My second daughter arrived on Feb 8th, 2010. She was kicking and screaming and ready to take on the world. I laid eyes on her and I had never seen anything so beautiful other then her sister and at that moment I felt complete. I can't explain how easy it was for her to fit into our world but here she is, and I wouldn't have it any other way. She was 7 lbs 3 oz when she was born, 18 inches long. She is beautiful. A very content quiet baby so far.
I know it sounds silly, but I feel like on Feb 8th, 2010. I was complete. I don't know if Shane feels the same way, but I feel like having one child is a blessing, and your whole world revolves around them, but having two is amazing. I sat down feeding Abigail today, while Isabelle watched nemo for the twentieth time and I had one arm around each of my girls. I felt complete. I feel god gave me two arms, so that I could hold each one of my children and protect them and comfort them and ENJOY them. I can't imagine life before Abigail, but then again before Isabelle came along I couldn't imagine life before her, so i fthere is another blessing in our future, then I guess I will not be able to imagine my life without them either. But for now, I'm enjoying having two girls.
Isabelle's second birthday was Feb 7th and I still haven't gotten a chance to really celebrate it. So I am planning a mini birthday party for her next weekend. I have to organize some things but it should be fun, a few children, parents and cake. Isabelle is so big now, she remembers that her birthay just past. She puts on her Happy Birthday hat and looks at me and says "Happy Mommy, Happy Isabelle".. I'm thinking she's trying to say Happy Birthday. Her words are getting stronger and her sentences are becoming more full. I can't believe that there is going to come a day when she can just look at me and tell me her right from her wrong. She is growing so fast.
These days are going by so fast. Thats for sure. So maybe I'll go watch nemo for the 21st time and wrap my arms around my two girls and remember how beautiful this moment is.
Monday, February 22, 2010
Tuesday, February 2, 2010
In Between
Myself and Shane have always wanted a family. And we have one, myself, Shane and Isabelle have now fallen into a beautiful routine that we both enjoy thoroughly. Isabelle loves having her mommy and daddy time and generally, the daily routine has become a second nature for us. In general, it is easy for us. Now here I am, a few weeks before my due date and a looming induction date over me, and I know that this could very well be our last day in this routine. I go to the doctor tomorrow and he is going to be putting me on the induction list. We have no idea if the induction will take a day or a week but either way Abby is coming and she is coming soon. All I have prayed for is this baby to come and come soon. And now here I am a possible day before she will arrive and I am nervous, excited, and very nostalgic if that makes sense.
My beautiful daughter, is not going to be an only child anymore. WOW. Saying it sure does make the difference. You see when we got pregnant with Abby, it was exciting but as a mother you do morn the loss of the time you get to spend one on one with your only child. I know she is going to be a wonderful big sister. She actually acknowledged Abby today when I asked her if she was going to have a baby sister she responded with "YEP, Name Abigail" so she does know that something is coming, and I think she's getting the idea that it is going to change our lives. But I don't think she understands to what degree. I think the adjustment is going to affect myself and Shane more. So tonight we are going to make some home movies, take some pictures, play some games and tuck our daughter in for possibly the last time before Mommy has a baby.
Cherish these moments. This has been the quickest 9 months of my life.
My beautiful daughter, is not going to be an only child anymore. WOW. Saying it sure does make the difference. You see when we got pregnant with Abby, it was exciting but as a mother you do morn the loss of the time you get to spend one on one with your only child. I know she is going to be a wonderful big sister. She actually acknowledged Abby today when I asked her if she was going to have a baby sister she responded with "YEP, Name Abigail" so she does know that something is coming, and I think she's getting the idea that it is going to change our lives. But I don't think she understands to what degree. I think the adjustment is going to affect myself and Shane more. So tonight we are going to make some home movies, take some pictures, play some games and tuck our daughter in for possibly the last time before Mommy has a baby.
Cherish these moments. This has been the quickest 9 months of my life.
Monday, January 25, 2010
Last Preggo Standing..
