Charley In Charge

1 YEAR ALREADY!!!

2010-08-06T12:07:00.000-07:00

I cant beleive it!! Charlette will be 1 year old in 2 days!!! The time has went by soooo fast and I cry almost everytime I think about her being 1 already. She is standing all by herself, climbing, and crawling very fast..lol. She is not quite walking yet. She can walk along things but cannot balance her weight yet to walk on her own. She loves to sit on the lid of her toybox and play with her blocks and farm animals...this is her new game these days :) She also enjoys going in her room and pulling all the books off her bookshelf and reading them. She will normally pick out a few of her favorites.....The very hungry caterpillar and toes ears and nose tab book. She also loves the frosty the snowman one that makes music. She knows how to get it to play music and we have grandma Traci to thank for that book.

Gymnastics :) She loved it!!

Bubbles!!

Charlette has 9 teeth now. 4 top 3 bottom and then left both top and bottom molors. She is in the process of getting the at least 1 more tooth too. She looks so cute with all her teeth I just love her smile :)

We had her big birthay party for her daddy's side of the family. It was very crazy planning this party but well worth it. We enjoyed everybodys company and it was a lot of fun. Charlette had almost a 3 hour nap that day so she woke up and was ready to PARTY!! Mommy and daddy on the other hand ran around like crazy people to get everything ready. Daddy, papa Kirk, grandma Cathy and B Moore got the yard ready and tents up since we woke up to rain that day. Mommy ran to Midland to get hotdogs, balloons, cake, GaryLee and Sarah and Braelyn. Everything went to plan except the cake. The lady wrote down that the cake was needed AUGUST 31st instead of JULY 31st. After saying see you next Saturday when ordered I ASSUMED (which I will try not to do anymore) she got it all right. Charlettes loving daddy fixed it and they decided to stay late and make my baby girl her 1st birthday cake :) Then Aunt Nikki picked it up, brought it to us and it was BLUE frosting instead of WHITE!! I was soooo over it I was just happy to have a cake and it was still cute....also made for good pictures. They spelled her name right and I was really worried about that. In the end the rain stopped and my baby girl had a great party with yummy cake :) Here are some super cute pictures of our Charlette Grace at her 1st birthday party!!

Charlette's best friend Braelyn

OK...enough mommy....

Cake

What is that daddy??

MMMM....I can eat it!!

And it is MESSY!!
Asia...you want some??

Bath Time!

Presents..YAY!!

Play Time!

This year has went by so fast!! I miss alot of things about her infant stage but I LOVE where she is at now and look forward to watching her discover and learn even more. She has had such a personality since the day she was born and it keeps growing and growing. She loves people and being around large groups...she gets that from her daddy. Then at the same time she loves to stay home and hang out with mommy and daddy...she gets that from her mommy. Another year will fly by and I will be writing about her walking and talking and her new interest and I will be crying for that birthday too :)

Look how much I grew in 1 year!!!

Grandma Traci will be back to visit in 1 week and we are so excited. Charlette talks to her on the phone all the time and knows grandmas voice so we r going to have a great long weekend!

11 months

2010-07-11T09:27:00.000-07:00

Oh my gosh...one more month and my babe is 1 year old!!! I think I will cry the whole day...I feel like she was just born!!! A lot has happened this month as well...she has grown up A LOT in this month. The fever that I wrote about in the last blog ended up being fifths disease. She got a rash the next day and it lingered for about 3 days. Just had to let it run its course and it went away in its own.

Then Joe had his first fathers day. We had a relaxing day and we stayed home for most of it :) That is a treat for us!! We did go to Joe's parents for dinner to celebrate fathers day and his dads birthday. Here is a picture of daddy and baby on there first fathers day together.

Charlette got her first big bruise. Scared me more than her I think. She was under the end table and I got her out then she went back under and I went to get her out.....well she saw me and tried to run away!! That did not work out, she tipped over and hit her head right on the wood. Cried for a whole 2 min and then tried to go back under the table. Many more bumps and bruises to come....

Starts in the middle of her eyes and goes up above her left eyebrow. She looks upset doesn't she???

Then this month we went to a friends birthday party. Jet turned 1 and he had lots of friends there. They all LOVED the water and it was a really nice time.

