Our little ladybug Ryley J joined our family on May 4th at 7:29 that morning at Lakeview Hopsital... She came into this world with a full head of hair (that no one could believe) and mommy was glad that her heartburn wasn't for nothing !!! She weighed 5 lbs 13 oz with was a whole pound more than her big brother who weighed 4 lbs 9 oz... The most memorable thing for me was actually hearing her first cries... With Hayden he was taken to the NICU so quickly to stablize him with his birth defect that I never heard those first amazing minutes of a newborns life, it still makes me sad to this day...
Miss Ryley's back story
While my dad was still living he had always said that he hoped that I would have a little girl just like me... Even before I was pregnant with Hayden he had told me this... Now once Hayden was on his way and his story began you kinda forget the small stuff of boy v.s girl and at that point you hope for health... Hayden (once here) became Grandpa's "little buddy" and the rest is history... Tony and I are firm believers in everything has reason for happening... Between the choices we made with Hayden and my dads passing we believe Miss Ryley was meant to join our family... Grandpa just had to meet "my little girl" before the rest of us
Jump to this past September... Thats when Tony and I found out we were pregnant... Little Miss caused me greif from the git go... I was sick the whole time and I had Sciatic issues... She "kicked my butt" as Tony said the enitre pregancy... Now we were high risk only because of big brother so we had a few extra appointments and ultrasounds but once we were free and clear of any issues they let us be..
In November our 1st ultrasound was coming up to see if she would be like her brother or not. So being nervous as we were my amazing Doctor said go play at Fetal Foto and see if they can tell you if its a boy or girl just to take our minds off of the other appt... So we did... November 17 the 3 of us went there and the tech (after 45 minutes and continually telling us this baby is stubborn) she finally said "There it is you guys, we got the picture finally. We have the feet kicked up, that bum pulled up we've got 1-2-3 little lines THATS A GIRL, thats a sister and she is a stubborn little girl !!! Tony and I looked at each other in shock...
Now the story with the ladybugs... From the moment I found out I was pregnant I started seeing ladybugs in the house which had never happened before where we live... Even outside they would randomly just land on me or even sit next to me while I worked in the yard... So once the ultrasound tech said it was a girl we took all those past ladybugs as a sign and the ladybug frenzy began...
So here we are June 7th Ryley is a month and 3 days old and just so much fun already... She is a momma's girl, though she has daddy wrapped around her finger... Big brother Hayden is awesome with her.. The only problem I have with him is he constantly wants to hold, hug and kiss her... (Not a bad problem to have I must say) She's an eater in fact Hayden has knicked named her Chunkafooey only because shes filling out her little cheeks and newly double chin and legs... She loves to lay with Mommy all the time which limits me from doing things around the house but I don't mind only because I know how fast this will all end and before I know it she'll be 5 heading to "big girl" school just like her brother is this fall... She grunts like a like a little billy goat ALL THE TIME even at night which makes it hard for mommy to sleep with all the wracket :) 3 hrs comes fast when you are sleepy ( which is our sleep schedule at night)
I am blessed beyond words of my family... She has completed our little Tanner puzzle and I look forward to our new life as 4...
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