One Year!

GUESS WHO TURNED ONE...

We had so much fun celebrating Lakyn's Very 1st Birthday with family and friends!

Lakyn's 1st Birthday Photo Shoot

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9 Months Old

Lakyn,
You are nine months old! You are growing, growing, growing! You are still way bigger than an average baby your age. You wear size 4 diapers, 12-18 month clothes, 18 month sleepers, and size 4 shoes. You are a chunky monkey, but you are pretty proportionate to your height. Everyone who sees you comments on how big and chunky you are. I love fat babies!

You are learning and doing so much. You are crawling everywhere and you are so fast! You are pulling up and crusing around holding onto toys and furniture. This week you have even stood on your own for a few seconds at a time. I think you are going to walk early like Trey did. You still drink similac sensitive, 8 ounces- 4 times a day. You eat rice cereal at breakfast, and 2 jars of stage 2 baby food at lunch and dinner. You love veggies but will not eat any kind of fruit! You have started snacking too! You really like pretzel sticks and cheerios :)

You are so smart! When we say MWAH, you will give whoever is holding you a big slobbery kiss right on the mouth! And if someone says "Sweet Baby" you cock your head to the side and say "awe". You are a little talker! You say Mama, Dada, Bubba, Poppa, No-No, and Dog! Today, you reached for the light socket and when I told you no you waved your hand and said, "No-no, no-no"! It was adorable! I think everything you do is so cute, even if it's bad! Daddy says I'm creating a Monster. Lately he calls you, "Mommy's Little Monster!" You used to be such a happy girl no matter what. You would swing, or sit in your bouncy seat for hours. Now you have figured out that Mommy will hold you, and you cry every time I put you down. You also love for me to play with you. If you had it your way, we would play on the floor all day long!

Lakyn, you are so precious to us. We love you more than you will ever know!

Lakyn DeAnn 6 Months

On March 8th our precious Lakyn turned 6 months old. And she is a BIG girl! We are so in love with this sweet baby!


Lakyn, you are SIX months old! It's so hard to believe that you are halfway to your 1st Birthday!

You are such a happy and pleasant baby! You are very content and rarely ever fuss or cry.

Here is what you are up to at 6 months:

*You are still taking your formula (Similac Sensitive) You drink 8 ounces about every 4 hours.

*You are also eating stage one vegetables. You HATE fruit! Very unusual, but I have tried every fruit and you gag and cause a big scene, so we are just sticking to veggies. I even mix carrots in your cereal for breakfast!

*You sleep through the night (from about 8pm-7am) You also take a two 2hour naps every day and you "cat nap" in between.

*You weigh a whopping 19.5 lbs. and you are off the charts for your height. At your last appointment the doctor said you were the height and weight of an average 11 month old! Looks like you will be tall like Mommy :)

*You are wearing 9-12 month clothes and 12-18 month sleepers. You wear a size 3 shoe and you are outgrowing them quickly!

*You have no teeth. Harleigh and Trey were late teethers (9 months or so) So I'm assuming you will teeth late as well.

*You're rolling everywhere but you aren't event trying to crawl. And I'm TOTALLY okay with that! ;)

*You are sitting on your own for a few seconds at a time.

*You love to play and laugh with your Big Brother and Sister and you are such a joy to have in our home! We love you so much Lakyn Bacon!

Proud Momma

Have I mentioned how much I love my babies!?! Oh, and my photographer, lol! Seriously, ya'll... she's the best.

3 Months Old

Lakyn,

You are THREE MONTHS OLD!

Here's What you are up to at 3 months!

*Not sure on your exact weight & meaurements. We will find out at your 4 month appointment.

*You are wearing a size 3-6 month clothes and some 6-9 months. BIG GIRL! :)

*You wear a size 1-2 diaper.

*You drink Similac Sensitive Soy and use Avent bottles.

*You only want your paci when you are really sleepy! You spit it out as soon as you fall asleep and you never wake up wanting it.

*You sleep all night most nights and you always wake up right after Daddy gets up for work, about 4:30am! You like to see him before he leaves, ha!

*You sleep in your pack n play in the room with Me & Daddy, you have barely laid eyes on your crib!

*You just started "playing" you reached out for your toy yesterday, it was so sweet!

*You love to be in your bouncy seat and swing, but you aren't quite ready for the Bumbo chair, your head bounces around and it makes Daddy nervous.

*You love to lay in the middle of the living room on a blanket and just talk and talk. Guess you are going to be a little show stopper like your Big Sister!

*You are happy at home or out and about. You are just such a sweet baby!

2 Months

Lakyn, you are TWO MONTHS OLD!

Here are some of your newborn pictures, you were only NINE DAYS OLD! You have changed so much in just 8 short weeks. I love Shelia, our new photographer, and can't wait for Christmas pictures!

Here is your 2 month snapshot. (Taken with my iPhone) It was the first time you have worn Baby Legs and I think they are so cute on you, we have to have some in every color! :)
Here is what you are up to at 2 months:

*You weigh 12 lbs. 2 oz and you are 24 inches long! You are over the 100th percentile in height and you are in the 95th percentile in weight. Dr. Taylor said you are the size of a FOUR MONTH OLD! You are a chunky little monkey!

*You wear size 3-6 month clothes which is really exciting because all of your adorable outfits are starting to fit! You look like a little baby doll every time we leave the house!

*You wear size 1 diapers, Pampers Swaddlers. You had a weird reaction to Huggies, so we will just stick with Pampers!

*You are fully weined now and you are doing great with the change! You use Avent bottles and Similac Sensitive Soy Formula. You drink 4 ounces every 3-4 hours.

*You have been randomly sleeping through the night, which is awesome for Mommy!

*You are staying awake for longer periods of time and cooing and smiling often.

