3 weeks!

So our sweet little Paisley is 3 weeks old already! It amazes us that she is almost a month old. It has really been one heck of a month! We are still trying to get used to her and figuring out more about her every day. She loves to be held and rocked wherever she is going, and so it gives us and many others plenty of time to walk around the house getting her to sleep. It can be kind of difficult at night but know that eventually she will get more on a routine and so will we! It has been very helpful to have family around to who loves to be around her! She has a great grandma who just loves to be around her and hold her, which gives us some time to get some relaxation. She has been great and it would really be a lot more stressful without her! Jessica and Nic have also been great in wanting to see her and help out. Everyone has just been so nice and coming over to help us clean or hold Paisley while we get some things done!

I finished this semester last week and it is such a relief! I am excited for a little break. Zack has a month left before his semester starts and he has just been working like crazy! It is sometimes hard for me because he will work all day at one job, and then go to another one at night. I just miss my husband!! Having Paisley has been wonderful and we love her to death, but I really dont remember what it feels like to just sit with my husband. I am so grateful for him and all that he does. He has been doing so much for me and his little girl, and I just cant thank him enough.

Yesterday was our 3 year anniversary. Zack had to work but we wanted to still have a few minutes to ourselves, so even though he was all dirty from work, he came and got me from his parents house, we had his mom watch Paisley for a little, and we just went and grabbed some quick dinner! It wasnt anything fancy, but it was all I wanted. Just to have some alone time with my amazing husband, and the one person I know I can always count on. These past 3 years have gone by so fast, and we have had some of the most amazing memories and experiences, and we know that we will have so many years to come!


I thought you may enjoy some pictures of Paisley. Grandma Toomey says that she is her gift under the tree. So we went a little camera happy and here are a few. She was just so photogenic, we had to take lots!

This last one is basically the only picture I have of us! 

Birth Story

So this post is a little overdue, but I feel that I have a good reason! I have a few minutes now, so I figure I can try to write as much as possible about the birth story and things.

So my due date was the 27th. The next day, I was hanging out at home with Zack and I was having some cramping on and off. I really didnt think anything of it, but also started to get some shooting pains in some not so fun places. Again, didnt think much of it, because it was not in my stomach, and it wasnt too bad in  pain. I decided to take a bath and then start to make Zack dinner. Just as I put the pasta out of the strainer with the sauce on it to be stirred, I felt a little gush. But it wasnt exactly what I was expecting, and so I told Zack I thought my water broke, but I was not sure. Of course, I started to freak out and get really scared, and told him I think it was my water, and we needed to head to the hospital. Zack did so well and was trying to calm me down and tell me it was going to be ok.

We get to the hospital and I was still not having any contractions, and they checked me and I was dilated only to a 1 1/2, but they did say it was my water. However, I whole water bag didnt break. So they had me walk around the hospital for an hour, and after that I was only dilated to a 2 1/2. I then started cramping often and it was getting pretty painful. And it was determined that these were my contractions, and I was just never going to feel them in my stomach. Around midnight I was only dilated to a 4, and my full water bag still didnt break. Little Miss Paisley was also jumping around in my stomach so much that her heart rate was so high that they needed to calm her down. So I decided to get the epidural around 2am. Jessica stayed in with me to get it. I cant believe she stayed with me the whole time they were doing it! So, after the first attempt ( yes first attempt ) they needed to do it again. Apparently, I dont take heavy drugs well. It takes a lot for me to get sedated.

The next morning the rest of my water still didnt break, and so my doctor came at 1030 am and broke the rest and then it was fast from there! They came back an hour later and I was dilated to a 5 1/2 and then a half hour later to an 8!!!! I was feeling a ton of pressure and then it was ready to push. So after only an hour of pushing, Miss Paisley made her debut into the world at 3:50 pm.

Paisley Michelle Toomey came into the world.
November, 29, 2011
She weighed 8 lbs 7 oz and was 19 inches.

Me and Zack just love her to death. And its been of course something we need to get used to, and a huge adjustment, but a great blessing!