#9- Just me & my Isaac

I decided to steal Isaac away for some one on one time, he seems to need that a lot lately.
A dreamy walk to the Sifton Bog trail! Why not? It was a beautiful day, just cool enough for there to be no bugs and warm enough to shed the sweater. Rosalie was down for her long nap of the day so Eric shooed us off and I was pretty excited! I've missed Isaac, not being able to spend as much time just with him while he's not agitated by lil' sis has been sad, so I want to try and make a habit of this!

Isaac loved the walk, on the way we saw an amazing big caterpillar, filled with the wonder of creation I introduced Isaac to it exclaiming at all of its wiggles and 'fur'? Isaac seemed very entranced at first, leaned right in for a closer look, as I was about to take a picture of him enjoying the beauty of wildlife just like mama when she was a wee lass, Isaac promptly stood up and stamped on the caterpillar as hard as he could, squishing it in half and we both got to see the INSIDES of the caterpillar....

Can't take the boy out of boy I suppose! Poor caterpillar. 
At any rate, it was a lovely walk and both Isaac and I left feeling much better!
On a related note, Isaac has started to say 'Mama' now and relating it to me...:) 


Finally.

#8- Mama said there'd be days like this...

Ah, how one's world can be turned upside down! We didn't have any expectations really of what it would be like transitioning from 1 child to 2. People told us it is the hardest and after that, they just roll on in:) but we were both thinking, I suppose, "how hard can it be?"

The magical moments of the first 24 hours still tried to hold on as Isaac soon realized that Rosalie was here to STAY, and despite her best intentions, he was not impressed.
I suddenly became a very important person to him that he had to have all to himself IMMEDIATELY (especially while feeding the gal) which was a somewhat flattering transition from him being so obsessed with his dad over the past few months:)


Things are getting better, in some ways! We are adjusting, we are tired, but we are new parents! No surprise there. Difficult for me will be to just sit down and relax or sleep when both kiddies are in Zzz land. I'm one of those annoying people who can't truly relax when the house looks like a hurricane hit, and once I get started, even if its innocent like putting the dishes away, I can't stop! My goal this week is to make it okay for me to ignore it all and try and remember what it is exactly I find truly restful!
It seems that children just KNOW when to put up big fits, Eric is now back to work and I have had incredible help from friends and family for the first few shifts, and always on call! But I decided to 'man' it out last night and see what happened. The house is still standing and both babes are still breathing. I'll just leave it at that:)
So it's going to be a challenge, but hey, I'm young and up for challenges, and Eric and I make a darn good team, I'm truly lucky to have such a great guy who is willing to put so much help into it. I know it's not easy on him, but he doesn't complain too much!

Rosalie had a midwife appointment today and she is a lovely 8.8oz and lookin' good! She'll be two weeks old on Friday! We are really enjoying getting to know her and excited to see her personality emerge.

Isaac has been getting LOTS of attention from dad, and mom when she can, if he thought about it, more than he did BEFORE Rosalie was born! 
Though all this busy-ness doesn't leave much room for anything else right now, at the end of the day I feel awfully secure in my little house with my little family, knowing that the future is bright and we're all snug in God's hand.
As long as we can keep these things in perspective, everything is bearable!


Obviously I won't be posting as much, but I'll try to keep adding pictures and little updates here and there. I don't always post in on facebook when I've updated my blog, so keep checking in!

#7- Meet Rosalie

Our beautiful little girl arrived 4 days later than her due date on September 2nd! 

We were trying to be very patient, hoping for the best and that we would avoid having to be induced; and so it was!

Labour started early Friday morning around 2am, a sleepless night on my end, thinking I was just having cramps. Spent the day like any normal day, did some errands, played with Isaac, Eric had the day off still waiting and we were trying to keep our minds off things.


Around 4 things started getting more regular and unsure I called my midwives for reassurance, they told me it sounded like I was just having braxton-hicks contractions and to take some tylenol and relax.
Yeah, tried that.

Cousin Adam came over, poor guy hadn't a clue:) by the time he left the contractions had become so close together I couldn't talk or finish putting poor Isaac to bed who was confused as to why I couldn't hold him, good thing daddy was there!!
My midwife wasn't on call until 7pm, so right after we put Isaac to bed, Eric insisted I call and I figured SOMETHING must be going on by now.
Midwives came over at 7:30, I was 8 cm dilated, she predicted I would have the baby at 9 and Rosalie Jane Buckley made her epic appearance at 9:14 pm!

8.4oz, 20.5 inches, blue, blue eyes, brown hair:)
I was able to labour and deliver in the birthing pool (thanks Natalie Plant!) which was amazing, the whole experience was incredible just to be able to be so laid back and relaxed (as can be) in comparison to my hospital birth with Isaac. The midwives left everything up to my call and no interventions were needed. It was awesome to be the one to bring her up, hold her, announce her sex, and I even cut the cord! Eric was also incredible running here and there keeping the water warm, holding my hand, making coffee and snacks. He is a superstar:)

Rosalie is a true sweetheart, looking around barely making a squeak (except when the midwife dared talk about her bowel movements to which she protested immediately to:) 
We had a pretty good night and the next morning ISAAC got to meet his new sister! (see pics and video) that thrill didn't last too long...he had a pretty rough day but he will warm up to the idea


We are so thankful & overjoyed that everything went so well and smoothly, thank you to everyone for your support and especially your prayers! I feel so blessed beyond belief that everything went so well.
We hope to introduce you all to our beautiful gal soon!
God is good!

How we picked the name...:
As with Isaac's name, we wanted to go along with names that had the meanings from the fruits of the Spirit (love, joy, peace, patience, etc) Isaac means 'Joy' and we couldn't find a name we liked for a girl that meant any of those things. We did like classy older names and had a few in mind, but settled on Rosalie, Rose, because even though it obviously means 'flower', the representation of a rose is Love, and so we are 'adding' meaning to the name. Rosalie is for versatility so she can change it as suits her growing up, we'll call her Rosie while she's a little girl:)
Jane is just a classic name that we both liked and thought went well with Rosalie. It also means God's Grace, and boy howdy, are we grateful for that!:)!