Meet Baby Leila!

We welcomed our sweet baby girl on Friday!

Leila Caroline

May 29, 2015 at 10:33 a.m.

8 lbs. 1.0 oz. 

More to come! 

39 weeks.

I can't wait to meet this little peanut! I am starting to have serious "mother's guilt" already about leaving the boys! They can drive me absolutely insane, but when I am not around them I miss them so much!

39 weeks

How far along: 39 weeks 

Total weight gain: 22 pounds at my last appointment (38 weeks)

Baby is the size of a: a watermelon (and it so feels like it)

Maternity clothes: Yes

Stretch marks: Yes, one new one. Boo. 

Sleep: Last night we turned the AC on for the first time all season, I slept amazingly!

Best moment of this week: Seeing Aiden graduate from preschool and see how excited he is for his little sister to get here!

Movement: So so much!

Food cravings: Fruit, yogurt, and granola bars

Anything making you queasy or sick: Kids morning breath. Ew. 

Aches or pains: Back and gallbladder

Have you started to show yet: Yes 

Gender: GIRL!! 

Labor signs: Not since last week!

Belly button in or out: Out

Wedding rings on or off: On

What are you dreaming about: Wedding dreams, school dreams, just things I have been thinking about lately. I did have a dream that she was born with piercing blue eyes… I know that is a stretch, but maybe! :) 

Aiden: Last day of Pre-K

I cannot believe how fast these last few years have flown by, and I am going to have a KINDERGARTENER next year! That just blows my mind!

August 2014

May 2015

I cannot believe how much he has grown in the past school year! He knows his ABCs (still working on naming and recognizing all of them by their formal "name"), all of his shapes (sometimes he forgets the name for rectangle, but can still recognize it), he can count to 20 (sometimes forgets 13), and can write his name and draw pictures that actually look like something! He loves coloring, playing with play-doh and clay, striped shirts, and to run, run, run (literally, he never stops)! 

And to show you how long it took me to get a normal picture of him….

The struggle is real, folks! 

We are excited to kick off summer break, if the weather ever cooperates! 

The timeline:

August 2013 (3 years old)

August 2014 (4 years old)

Happy Summer Break!

The "Spring" front porch.

It seems as though summer is never going to come to Colorado, and it also seems like winter has never left! Our Spring weather usually consists of 70s and 80s (sometimes 90s) and we already have a tan come June! Not this year, mother nature has other plans! We have yet to turn on our sprinklers, we haven't had to turn on our air conditioning, and we have even had to run the heat some! Maybe she is just being nice to me because I am super pregnant!

We were able to go out and get some flowers yesterday and plant some rose bushes as well… we are still waiting for new bushes from Richmond for our front, but that is a story for another day! Lowes was having a 2 for $10 sale on hanging petunias, and we just cut them out and planted them, the deal was too good to pass up! The pot on the front porch also had red flowers, but Luke had other plans for that pot - he tore all the red flowers off! 

We are also putting up the last of the blinds in our family room today (or tomorrow) and hopefully I will have an updated post about how much color they have brought into our family room! 

38 weeks.

I have officially made it further with this baby than with Luke! I can't believe how close we are to meeting this little girl!

38 weeks

How far along: 38 weeks 

Total weight gain: 22 pounds (have not gained any weight in two weeks, but baby has!)

Baby is the size of a: Swiss chard

Maternity clothes: Yes

Stretch marks: Yes.. wah! I now have a skinny light pink one forming on my right side of my belly!

Sleep: Hit or miss. Mostly miss!

Best moment of this week: Seeing my little peanut on the ultrasound, again!

Movement: So so much!

Food cravings: Fruit and yogurt!

Anything making you queasy or sick: Just moving a lot. I have been trying to walk a lot hoping to jump start something, but the only thing that happens is contractions that haven't done anything (1 cm/50%)… and it makes me feel sick. 

Aches or pains: Back and gallbladder

Have you started to show yet: Yes 

Gender: GIRL!! 

Labor signs: I was actually in the hospital Wednesday evening because I had 7 hours of contractions 5 minutes apart. Apparently she is playing games because nothing came of it and I was sent home! 

Belly button in or out: Out

Wedding rings on or off: On

What are you dreaming about: More weird stuff! 

