Weekend updates.

Things are going well. It is definitely an adjustment now having 2 little ones. Getting in a routine is the key though. Today will be the first day without the help of Brandon because he has gone back to work. At Payton's 2 week appt she is 7lbs 10oz, 21in long. She is doing great. We had a great weekend riding the 4 wheelers, cleaning out the garage, and just enjoying the awesome weather. Here are a few pics over the weekend.

Payton's first week!

1 week has gone by fast. We are enjoying her so much of course. Maddyson is crazy about her and always wants to be right up on her. She is great with her even though she doesn't realize how gentle she needs to be. We did have to go back to the hospital for a 24 hr period of time for payton to get a suntan :) Her bilirubin level rose from a 3.4 when we were discharged to a 17.8 at her first pedi appt. We were used to the lights cause with Maddyson's jaundice. We spent a week and a half in the hospital under the bili lights. Payton is doing great though. Being 3 weeks early, it takes them a little longer to process the bili, so they use the lights to help. She is eating every 2-3 hrs. At night sometimes we have to wake her to feed her. Hopefully when we want her to sleep through the night she will :). She will feed directly, but i've also been pumping because my you know whats have needed time to heal because she has totally made them raw. Also it has been nice because Brandon can get up with her and feed her since he has taken time off.

Do they look alike?

One of them is Maddyson and one is Payton.....Do you know which one is which?


































Payton(Left) Maddyson(Right)

Payton Claire Rich has arrived!

At 3:51 pm, Ashlie gave birth to a 20 1/2 in, 7lb 8oz little baby girl, Payton Claire Rich. Ashlie and Payton are doing wonderful. Here are some pictures of our new arrival.

36 wks and 5 days

I had an appointment today and I am now 5cm dilated, so things are slowly progressing. My body seems to like having babies early. At this point during being pregnant with Maddyson, my water broke at this time. Being so far dialated, it really could happen any day. My doctor believes it will happy fairly soon.

As of Sunday I have finally been off bedrest. I can say I wasn't the best at home bedrest patient, but after spending 51 days in the hospital on bedrest, I couldn't help but to get up and do some things. I have had to slow it down here and there because my feet will just swell up.

We are looking foward to the arrival of Miss Payton.