Delilah loving her sister

First night home, we are so glad to not have to be in the hospital any more!

Delilah is holding baby sister for the first time, she loves Jaylee which is good, she is always wanting to kiss on her and hold her all the time. We sometimes have to keep her in check with being soft with baby sister, and being soft with Mommy since I am not able to do to much yet. If you can see Delilah is rocking her new princess shoes, a gift from mommy since she is turning into a big girl.

Jaylee Coraline Merkley joined our family 3/1/2011 at 8:45 am she was 7 pounds 13 ounces, and 20 inches long. I had her c-section, this time by choice. The nurses and Dr.'s at Banner Ironwood were amazing, I had two that were especially amazing, the nursery nurse who noticed I was having an anxiety attack before Jared got in the room and she talked me through everything until he came in and the Anesthesiologist he kept talking to me the whole time, checking on me to see if I was ok, and after Jared left he stayed close by my side to make sure I was doing ok, and kept telling me I was doing a great job. I figured since I did it once before it should be easy, but going into that room without Jared and having all these strange people in the room gets a little scary. Jaylee came into the world very feisty was upset when the nurses would touch her, Jared thought it was pretty funny. Then they finally brought her over to me, and I started talking to her and she opened her eyes to look at me. Jared and the nurse said that was the first time she opened them, once she heard my voice. The only thing that I was thinking was this is for sure a Merkley baby, I think she looked a lot like Delilah and a lot like her cousins when they were babies.

Hopefully this can fill you in on what has been going on in our crazy little life :)

Just when I thought Delilah was done dressing like a crazy girl, she wakes up and feels that she needs her Tutu skirt on, scarf, hat, and you can't see but her mittens on also! She is so proud of herself when she picks out her stuff! We have been working on getting her pants and shirts, but not all this! The other day we went to the store, and she felt that she needed to wear the same skirt over her jeans. Sometimes it is not worth the fight, so I am fine with looking like a crazy parent. But for those who have kids out there, they full know what I am going through!

We put the candy on top of the fridge at Grandma Merkley's house, well that doesn't stop Delilah, she knows where it is at and thinks she needs it! She is smiling now, wait till I tell her no, then she is one mad little girl!

We went to Payson, Jared, Delilah & I and had one interesting vacation! Sometime I think staying home should be the way to go. We got up there Friday and everything was good, then the night came. We all went to sleep around 9, and I woke up at 11pm with bad heart burn, and indegestion that lasted till 12:30 am, then back to sleep. Then at 2 am I woke up to go to the bathroom and got a bloody nose that lasted till 4 am. Finally it stopped and I went to get back in bed and Delilah was awake, I asked her what she was doing and she said "Shhh daddy sleeping" I woke Jared at that time, talking about switching beds and he said Delilah was fine. We were so wrong, she then started throwing up! Yes that is right! So we were then up till 5:30 am with all that. Jared finally took the chair and slept in the bathroom with Delilah till a little after 6. When he came into the room, and layed with bed with her propped up and I fell asleep till 7:30 when we all woke up. What a trip! We then got up and got went to Walgreens - gotta love that they are everywhere!!! Then things started to turn for the better, we went up to the snow and played a little and then later we had dinner with Jared's cousin and his family. They have a litte boy about 8 days younger then Delilah and they were playing - not very well together. They started to fight over a toy, and the little boy slapped Delilah across the face! He left a hand print, for a good 30 minutes. Talk about a crappy trip! It was great to be together as a family, but wow what the heck was going on with our time. Needless to say we got great sleep Sunday night, and were glad to be home Sunday!

Wow it has been awhile since I have updated Delilah's blog! Christmas was amazing this year, Delilah had so much fun opening things, and she understands that Santa says "Ho, Ho, Ho" That is all she gets. This year Santa brought her a Kitchen set, which she loves! She has made Jared and I many taste meals since she has had it. If you notice in the picture the yellow sheet in her hand, well that is her ticket. She would not put it down! We watched the Polar Express, and since then, she needs her ticket. We had major issues when she lost it. Now they are on the fridge, in a safe place!