I am on leave and I am loving it, Shane's job is going wonderful and Isabelle just started her last week at daycare. I have completely organized the bedroom so that Abby will fit right in when she gets here, and spent the last week getting things as organized as possible for her arrival. I've got the bottles sterilized (even though I plan on exclusively breast feeding for the first 6 months at least), I've got the diaper bag packed for the hospital, my bag packed, my daughters overnight bag packed, I've got Isabelle's room organized to fit more toys in, I have to say, I'm quite impressed with the progress I have made in the past week. Now all I have left is just daily chores and waiting for Abby's arrival.
My mother has decided to put together a last minute shower for Abby. I was not all for it at first I figured we could just have a meet and greet for her when she gets here but its something to distract me from the long days and something to look forward to. I also get to enjoy the company of all my aunts and cousins which will be fun for a night out.
So overall, How am I feeling?I'm almost 37 weeks.
I feel like I am on a bad reality show this week. I know I shouldn't complain, and I am completely blessed and excited for Abby's arrival but I think I just won my own little reality series. I shall call it "Last preggo standing." We all started out this journey together, with different due dates but close enough together that its any ones game. Then all of a sudden, EVERY PREGNANT WOMEN I KNOW, who was due the same time as me decided to give birth. This past week three people who were due the same date as me or in that area, decided that they had enough of being pregnant and gave birth to beautiful healthy children. I am overjoyed for them but at the same time, I realize I am the only person left without my baby in my arms. I guess its gods way of saying,enjoy your time with Isabelle, rest, take some time to yourself. But jeesh, the waiting is killing me. And don't you think that if I am the last contestant then at some point soon, considering I've already won, the last preggo standing should have her baby?? OK so maybe I am overreacting, but its something to think about.
My mother has decided to put together a last minute shower for Abby. I was not all for it at first I figured we could just have a meet and greet for her when she gets here but its something to distract me from the long days and something to look forward to. I also get to enjoy the company of all my aunts and cousins which will be fun for a night out.
So overall, How am I feeling?I'm almost 37 weeks.
I feel like I am on a bad reality show this week. I know I shouldn't complain, and I am completely blessed and excited for Abby's arrival but I think I just won my own little reality series. I shall call it "Last preggo standing." We all started out this journey together, with different due dates but close enough together that its any ones game. Then all of a sudden, EVERY PREGNANT WOMEN I KNOW, who was due the same time as me decided to give birth. This past week three people who were due the same date as me or in that area, decided that they had enough of being pregnant and gave birth to beautiful healthy children. I am overjoyed for them but at the same time, I realize I am the only person left without my baby in my arms. I guess its gods way of saying,enjoy your time with Isabelle, rest, take some time to yourself. But jeesh, the waiting is killing me. And don't you think that if I am the last contestant then at some point soon, considering I've already won, the last preggo standing should have her baby?? OK so maybe I am overreacting, but its something to think about.
Thursday, January 21, 2010
The housewife
So, for the last two years almost, I have been playing the working mom. I was either in school or I was at work. I did everything in a certain routine and realized that there was no way my house was going to be perfect. I realized that the weekend was my most valuable family time, so at maximum my house got 2 hours of cleaning time on the weekend and scattered minutes during the week. I was comfortable with this but also afraid to have my stay at home mommy friends over because unless they came on a sunday, my house would look like a wreck.
For the past three days I have been a stay at home mom. Isabelle has been at daycare all days except today so that I could start to prepare things for abigail, and I have realized, there is so much in this apartment. I accomplished finishing the living room and kitchen to my organized standards, and Isabelles room is half done, the other half needs to be organized for Abigail and her, my master bedroom is impossible. I shouldn't say impossible there is just a lot of baby steps. Shane has so much clothing he needs to go through for Goodwill and I have so many little things that I need to go through and pretty soon I can get rid of some of my maternity stuff since I most definetely will not be needing it again any time soon.
So today I got up ready to tackle the master bedroom and instead, I played with Isabelle, recleaned all the spots I did previously, Isabelle then messed up what I had cleaned by smothering the areas with toys, I then cleaned up again, she spilled juice all over my white carpet and I cleaned that up and by the time naptime came, mommy needed one too. I had been doing such a good job at being the housewife, and then somehow by the end of the day today I felt more like a desperate housewife, all I want is a fairy godmother to take care of my cleaning... and while she's at it she could take care of my swollen feet, knees, ankles and hands. Gotta love pregnancy!
