Back into the Swing of Things

You know, as I wrote that title I realized how ridiculous it actually was. Isn't it kind of impossible to really feel like you are getting back into the swing of things until you actually know what the "swing" is?? Because in all reality Blue and I are totally still flying by the seat of our pants. I still have no idea what our new routine is.  Piper will be 3 weeks old on Thursday so we are  definitely still in that "newborn unpredictable night sleep" schedule, which then translates into the "daytime I'm so tired and want to take a nap but feel like I should clean something" schedule. I know that this time period was hard when we had Campbell, but it's funny how the Lord sort of blocks that out before you have the second child. Well, we now remember:) But I am not lying when I say we are still having so much fun and are so thankful to have a reason to be figuring it all out. I feel so unbelievably blessed. Holding that precious little girl is worth every under-eye dark circle I have. Tonight I was just looking at Piper, Campbell and Blue while we were hanging out in the bonus room and was just in awe thinking how blessed I am to have them. I love them so, so much.

Campbell is adjusting really well to being a big sister!!! She loves to give Piper her paci and help give her her bottle. We definitely still have our moments where she is having to learn to share or moments when I need 20 more blankets of protection around Piper's little body because Campbell doesn't realize she can't use Piper's head as the means to push herself off the couch, but I know that will come with time:) She really is doing so good. I was so, so concerned about that. I just did not want Campbell to feel pushed aside and was so worried that she would struggle with jealousy, but everything has been going great!! We have just been trying to focus on keeping her involved in what we are doing with Piper and in making sure we give her special attention while Piper is sleeping. But I mean really, why was I ever worried?? Campbell is a rock star:)

Piper Claire Bryan

She is finally here!!! Well, she has actually been here for about 2 weeks, I just haven't had time to post anything. Piper was born on June 16 at around 8:20 a.m. and weighed 7 lbs. and 3 oz. and was 21 inches long. She is doing great and we are COMPLETELY in love with her.

I will write more later but here are a few pictures for now.......

Very, Very Pregnant!

I have one question.........How in the world am I about to give birth to my second daughter in less than a week?? Where has the time gone?? I can not believe that it is already time but I can not begin to tell you how THANKFUL and how EXCITED I am that this amazing time has finally arrived! On Thursday, June 16, at 8 am  I will have a c-section and will finally get to meet my second little girl, Piper Claire Bryan. We are beyond thrilled and are so thankful to the Lord for choosing us to be her parents. Praise the Lord!!

Side Note: I think we all need to address, and maybe even pray over, the size of my legs, feet and above all my ankles (if they even deserve to be called that anymore). I do believe they have taken on a complete life form of their own. Ridiculous. I mean don't get me wrong, it is totally worth it and I would gladly pay that petty little price a million times over to be able to have and meet Piper. I'm just sayin'........I'm a freak show.

It's been a while....

So my biggest excuse for not blogging in so long is that we did not have a working computer at home for a while.  That is valid, right? But if we are all being honest, after we finally got one I had gotten so out of the habit of blogging that I am just now hopping back on the wagon. I truly have missed you blogging world.

There have been so many things that have happened in our lives lately that I am not even going to try to play catch up with it all - I am sure it will all come out bit by bit in future blogs. But things have been going great in the Bryan household! I am going to brag on Blue for a minute - his project got passed in the Doctorate of Ministry program at Southeastern so he got his snazzy letter from the school letting him know that he  is officially a doctoral degree candidate! We are so proud of him! So if everything goes as planned he should graduate next spring. Campbell has been doing great as well! She is growing like a weed and making us laugh more and more every day. She is hilarious! Her little personality just shows itself more and more. I can't believe she will be 20 months old on April 5th?? Where in the world has the time gone?? Baby Bryan #2 and I are doing great as well! I will be 28 weeks on Thursday and will be entering the good ol' 3rd trimester. All of my appointments have been well though so she seems to be growing up to speed:) We decided to name her Piper Claire Bryan. It is so nice to finally be able to refer to her by her name instead of saying "the baby" all the time:)

Anyway, here are a few pictures.........

Catch-up

So, clearly I haven't blogged in a while. Honestly, things have been so insanely busy for the past month (or more) I just haven't made the time too. Any spare time I had all I wanted to do was sit on my tail and stare at the TV - and those times were very few and far between. We had company in town or we were out of town for a few weeks and then a very, very close friend of our family passed away so I left Blue and Campbell and headed to Columbus, GA for the visitation and funeral for a couple of days. It just feels like so much has happened in the past month I am still trying to process everything. We have had so many joys and we have had some heartache and I think right now we are all emotionally and physically drained.

And then came the winter storm:)

I mean seriously, to say that the Lord made me smile is an understatement! This was absolutely perfect timing for us. We were all trapped in the house for three days!! No schedule or anything. B.E.A.U.T.I.F.U.L. Blue had to work on some schoolwork Monday and Tuesday but it was so great to just have him in the house. He spend Wednesday just hanging out with us. The Lord knew that we needed some down time together and He sure did give it to us. We played in the snow a little bit on Monday but Campbell is not what I would call a snow bunny - she wasn't a huge fan. She was pretty skeptical but I am sure that will change over the years.

Blue is out of town at the moment and has the computer that I have to use to post pictures so I will post some of those when he gets back:)

Oh the joy of seeing Santa.....

... or not :) Apparently she is not a fan.........

Bun in the Oven

Wanna hear some exciting news??????? We are going to have another precious little baby!! YAY :) We are so excited. I am about 14 weeks right now. I know it is ridiculous that I am just now getting to post this but there really are reasons for the delay...........really.........I am not making this up.........I promise I was not just being slack:) I will tell all about that in another post, but for now let's just focus on the fun and joyful fact that we are pregnant again :) I am due on June 23rd, but due to Campbell being a c-section baby they went ahead and told me they would need to take this one a week early so I guess we are looking at mid-June. I will give more details as they come. We are just thanking the Lord for choosing us to be parents to this precious child!