Mayzie is 5 months

Mayzie Loo.... You are just the cutest little sweet baby ever! I love you so much. You are growing and changing so much each day. The last week or so we've said you are going through an "I hate life" stage. I think you are just trying to figure out life and the next steps.

~weight 13.6#

~wearing size 1-2 diapers, 0-3 and 3-6 month clothes.

~ sleeping all night!!!

~still loving the paci

~ discovered your feet and you love grabbing them

~ talking a lot more

~ turning from your tummy to your back

~ grabbing toys.... And hair

Lovin' on a 4 month old!

 I love me sweet baby girl to the moon and back! She's becoming more and more fun while still loving to snuggle some! Miss Mayzie Moo you are 4 months old!!!!

~ weight 13.8#

~wearing 3 month clothing and some 3-6months 

~ wearing size 1 diapers until we run out

~ starting to smile sooo much more

~ you love watching your sisters play

~ you HATE the water. I'm not sure why, but you don't enjoy it at all

~ you're thinking about rolling over but still haven't made it happen... Thank goodness. 

~ you got to celebrate your first July 4th and you liked watching the fireworks. 

~you got to go on your first vacation to the condo in Winter Park. 

~you went on your first camping trip and did much better than either of your sisters. 

~ you love your paci and any light blanket to snuggle

~you sleep like a rockstar in your bed usually from 9pm- 7am/ish. 

Mayzie baby I can't get over how much I love you!!!! How it's even possible to love three little girls as much as I do I'll never know. Keep growing and being sweet. 

I have a confession...

Basically what I want to say is too long for Facebook so I figured I would put it in a blog post. I really hope my friends and family especially those that already tried Plexus will read through to the end. I started plexus a couple of months after having my second baby. It worked very well and very quick and without much effort on my part at all. I lost about 20 pounds in two months and no idea how many inches because I didn't measure. About that time I started posting on Facebook. I grew a team quickly and had many customers. My third month in I was making enough to cover half of my mortgage and only a few months later I was able to cover the entire thing. This was such a huge blessing and before I had even been in Plexus one full year I was able to go from full-time down to part time and then down to PRN working three days a month. Staying at home with my kids was the only thing I ever wanted but we had to have enough money to pay the basic bills.

       Unfortunately because everything happened so quickly I honestly did not know anything about the products or the business side o unfortunately because everything happened so quickly I honestly did not know anything about the products or the business side of Plexus. All I know is that it was working. Because of that many of my customers eventually quit buying and many ambassadors quit buying and trying to work their business because nobody was having the success they wanted or expected. My team has definitely suffer because of that, and so has my check. In October of last year plexus did a Contest to win a free iPad. I wanted it so bad I started posting and emailing and really working my business the best I could but as soon as I won the iPad I kind of fell back again using my kids my pregnancy and moving all as excuses. But that is all they were excuses.

So I am here today to apologize to any of my customers and any of my ambassadors that weren't successful and didn't have my support like they should have. I am trying to get back on track and really help people I have the tools to help people from many different ailments and places in their life they don't want to be. Despite my lack of growth I know the plexus products work and they have worked for me and for many many people. I have seen testimony after testimony after testimony of people whose lives have been completely changed because of Plexus. The masses need these products. And now that I know so much more about the products and how they work I feel I will be able to better assist people with their goals and including myself. Thanks for reading all the way to the end I really am here to help people please message me or call me if you have any questions.     

Mayzie 3 Months

Mayzie sweet girl, you are 3 months old!!! You are finally starting to smile a touch more and are really getting your own look! 

~Weight 13lbs

~wearing size one diapers 

~ wearing clothes size 0-3 mo and some 3-6mo. 

~Sleeping- in your own pack n play from about 8-9pm until 430-5am. It's heavenly!!! And several naps a day... You do love your sleep! 

~ you took your first plane ride to Phoenix for the Plexus convention and did great until we had to sit on the jet way for 30 min after landing. 

~ you are starting to love watching your sisters.

~ you got your ears pierced, yes s very controversial subject and hardly cried! 