THEN......Charlette's first 4th of July!! It was a great weekend. Daddy had a 3 day weekend and we stayed pretty lazy. We had a cookout Sunday and and went to fireworks. I was sooooo nervous to take Charlette to them...thinking it would be too loud. Hahaha...that was a joke...she didn't even care. She was awake form 1 - 11!! Good mood the whole time . She watched a couple fireworks but mostly just played.

At our cookout.

At the fireworks
Before we left the parking lot :)
Charlette has went from scooting to crawling to standing up and now walking along the furnature. Next up is walking wish us luck :) So the next blog is the big birthday update. I can't believe this. I get a little teary eyed just thinking about it :( It should be a good time though. Everyone have a good month. I am going to try to make it go slow!!!

10 months!!

2010-06-13T09:30:00.000-07:00

Wow..another month old!! I can't believe in 2 months my baby will be 1 year old!!

This was a month ago 5/15

This last month has been sooo busy! This month next month is going to be even busier. My baby girl is growing up so fast!! She is standing up on things. She gets up on her knees and then I stand her up and she loves it. She is not afraid to get down on her own....she just falls and smiles at us. It is sooo cute. It is going to be very soon that she is doing this on her own.

Look at MEEEE!! :) 5/21

Then my poor baby got sick. She already has to have allergy medicine every morning and then she got a cough. She had some wheezing when I took her in on May 17th so we had to give breathing treatments. At first she did not like them but then she got used to it and always fell asleep. A week of this and then we went back for a checkup. At that checkup she had a double ear infection and wheezing still. Then we went back for that check up on June 7th and she was all better...finally!

5/22

We also went on our first beach trip!! So much fun. We had lots of friends and family come with us. Charlette, Mommy, Daddy, friends Sarah and Braelyn, Grandma Cathy, Cousin Brodie, and cousins Alanna and Ari. Charlette loved the water. The spray park was great. We will be going back for more fun :)

Having fun at the spray park 5/24

Not quite sure about the sand though...lol
Then it was Memorial weekend! This was a big weekend. Started out Thursday Charlette and I got out of work early went to pick up Joe and went on our way to Detroit. What for?? To pick up GRANDMA TRACI!!! We had a cookout at Aunt Kelli's house and at Joe's parents house over the weekend.
At Grandma Cathy and Papa Kirk's house swimming in her first swimming pool. She is in her first bikini that her Grandma Traci got her.
We went to the Memorial Day Parade. Charlette liked it!!

The best thing that happened that weekend was Charlette and Grandma getting to spend lots of time together :)

The next weekend Charlette learned how to move forward. FINALLY! Well.... now I am not sure if its a good thing...lol. She looks like a wounded soldier. She uses one arm and then drags the rest of her body. It looks soooo funny.

Then Friday was my birthday and Charlette had a fever high and low through Friday and Saturday. It finally went down to normal last night. Did not know for sure what was causing it but thought it was her teething. Friday morning she had one on top break through. Then last night (Saturday night) she kept waking up crying like she was in pain. So I was putting Orajel on her thinking maybe that was the problem. While doing this I felt that she had a molar poking through her gums....OUCH!! It is soooo swollen and looks very painful. Today she has no fever and is in a VERY good mood! All over the place!!

11 month update next and then a 1st birthday update :)

Almost 9 months!!

2010-05-01T06:18:00.000-07:00

This month has went by so fast. Life is getting busy with summer coming son and Charlette's 1st birthday is sneaking up on us. I cannot believe in just 3 months and 8 days my baby girl will be 1!!! She is not crawling yet..lol! She definitely can get to whatever she wants and it is hilarious to watch. She sits up and then falls over to scoot on her belly or roll to something. Here is a picture of her showing me all of her toys :)

Her favorite toy since Easter is her pink Easter egg. She shakes it around and hits it on everything.

This is Charlette at daycare! She loves daycare :) She enjoys being around all the crazy kids. Charlette is for sure on e of the popular ones and she knows it....smiles and gets her way all the time. Well..how could you tell this smiling face no...lol!!

We have done bubbles for the first time with a couple of our babies at work. Charlette did not know what to think. She had the funniest face just watching them go by. If one popped by her she would jump. This is how she reacted while a little boy next to her was screaming and chasing them...hahaha.

A couple days later we tried again and she enjoyed them much more. She started to reach out for them and smiled a lot :) I love all the FIRSTS!!

