing good, she has had a hard time with the new adjustment. She loves her sister and loves to show her to people. She is having a problem with Mommy not being able to spend as much time with her and to play with her. Day by day this is getting easier but will take some time. It helps so much that she has Grandma and Grandpa here to help and to take her places. These little trips make her feel special and she really looks forward to them. If it wasn't for my mom and dad I don't know how I would be getting anything done!! It always seems that God puts us in the right place at the right time. Maya's new favorite game is to find letters, we have all the letters on the refrigerator and I will ask her Maya go find me an A, she will go look for it and then run back with the A! This is a life saving game when I am nursing Lindsey! Tonight we went to the grocery store and she said to me Mommy I see a M. I said you see a M and she said yeah right there. Here she saw the sign that said County Market and she recognized the M, I was really excited that she is applying her knowledge outside our house and is actually understanding what her letters are!

Daddy and Maya playing with stickers

We went to a fall festival and they had a petting zoo, Maya loved the rabbits and the chicks!



Lindsey resting with Daddy

Happy sister Maya
Maya loves to hold Lindsey and she does a really good job at it. Lindsey loves when Maya sings to her and sometimes it will calm her down.
My two girls I am so glad Maya and Lindsey have a sister, sisters are the best thing in the world.

Lindsey's first bath

Maya plays your it game and your coping me but listen to the end of the video it is funny!

Colic, Fifth Disease, stomach flu

we are getting adjusted to life with two children and it is not easy on anyone. It really has been more difficult because we are dealing with illnesses in our house. Someone has been sick in the house since we brought Lindsey home. Maya we think was sick with something called Fifth disease, it sounds a lot worse then it is. It is a rash that goes away somewhat like chicken pocks. Then my mom got the same thing, then Josiah had the stomach flu and to top it off with think Lindsey is colicky, we hope that she is colicky because otherwise something is wrong. If she isn't sleeping she is screaming. We are giving homeopathic remedies and I cut milk out of my diet these two things seem to be helping.
Everyone is growing and doing well otherwise. The studio has been really busy so we haven't seen much of Josiah, it is a good thing to be busy but we do miss him around the house! We have our Grand Opening this next weekend so things will be busy with that!
Tomorrow we will be going to a festival here in town with a petting zoo and other fun things so I hope to get some pics posted then!!
here is a fun video, I have the best husband ever, he knows that I love these cakes from County Market, so he went and picked one up and then him and Maya decorated the cake. They drew a picture of Maya and Lindsey and then gave it to me for the birth of Lindsey. You can tell I am crying in the video by my voice. It really meant a lot to me!

Welcome to our family

Lindsey Rae Groth has arrived!! She is 7lbs 12.1oz and 19 inches long. She came out screaming and looking for milk just like her sister, other then that she is completely different then Maya! Our labor story is quite funny so I will tell the story below.

My water broke around 5:30pm on the 31st of August, I was not sure that it actually broke or was leaking, so I didn't think much of it and we continued on with our day. We had a photo shoot to get some belly shots on that same day at 6pm and we debated if we should go or not. We decided I was not contracting and that we would go get the pictures taken because I was such a slacker and didn't take pictures of myself this pregnancy. The photo shoot went well a little uncomfortable for me but we are excited to see the pictures. We came home around 7:30 and by 8:00 I told Josiah I needed to go lay down on the couch and just be alone for a while. The hard contractions started at 10:30, Josiah was sleeping and I wanted to give him as much sleep as possible so I didn't wake him up. Then at 11:30 I had to wake him up because they were getting really bad. This labor was different from Maya's because I had back labor with Maya and if anyone has every had back labor it is 100 times more intense then front labor. With Lindsey I had all front labor so even though it was intense it was not near as bad as the back labor. Because of this it was hard to tell how far along I was. My sister just happened to be visiting for the Holiday which turned out great because she is the one that we wanted with us through the whole thing. My mom came downstairs around 11:45 or so and started rubbing my back. This is funny because all through the pregnancy she is the one person I thought I didn't want there because I thought her energy would be nervous but when she came down I relaxed immediately and she just new what to do. So now it is my sister, Josiah, mom and me contracting away. By 12:45 I was telling them you know I think we should go to the hospital because I am feeling a lot of pressure. Josiah and I did not want to go to the hospital early, we did not want drugs or intervention. I finally said we need to go now, it felt like it took everyone forever to get into the cars but we got in and moving. My sister drove and got us from our house to the hospital in 18min flat. The trip usually take 30 min she was driving 70 and ran a red light(she stopped and looked and then went through). While in the car I told Josiah I have to push, I really thought he was going to have to deliver the baby in the car, so did he. I got the contractions under control (the power of your mind is amazing) and we made it to the ER. I stepped out of the car and had a really big contraction and told Josiah I have to push get me there now. A lady came running out saying is she pushing, Josiah said yes, the women said get her in the wheelchair NOW. She literally ran from the ER to the delivery room. I got out of the wheelchair, threw my pants off and said to the nurse I am pushing, she said hurry and get on the bed!! She then ran outside of the room and yelled someone get in here now. It just happened that the Dr. was at the front desk and came running to the room. They told me later that they had looked at my chart and it said with Maya I had been in labor for 52 hours so they thought I would come in and have a little while left before the birth. So the Dr. comes running in and says yep the head is right there. Try not to push so we can get things ready. If any women has been told this you know how pain full and hard it is not to push. We chuckled at the nurse because she looked at me and said I have two gloves on if you have to push push! Seven pushes and we meet our beautiful daughter. We were all shocked because everyone in the family thought it was a boy, but I am so happy that Maya now has a sister. There is nothing better being a women and having a sister! I also was excited we can reuse all our clothes!!!

Lindsey so far is completely opposite of Maya. Lindsey loves to be swaddled and massaged!! She also needed a pacifier which Maya would not take. She is a great sleeper so far and is really good at letting me put her down in her bassinet. We hope all these things keep going. My family has been a great support and I don't know what we would do without them. I am still exhausted but am slowly catching up on sleep. Josiah and I feel so blessed to have two perfect, healthy, happy daughters!!! Here are some pictures I hope you enjoy!

Welcome to the world!!

The first meeting, I missed Maya so much I couln't wait to see her!

Three generations



Another cousin


minutes after delivery

Aunt Mary minutes after delivery! She and my mom were there throw the whole thing, they were GREAT!!!
Maya the big sister, she loves to hold Lindsey
A snuggle for my oldest.
Our happy family