2 weeks

I can not believe it has already been 2 weeks since I had Emily. It is absolutely mind blowing to me that I can not imagine my life without both my girls! They are everything to me & I am blessed to have such a wonderful, supportive husband to share them with. Two weeks ago I was in pain, uncomfortable & thinking a martini would be lovely! Today, 14 days later, I am in NO pain, i'm as comfortable as it gets & well, I still think a martini would be lovely. :D All in all, my life is wonderful & feeling very much complete. There's not much else I could ask for at the moment. I have a husband that I am in love with, two beautiful daughters that make my world complete & wonderful family and friends. 2011 is going to be GREAT!

Merry Christmas To You From Us!

I hope everyone has a wonderful Christmas tomorrow! I know we will thuroughly enjoy our first Christmas as a family of 4. :) We have plans to make a big, yummy breakfast here at our house, open gifts then relax until tomorrow afternoon then head to Matt's grandparents for Christmas over there with his grandparents & brothers.

Merry Christmas & Happy New Year.

Wordless Wednesday

INTRODUCING.....

EMILY GRACE

Emily arrived on December 14, 2010 @ 8:11am via a repeat c-section. Everything went smoothly & we are loving this munchkin up. She weighed 9lbs even and has a dirty blonde/golden blonde hair color. She is so precious and her big sister is eating her up. She can't stand to not help out with her little sister and is enjoying being a big sister. I am still a little sore but will live. :)

Life is good

Finally!

Tomorrow is the day! We will be welcoming our second princess tomorrow morning & I couldn't be more excited about it! Mackenzie is completely in love with her baby sister already and she hasn't even met her yet...which I think is absolutely adorable! She already includes Emily in everything we do. :) Mackenzie is getting ready for her stay with Mawmaw & Pawpaw while I'm in the hospital. We aren't sure how long I'll be there, with Mackenzie I was in the hospital for 5 days, so I'm expecting 3-5 days this time. My swelling is getting worse and I'm sure along with that my blood pressure is going up too. I go in today for my last appointment @ 1:45, then I have to get some blood work done and then I'll be on my way home to wait, wait, wait. :) Please everyone say a prayer for me, I am petrified about the c-section & the epideral! I've been through all this once before, but I am just as scared about it as I was then! Can't wait to meet her though, no matter what kind of pain I have to go through to get her.
My next post will include a picture of our Emily Grace! Yay

One week from today we will be meeting our little Emily Grace! I am so anxious and can not wait. Yesterday at my doctor appointment my blood pressure was up & so was my swelling so my doctor sent me to L&D for monitoring to see if me resting would make my blood pressure drop, and said if it didn't he would deliver Emily the next day....well, obviously my blood pressure went down. So I keep her incubated for one more week, then she will be evicted. :) Bright and early December 14th @ 7:30am. Until then I will be busy cleaning and counting down.
I go back to my doctor next Monday for my last appointment, I'm assuming it's just to clarify what will be happening Tuesday morning & to check my blood pressure. I hope I get an early appointment. Either way, Monday is going to drrraaaagggggg!!!

Christmas Festival

Today my mom and I took two of my nieces & Mackenzie to the Christmas festival in Willis to have some afternoon fun. It kind of turned out to be a bust but the girls had fun while it lasted. They loved the snow hill where they got to slide down on a tube & we loved watching them! :)

Since we were only at the festival for a little while we decided to take the girls to McDonald's for ice cream, then to the store to pick out a toy for each of them & then we headed to the park. All in all our afternoon was filled with fun & smiles. [except for the part where Sofia *my youngest niece* fell at the park and bruised her poor little head] I can't wait to add Emily to the mix of girls in the family.

For 12/4/10

[THIS IS MY VIEW LOOKING DOWN WHILE SITTING]

Tomorrow I will be 37wks pregnant! I am still not feeling excitment about the arrival of Emily. Not that I'm dreading it, I just feel like it's not really happening. That this will all abruptly end when I wake up and realize I've been dreaming this whole time! I know that sounds crazy, but it's how I honestly feel. Sadly, I don't think it will fully sink in until I'm holding her. I have had this odd feeling, however, my entire pregnancy that something is off with my baby. I pray she comes out with 10 fingers and 10 toes, but I can't help but feel like something is going to shock us when she comes and we finally see her. I know, another crazy thing, but I can't help but give this thought my attention only because I had the same weird feeling with my last pregnancy. I knew that baby would never breathe the same air as me. I didn't know if I would miscarry or if I would deliver a stillborn, I just knew my baby would never breathe in air, or cry. Now I'm facing this feeling again and it's really worrying me. But I'm putting my faith and trust in God, that everything will be fine with baby Emily. But if it's not too much to ask, I would like for everyone who reads this to say a tiny prayer for our baby & for a safe delivery. Thank you!

It's December!!

So I am very, very excited about it finally being December for a few reasons, the most obvious is that Emily Grace will be arriving in less than 2 weeks! The other is that it's the Christmas month & December 31st happens to be my favorite holiday! :) Every year since 2005 I have celebrated New Year's at my cousins' house with all our closest friends, but this year, the New Year's bash has been retired, and we will be celebrating at our house, with my cousin & her family, around a warm fire with some cold drinks. I will be surrounded by my favorite people and I wouldn't have it any other way! I absolutely can not wait!

Today I have to go back to my doctor office's lab to drop off my SECOND 24hr portein test. [they lost my first one...yeah!] Hopefully I will hear about the results before my next appointment on Monday. That would really just give me a heads up on when Emily will arrive. Whether it be next week, or her original date of December 14th, I don't care, as long as she is healthy & doesn't need any NICU stay. I know how hard that is on a mother to have to leave their baby in the hospital, when they get to go home and I don't wish to go through that at all. But I have faith that she will be okay, no matter when she comes & we will both get to go home together.

Yesterday Matt & I recieved our new cell phones. We have been using a prepaid cell phone since my wreck in March...so this was a pretty exciting thing for us. lol. So many people have asked us how we could live without a 'real' cell phone, & to be honest, it's not that hard. So many people rely on technology to live these days & they forget that once upon a time, none of it was here. And we all survived just fine. I take pride in the fact that I don't rely on a cell phone like so many do. It's not my life, and never will be. I didn't even get my first cell phone until I was 19, and MARRIED! I never bugged my mom about getting me one when I was in high school, it never even crossed my mind. But, nonetheless, I am ECSTATIC to finally have a cell phone. But I will not become dependent on it. :) Matt however, may become pretty dependent on his due to the business, but that's okay.

Well, I think that's about it for the first day of December. Hope everyone else is as excited about December, and the little things, as I am.