Happy 3 months baby. Can't wait to see what all you accomplish next month. 

Baby Mayzie is 2 months!

Well this has been a fun and interesting month. Mom decided to actually change your name this month from Emerson to Mayzie. I hope you will like it in the future, but either way that's your new name. ;) you've been a delight this past month and here's what your been up to. 

(You weren't happy about 2 months)

~weight 12lbs 6oz (72%)

~height 23in

~ smiling a little bit... You aren't a very smiley baby yet but mom can get a few smiles out of you. 

~ holding your head up great despite doing very little tummy time

~sleeping about 6-8 hours at night with is heavenly!

~ you went to your first Rockies game

~ had your first day with just dad and your first day at grandma's while mom when back to work and you did awesome. 

~ you went on your first road trip to Iowa and Wisconsin for your cousin Kim's wedding and to meet a bunch of your cousins and you were such a great traveler. 

~ you got your first nasty cold/cough and were pleasant despite being miserable.

~you are pretty fussy most evenings but very good during the day

~ you got to celebrate your first Mother's Day

 

Mayzie One Month

Miss Emerson (Emi) you are one month old today sweet girl. I think the 3rd baby makes time go three times as fast! We have loved having another baby around and your big sisters are smitten with you!!! They love to hold you and do big sister favors for mommy. Let's find out what you've been up to.

~weight 10lbs

~you are wearing newborn/size 1 diapers and newborn clothes. Although it won't be long until you are in the next size up. 

~you sleep ALL THE TIME. Which is nice except when it's time to eat. You usually sleepy from 10/11pm-4 am. It's glorious. 

~you eat very 3 hours during the day, sometimes I have to make you eat. 

~you've smiled at mommy a few times but nothing consistent yet. 

~ you are a noisy baby grunting and making little baby noises all the time which makes church interesting. 

~ you don't love your paci, yet, but mommy is still working on that one. 

~ you love to be swaddled and to cuddle with mommy which I different from your older sisters who hated being swaddled.  

~ I think you already have a preference on people and that's mommy. 

~ you celebrated your first Easter and slept through most of it. 

~ mom and dad dedicated ourselves to raising you to know God. 

This pink afghan in the picture below was the last blanket my Grandma Audrey (who Emerson is named after) was working on before her Alzheimer's got so bad that she couldn't remember how. 

Miss Em you are as sweet as can be and I can't wait to see your personality coming out, however you can stay tiny a little while longer! 

Mayzie Audrey Struska

Mayzie Audrey was born March 16, 2015 at 2:15am after about 10 hours of labor. We headed to the hospital on Sunday March 15 in th afternoon to get checked out because we though my water was leaking. Unfortunately for moa it wasn't and they planned to strip my membranes and send me home since they thought I was only 1cm. The doctor went to strip my membranes and realized I was actually 5cm and after stripping my membranes my contractions picked up so they kept me. Emerson was still up high and not engaged so they let me labor awhile and then started pitocin to try and get her to come down before they broke my water. They were afraid to break my water with her still high for fear of a prolapsed cord. After several hours and increasing the pitocin a ton, she still hadn't come down and I had only increased to 6cm. So I opted for an epidural before breaking my water. Literally seconds after the epidural was in the doctor broke my water and out came tons and tons of amniotic fluid. The nurse, doctor, and anesthesiologist all commented on how they had NEVER seen that much fluid. Well 30 very painful minutes later I had gone from 6cm-10cm and my epidural was only working on the right side. I didn't feel any pressure to push so we waited another 30 minutes to let the epidural wear off a little so I could maybe feel to push. It's amazing how much pain you can feel without feeling the pressure to push. 30 minutes was too long to try and wait it out so I opted to try pushing. I didn't even get to start pushing before her head was already starting to come out. Two contractions and two pushes later and "little" miss Emerson was here with a head full of super dark hair weighing 9# 4.5oz and 20.5in long. She's perfect and healthy. 

Hadley and Brinkley came to meet Emerson later in the afternoon and were completely smitten!!!