Addilyn Kristine Covington

Born April 18th 6lbs 9 oz 19 inches long

Addi was so much fun the first week and a half. I loved being a mom and I felt great about being able to handle it all. I had the house cleaned every day. I was fine with both kids while Ben was at work. I even had us all bathed and ready by 10 a.m. every morning. I felt so connected to her and was so grateful it seemed so different from Greyson's first few months.

However. . . a few days ago she started with the acid reflux and collic. Here we go again. It felt like postpartum hit within a day. I got her into the doctors and we got her some medication for the reflux and now we are pulling out all our old tricks to deal with collic. Needless to say with the reflux she wouldn't let me set her down and I started to feel so trapped. After an emotional day and night I feel a little more normal; after all I know this passes. We just know it will be a few long months ahead.

At the doctors appt Addi was already at 7lbs 14oz at two weeks old she's gained almost a pound and a 1/2 over her birth weight. What a girl. At least she is a much better eater then Greyson was.

She is beautiful and we are grateful to have her bless our home.

The power of a book. . .

I remember seeing the Bruno's kids beds and laughing at the mounds of books spread across them. My child is no different. If I clean out his crib he doesn't sleep well. He gets excited to go to bed because he gets to look through his books for as long as he wants without interuption. We've started having to go down at 10:30 or 11:00 at night and turn off his lamp and shut the door with only a little hall light on so that he will finally just lay down and sleep. He never fusses you can just hear him on the monitor reading his version of the book.

I went to a Jazz game the other night and when I got home Greyson's door was wide open so I went in to say goodnight. This was what I found, so ADORABLE!

We all need time in Nature

We went to the family cabins in Payson this weekend. It

was so relaxing.

A dirt covered face, the best sign your child is having fun outdoors!

You would think we need to be taught child labor laws but Greyson just wanted to "putter" with Daddy. Ben raked up leaves and Greyson was so excited to help. He picked up piles and helped haul them off the decks, he also had a broom and helped sweep. It was so cute. We tried to get him to play with a ball or sticks but he wanted to make sure all the leaves were taken care of first.

Me finally reading a book on hypno-birthing. It's about time since I'm due in 20 something days.

Ben and Greyson swinging

We spent almost an hour throwing rocks into water. There is something so soothing about it and Greyson loved it.

One Tuckered Child

I really shouldn't be allowed to go out at this size!

**For those that want an update I went to the doctors this week and blood pressure and everything was fine. I even lost a few lbs! So apparently I'm still good for another few weeks. It relieved a lot of pressure to know I might be saved from bed rest. Life is good.

I can't believe I'm actually posting this but here I am about to pop!

You know you feel big but when you see it in a picture it's a little scary.

This is the hardware ranch in Logan, UT

You ride sleighs out in the middle of a herd of Elk

They had about 450 there today. This one was catching

up on some rest. Greyson was terrified of the horses but

seemed unaffected by the elk.

What are you looking at?

As if you don't feel big enough when you're this pregnant. . .

check out the sign above the girls bathroom.

We drug Collin and Michon along with us. They are so photogenic it's not fair but we love them anyway.

Last week Greyson and I also went with Brenda and Reagan to the Aquarium. It's one of my favorite places to go because it's small and we can be in and out in an hour. It's also cheap and only 10 minutes from the house, you can't beat that for entertainment.

Brenda and I talked a couple of weeks ago and realized that both of us are really lonely and don't feel like we have many friends. I think sometimes you get in these ruts and don't realize that other people feel the same. Anyway I'm going to drag her with me this summer as I find ways to get out of the house she may wish she'd never told me that.

Not Again!

Ugh so I just got back from the doctors office today. Apparently my blood pressure is really high. It caught me off-guard because it has been so low this pregnancy and we haven't had any problems. With Greyson I was already on bed rest at this time. Anyway I've been feeling really sick lately and as the Doctor went through the symptoms -yep- I have them all. Anyway I have to take it easy this week and then start going every week to see if I'll end up on bed rest again. They apparently won't do medicine here they will just induce you early because that's the surefire fix. So now I have a horrible headache and I don't know if it's from the blood pressure or from the stress that now I have something to worry about! She seems really healthy and is due in 6 weeks so I figure I've just got to keep her in there for another 4 and then she should be healthy. Have I mentioned I hate being pregnant? (ok I'm really excited to have this baby but I really wasn't meant to birth children- my body rebels)

Not a date but a memory

Ben and I have been talking about why we don't seem to date much. I think it's because to us dinner and a movie isn't that fun. It's just a lot of money spent but not the greatest time spent together. We realized this weekend that our favorite dates are ones that create memories. This Christmas I gave Ben a date for every month of the year. January's was cancelled because we were in Oregon so we did two in February.

The first was a jazz game. One of my favorite things to do. We had great seats given to us by Ben's work and my brother watched Greyson as part of his Christmas gift to us so it was a pretty cheap date but what a memory.


The next date was this past weekend we spent the day bumming around Park City then we went to Stillman Ranch. There we went for a romantic sleigh ride and then went to a lodge for an incredible dinner. We sat with two other couples that we really got along with and we visited and ate until we could hardly move. The whole time we were being serenaded by a man playing guitar and singing. It was such an incredible afternoon. At the end of the evening the man playing guitar dedicated the John Mayer song "her body is a wonderland" to one of the couples with us celebrating their anniversary. We all got up and danced and I sang a few different words in Ben's ears. After all being this pregnant my body really is a wonderland (ha ha). Afterwards we drove to Payson to pick up Greyson and ended up playing games with my parents until midnight. We've so missed having freinds that like to stay up late and play. It was such a fun day and will always be a memory.

We tried potty training two days of living in the bathroom and then all of a sudden he doesn't want anything to do with it. I guess they say not to push so it's on hold again for another month. Any advice would be welcomed.

Where has the time gone?

I just realized the last time I took a picture of Greyson was before Thanksgiving. Yes I'm a great Mom. Anyway we had a fun day hanging out at home and going to the park so I opted to take a few pics. Life is good.