Cool Blog

Hey blog friends, just wanted to share a really awesome new blog with you ~ www.jillsinklier.com. Most of you local girls will know Jill as Cory Sinklier's (the amazing photographer) wife. I think you will all enjoy reading her blog. She is hoping to get her blog out, so feel free to pass on the her website!!!

PS I will update my blog as soon as I find my camera cable.....

2 is the funnest number.....

I can hardly believe that my little boy could possibly be 2 already!

Last Friday we celebrated Casen's birthday with a Handy Manny party with inflatables to play on. Although I was very disappointed in the venue, the kids seemed to have fun and Casen had a great time!!!! He has been singing Happy Birthday to himself ever since!!!!

The Waiting is Over.....

On July 15th at 4:05 pm we finally met our precious little girl. Ashtyn Montgomery Potter was born weighing in at 6lbs 11oz and was 20 1/2 inches long, with a full head of dark hair!!! She is absolutely precious and we can't get enough of her!!!! Chance is adjusting to the pink and the bows and the ruffles and the look he has in his eyes when he looks at her is just amazing!!! Is he already wrapped around her little bitty finger....... well......... you might just have to ask Ashtyn!!! Rayden and Casen left from the hospital after seeing Ashtyn to Ruidoso with my mom so they haven't had a chance to see what life with a new baby sister is like! I am sure it will be a wonderful, chaotic mess when they get home. We are trying not to let Ashtyn get used to all the quiet because that is one thing it will NOT be when the boys get home!!!!

The boys had their big brother shirts, their big brother buttons, and they could hardly wait for for Sister to get here!

Casen fell asleep in the delivery room waiting....

And after what seemed like forever, she finally arrived!

And it was love at first sight.

Rayden was so anxious to give her the bear he had picked out for her

Casen came in the room and exclaimed "MY baby, I hold my baby"!!

She wore her camo for daddy....

And her hair is a little crazy.....

But mostly she is just PRECIOUS!!!!

She is jaundiced, so she is now spending most of her day in a light bed.

Do you know how hard it is not being able to hold the sweet baby all day????

And because she can only wear a diaper in the light bed, it has really put a damper on getting to dress her up!!! She has a whole closet full of clothes just calling her name!!!!

Prissy???? Probably so!!!!

37 Weeks & Waiting.....

We had an amnio this morning to check on Ashtyn's lungs with hopes of delivering her tomorrow. However, God had a different plan. Her lungs were not anywhere near ready (she got a 28 and it had to be 55 or higher to deliver) so I got another round of steroid injections and they are going to induce next Thursday, July 15th. They said they wouldn't repeat the amnio, they would just induce. We are a little disappointed, we were ready to meet the little girl, BUT we want her to be strong and healthy when she arrives, so we will patiently wait!!!!

34 Weeks.... & Counting......

Things haven't changed much. My fluid levels are still high, but have remained stable. Ashtyn did measure small last week (in the 20th percentile). They said they weren't alarmed by this, that we would just keep an eye on her growth. I am now doing twice weekly monitoring and once weekly ultrasounds. We are still NOT prepared for the lil Miss. Hopefully we will get her nursery painted over this weekend and hope her bedding gets in soon!!!!! Time is flying by and she will be here before we know it!!!!!!

She did make her mommy proud at the last ultrasound.... not only did she have her Guns Up

But she also put her Horns Down!!!!!

Sorry Daddy

(I'm sure she only did it because she knew he wasn't there to see it LOL)

29 weeks

Just a quick update. I had another ultrasound yesterday and my fluid level was still high, had gone up just a little from last week. I will have weekly ultrasounds to monitor the fluid level. If it continues to increase they will do steroid injections in the next couple of weeks as a precaution to Ashtyn coming early. Please keep us in your prayers. Also, she is still a girl!!! I still make them check at every ultrasound, they put it in 3D for me now, they know I don't want a surprise at the hospital!!! LOL!!!!

Also, I am asking for LOTS and LOTS of prayers for my dad as he is facing some health concerns (I will elaborate more in the near future), but if you would lift him, our family, and his doctors up I would appreciate it

Third Trimester

Monday started my 3rd trimester, 28 weeks! On Tuesday my doctor went ahead and put me on the books to be induced on July 19, which is one week before my due date! Whoo Hoo!! It was nice to have a date, especially so we can start planning other things (i.e. Casen's 2nd birthday party!)!. So, unless Ashtyn has other plans, she will be here then. But then again, that brings me to today.... I had an ultrasound today and got to see the sweet baby, she was a little more cooperative today so we actually got some good pictures of her. However, my fluid level was high today. This is the same complication I had with Casen, which caused him to come at 36 weeks. I have another ultrasound next week to check the fluid again and I have to start weekly monitoring. With Casen I went to weekly ultrasounds and twice weekly monitoring, I am praying that it doesn't come to that. I really don't want to have to drive to Lubbock that often plus I can't take the boys to the monitoring. So lots of prayers would be appreciated and hopefully next week when I go my fluid levels will be in the normal range.

She had her legs crossed.... what a little lady!!!

and she was playing with her little toes.....