Charlette is getting some more teeth. She is getting for sure 1each side of her top 2. And I think maybe 1 on each side of her bottom 2. 4 TEETH AT ONCE!!! OUCHCHCH!! It has been a rough month but we are getting through it. Last weekend I could not get anything done. She wanted to be held all day for 4 days. Poor baby!! I of course held her. She needed some extra attention to get through that weekend. Then that next week I noticed 1 of those 4 teeth has poked through so that explains it all. We use Orajel but I don't like to use it too much. Only when she really neeeeds it. I give her teethers but she prefers to just chew on her finger. This is how you will usually find her.

Well....she is growing fast and her personality is growing and growing!! I love to watch all the new things she discovers and all the new activities she learns to love!! Her faces that she makes at us these days are so funny :) I am trying to update at least once a month for everyone and for Joe and I to look back on when she is older.

Very first Easter!!

2010-04-05T19:09:00.000-07:00

Charlette had her very first Easter!! Friday before Easter we had a family Easter egg hunt. She loves playing with the eggs (not real...lol). Her daddy helped her find one and that was all she needed :)

Then she played with her cousins and mommy helped her color her first egg. She observed mostly.

Saturday night we had dinner with mommy's family :) Sorry we forgot we had the camera...no pics :(

Sunday morning she found her first Easter basket in the middle of the living room, the Easter bunny hid it in an easy spot for her this year :) It was filled with Easter eggs, a book, a new pretty dress, some bunny ears, and a bunny that sings. She was not a big fan of the bunny but she loved her book and eggs.

After breakfast we got ready for church. She was well behaved and sang when the music was playing. Soooo cute!! She was very tired and danced and snuggled just to keep herself awake. Church was right at naptime. We then went to brunch at grandma Lewis house and then came home, took a nap, and then had a family dinner with daddy's side.

Today we went to the butterfly house! It was so much fun and I can't wait to go again. It was nice to get out of the house and do something a little different. Charlette loved all the colors and beautiful things to look at :) It was an awsome day with my baby girl and hubby!!

Fun filled and GREAT weekend!!!

Dr. Appointments....UUGGHH!!

2010-03-29T19:29:00.000-07:00

Charlette has been sick a lot since she has been born. Not serious, no fevers, but a constant runny stuffy nose. I can not do much for her but wait and see if it goes away. We took her to the doctor many times to try to figure out why. Well last time we went she was wheezy so we put her on singulair. Her cough finally went away :) BUT the runny nose still continued! Took her in today for her checkup on the wheezing and we have come to the conclusion that she has allergies. I am so upset. I hope as she gets a little older it clears up. We are trying Zyrtec to try to help so we will see. Even though she sounds sick it is nothing that others can catch and she is in good spirits :) My girl is tough!!

We found out today that she weighs 22.2 lbs...lol! At least we all know she is eating well. She will be 8 months on the 8th of April. Cannot believe it. She is not crawling but she is definitely working on it. She scoots every way but forward and gets very frustrated when she cannot reach something. Very soon!!

Pictures to come soon :)

New Teeth

2010-03-05T08:20:00.000-08:00

Charlette has two new teeth! She is going to be seven months old on the 8th and she has four teeth. Two top and two bottom. She is still getting used to the two top ones. She has a hard time eating....it is so funny. I love when she smiles and I can see all four teeth. She looks like such a big girl. Her first top tooth was the left one and it came in on February 23rd. The second one just broke through the skin a couple days ago. She is in a lot of pain and I feel so bad for her. She is in a lot more pain with these two than she was with the bottom two. I hope the next teeth to come in are not as bad as these ones.

Charlette is doing so good with her reading..lol!

Mommy gave in and let Charlette have a little fun with her food :)

She got her first piggy bank and I was super excited to find it! Don't know why I am so excited but I am..hahaha! We are looking forward to Easter and we can't wait to see her in her beautiful dress that her Grandma Traci is sending her :) Not much to say today. I will be posting some more pictures soon.

6 months

2010-02-14T13:09:00.001-08:00

Today is Valentines day and it is Charlettes first!! She had a visitor today...her Aunt Liz came to see her. We are going to her cousin Gary Lee's birthday party later. Then I think mommy and daddy are going to rent a movie and TRY to watch it :) We don't get to watch many movies due to the little one yelling at us every time we try to sit down!!

