11 days old

Greyson Lee Collins 11 days old! He is just so cute and sweet!!

Jayden and Greyson

Tom, Denny and Benson after they went to the Boise State game here in San Diego! It was fun to see Tom and Benson! Jayden LOVED having her uncles come and visit!

Collins family after church today!

We have been loving being a family of 4, a lot more busy, but it's been wonderful. Jayden is just loving being a big sister! My mom is here helping still and it's been so nice to have her here to help with the kids and me! My recovery this time around has been a lot better than it was with the recovery after I had Jayden. So thankful for that! Glad we were all able to make it to church today! Jayden loved being able to go to nursery :)

Family of 4

Greyson Lee Collins was born via C-Section on Wednesday November 9th @ 9:40am! We are thrilled to have him here he is just perfect!!

Our first picture with our son (I was not awake though)

(Picture taken on November 9th)

(Picture taken on November 9th)

Jayden loves being a big sister and is so sweet with the baby!!

Jayden and Grandma Bland came in and got to see Greyson while I was in recovery so they got to see him before I did! Lucky them!!

My first picture taken with Greyson (again I was not awake)

I had a scheduled C-Section and after they gave me the spinal tap and had made the incision, I could start feeling what felt like needle pricks so I told the anesthesiologist and he just told me to tell him if it gets worse, tugging and pulling are normal to feel which I could but it was really hurting, so after me continuing to feel lots of pain which got continually worse he gave something to knock me out. (Denny said it all happened really quickly and that I wasn't complaining of pain long, but in the moment for me if felt like it was a long time.)

I stayed in recovery for 2 hours.

We were able to go home today :) This picture was taken today (Friday November 11th and he is 3 days old)

Right before we left for the car :) We are loving being a family of 4!!

DISNEYLAND!!

We went to DISNEYLAND!! It was so much fun!! Grandma Bland took us! Denny hadn't been in 19 years, me in 21 years and it was Jayden's first time! We are lucky to live so close, but it hasn't been in our budget to go! So this was such a fun thing!! WE ALL LOVED IT! It did rain and we had to get ponchos to keep us dry, it was like we spent a day in Oregon!! Nice we were able to go before Greyson arrives!!

Jayden was soo happy and excited to see Minnie Mouse! She was just all smiles and laughter!! It was seriously the cutest thing ever!!

Getting ready to check out Disneyland! Denny pushed me around in a wheelchair since I wouldn't last walking for very long and we don't need me going into labor early! Grandma pushed Jayden in the stroller (most of the time she walked and had her monkey harness on, for a while she sat on my lap in the wheelchair. She was sleepy but never fell asleep! Too much to see!)

In front of Minnie's house! Jayden was thrilled to see Minnie again!

Jayden sitting on Minnie's bed

In Mickey's house, Jayden got to meet Goofy

Jayden was very excited to see Mickey too!! She blew him lots of kisses and was just so happy!! (She is holding a Mickey Mouse)

Our family all tired from a day at Disneyland!!

Grandma Bland and Jayden (Jayden has Mickey and Minnie! Thank you Grandma Bland for the cute souvenirs for Jayden!! She loves them!!)

We went on rides and got to see lots of fun stuff! Wish we could spend days there getting to see and do everything!! Jayden had a blast!!

Denny and Grandma went on Space Mountain!

Denny went on Indiana Jones while we went on The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh!

I hope we get to come back again soon since we only live about an hour away!!

Beach with Grandma Bland

Jayden, Grandma and I went to the beach and it was beautiful day! We had lots of fun, especially Jayden running around and playing in the water! Hopefully Grandma will get to go again while she is here! (Since I won't be able to for a while!!)

Cute little Jayden giving baby Greyson a hug :)

Trunk or Treat & Grandma!

Yesterday we went and got Grandma Bland (my mom) from the airport and we had a busy day going to IKEA, Costco and a few other places before going home and eating then heading to our ward's Trunk or Treat.

We went to our ward building and they had some activities for the little kids in the gym, Jayden fished and got a bracelet, did a cake walk and got a cupcake. :) Then they did a Costume contest, then last they did the Trunk or Treat! Jayden loved it and said Trick or Treat and Thank you! So sweet. She would say Trick or Treat like 3 times between each car or waiting in line behind other kids. She was making laugh so hard! It was so funny! She LOVED it all and didn't want to go!

Love Trunk or Treating!! :)

This morning getting her ready for church she wanted to paint her nose! ha too cute! We will do it again tomorrow when she helps pass our the candy for our Trick or Treaters and possibly take her Trick or Treating to a few doors.. We shall see!!

(Of course when I uploaded the pictures I did them all from the end to the beginning!)

Swings

Just thought I would post a pic of little miss Jayden ;) It's so nice that we have swings at our complex! It's just across the parking lot which makes it so nice especially since Jayden LOVES to swing. There is a little play structure by the laundry that has a slide, I haven't taken a picture of her there yet.

Countdown

We have so many wonderful things to look forward to so Jayden and I made some countdown chains.

One is for Grandma Shirleen Bland who comes tomorrow!! She colored the plate for Grandma.

Pumpkin is for Halloween! Jayden ripped the pieces for the pumpkin's face, I think she did a great job!!

Last one and the longest is for Greyson who comes November 9th! She colored a plate for Greyson too.