Don't take this as in Im giving up, it most certainly doesn't mean that, its just a setback.. tomorrow I will attempt to tackle the master again. And I'm thinking I'm going to be the one to decide which ones of Shanes clothes go to Goodwill.
For the past three days I have been a stay at home mom. Isabelle has been at daycare all days except today so that I could start to prepare things for abigail, and I have realized, there is so much in this apartment. I accomplished finishing the living room and kitchen to my organized standards, and Isabelles room is half done, the other half needs to be organized for Abigail and her, my master bedroom is impossible. I shouldn't say impossible there is just a lot of baby steps. Shane has so much clothing he needs to go through for Goodwill and I have so many little things that I need to go through and pretty soon I can get rid of some of my maternity stuff since I most definetely will not be needing it again any time soon.
So today I got up ready to tackle the master bedroom and instead, I played with Isabelle, recleaned all the spots I did previously, Isabelle then messed up what I had cleaned by smothering the areas with toys, I then cleaned up again, she spilled juice all over my white carpet and I cleaned that up and by the time naptime came, mommy needed one too. I had been doing such a good job at being the housewife, and then somehow by the end of the day today I felt more like a desperate housewife, all I want is a fairy godmother to take care of my cleaning... and while she's at it she could take care of my swollen feet, knees, ankles and hands. Gotta love pregnancy!
Don't take this as in Im giving up, it most certainly doesn't mean that, its just a setback.. tomorrow I will attempt to tackle the master again. And I'm thinking I'm going to be the one to decide which ones of Shanes clothes go to Goodwill.
Saturday, January 16, 2010
The eviction notice
One of the girls from my birth board posted this for Abigail today. It is definetely one of the most exciting parts of our birth board for the expectant mother because it really tells us that we are almost there!
DEAR ABIGAIL
I am issuing 30 day notice for EVICTION. Tenant will have 30 days in which she can either gather her belongings and promptly vacate the premises, or wait until the final day. After which, she will be physically removed from the property.
She's being evicted due to breech of contract and destruction of property. Expansions only to the FRONT of the house, within reasonable limits, were discussed. Not only have these limits been exceeded, but additions to the back of the house were also made!
Remodeling and gutting of the home was never approved, nor was changing the initial layout and base structure. And due to property damage, there are now leaks in both the upper AND lower levels of the home. On top of which, the landlord has received numerous complaints about nightly disturbances.
After 30 days from this day that she doesn’t comply with the notice will result in immediate and forceful removal at my discretion.
I will put up a proper blog post but I love the eviction notice.
DEAR ABIGAIL
I am issuing 30 day notice for EVICTION. Tenant will have 30 days in which she can either gather her belongings and promptly vacate the premises, or wait until the final day. After which, she will be physically removed from the property.
She's being evicted due to breech of contract and destruction of property. Expansions only to the FRONT of the house, within reasonable limits, were discussed. Not only have these limits been exceeded, but additions to the back of the house were also made!
Remodeling and gutting of the home was never approved, nor was changing the initial layout and base structure. And due to property damage, there are now leaks in both the upper AND lower levels of the home. On top of which, the landlord has received numerous complaints about nightly disturbances.
After 30 days from this day that she doesn’t comply with the notice will result in immediate and forceful removal at my discretion.
I will put up a proper blog post but I love the eviction notice.
Tuesday, January 5, 2010
42 days.
We have 42 days left before Abigails arrival. Needless to say, myself and Shane are beyond excited at this point and I have officially reached the longest month of my life.
I am done work, or I would like to think I am done work now, since I have a doctors appointment in the morning and my doctor did tell me last time that he would be putting me off work at 34 weeks. Isabelle's birthday is fast approaching as well and I am trying to come up with a theme for her party? I'm thinking princess and princes? Something easy but yet special for her. Especially considering this is the last time it will be just her around for her birthdays and more then likely with two girls we will be doing joint celebrations at some points during her life.
Isabelle has been going through a very odd phase, she is very attached to four people in her life. Myself, Daddy, her gram and her poppy. She has been refusing going to daycare which is not like my little socialite and she has been whining as mommy leaves the room. Of course she would start to go through this phase just as the pregnancy comes to the end. Just when I thought I had her routine down perfect. I guess we're going to have to do some re-evaluating here.