Charlette is doing great. She is the easiest baby ever. She never fusses. The only time she will fuss is when she is getting tired or hungry. She is on a great schedule though so I just automatically lay her down or feed her before she starts to get cranky. I am loving her going to work with me. She is still nursing 4 times a day and eating her fruit and cereal in the morning and her veggies and cereal for dinner. I was afraid I was over feeding her because she is so chubby but the doctor said I am doing everything fine and it is just baby fat...lol!

Here is a picture of her toes 1/25/10!

Her toes are soooo cute! She had her 6 month checkup on the 8th and she weighed 20.3 lbs and was 27 in long. Her weight was off the charts and her height was 85th percentile. He said it was completely fine though. He walked in and the first thing he said was "Looks like I am going to have to call the social services on you two for starving your baby" LOL!!!

Charley playing with her daddy!! 1/27/10

She plays patty cake now. It is so cute. When you start to sing the song she starts clapping her hands. I LOVE IT!

She is sitting up by herself now! She will fall over every now and then but she just rolls right on to her tummy and looks up at me. She is just getting too big! Every new thing that she does I almost cry. I guess I am just going to have to get used to her growing up :(

Here is a picture of her at her valentines party at daycare/my work! I guess it is hard work by looking at the face..hehehe! 2/11.10! This is her other Valentines outfit that she got her pictures done in! So cute!

This picture is of her first winter walk. Also her first time sitting front ways in her stroller. She looked like a big girl and of course it made me tear up a little. She loved her walk and it was nice to get out of the house for a while. She watched her doggy the whole time we were out. She didn't know quite what to think :)

1/17/10

She is sleeping through the night. She goes to bed at 8 every night. Almost every night without a fuss. Every now and then she will cry cry and cry but only if she is extra tired. She wakes up at 4ish to nurse and then she wakes up at 7-7:30 to nurse and wake up for the day. I don't mind getting up early with her. We see daddy for a bit on the weekends before he goes to bed for the day so that is nice. She then plays, eats her food and takes her morning nap. I get things done and have time to sit for a while before she wakes up. She takes about a 2 1/2 - 3 hour nap so it gives quite a bit of time :) She takes a second nap around 3:30 for an hour or 2. I love her schedule and I love that she sticks to it almost every day!!!

This day she was extra tired in the morning..lol!! She fell asleep while I was getting her breakfast ready....soooo cute!! 1/17/10

We have a new member of the family!! Joe's cousin had her second baby. Little Brooklyn Sue. She is so tiny :) So we had a nice visit with them and Charlette got to see everyone.
1/24/10

Including Brooklyns big sister Makayla!!

One of Joe's best friend's wife is going to be having a baby girl. Casey and Melissa. This picture is at Melissa's baby shower. She stayed awake til the very end and then she laid her head on me and just fell asleep. She has not done that since she was just a new born. I snuggled her for a while but then it was time to go. I thought for sure she would wake up when I put her in her seat but this is proof that she for sure did not. 2/13/10
Even after I straightened her out to buckle her in she stayed asleep. She was a sleepy girl ;)

Her favorite things to do are read books, sing songs ( twinkle twinkle, ABC's, head and shoulders, and itsy bitsy spider are her favorites) belly time (she scoots around in a circle), patty cake, and bobbing her head up and down (she thinks is very funny). She is great around crowds but she LOVES to be home...like her mama!! She has got up onto her knees and hands but plops back down. Very soon though she will be scooting around. I am not ready. As small as my house is I still need to buy a gate or two.

So this is our update. We are all doing well. Daddy is working midnight shift still and 7 days a week. We are very busy and always have something going on so every chance we get to stay home just the three of us we take advantage. Charlette's next appointment is in 3 months and I will try to do another update before then.

Major Update!!!!

2010-01-04T13:36:00.000-08:00

So life has been extra busy with the holidays and I must admit that Facebook has taken over my blogging time! I missed my Thanksgiving post so I will give a small update and then I will move on to Christmas.

Just a random picture of the family. Thanksgiving was really nice. Charlette's Grandma Traci came home and we had a long weekend to spend with her. We had my moms side Thanksgiving and then that Saturday we had Joe's King side Thanksgiving. This was the first BIG holiday with all the family get togethers. She got a pretty fall dress to wear for the special occation and she was very good for all the busyness going on around her....and being passed around!!!

Our family photo before Thanksgiving at Aunt Kelli's house!