37 Weeks

I am 37 weeks as of Tuesday October 25th!! This picture was taken Saturday October 22nd. I am feeling good! Tired pretty much all the time(getting uncomfortable trying to sleep but I don't have very many more days), but with the move and unpacking and being sick that has made it a little tough, but I'm still doing well! I have weekly Dr appointments and all is going great! Can't believe our little baby boy will be here in less than 2 weeks!! The time is going by so fast! Very excited to hold him!

All moved in

We are all moved in, not all the way unpacked yet, but so very close!! I have maybe 5 boxes and pictures left! I have done lots of laundry and have more to do, we had towels and clothes all piled up to do and then sheets and towels in storage that all needed washed, then all of Greyson's baby bedding, clothes, blankets, ect.. Never ending! It's insane! Today I washed all the stuff for the carseat, I figured I better get that done! I will post pictures hopefully soon. It has been tough the last few days to get things done with Jayden and I both sick, Denny works full time and goes to school full time, so he is very busy!! When he comes home from work I always have boxes for him to move and furniture that I want moved a little here and there. I would move it if I could, but we don't need Greyson coming earlier than the 9th! Even with all that it is so worth being here and getting ready for our little baby to come! We LOVE it here!

My mom comes in 2 days!! Yay! She is going to help me get our pictures on our walls which they take up so much space on the floor and in boxes it will be nice to get those up! We are hoping to get a kitchen table this weekend! The base broke on our old one, a family in our ward was giving away a table so we are going to get that and use it until we find one we love!

Pictures will soon come hopefully!! :)

Busy week!

Last sunday we went to Anaheim to visit Tom, Sheri(Denny's sister), Connor and Macey who were here in town from Idaho. We had lots of fun visiting, eating, watching The Lion King, walking around and hanging out at their hotel. Monday they came down to our place and we went to the beach, then they came to our house, the kids played, watched movies, the adults talked, played games and we all ate dinner!! Then on Friday they came back down and they had dinner at our place and visited, they left early Saturday morning back to Idaho, it was so fun to see them and we miss them!!! Mike, Ann, Jarom and Mitchell came on Friday too so they could see Tom and Sheri as well. Fun to see them too!!

Well we are busy packing up our place getting ready for our move on Tuesday! I took a break on Thursday and took Jayden to Chuck E Cheese's as well as ran errands that day too! Jayden had a blast at Chuck E Cheese's, she just ran around sitting on all the rides, we got a few tokens and so she played some games then she picked out a couple prizes and carries them all everywhere she goes.

Yesterday I packed and cleaned in the morning then in the after lunch Jayden and I went to our neighbors my friend Mary and her daughter Jaidyn's and the girls painted craft pumpkins :)

Denny got home from work and we packed some more. Today we will do more packing (Denny also has some homework to do, a paper to write and I think a quiz to take).

Tomorrow will be the last day of packing and hopefully I will get most of the cleaning done too so that way there won't be much to do on Tuesday.

I just can't wait to unpack at our new place!! Pictures to come if I can get in there before we start unloading the truck!! We have people from our ward helping us load and unload, Denny has a few friends from work who will helping us move as well, our Uncle Mike will help us out in the morning with getting the truck and helping take our bed apart and start loading the truck! We are so grateful for all this help!!!

We have had a busy, fun and tiring week! I'm exhausted!! This week will be busy too with finishing up packing and cleaning, then unpacking at our new place. I have a friend who lives in our new complex that will take Jayden for me most of Wednesday and another friend coming to my place Wednesday to help me unpack (Denny has work and school that day so will leave for work at 8am and won't be home from school until after 10:30pm). I am so grateful for wonderful friends! Seriously the best ward!! So many wonderful people!!!

Binkies

Jayden is all done with binkies!!

Saturday night we told her how the Binky Fairy is coming to take her binkies and she is going to give them babies that need them, when she takes the binkies she leaves a special present!

Sunday morning she came into our room and asked me to help her find her binky. So I had to tell her again what happened and she then wanted to look for her present! So we got up and looked and found a bag and inside was Bullseye! (The horse from Toy Story) She gave him lots of hugs and was so excited! The photo above is Jayden eating breakfast and holding Bullseye! Hopefully tonight won't be tough! So happy to be done with the binky's before Greyson comes and he has binky's! We explained how she is a big girl who doesn't need them and now only babies have them! She has told me a couple times about how babies now her her binkies. :) (Thanks Jennie for the idea!)

Sunday Denny gave a talk in Sacrament Meeting and did a wonderful job, right after we headed North to Anaheim where Denny's sister Sheri, husband Tom and two of their kids Connor and Macey are visiting from Caldwell Idaho. We spent the day with them and have lots of fun!! :) Jayden loved running around with her cousins!! On the drive home Jayden fell asleep and stayed asleep when we got home, so there was no issue with the binky that night, again this morning she asked for it, so again we told her where they are and what happened. Today she played hard and we had fun with cousins, played at the beach and they came and played at our house, we ate dinner and played games :) We had lots of fun with family!! So at bedtime Jayden asked for her binky and was sad, it took about 15 minutes for her to stop asking for it and other things (toys, water and saying she was hungry). I was worried it would be a huge deal, but she of course was sad yet still was fine! I'm so excited for her to be done with binkies especially before Greyson comes and binkies will be in our home again!