Family Photos

A friend of ours took some pictures of Ally and the family for us. They came out really well. Enjoy.

 Typical two year old, wel typical of my son

 Hockey fighting Daddy

Can't believe it's been a month

I can't believe that my baby girl is already a month old. She is doing great, at her one month check up she was 22 inches long (grew 2 inches since birth) and weighs 10 lbs 9 oz. She is eating well and starting to smile, which we love to see. Ally is quite the sleeper too, last night we did a 5 hour stretch, I'm hoping this continues. Matt loves his baby sister and is such a big help. Enjoy the pictures there are a lot of them, hard to pick sometimes.

So excited to be one month old

 Ally's first trip to the zoo, the weather has been wonderful so we just had to get out of the house

 All smiles

 At her one month check-up, Matt decided that he needed to take off his clothes too to match Ally

 Matt had his first trip to the dentist, he did great

 Me and my baby girl

 Our escape artist, "I'm free Mommy"

 Our little goalie, still all hockey all the time

Introducing our newest addition

Brian was out of town in North Carolina from February 23rd to February 29th. I was off of work and trying my best to rest. My dad arrived on Tuesday February 28th and we were planning on hanging out for a few days before baby Ally was scheduled to come. However Ally had different plans (imagine that).

On Wednesday morning I woke up with slight spotting, I was scheduled to see the doctor for my 39 week check up so I packed my bags because I was nervous he was going to make me go to the hospital. Brian's flight got in at 8:30am and he headed to work to get some stuff done. My doctor's appointment went fine, spotting was normal and unless I had contractions I was okay. So my dad, Matt, and I headed to meet Brian for lunch. We enjoyed lunch and then came back home to put Matt down for a nap. Brian decided to take a shower and so I laid down to take a nap on the couch. I could finally breathe a sigh of relief that my hubby was home and Ally was still in my belly, well that sigh of relief happened at the same time that my water broke. I quickly got Brian and we headed to the hospital. I was starting to have contractions as well. When we got to the hospital and they realized that I had eaten lunch they told me we needed to wait a while until they would do a c-section. So they monitored me and got me all set-up. At 7:15pm I was prepped and ready to go. Our family was all here and waiting and baby Ally made her debut at 7:30pm. Everything went smoothly and mom and baby did great.

39 1/2 weeks pregnant, in the parking lot of the hospital

Big brother ready to go

Our last picture as a family of three

Allyson Marie Gardner

9 lbs 20.25 inches

7:30pm 2.29.12

My mom would have been so proud, Ally is named after my mom, Kim Marie.

Our first photo as a family of four

 Papa and YaYa Gardner  

My hubby and our kiddos

 Papa Soeder got to hold Ally right away. And has been such a big help with Matt these last few days. Thank Dad, I love you.

At the Hospital

We were in the hospital from Wednesday to Sunday to allow for me to recover a bit from the c-section. Matt was such a trouper since he spent most of his days playing in my hospital room with a crazy nap schedule and heading home at night without mommy and daddy. He did very well and loved showing off his baby sister when people came to visit.

Getting to hold Ally in our room

 Papa Soeder and Ally

 His baby sister is already wearing him out

 I just love his face in the photo... here are my three wonderful gifts from the Lord. I am truly blessed.

 Such a proud big brother

 Isn't it funny how most of these photos are taken in My hospital bed, but I am not in it. Every time I got up I think someone else jumped in. Apparently my boys needed a nap.

 Matt showing off Ally to Blake and Aiden

 Papa and YaYa Gardner

 My beautiful children

 So in love with them

 Our family of four

 Great Papa Brawley enjoying Ally

 Nana was in the same hospital as us and God allowed her to hang on so that she could hold her 12th great-grandchild. This was the last time Nana smiled and had her eyes open. She went to be with Jesus on Monday March 5th (on her 75th birthday). We love you Nana.

 Four generations... Nana, Nancy, Brian, Matt and Ally

 Our little angel