At the Park

We have been taking every opportunity to go on walks at night. When we have a few extra minutes, Gianna loves to stop at the park. Last night, Gia rode her bike and Tinley relaxed in the sling.

Tinley in Action

Tinley is interested in toys and noises now. Check out how good she is at swatting her hanging friends!

Go Daddy!

Ryan competed in a triathlon a couple of weeks ago. Gianna was excited to cheer Daddy on through all three events: partner canoe, bike, and run. Even with an unfortunate canoe tip right from the start, Ryan finished 3rd in his age group and 18th overall out of roughly 200 people!

Way to go Ry!

Crazy Singing Girls

We are having so much fun with the Froman girls!

Spring...Finally!

Since the weather has finally been nice, we have been taking advantage of it. Tinley and I have been taking walks during the day, and at night we've been going for a walk as a family too. One of Gianna's favorite things to do is "draw chalk." She also loves driving her dune racer around the yard, especially when Daddy chases her with the tractor. Branda, Lila, and Keegan came to visit the other day, and Gia and Keegan had a blast taking turns driving each other around! Happy Spring!

Announcing...

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Isn't she sweet?  Tinley Ann Fawver was born on April 16th at 8:55 am.  Gianna is an amazing big sister who loves helping out at almost every chance she gets.  We are all doing really well and couldn't be happier as a family of four (unless Ryan decides we can try to be a family of five in the future).

Now that the important information has been shared, I would like to clear up two fallacies.  1. Labor with the second is not necessarily easier, smoother, faster, etc.  2. Once it is time to push, it will not necessarily go extremely quickly just because the rest of your labor progresses quickly.  Here are the breakdowns:

Gianna

• a week and a half late
• Contractions were bearable and very sporadic all day
• half-way there when I got to the hospital around midnight
• pushed for 2 hours
• born at 6:49 am (6 lbs 8 oz, dark hair - almost non-existant,  screamed for the first 45 minutes of life)

Tinley

• one day early
• Contractions were bearable but consistently every 5 minutes at about 5 am on Monday - went in and eventually went home until the real deal the following night at 2 am
• water broke at 2:30
• just getting started when I got to the hospital around 3, and felt equally as bad at that point as I did when I got to the hospital with Gia
• an hour into pushing found out Tinley was face up and would need to flip...followed by 2 more hours of pushing
• born at 8:55 am (6 lbs 10 oz, dark hair - maybe a quarter inch long, pretty peaceful first hour)

Lastly, thank you to Lea for taking these adorable pictures and letting Tinley pee on every single prop you set her on.  And, thank you to Shutterfly for giving me a 10 dollar credit to finally update our blog!

Dune Racer

Dzia Dzia gave Gianna a Dune Racer for a combined Christmas and birthday present last year. Now that we have a yard, she finally got to ride it!

I thought I was smart by having her start out at the slower speed, but as soon as she took off from me, she shifted into the higher speed. She rode that thing until the battery slowed her down, and she proved to be a pro on the very first day!