*You always recognize Mommy's voice and this morning when you heard your Daddy, you stopped drinking your bottle and scanned the room trying to find him, it was so sweet!

*Harleigh and Trey are head over heels for you and they want to hold you and talk to you all day long! Trey loves to get right in your face and he calls you, "Sweet Lakyn" and "Little Tiny". Harleigh loves to feed you and read to you!

You are our little hope baby and we are enjoying you so much!!!

Lakyn's Birth Story

I finally have a few extra minutes and figured I would blog about the day that our Precious Lakyn was born... I was scheduled to be induced on Wednesday September 8th. Dr. R told me to call Labor and Delivery that morning at 5 am and the nurses would tell me what time to be there.
I think I probably slept two hours total Tuesday night. I was very excited! :) I was up at 4 and in the shower. I called L&D a little before 5 (I couldn't wait!) The nurse told me to be there at 7:30. So, I called our Mom's and woke Josh up.
We arrived to the hospital at 7:15 and met our nurse. Her name was Sandy and she was sooooo awesome, we just loved her! She started the pitocin around 9 and I had to wait until the bag finished to get the epidural. My Mom came and her, Josh and I just hung out... waiting patiently!
Until the real fun began... the hard contractions. Thank goodness I only had them for about 45 minutes and the 1st bag of pitocin was done so they called the anesthesiologist and I got an epidural. BTW... God bless the person who made that drug! It's awesome! LOL!

Josh's mom got there not long after that and we started "The Great Name Debate"

We wanted to name her Lakyn Hope since she was our "Hope Baby" since losing Maeson. But then she would be the only one of our kids without a family name. So we ruled it out and decided she would be our "Hope Baby" whether it was in her name or not. The next choice was Mae, Josh's Grannie's middle name. We decided against it because we already named Maeson after her. So the name we chose is DeAnn, it's my middle name and a variation of my Dad and both of my brother's middle name which is Dean. I love her name and love that she is named after her Momma's side of the family! :)


Once I got the epidural it was smooth sailing! The nurse would come in and change out my IV bags, check me, and chit chat every few hours. We all just had fun hanging out and waiting for Lakyn. My step-dad and my brother Coby came too. It was nice not having a huge crowd and being able to really enjoy the experience.
Finally at about 3:30, Sandy checked me and said I was a 9. I immediatly started feeling the urge to push. I told her to call Dr. R immediatly. He told her he was busy and to see if I could wait. Yep, that's right I was asked to WAIT! Sandy came back and saw for herself that there was no waiting, so she called him and said, "You need to get here, NOW!" LOL
Dr. R got to the room and suited up, and 5 minutes later Lakyn DeAnn made her Grand Entrace.

She was born on September 8th, 2010 at 4:13pm. She weighed 8 pounds 1 ounce and was 21 1/4 inches long.


She has lots of dark hair and really long eyelashes! She has her Daddy's hairline and eyes, and her Mommy's olive complection and lips.

We were so proud to finally have our healthy baby girl in our arms!

Harleigh loves her baby sister so much and wants to hold her every day.

Trey loves to give her soft kisses and is always checking on her and talking to her!

We are enjoying our Precious girl so much. I feel so blessed to have such beautiful healthy children and a husband who loves us so much and takes such good care of us. Time is flying by and I am very busy with the these three small kids, but I'm making a point to soak it up and enjoy every moment. God is good!

Introducing...

Lakyn DeAnn

9 Months

I am in my ninth month of pregnancy and it's so hard to believe! I feel so good in comparison to the last month of my other pregnancies. I remember being so tired and having all kinds of aches and pains in the last few weeks with Harleigh and especially Trey. I had a really hard time with my back and was just miserable! But I am so thankful that isn't the case this time around. Don't get me wrong, I have my days! But most of the time I'm pretty energetic and feeling good. My mom stayed with us this past week and we got so much done! I am completely ready for this baby and can't believe we will be meeting her in a matter of days!

Pregnancy Highlights

How Far Along: 37 weeks 4 days
Total Weight Gain: +23 lbs
Maternity Clothes: I am wearing all maternity clothes and I just got two dresses from Target that I will be living in for the next week!
Gender: It's A Girl!
Movement: The last few weeks I have been noticing that her movements have become less and less. So last week my OB did a stress test and said she is doing great! :) I guess she doesn't have as much room to roam as before!
Food Cravings: Sonic Ice! I could eat it all day everyday!
What I Miss: Can't think of anything at the moment :)
Sleep: Sleep is not so good, but I'm toughing it out!
What I'm Looking Forward To: The day that we bring our new baby home.
Big Sister & Big Brother: Harleigh & Trey are both really excited and I think they are as ready as they can be for the changes that this new baby will bring!

Baby Shower

The cake table

Some of the delicious food

Me, Leigh & Jolene

Me, Leigh and Mimi

Me, Paw Paw & Nana

Mommy & Daddy

Josh with his Mom & Sisters

Saturday was our baby shower and it was so much fun! It was at our house and everyone brought their families and we had a bbq. Josh and Kurt made bbq chicken and brisket, my Mom made her famous potatoe salad and veggie tray, Josh's Mom made her famous baked beans and a fruit tray, and My cousin, Leigh, made her now famous green beans. They were so good, y'all... loaded up with bacon and garlic and butter, yummy! LOL! We also had chips and dip and sandwiches for the kids.
Leigh did the invitations and decorations and Jolene ordered a cake from none other than Baking Buddies, our favorite gals! My SIL, Alisha, made a diaper cake and my step-mom also surprised me with one. They are both so adorable, I love diaper cakes!
The party was hot pink and zebra and every detail was FABULOUS! We got a lot of things that we needed for Lakyn and tons of diapers, yay! Thank you so much to all of our friends and family who came out to celebrate with us!