The last 5 weeks

Paige is now 5 weeks old! I am really lucky to have had so many family members and friends help me during Paige's early weeks. Grandma Proctor and Grandpa Proctor were the first to visit us. They arrived the evening Paige was born and took care of Little Paul while we were in the hospital. Grandpa left after a couple of days but Grandma was kind enough to stay for a week. Here is a picture with Grandma and our two little ones. We had such a nice time with them here. 

Here is Paul with Paige. I like this picture because it looks like Paul is sleeping here but he really isn't. He likes to pretend he is sleeping. For those that know Paul well, you know that Paul does not nap. He dropped his nap really early. He's like the Duracell Bunny, he keeps going and going and going. 

Here is Paige at 2 1/2 weeks old. 

After Grandma Proctor left, Grandma Park arrived for 2 weeks. She made us lots and lots of delicious Korean food and took Little Paul out to some really fun places during the day. It was so nice to have her here. We all ate really well and I was able to get a lot of rest. Uncle Chong also took Paul out as well. Here are some pictures from their outings. 

Here is Paul and Paige. 

Paul likes to make messes. There have been more and more messes with Paige's arrival since I am not able to keep my eye on him all the time. I often find messes like this one pictured below. Paul had a little run in with Desitin. 

Here is Baby Paige at 4 weeks old. She is changing so much. If you look at her newborn pictures, she looks totally different. We still don't know who she looks like yet.  These pictures are from the beach. 

Here is another mess made by Paul. He decided to pour himself a cup of OJ while I was on the phone with Grandma wishing her a happy birthday.

Here is Paul at the wading pool.

This is the baby doll I gave to Paul right after we got home from the hospital. I heard it was a good idea to give your toddler a baby they could play with while you were tending to yours. I found Paul carrying the baby around with it's head hanging by it's wires. So much for that idea. 

Aunt Shayna came to visit us last week. She was such a big help and made us some yummy meals. We also went out to some fun places and Paul had a really great time with her. 

Paige has been a really good baby so far which has made the transition to two kids a lot easier than I thought it was going to be. Paul had a little bit of a rough time getting used to sharing my attention but is doing a lot better these days. He loves Paige and I think they will grow to be really good friends. Thank you everyone for all of your help during this busy time. We love you all!

More of Baby Paige

My friend took some more pictures of Baby Paige the other day while she was visiting. Please check out the pictures off of her photo blog at http://juliabender.blogspot.com/

Or you can see all of the, at www.juliabender.com. Click on client access and type in 'proctor' as the password to view the slideshow.

A Father's Day Surprise

40 weeks and 2 days

Last Saturday, I was starting to feel pretty discouraged that I still had no baby 2 days after my due date. I thought this baby was never going to come and that I would end up having to be induced. Well, when I got into bed that night, my water broke. This was around 11:20 pm. I was so excited and ran to the bathroom to make sure it wasn't me just wetting the bed. It was for sure amniotic fluid and we called the doctor. My contractions started around midnight and I was fully dilated at 4 am. I pushed for 2 hours and 46 minutes and Paige Chelsea Proctor was born at 6:46 am weighing in at 7 lbs 7 ounces with a height of 20 1/2 inches. She was also born with grey/blue eyes and we are excited she may get the Proctor blue eyes. She is absolutely perfect. We love her so much and can't wait for you all to meet her. We were really bad about taking pictures so we will take some more and post again soon.

A quick update

I have about a week and a half now before my due date!  I thought I should get all of my pictures uploaded before I have this baby. 

Little Paul has been going to the LA Galaxy Games since he was about 2 months old. However, all the games this season have been in the late evening and he has not been able to make it to any. He went to his first and probably only game this season a couple of weeks ago. It was a day game and he had a great time. Here are a couple of pictures from the game. 

A couple of weeks ago, we flew to Salt Lake City to attend Grandma Proctor's 90th birthday party. There were 70 family members present for the weekend and an additional 50 friends for the party. It was really nice to celebrate this special occasion with family and friends. 

Here is Little Paul in his first hot tub with his dad. Of course, his trucks also had to make an appearance. 

Here is Grandma Proctor giving a special speech to all of her guests. 

Here is Paul with his cousin, Brooklyn. They are so cute together. 

After the birthday celebration, we spent a couple more days with family. On Memorial Day, we went to A Day With Thomas. All the kids absolutely loved it. 

Here is Paul on the train ride waving good-bye. 

Here are the kids and Kristen with the train conductor. 

My sister-in-law and I are about 6 days apart in our pregnancies.  Here we are at 36 weeks. This is round two of cousins that will be about a week apart in age. Annie and Paul are 6 days apart. 

Here is a side view of our bellies. 

Family shot with Thomas The Train in the background.

Sam, Paul and Annie in front of Thomas. He was like a celebrity to these kids. 

We also got to spend some time at a local park. 

Here is Little Annie. 

Here is Sam with his trucks. 

Here is Paul with his trucks.

It was sad to leave our family in Salt Lake. We had such a great time with them.

Here is Paul on the flight home showing off his Thomas tatoo.

Here are some pictures from the Stake Fair last weekend.  

Paul and dad on the train ride. 

Here is Paul on a horse ride. He was the leader of the group and had a great time. 

Last week we had the chance to visit the Huntington Gardens again with the Covingtons. 

Here is Paul and Jocelyn playing together.

Paul loved running through the mist. 

Paul kissed Jocelyn on the lips about 6 times before we left. Here is a picture of one of the hot kisses. Jocelyn loved it! I don't know what Paul will do when his girlfriend moves away at the end of this month. Let me know if there are any eligible ladies out there. 

Stay tuned. My next post should be of our new arrival, Paige.