Sunday, June 27, 2010

Life with Nolan!

BROTHERS
Nolan's first sponge bath at home! He did great!

Papaw Maggard came to visit all the way from Florida! Here we are posing with our favorite treat, tic tacs!
Our Papaw, Everett Donald...This is the grandpa that Nolan is named after. He named my mommy when she was born and so Mommy and Daddy thought it would be cool to use Grandpa's name for Nolan!
Mommy, Papaw Black and Nolan!
Kisses for my little brother!
I'm the BEST BIG BROTHER EVER! :)







Friday, June 18, 2010

I'm a BIG BROTHER!!!

My little brother, Nolan Everett Cole was born on Wednesday June 16th at 7:09 am. He weighed 7 pounds 15 ounces and was 21 1/4 inches long. (Mom wants to apologize for the late post...she has obviously been BUSY with 2 kids! If she isn't nursing or changing diapers, she is playing cars or watching movies with me!)
Mom had her last doctors appointment on Tuesday June 15th where her doctor suggested that an induction would be the best bet since Nolan was doing well and mommy delivered me so quickly! Mommy thought that was a WONDERFUL idea, and so the induction date was set for Thursday June 17th (39 weeks).
Mommy woke up on Wednesday morning at 2:00 with contractions and timed them for about 20 minutes. They were VERY close together and lasting 45 seconds to 1 minute. She woke Daddy up and told him it was time. The doctor was paged and called Mommy back and decided it was time for them to get to the hospital right away! Auntie BT (Brittany) came over to stay at the house with me, and mom and dad were off to the hospital. They arrived about 3:15 am and immediately went to triage where mommy was given her IV. At this point contractions were about 5 minutes apart and VERY painful. We were then checked into our room and mommy "patiently" awaited an epidural. (this was about 4:00 am)
The anesthesiologist FINALLY got to mommy at about 6:30 and Nolan was here at 7:09 am!!!



































































Bath time!
The families with their big kids and new babies!

Nolan Everett and Kinley Mae
Daddy and Nolan
Showing me how to change a diaper!

Our happy family!
Time to go HOME!!!
We are so excited that Nolan is here and feel so blessed to have a healthy pregnancy, delivery and baby! We love you SO much, Nolan and THANK the Lord for YOU!

Tuesday, June 15, 2010

ALMOST time!

We have been taking several walks each day for the past few days trying to get things going to mommy and the baby. Our neighborhood park has a nice little trail that leads us to a bridge over Mud Creek.
We HAVE to make a stop at the bridge so I can throw rocks!

Mommy went to the doctor this morning (6/15/10) and was dialated at 3 cm.! The doc. said at this rate, the baby could come anytime and that he would recommend that she be induced if she felt it was time. Of course mommy is READY, and was thrilled with this option! At first, she was a little sad knowing that the pregnancy is ALMOST over, but knowing that we are finally going to be able to meet, hold and kiss our new addition, she was happy and agreed it was time.
Since I came so fast for mommy's first delivery, the doctor thought it would be best that mommy come to the hospital to get checked in and start the pitocin, instead of waiting at
home until contractions start and then missing on the chance for an epidural. (which is FIRST PRIORITY! ha!) Mommy and Daddy will go in on Thursday morning and hopefully the baby will be here by Thursday afternoon. We are feeling very excited to meet this little guy and I am SOOOO happy to officially become a
BIG BROTHER!
Please pray for a safe and easy delivery! :)
We will post pictures of our new addition ASAP!

Friday, June 4, 2010

Welcome, Kinley Mae Briscoe!!!

Well, she is FINALLY here! Kinley Mae Briscoe has made her way into the world! Kinley was born on Thursday June 3rd weighing in at 8lbs. 13 oz. and was 22 inches long!
We are wondering how this big girl fit into her tiny mommy! :)
She is absolutely PERFECT and healthy, Aunt Jamie is feeling good, Uncle Chad is thrilled to have two amazing girls, and Kate is a wonderful BIG SISTER!
Here are all of the grandkids (minus Baby Cole who will HOPEFULLY be joining us SOON) with our very PROUD Grandma and Grandpa Cole!
Mommy and Daddy were SO happy to meet their new niece! They almost forgot what it's like to have a little baby around...not for long though, huh!?!

Kate and I were more happy to see each other! We LOVE baby Kinley, but us "BIGS" (big brother/big sister) have to stick together! :)
We are so happy for Aunt Jamie, Uncle Chad, and Kate on the newest member of their family! What a blessing she is to our family!
Welcome to the world, Kinley Mae! We love you!!!!