Engagement

So maybe It happened completely out of order (the babies came first) BUT I am finally engaged to my best friend in the whole world!!

David and I are practically married as it is BUT now it will be the real deal now!! We are aiming for October this year!!

Just thought I would share our great news!!

PS. Caleb and Myah are just as excited as we are!

10 Days Old

It's been COLD COLD COLD here. Today was only 1°.... brrr! Because of that I have not been able to show my baby girl off too much! The kids haven't been going to school either because of the cold... They have been out since Wednesday. So we have been one big happy family, confined to the house, with a crying newborn!!

Today Aryonna got her first bath! She spits up alot and it was nice to have a fresh clean baby!

She has been a HUGE cry baby! In the hospital she was really quite and good. Then after we got her home she has done nothing but CRY and SPIT UP.... Ugh I hate that! She wants to be held all the time (even when she sleeps).

The other day, I spend the day 'training' her to sleep in her bassinet/playard! Now I can sleep without worrying about dropping her or rolling over on her! The 3 of us have been sleeping downstairs since she has been born. It just easier on me not having to go up & down the stairs... Which I was told not to do anyway!! Plus it's warmer and the kids don't have to hear her non stop cries!

She is spitting up and crying alot. I can not wait to take her to her 2 week check up next week!! She hasn't seen her doctor yet. Our pediatrician don't have privileges at the hospital we delivered at... So we just saw the house doctors.

First thing I noticed...

First thing I noticed when I saw Aryonna for the first time was her head full of dark hair (the reason mommy had heartburn!)...

She also looked like the Tin Man from the Wizard Of Oz! She was all silver... (lol)

Then her one eye opening and looking at me like she was studying me!! Then falling more in love with her than I already was!!

I just noticed this funny fact about her name. The meaning of her name is "silver"

Aryonna [a-ryonna, ar-yonna]
Meaning: "silver"
Origin: Welsh

I guess that means that name was meant to be hers!

She's Here!

I'm a proud mommy again...

My newest daughter was born early Tuesday, Jan 6th!! We named her Aryonna!

She weighted 7lbs 12oz and was 19" long! I almost ended up having a completely natural childbirth... Not by choose though!! I was ready to kill myself!! There where people getting c-sections that got priority before me. Aryonna is doing GREAT! I had alot of trouble after I had her and didn't see her again for a while. She ended up going to recovery and spending a while in the nursery before I was able to go upstairs to join her. I felt like shit and felt really bad for not being with my little girl the whole time... I even missed her first feeding. I was so sick I couldn't even nurse her so she ended up getting a bottle... And we missed her first bath. Although I wish they would have atleast let David go see her first bath. I think he was afraid to leave my side though.

Caleb and Myah finally got to come see her the last day we were in the hospital, as we were leaving. It kinda bummed me out they didn't get to some see her sooner. So I had David go pick them up so we all got to ride home as a family of 5!! That made day!! Both of them are in love with her and proud Big Brother and Big Sister!! Both of them are taking it really well!! Myah is a little jealous and is clingy to David!

Today I'm feeling better... still weak and worn out but starting to feel more like a new mommy does after giving birth!

Well gotta run now, Aryonna is starting to wake up!

Rambling (almost) 39 Weeks

Well the end of this pregnancy is coming to an end soon! I'm now only 8 days away from my January 11th due date.

I have finished packing all of our bags. At least all that I can pack until the actual time comes! I have just a few little things that need a final tough done. I think we are just about as ready as we will ever be for our little one! Although I need to pick up a few last minute items... no big deal!

This time we decided I would let labor (hopeful) start on it's own instead of picking out our own date... Now that the time is here... it's hard because I'm so tired of pregnancy and ready to meet my little girl but I know the end results will make me much happier! Now that all the holidays (& birthday) are over I think maybe David and I will start our eviction process soon and not so much of the "taking it easy"!!

I'm excited to meet my little girl face to face and hold her in my arms! I'm anxious to see who she looks like... And stare at her chubby little baby parts! I'm dying to see what that little foot that keeps poking out of my side looks like (although we all know she most likely have Mommy's big feet!) I wonder what Caleb & Myah will think of her when they see her for the first time! I can't wait to see what her name will be and announce it to the whole world!!

I also have alot to complain about now days... I'm sore in places I didn't even know existed. Sitting hurts. Laying hurts. Standing hurts. Walking hurts. Everything hurts! Sleeping sucks, it's a joke trying to get comfortable. And this week I discovered putting on my socks is like running a marathon. David saw me struggling with my sock and felt bad so he put them on for me!! My shoes are too tight and my maternity clothes that swallowed me a few months ago don't cover my belly that is now the size of a house! I have completely given up on bending over now... I think you could compare that to cow tipping and me not getting back up!! My heartburn is comparable to the Flamethrower Commercial (click here to watch)! My belly is itchy and I swear I'm getting some new stretch marks. Although David swears they have always been there! (Poor guy don't know what to say anymore!)

Hopefully she comes sooner than later and I can announce my little girls arrival to all soon!!

Maternity Photos

Today, David and I decided since the baby could make an appearance any day now... we should go ahead and get our maternity photos taken!

We wanted to get a keepsake of my big pregnant belly since this is likely our last child! We had a good time and was able to spend some quality time together, just the two of us! And with two kids that does not happen much! (I feel like I can have the baby now that our pictures are taken!)

We tried out the portrait studio in Babies R Us and used our FREE 8x10 coupon that we received for registering at Babies R Us. They ended up getting us for an additional $10 bucks BUT that was because we chose to get a few poses on our free 8x10!! We're happy with them though!!

Afterwards, we called our babysitters and ask for an extension on our time way... We were hungry and where wanting to use our Olive Garden gift card that we got for Xmas! (Thanks Aunt Dana! Dinner was delicious!!) We got to enjoy dinner alone just the two of us and it was really NICE!! I know that it will be a while before we will be able to do something like that again!!