She is more and more like a little girl everyday though, she loves spending time with her Daddy and voices her opinion on everything. There are many "no's" going around our household and particularly from her. She loves to sing now and dance. Everyday she has a new dance move and it honestly lights up my world. She is so cute, I can't believe how lucky we are to have her. And I can't believe how lucky we are that we are going to be having another one to watch grow and help mold into a little person.
Shane has been wonderful throughout the past few weeks, completely understanding to my mental state, meaning crazy pregnant woman, and completely compassionate towards our daughters attachment issues. I just hope we can get her back into some sort of routine before Abby's grand entrance.
I guess thats all I have for tonight. If theres any mommas out there who are learning how to do it with two young children I would love some input on preparing your toddler for a new baby.
I am done work, or I would like to think I am done work now, since I have a doctors appointment in the morning and my doctor did tell me last time that he would be putting me off work at 34 weeks. Isabelle's birthday is fast approaching as well and I am trying to come up with a theme for her party? I'm thinking princess and princes? Something easy but yet special for her. Especially considering this is the last time it will be just her around for her birthdays and more then likely with two girls we will be doing joint celebrations at some points during her life.
Isabelle has been going through a very odd phase, she is very attached to four people in her life. Myself, Daddy, her gram and her poppy. She has been refusing going to daycare which is not like my little socialite and she has been whining as mommy leaves the room. Of course she would start to go through this phase just as the pregnancy comes to the end. Just when I thought I had her routine down perfect. I guess we're going to have to do some re-evaluating here.
She is more and more like a little girl everyday though, she loves spending time with her Daddy and voices her opinion on everything. There are many "no's" going around our household and particularly from her. She loves to sing now and dance. Everyday she has a new dance move and it honestly lights up my world. She is so cute, I can't believe how lucky we are to have her. And I can't believe how lucky we are that we are going to be having another one to watch grow and help mold into a little person.
Shane has been wonderful throughout the past few weeks, completely understanding to my mental state, meaning crazy pregnant woman, and completely compassionate towards our daughters attachment issues. I just hope we can get her back into some sort of routine before Abby's grand entrance.
I guess thats all I have for tonight. If theres any mommas out there who are learning how to do it with two young children I would love some input on preparing your toddler for a new baby.
Friday, January 1, 2010
Jan 2010
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It is officially 2010. Happy New Year my dear friends. I hope everyone had a safe and happy holiday season. I've been thinking quite a bit in the past 24 hours, doing a quick recap for myself on the past year. There has been so many things that have happened. Some mistakes, but no regrets. Some advances and some set backs. But everything that has happened has been a learning experience for me and my family. I was thinking about some resolutions and here they are for me.
Personal Resolutions:
I hope to wake up everyday with motivation to take care of myself, my family and my friends. With two girls I know there will be trying times but I hope that I can establish a routine and enjoy moments with each of the girls instead of being frustrated or overwhelmed.
Family Resolutions
Myself and Shane are setting out on a budget. We would like to have some money saved up by next Christmas so that we can put it towards our wedding or a family vacation sometime in the future.
We also would like to invest some time each week to take Isabelle somewhere. Whether it is to the pool to go swimming, or just to the park. Both of us as parents would like to have a few moments of each week to dedicate to our girls individually.
I also have more goals that I would like to lay out but until I get them organized I don't really want to say them.
I have a month to prepare for Abby's arrival. This means a month to get the bedroom ready and a month to get all the clothes organized, a month to get rid of the things that we don't necessarily need and a month to prepare myself mentally for being a mother of two. I don't think you can really get prepared until she's here but I am a lot more laid back this pregnancy about Abby's arrival. Last time I was so nervous about handling another life I didn't get to enjoy much. This time I've been so laid back I feel like time has slipped through my fingers.
We got some family pictures done tonight at my parents house. Just a little something to remind us of the beginning of 2010. I wonder what the pics are going to look like towards the end of this year.
Anyways thats all for today. I'm sorry for the random order. As you can tell I am not an organized thinker, I just sort of throw things down as I'm thinking them.
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