photo shoot

This has been a long time coming. I have been meaning to post this announcement & pictures for several weeks now. So here you have it...

These are the pictures that we had taken when my daughter was 4 weeks old. She is now 11 weeks old. Time has sure flown by! She has changed quite a bit since these were taken. She is now coo-ing and smiling. She has become a morning person & is extremely happy when she wakes up each morning. She is still not sleeping through the night though. :(

Her cute baby bling!

Cute little feet

My husband wouldn't touch my shirt because she had pee'd all over my sleeve! :)

I love this one!

Same one in color.

Not my favorite pic of myself, but I have a pic of my son & I in almost this same pose.

I love this one with Daddy & daughter!

She's even chubbier now!

This is the pose where she pee'd all over my sleeve!

What a good big brother! He still dotes on her!

Boy he loves her! She, on the other hand, is not so sure about his hugs!

Back to work!

Last night was my first night back to work after having my little baby girl. It was a nice night to start back with. While on my way in to work I figured that I would be working down in mother/baby because it would be my turn to float since I had been gone for 5 weeks. I was surprised that I wasn't lined up to float at the beginning of the shift. I actually got to work Labor & Delivery for the first half! It was good to get caught up with the girls at work! It is amazing how disconnected from adult life you become when you spend your entire day talking to a newborn or a 3 year old! From the sounds of it, things have been VERY crazy at work while I was gone. I am actually quite glad I missed a lot of the things that occured while I was off.
I got some decent sleep this morning, thanks to my mother-in-law for taking my daughter for a couple of hours between feeds! My husband tackled the task of keeping my 3 yr old son busy this morning so he wouldn't come wake me up. That was also very nice.
On another note, my husband is still in the process of applying for a full-time position with his Fire Department. Hopefully we will know more in about a month or so. Right now they are interviewing and will be hiring the new captains and engineers for the new station I guess. Then they will begin the process of interviewing and selecting the rest of the crews for the new station. Keep him in your prayers that he is on of the few to be selected for a full-time position! We really need it! Thanks!

Monthly Entry

I know. It's been a long time & pics of my baby girl are in need. I had a friend come over this morning & take some pictures for me. She did a really good job. Here are a few of the pictures that she took. I have a picture of my son & I in almost this exact same pose. I thought it would be cute to get on of me & my daughter like it as well.

Do you love the baby bling?!

Sleeping babies are the best!

What a cute grin! I love his little dimple!

He is such a good big brother! He loves on his sister & is very gentle.

I love how she is looking @ her big brother.

I think he is thinking "I LOVE the camera!"

It's about time...

I know, my posting has been absolutely inexcusable & lazy! I can't believe it has been a month since my last post! Much has happened, though it took long enough. The last several weeks we have been preparing the house for my in-laws return from their mission. (For those who don't know, we have been living in their house while they were gone & have since moved into the basement & readied the upstairs for their return). It was quite the task, but we completed it a day or two before they got home (this last Monday Feb 2nd). I had figured that my Little baby girl would arrive before her grandparents, but I was wrong. It seems that she wanted to wait until they were home before she made her grand entrance. Anyway, about a week & a half ago we took some belly pictures & my son wanted to part of that photo shoot.

He loved putting his hands on my belly & feeling the baby kick at him. :)

Side profiles! Not too big, but still getting uncomfortable.

February 6th, 2009 @ 0814 she decided to make her entrance into the world, all 6 pounds 12 ounces & 20 inches of her! The delivery was really awesome & quick! She didn't even get a cone head. I pushed through 3 contractions & she was here!

I think we were all surprised to see that she has a full head of hair! & IT'S DARK! I always imagined I would have a dark haired girl. (Plus my husband has a real weak spot for dark haired & dark eyed girls)! However, I didn't think my daughter would have dark hair @ birth, let alone ANY hair @ birth.

My son is TOTALLY enamoured by her. He was SOOOOOO excited to come see her for the first time. He was all smiles & giggles. A couple of days before she was born, he informed me that she was going to have to come out because she was getting too "bigger". He educated me on how this was going to happen. According my 3 year old, babies are born through moms throats! Here is what he told me...

Son: "mommy, your baby is getting too bigger & is gonna come out huh!? She gonna climb up & up & out through your tongue. & the helicopter is gonna have ta help pull her out with him rope, huh?!"

Mom: nods & chuckles at sons intuitiveness

Son: "mommy?"

Mom: "what sweety?"

Son: "Can I see your hole?" (as he peers down my throat)

I laughed so hard that he had thought this through. A lot of though for a 3 year old. Obviously food goes into your tummy down your throat, there is a baby in moms tummy, it must have to come up & out through that same hole!

He has been so sweet with her & gentle. We shall see how long that continues! I can't believe that she is finally here! I will post more pictures when I get home from the hospital.

Christmas & 3rd B-day

I have been needing to post these pics for over a week! We had a good Christmas this year. My son actually got the whole Santa Clause thing! Well, not entirely. We neglected to tell him that Santa comes in the middle of the night & then leaves before you ever see him. When my son woke up Christmas morning he PROMPTLY went into the living room to the tree & started looking for Santa. It was so sweet! He looked like he was about to cry when he couldn't find him, until we pointed out that he left presents under the tree. My son soon forgot all about looking for Santa Clause.

My sons birthday is just a few days after Christmas and we had a party for him. It turned into a WAY bigger deal than I had intended it to be, but it was fun. My hubby wanted to have a pinata, gift bags for the kids who came, cake & ice cream & some games for the kids. So that is what we did. My son probably won't remember much of it, but he sure did have fun with all of his cousins & friends!

I ended up finding this guitar (really a Christmas present from X-mas '07) in my trunk & my son hadn't played with it in over 8 mths, so I re-gifted. Cheap, I know, but he loves it anyway (& does NOT remember that he ever had it before, I might add)!
The Sunday before his actual birthday we went to my parents house & my mom had bought him this cute cake! You gotta love Costco!

I didn't really get a great picture of the pinata before it got smashed, but it was a cute fire engine. The kids had a good time taking a couple of whacks at it!

We stocked the pinata with 2 HUGE bags of candy, which were rapidly gathered & gobbled up by the crowd & swarm of children! :)

My husband found this sparkler candle that was in the shape of a 3! It was really cool. My son LOVED it. He also loved the toy airplane that was on his cupcake.

He also got spoiled with presents from all of his cousins & friends. (If you look close, you can REALLY see my lovely baby bump, well, it's not so much a bump anymore).

This was his favorite gift! It is a metal jet that he had borrowed from his cousins earlier this year & when it came time to return it, he was heart broken. He did return the plane to his cousins without a tear, until they had left the driveway. Well, they gave it back to him for his birthday & he takes it with him EVERYWHERE again.

We had cupcakes for all the kids, but they had to eat them in the kitchen. So my hubby & his friend lined them up on the floor.

Here is cute video of my son playing his guitar. He was carrying it around making up songs. (We played rock band at my moms house on Christmas day and I believe he learned his technique from that).