Olivia and Price photo shoot

I hurt too much to chase a 2-year-old down and take a picture so my sister and I schlept the kids to the photographer's the other day for Price's one month and Olivia's 2-year pictures. They turned out WAY better than I thought they would. The photographer did a good job capturing Olivia's natural looks, though she didn't leave him much choice. She wouldn't sit still long enough to smile into the camera. Oh, the stories I could tell. Needless to say, by the end of the day the pictures confirmed what I have always known to be true. My kids are the cutest kids in the universe. But I'll let y'all be the judge. Behold a few of my favorite shots.

Welcome, Price!

Price Aubrey Martin

Oct. 8, 2009

7:16 a.m.

7 lbs. 19.5 in.

It took me a few days to decide on a name, mainly because morphine keeps you from thinking like a...well, like at all. The c-section went fine and we're all adjusting to having a little man in the house. Olivia does really well with him most of the time. She has problems when he has a blanket she likes or when Aubrey is holding him and playing with him. She also does not like it when he pees on her. Oh, and when he's really crying and screaming because I'm not feeding him fast enough it breaks her little heart and she starts crying, too.

Like Olivia, Price is a very well-behaved baby. The only difference is that he wakes up every 2-3 hours at night to eat...Olivia would sleep for 6-8 hours straight. But he sleeps a lot during the day so as soon as I can actually move faster than .1 miles per hour, we'll work on reversing his schedule.

Mom and my sister and her 3-month-old were down for a week. It was good to meet my niece and mom was a huge help. She did all my laundry, grocery shopping and cooking. Ah, nice! My baby sister comes out next Friday and my dad will be here the first weekend of November when we bless the baby at church. So, all my family (with the exception of my brother) will be able to meet Price...who I here crying now. Must be suppertime!

Baby Update

I have exciting news that, if given the opportunity, I will shamelessly rub in with all my other pregnant friends.

My c-section is Thursday instead of Friday!!!!

For no other reason than I can do it. The doc said it was available at the last minute if I wanted it and I said, "Uh, yeah." We're super, super excited. I'll ask Aubrey to post some pics of the new little one Friday or Saturday.

The only drawback that I see to this is pattern. You all know how I love patterns. Olivia's birthday is 8-7-07 (subtract one from 8, repeat twice...) and this baby's birthday would have been 10-9-09 (subract one from 10, repeat twice...) But, since I want the baby OUT I'll just have to get over it I guess.