More Nephew Simon Pictures!

Here are some pictures my brother-in-law Matt sent by e-mail. I can't believe how incredibly precious and non-fetal looking my new nephew Simon is; he is one of the most beautiful babies I have ever seen. I didn't know a preemie could look that normal and perfect. The funniest thing (I think--won't be so funny to his parents who have to pay the diaper bills) they've learned about Simon is he HATES wet diapers. Several times he has been super fussy and won't eat and won't calm down...then they change his wet diaper...baby is fine and happy. Poor parents!!! Told Stacey she needs to buy some stock in diapers 'cause they will be using their fair share! =) Simon is regulating his temperature well and his blood work came back good: bilirubin is normal (that was Porter's biggest obstacle for 3 months) and he is not anemic. His only issue is he had a high blood count so they gave him an IV to thin out his blood. All-in-all Simon is doing great and Mom is the new milking machine! It's feeding, pumping, sleeping and eating for Stacey! What a great, wonderful, perfect, beautiful new mom.

Simon pictures!

New Nephew Simon Mathew Gilday!!!

I copied this from what I posted on Stacey's blog:

Simon Mathew Gilday has made his entrance and a special appearance in Nashville! He was born at 4:21 pm today weighing in at 4 lbs 7 oz and 18 inches long. This is Stacey's twin sister Natalie by the way. I'm posting for Stacey because she is in the hospital with her new baby-son. She is exactly 35 weeks today, so he came a little early. They took him straight to the NICU (Neonatal Intensive Care Unit) for observation and to make sure he's okay, but so far so good. =) Little trooper. I'm told he has a lot of dark hair, Matt's nose, long feet, dark eyes, and is "teeny teeny tiny". He nursed wonderfully tonight; latched right on and no problem sucking, so that's a good sign. No idea how long he will be in there but I'll try to keep you all posted while Matt and Stacey enjoy their new-found roles as parents. I also don't have a picture at this time but that too will come. =) Fairly easy labor: started having contractions last night and went to work this morning for a couple hours before deciding she needed to go to the hospital. Then she went from being dilated from a 3 to pushing out baby in about less than 6 hours with an epidural. She said it was pretty "easy": couple pushes and the doctor did the rest pulling baby out. I'm so proud of Stacey and thrilled for her and Matt and already in love with my new nephew Simon. Love you Simon!

Baby Niece Presley!!!

Wanted to announce and welcome little baby Presley to Miriam (Aaron's sister) and Spencer Holmes (and Presley's brothers Peyton and Lincoln)!!! She was born Friday February 20th at 9:13pm. She weighed in at 7 lbs 8 oz and 19 inches long. Mir pushed a couple times (I thought it was 2 but went back and looked at the video and it was more like 3 1/2) and only pushed for 2 minutes and baby was out. Looked like a piece of cake! Porter was almost there for the birth; things had progressed and my wonderful friends (thank you Bonny and Rob!) came to pick him up to babysit him and I walked back in to see that it was "go" time. Spencer's sister Ashlea (or may be spelled Ashley like normal?) and I were present for the birth and it was amazing. I was so glad I was allowed to be there. I felt bad it was me and not one of Mir's sisters (one was super sick, one in Salt Lake, and the other in Vegas with kids), but I'm grateful for the blessing to be there. Ashlea had driven up from Vegas and was the biggest help the two days she was here; she is awesome. (You all know to assume that Spencer was there for the birth too right?) Presley is so incredibly precious! We are so excited to have this new little spirit here! Miriam especially; she's been waiting for this one for a long time. Congrats Holmes family! (I'm including some pictures and keep in mind these are ones taken from my phone except for the one with the pacifier in her mouth; that was take from Mir's phone.)

Scared Pea-less

Poor kid--all spooked. Now those are some wide eyes. Man I am so talented. Have to brag here because I am nursing and blogging at the same time. Who ever said there's no such thing as multi-tasking! If it weren't so inappropriate and personal I'd take a picture for proof, but I'll spare ya.

My Sweet Pea

This is my little pea pod baby. Looks like he's about to say something doesn't it? Clearing his throat...or maybe that was a cough. =P This was Porter at Halloween. Aunt Stacey (my twin) bought this for him as a present and he was pretty darn cute if I do say so myself. I dressed up as a farmer girl (to match Porter) and Aaron would have too had we found a pair of overalls. That would've been easy had we tried more than the day before. He used what we had at home and I think he looked pretty good. (Sorry about our pictures; help me out people, how do I flip those darn things around?) Aaron looks intimidating though doesn't he? Makes you wonder if Porter will ever have nightmares. Anyway, Halloween night was so much fun: all of the Bergquist kids (Aaron's siblings) and families went trick or treating together. (Except for Jared and Melissa; they were in Vegas and they were missed.) It was so much fun! Good times.

Now I Lay Me...

"Now I lay me down to sleep..."

(This too is preemie Porter, aka an old picture.)