Charlette liked the turkey....lol!

Charlette and her Uncle Lee at Thanksgiving after her blowout...she had two :(

After Thanksgiving we went and picked out our tree....Charlette's first!

Then the real busy time started. Daddy has been working 7 days a week and so I was at home with Charlette (when not working) getting ready for Christmas. It is very difficult to keep everything up...my down time is when Charlette naps and this is when I clean and get my self around. Luckily Charlette has a pretty steady routine. Christmas has just passed and the New Year is here. I am excited to start the New Year with the baby and I am hoping Joe will be able to slow down at work soon and spend some more time with us. During December daddy did get to go to the Christmas parade with us...Charlette's first!!!

Well....she didn't stay awake while waiting

But she woke up to see all the lights!!!! A little frightened by the looks of it :)

And he also got to be Santa for my work daycare party!!!

Christmas was the craziest time for our little family. We had 6 Christmas parties to attend!!! And I thought this was a lot before I had Charlette. No matter how good she is (she was great at all of the parties) it is a lot of work and alot of energy for Charlette to deal with. I want to thank everyone for the nice things they all got Charlette. She is so little still and she was SPOILED rotton...lol!!! It is so hard not to buy her stuff...I told myself I would not buy her alot but that didn't happen....she was spoiled by her mama and daddy too...oh and Santa!

Family photo Christmas Eve!

Grandma Traci playing with Charlette Christmas Eve at Aunt Kelli's

Gift from Grandma Traci Christmas morning!

Aunt Joni playing with a tired Charlette Christmas day!

First and so far only picture Charlette has with both Grandpa Chris and Gandma Traci!

Sarah playing with Charlette Christmas day!

Charlette and her friend Baelyn's first Christmas together! BEST BUDS!!!!

Christmas night at Grandma and Grandpa Lewis' house! HAPPY GIRL!!!!

This Christmas was so special! Having a child makes the Christmas spirit 100 times stronger. During our Christmas break Charlette got to meet quite a bit of her family that was not able to see her before. Her Grandpa Chris, Aunt Joni, Uncle John, and her Porter side of the family, and some of her cousins on the King side are all the poeple she got to meet. As she gets older I hope everyone can see her more often. We also got Charlette blessed on Sunday. She was so good she allowed them to hold her...without crying...as long as she had he thumb. Then right after they blessed her we sat back down and she fell asleep on me. She was tuckered out.

This is the Blessing

12/27/09

After Church.....12/27/09

The New Year is here and I am going back to work tomorrow. I hope Charlette will be able to get back into the routine easily. She might have got a little used to her mama giving her 100% of her attention all day long. Well...at least she gets to come to work with me....even if I am not always the one taking care of her she is in the same place as me :) I am so blessed to be able to do this.

Charlette has also started cereal. She is doing great with it. She has moved up from rice cereal to single grain oatmeal and I think she likes it better. She has been eating this for almost a week now and in a couple more weeks I am going to start her on veggies!!! She is the funniest and MESSIEST eater ever. She will not make a sound while I am getting the spoon full ready and then as soon as that spoon is in her mouth she will jibber jabber a whole story :) I laugh and tell her she needs to learn not to talk with her mouth full!!!

Charlette's first cereal feeding!!!!
12/17/09

We went to the doctor today because Charlette is sick. She is ok...just a cold with a very bad cough. It is so sad she coughs when she is sleeping and haas to keep putting herself back to sleep. She wines for a couple seconds and then is asleep again :( She also is in the beginning stages of an ear infection. We caught it early and got her meds so it should be gne in a couple of days. My poor baby girl. Daddy was a trooper today too....he woke up and went into the doctors office with us with only a couple hours of sleep...my poor hubby :( Anyway..we found out the cereal is helping her gain weight..as if she needed too...lol! She now weighs 18.10 lbs. She will be 5 months in 4 days and I can't believe it! We have to go back in a couple weeks for a check up and we will see if she is any bigger then.

Alright I think I have updated enough. Hope you enjoy the pictures I posted!!! Oh and I just realized I posted all pictures of my side of the family...I will post pictures of Joe's side next time :)

4 days before 5 month birthday and the day after her first tooth came in!!!!!
1/04/10

Growing SOOOO Fast.

