Catch up on Porter

Here are a bunch of pictures taken from my phone over the past month or so:

Porter had a white shirt to wear to church and little ties he hasn't worn yet cause they would just choke him. I love my little son!

Little dude and I went swimming with Aunt Rach and cousin Eli...how cute is he in his swimsuit?! He looks like he's looking at the water with uncertainty but he loves it. It's just so confusing to be in this "gi-normous" bathtub! (He LOVES bath time which we usually do in our jacuzzi with one of us in the tub. It's like his own mini swimming pool.)

This was our "Simon Fan Club" picture the day Simon was born. I'm President and Porter is VP.

Several mornings and post-naps I go in to find he maneuvered himself completely sideways. Cutie.

This was his first reaction to rice cereal....ewwwww! He's okay with it now. Had that for a few weeks, then moved to oatmeal and now onto carrots.

"Take me out to the ball game..."

Does this with his hands a lot. It's adorable.

Kid loves to eat his fists and chew on his hand or select fingers.

Sunday best and hanging in his car seat.

Does he look annoyed to you too? I love these 'jamies (pajamas) with green dinosaurs on them and says "cutiesauras".

Getting some beauty sleep...let's not disturb the little guy. One thing I love about this kid is he can sleep through ANYTHING. Vacuum, two little barking dogs, the garbage disposal, banging pans, drawers and doors opening and closing, the door bell, TV...you name it and he's slept through it. Awesome.

Here is my sleepy baby boy who is so snuggly and curls into a ball if you let him.

I'm coming Simon!!!

So proud Aunt Natalie here is leaving in two days to go meet baby Simon in Nashville. I'll disappear with my main-little-squeeze Port-Port and be gone for 2 1/2 weeks. We are really going to miss Daddy (Aaron) but we will be back and then together for eternity. Keeping things in perspective. =P Here are a few pictures of Simon and my sister Stacey and husband Matt.

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.