Carter's is also having a Memorial Day sale and I got a few cute things for the boys and the baby…

These cute rompers are only $5 each! I also picked out some cute outfits that I want the boys to wear for the newborn photos for baby LC! My lovely neighbor and friend will be taking their photos and I am SO excited to have them done! 

I think that is all for now! Hopefully my next update will be an introduction to LC! 

37 weeks.

It has been SO nice to be on a break from school, despite my summer class reading which I am trying to be caught up though June 20th on so I do not have to worry about reading during wedding weekend for two of our best friends! Not having to drive downtown has been amazing and taken a big stressor out of my life! I also had a prenatal massage today which was AMAZING! I kept thinking the whole time "please never end!" My gallbladder pain has been radiating into my back and causing serious amounts of pain… I wish she would at least drop already to take some relief of my faulty gallbladder.

I also had a girls dinner planned with my neighbors and they surprised me with diapers and gifts for baby LC. I could have never dreamed of having such an amazing group of women as neighbors and friends, and I am so thankful for deciding two years ago to make the move and sell our first house and move to a new city! They are truly wonderful people!

37 weeks

How far along: 37 weeks 

Total weight gain: 22 pounds (did not gain any weight from week 36 - 37), but baby still looks good!

Baby is the size of a: Winter Melon (what is this?)

Maternity clothes: Yes

Stretch marks: Not yet

Sleep: Not good. Not good at all. 

Best moment of this week: My prenatal massage and my surprise get together with my neighbors!

Movement: So so much!

Food cravings: Nothing in particular

Anything making you queasy or sick: Anything that doesn't smell amazing. 

Aches or pains: Back and gallbladder

Have you started to show yet: Yes 

Gender: GIRL!! 

Labor signs: Here and there… nothing consistent yet though.

Belly button in or out: Out

Wedding rings on or off: On

What are you dreaming about: Just weird things. Mostly wedding stuff, but some baby stuff like changing her name and other strange things! 

I am pretty excited that Orange is the New Black and some other great shows will be out while Berto is home on paternity leave… We can get lots of movies and TV shows in since we will be laying low! Come on out, now baby! Bags are packed, hospital has registrations, now we are just waiting on the actual baby love! 

36 weeks.

Everything is moving along at a snails pace because I have one final paper left to write, and one meeting left to attend for the semester. I seriously feel like this is the never - ending semester, which I find myself saying nearly every semester! It hasn't helped that I am sick this week and that our weather has been nothing short of awful, dreary rain. Blah - hello cabin fever and crazy children!

36 weeks

How far along: 36 weeks 

Total weight gain: 22 pounds

Baby is the size of a: A large cantaloupe (7 lbs 3 oz - to be exact off of her ultrasound measurements)

Maternity clothes: Yes

Stretch marks: Not yet

Sleep: Awful. My awesome husband doesn't cover his mouth and coughed in my face and now I have an awful cold

Best moment of this week: Finishing classes, but I still have a paper and a meeting, but at least I do not have to sit through classes anymore, especially because my stomach was starting not to fit!

Movement: So so much!

Food cravings: Water, nothing else tastes that good with this cold

Anything making you queasy or sick: Bad breath

Aches or pains: Back and gallbladder

Have you started to show yet: Yes 

Gender: GIRL!! 

Labor signs: Some contractions in the early morning. 

Belly button in or out: out

Wedding rings on or off: On

What are you dreaming about: I do not think I am sleeping well enough to have dreams…

NST at 36 weeks

A real contraction at 36 weeks

Checklist: 

• Pre-register at the hospital 
• Pack my bag and buy a few more comfy clothes
• Wash the bouncy seat cover, the Rock-N-Play cover, and the swing cover
• Make sure my Medela pump still works 
• Buy everything on my registry 
• Stock up on after baby supplies
• Buy a lamp for the nursery 
• Do a project with my late grandmother's broaches for the nursery  This came out so cute, and I cannot wait to share! 
• Make nurses "thank-you" bags
• Make room darkening panels for the nursery (making today!)
• Buy gifts from baby LC to the boys
• Final load of laundry for baby LC (today)

Puckered face

Adorable new outfit

I think that is all for this week! I cannot believe we have less than four short weeks left! I also get my new baby bows in on Monday, so excited!