2009-11-08T08:20:00.000-08:00

Charlette had her first Halloween! She enjoyed herself I think. She was so good. For those of you that do not know her very well....she is a little fussy. She likes things a certain way and if it is not right she lets us all know. So knowing that... she was so good for Halloween. She did not fuss the whole night. We spent most of the afternoon at her Grandpa and Grandma Lewis' house. We had cousin Lily's birthday party and grandma and grandpa made donuts. Charlette helped me hand out DONUTS!!! They were so yummy! I can't wait for Charlette to be able to eat one. She had a oncie and hat that said "Baby's First Halloween" It was so cute.

Here is a picture of all the cousins in the Lewis side.

Charlette's First Halloween!

Then that night was mommy's first night away from her. I did ok. She of course slept almost the whole time I was gone so she couldn't be bad but I think I text Alanna (who babysat at our house) at least 3 or 4 times. We were only a couple blocks away too. I came home and ran to her room to peak at her. That was really the first time I have been away from her for more than a couple hours. She is with me all the time. At night, during the day at work, and when we are at home and Joe is sleeping from working midnights. We all made it through the night just fine though. I just won't be doing that a lot:)

This is Mommy and Daddy Halloween night....Robin Hood and Fryer Tuck.

Joe's Birthday is just the day before so we go out to celebrate his birthday.

You like his fake hair? HEHEHEHE!

She is 3 months today and we would really like to let everyone know how much she has grown but we won't be able to find out until another month. She is a chunky girl though. She has rolls everywhere. Soooo CUTE! She is now holding on to toys and Joe said she giggled once but I did not hear it:( She is also sleeping through the night. YAAEE! She will go to bed at about 8:30 and she will sleep to at least 5. Usually a little longer around 6ish. I feel like a new person finally getting sleep. She went from waking up every two hours, to waking up after a 5 hour stretch for just a couple days and now sleeping through the night. YES.....I LOVE SLEEP! She switched from her bassinet to her crib about a month ago and I think that helped her sleep better.

10/29
Playing with her toys!

Two Months

2009-10-17T08:28:00.001-07:00

Daddy and Charlie playtime!

We had Charlette's two month appointment on Tuesday. The doctor said his every appointment lecture on reading books and listening to classical music everyday. Tummy time everyday. No TV. Alone time with mommy and alone time with daddy separately. Also alone time for mommy and daddy. He is very funny when it comes to these things.

We try to do all of these things... the hard one is for mommy and daddy to go places without Charlie. We always take her with us where ever we go. Oh and she loves TV. I don't set her in front of the TV for her to watch it but she will turn her head to watch it. She loves it so much. All the colors and movement must capture her attention. She loves reading books and listening to music so those are easy ones.

The doctor put her on her belly to see how she holds herself up....she does really good. She pushes herself up using her elbows now. Anyway he was looking at that and she rolled right over. He said "Honestly, don't even worry about her just worry about yourselves." So she is doing well.

I am still nursing and it is going well because she weighs 13 lbs now. This is the 95th percentile for her weight. She is 23 1/2 inches long and this is the 83rd percentile for length.

She then had to get shots. One oral and three shots. One of the shots had 3 vaccines in it. She turned purple because she was crying and nothing was coming out. Then after the nurse was done she only cried for a min. She never got a fever so she did very well. She was a little bit sleepier than normal for a couple days afterward but that was it. She will go back for her 4 month checkup.

Today we went to the pumpkin patch. We went to one right in Coleman. This will probably be a yearly trip from here on out. She enjoyed it I think. She never fussed. She slept through part of the hay ride and she was awake for everything else (we were there for two hours!)

Charlie is 8 weeks

2009-10-06T11:35:00.000-07:00

We are doing GREAT! She is as cute and stubborn as ever. She is sleeping good almost every night....waking up twice a night. When she does not want to go to sleep though...it is the end of the world. She will scream until she gives up and falls asleep ... which usually takes at least an hour. Just today she was awake from 8:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. Can you believe she can stay awake that long. At about noon she maxed out and cried and cried until she finally fell asleep. I just tested out milk again to see how she would react and it seemed to be ok. I think she was just trying to get used to daycare. Or, it might have been the amount of milk I was drinking. That was pretty much all I was drinking. So anyway she is not lactose intolerant...I don't think!

