The Cutest Tiger And Lady Bug

P90X

Mark and I started p90x about 2 weeks ago, and boy is it HARD! Tony is CRAZY! We made a goal when I was pregnant with Rocco that we would do it together after he was born and I'm happy we are actually following through. Finding time to do it is TOUGH. We end up doing it between 9 and 10 at night after both kids are bathed, fed, and put to bed. It's pretty exhausting but we both feel so good afterward so hopefully we can stick through it for the 90 days!
On a completely unrelated topic...We FINALLY took away Grace's pacifier. We bribed her into throwing them all away at a garbage can at the park in return for a Belle princess barbie and some more food for her shopping cart, and she fell for it! Yes! But..... I'll just say it's been a rough couple of days to put it lightly. That girl was more obsessed with her pacifiers then any other kid I know. She had to have at least 2, but preferred 3 in her hand at all times and she would just keep rotating them into her mouth. So I honestly feel like she's going through withdrawals. Hopefully it will get better FAST!
Our next goal...Potty training, but probably right after Christmas. Wish us luck!
And just some random pics of our CUTE kiddos...

Braids

So Grace let me do braids in her hair a couple weeks ago. It was a miracle, really it was. I usually have about 30 to 60 seconds to do her hair in the morning before she starts to freak out. I guess it's pay back for all the times I was a total brat to my mom when she use to do my hair. It's too tight, it's too loose, there's a bump in it. Yeah I don't know how she put up with me. Well, on this day I asked her if she wanted to look like a princess, like Snow White. For those of you who don't know, Grace is OBSESSED with princesses. We went Disneyworld when she was about 10 months old and bought her these plastic princess dolls that stand up, and they are hands down her favorite thing to play with, and she insists on bringing them almost everywhere we go. So she looked at me and said YES! So I started working away at the braids and she could care less about what I was doing, it was great! She just kicked and splashed away in the sink, which she usually does when I do here hair but on this day she didn't seem to mind how long it was taking and all the pulling and tugging. After I was done I said, "Wow Grace you look just like a princess". She had a huge smile on her face, and said, "Yeah Snow White." That seems to be her favorite even though she's only seen the movie once, go figure. Ever since that day I've been doing her hair every morning pretty easily. She even let me cut it last week, I'm on a roll! Every day after I'm done she always says, "wow like a princess, momma", what a doll, I could just eat her. We'll see how long it lasts though... I also squeezed in a few of Rocco at the end because he's just so stinkin' CUTE and getting so big!

Photo Shoot

We had a photo shoot done when Rocco was about a week and a half old. Our friend, Abbie did an AMAZING job! If you want to check out her website it's: bellabeanphotography.com It was so hard to get Grace to smile and pose for any pictures, but she still looks like a beautiful princess to me! Rocco on the other hand did awesome. He slept the entire time except when he pooped or peed =) Here are some of our favorites...

Birth Story And Picture Overload!

I know I always like to hear everyone else's birth story. So I thought I would share mine... disclaimer: May be some graphic details! So on July 10th I was headed to bed around 10, and I had a thought come into my head telling me the baby is coming soon. Through out my whole pregnancy I had a strong feeling he would come early, so I would often have these thoughts. So I went to bed not thinking a ton about it. Then at midnight I woke up for my first bathroom run of the night. When I went I noticed a lot more discharge. Right then I knew something was up, but when I stood up nothing gushed out of me so I thought I would just go back to bed. Then at 2 I woke up for my second bathroom run of the night, and this time there was even more discharge. So I woke up Mark and told him I wasn't sure if my water was breaking or not but something was up. Of course being the calm half asleep male he says to just go back to sleep. So I climbed back in bed wide awake knowing something was going on. So I tossed and turned for a while when all of a sudden a gush came out of me. It happened the same exact way with Grace and almost the exact same time, pretty crazy. Anyways, I stood up and the floods came! I ran over to Mark's side of the bed turned the light on and yelled, my water broke! Also the same exact way I told Mark my water broke with Grace. I'm not a calm person, so screaming seems to work best for me. So Mark jumps up and says let's head to the hospital! Then we both realized my mom wasn't scheduled to come for 2 more weeks and we had asked our neighbors if they would be on call for us if I went into labor before my mom arrived. But we both felt bad calling them at 2:30 in the morning to come over. So we thought we would just wait a few more hours at home until it was a more decent time to call them. Well, that didn't last long because as soon as I climbed back in bed more and more gushes would come out of me and I thought, this is ridiculous, I'm not going to sit in my bed in a pool of fluid, we're going to the hospital! So we called our neighbors to come over and watch Grace.
Once we got to the hospital they hooked me all up and and I was only at a 1 at this point. They didn't want to give me pitocin because they wanted to see how much I could progress on my own since I was having a vbac. Well, after several hours I was only at a 2. So they started the pitocin slowly. And I started to progress pretty fast, about 1 cm an hour. And my contractions were getting pretty strong so when I was at a 4 I got an epidural. I really didn't feel much after this point. I was just laying in bed trying to get some rest. But I was also really really nervous about the pushing because I already had a c-section and I had a higher chance of my uturues being ruptured. Which I know only happens to about 1% of women but I seem to always have all the rare stuff happen to me, I don't know why, but it's true! So I was pretty scared.
When I was finally at a 10 the nurse said I could start pushing. She also mentioned to me that your first vaginal delivery it's pretty common for a women to push from 1 to 3 hours. And I told her 3 hours was so long, and I would not be pushing for that long. Boy was I WRONG!!! I pushed my little heart out for almost 3 hours! I wanted to die. My epidural was waring off when I first started pushing to I pushed the little button to get more and I didn't feel any different so I pushed it again and again and I was not feeling numb at all at this point! I could feel every contraction, every push, I could completely feel my legs. I was not a happy camper, I kept telling Mark I could feel everything it was terrible because I was like that for a good 2 and a half hours. Then the anestioslogist came in and I told him I was feeling everything and so he put more medicine in directly to my iv. Then I was finally numb again! Which was a good thing because about 15 min later the doc had to cut me because I was ripping and Rocco was born right after that. Wow! Needless to say I was exhausted! I was pushing my hardest for 3 hours! Rocco was born at 6:30 p.m. on July 11th. The next day every muscle in my body ached even in my face! But it was all worth it once I saw little Rocco. =)
I'm glad I was able to do a vbac. It was a really tough decision for me to make. I kept going back and forth about it. But in the end I knew I would regret it If I at least didn't try having Rocco vaginally. The recovery has been tons better with a vaginal birth. I'm able to do a lot more on my own which I wasn't with a c-section. But it really doesn't matter how they get here, as long as they get here safely!
Rocco is such a calm, chill baby. (Except for at night =) I'm not getting much sleep at all. ) I'm hoping he will continue to stay like that. With Grace as a big sister he will have to be pretty easy going because she's already trying to play babies and princesses with him. Poor little guy doesn't know what he's in for! But Grace really has been a good big sister so far. My mom left on Friday so I'm officially on my own with 2 kids now. AHH!
But Mark and I are so blessed to have Grace and Rocco!

He's Here

Rocco Fosson Delorey
Born July 11th at 6:30 p.m.
7 pounds 10 ounces
21 inches long
Successful VBAC (more on that later)

He's doing great! We can't get enough of his mohawk hair and chubby cheeks. More pics to come....

My Gracie Girl Is 2 Today!

My Gracie girl is 2 today! Where has the time gone?? I feel like I just had her. Happy Birthday Grace! We love you more than anything. You are my best pal, we hang out everyday all day together. Am I sure lucky or what!? Don't grow up too fast on us. We want you to stay our little princess forever. Love you!!