She is a happy girl (most of the time) She is cooing but still no giggles. I just waiting and waiting for them. She has the biggest smiles. She seems to always smile when I sing her "twinkle twinkle little star". And if she is fussy all I have to do is give her a bath and it calms her down. She is kind of becoming a mommies girl. Sleepy in this pic. She is getting better at daycare with me not being able to be with her all the time but after the long weekend I have with her she usually has a rough day on Tuesdays. She really like one of the little girls at daycare! She sings to her and Charlette smiles and coos at her. If she is tired or crabby she usually won't let anyone but me or Joe to hold her without a fuss.

Tummy time. She is getting soooo strong! She is now rolling over from her belly to her back. I was not sure if she does it on purpose or if she just falls over and lands on her back. I am pretty sure she would get stuck on her side if it was just her falling over so I think she does it on purpose! If she is not in the mood to use her neck muscles and I put her on her belly she will cry and cry until I move her. She knows what she wants... that is for sure.

This is an outfit her daddy picked out for her! She was not too happy in this pic but I thought she looked too cute to not take a pic!

She is doing well. We are still looking for a Halloween costume...don't know? There will be another update after her doctor appointment on Monday. I can't wait to find out how much she has grown!

Mommy Back to Work

2009-09-22T17:56:00.000-07:00

I have been back to work now for two weeks. The first week was really hard. I do preschool in the mornings for three hours. She would cry and cry and I would have to just let my boss deal with her. She has to get used to the sounds of the daycare. It is getting better.

She is very gassy and we are trying to sort out this situation. She gets really bad belly aches and she cries so hard. I feel so bad for her. We got her some gas drops to help. We just started them. I tried to look at my diet and I was already watching what I ate....no spicy foods, brocoli, and so on. I could not really find anything so I looked it up and one of the things was lactose intolerants. So I decided to give it a try! I stopped all dairy and got Lactaid milk. Well, it has been 4 days and she is doing better already. I don't know for sure yet but I think it may have been the problem. She is sleeping longer and she is not as fussy. She has her moments but don't they all. I am going to try to drink milk in about a week and if she gets really upset again I am going to talk to her doctor. So wish us luck on this experiment.

She has another doctor appointment on the 9th and she will have to get a shot. I had my 6 week checkup and all is well. My iron is back to normal. NO MORE IRON PILLS!!!!YAAEEEE!!!! I only need to lose 10 more lbs to get back to what I was. Not telling what the number is:) The hardest to lose but I am going to try to work at it. TRY is the key word there.

Charlette is cooing and telling stories all the time. She has not giggled yet but she is getting close. She gets the biggest smile ever and we think something will come out and nothing does. Soon I think. She is just starting to lift herself up onto her elbows and look around. She is really strong. I can't believe she is almost two months already.

We are trying to decide what she is going to be for Halloween. There are so many cute things.

Here are a couple recent pics.

9/11 She has the best smiles!

9/14 I swear she doesn't get her faces from me!

9/20 One of our first family pics at home.

9/22

Smile Video!!!!!

One Month

2009-09-08T15:18:00.000-07:00

We went to the doctor today for Charlette's one month appointment! It went very well. She now weighs 10.8 and is 22 1/4. She is growing fast. The doctor said she is still perfect. When he came in the room she started to smile and coo. He said that that is really good and he thinks she may start talking early. So everything is going good and we have another appointment on October 13th.

She is still waking up about every two to three hours to eat at night. She usually goes right back to sleep after eating so that is good. I am getting used to this schedule but I am glad it will not last forever. She sleeps a lot during the day but when she is awake she is AWAKE. She is very alert and loves being talked to, sang to, and read to. Sometimes she is tired but won't go to sleep so we just dance to her lullaby CD. She loves it!

I go back to work tomorrow and she gets to come with me. I am only going to be working 20 hours a week at first so it won't be too bad. I am a little nervous but I am ready to get back to the real world. I just hope Charlette will do ok at the daycare. She has been a little spoiled while at home with us. Just a little but enough to worry a little. She is just so cute and we can't help but hold her and cuddle her.

We had our last baby shower. My boss had a shower with all the families at the daycare. It turned out great. Every year we have a summer social for the families. This year it was the summer social, my shower, and saying good-bye to a couple families that are going to 1st grade. We got a lot of nice things and it was nice to see everyone. Charlette got to be passed around by all the parents getting their baby fixes. They were all excited to finally see the little person that made my belly so big.

I hope that the rest of the family will be able to meet her!

9/5

Mommy and Charlie 9/1

Charlie's princess outfit! 9/5

3 weeks!

2009-09-01T10:50:00.000-07:00

I feel like all I do is feed and change poopy diapers. I really don't mind though... it's funny how you just do it. When I think about what it was like before she was here I wonder what I did with my time. I try to take naps when she naps but I just feel like I need to do the dishes or laundry. I always regret it when I am up with her at night. All well..... I guess I will learn eventually! She sleeps good about every other night. I am hoping she does a little better by next week when I go back to work. She just eats so much. That is the only reason she usually wakes up but some nights she just does not want to go back to sleep after eating. She just wants to play right! I am getting used to being up at night while Joe is at work.

Charlette had a visit from Grandma Traci a week ago. She was a big help and we can't wait for the next visit. Hopefully next time Grandpa will come with her.

We also went to the yearly camping trip with Joe's family. We did not stay we just went for a day but it was Charlette's first camping trip. Here is a pic of Joe's cousin Rachel holding her at camp.

8/22

We try to go for a walk if the weather is nice. She likes them. She usually stays awake for them so we go at night so she will stay up a little later for us. Here is a pic while getting ready for a walk.

8/31

We also had a couple birthday parties to attend . This gave everyone a chance to see Charlie. We had Drew and Parkers party. Which we were late for but we made it and everyone got to see her. We had Jacks birthday party and the rest of Joe's family got to see her. Then we had Braelyn's party. This is my friend Sarah's baby. She just turned one. I have a feeling her and Charlie will be getting into trouble together in the future. CAN'T WAIT! It is a lot of work to go to these parties but it is worth it.

Here are a couple other pics of the little one.

8/28

8/15

We are all three doing well and I will give another update after her appointment on the 8th!

One Week

2009-08-15T11:32:00.000-07:00

Today Charlette is a week old. It has went by so fast. I can't imagine how fast a month will come and then a year. We are just enjoying every moment and every little thing she does. She is doing good at night. Last night I was up every two hours. That was GOOD! She gets hungry and Joe just can't fiil that need. He does the diapers though. We are probably going to create a monster with the amount we hold her but it is so hard to put her down when we are just sitting around. She is so snuggly and cute we just can't help ourselves.

We had her first doctor appointment yesterday. It went very good. She weighed 8lbs 13oz when born. When we left the hospital she weighed 8lbs 5oz and yesterday she weighed 8lbs 11oz. Her doctor said that they are happy if they get back to their birth weight by two weeks and by the rate she is going she will be past her birth weight this next week. It is good o know she is getting enough to eat. Her eye is doing better she is almost done with her eye drops. Doctor said she is perfectly healthy. He also yelled at Joe and I for not going on a date. In the hospital he told us to go on a date in the first week because if we can leave her while she is this young we won't have problems in the future. I guess it makes sense but even if we wanted to leave her I think we would rather just take a nap.

Yesterday was her first day out and about. We also made a trip to Meijer. She was awake almost the whole time. She slept good when we got home. I was worried she woukd be up all night but she did good. It is very different taking a baby with you everywhere. Different in a good way. She decided she was hungry in the doctors office and after we left the store. I guess that is the good thing about breast feeding, you always are ready to feed her, whenever and whereever you are.

Anyway, we are all good and Charlette's Grandma Traci will be home tomarrow. We are so excited and can't wait for them to meet eachother.

She is here!

2009-08-11T21:42:00.000-07:00

To explain how my life has changed all I need to say is instead of sleeping at 1:00 in the morning, I just got done feeding Charlette and I am waiting 15 more min so I can put her eye drops in. Then I will change her and try to get some more sleep. TRY is the key word there. It is all worth it though. She is the most precious thing ever and I love spending this time with her. Right now is daddy's time to sleep. He let me sleep earlier in the night. We have to take turns at this point but I will soon have to do this night time thing on my own. I am a little nervous! We will get through it though.

Now I will explain what happened throughout my labor. It is kind of a long story but it is how baby Charlette came to the world.

THURSDAY night we went to the hospital to be induced at 8:00. We got there and got our room and me and the baby got hooked to monitors. Oh, I got my yucky IV put in too. Then I was suppose to get started on a med that would get things started and thin things out to make it easier for me to dilate. At this time I was dilated to 1/2 and having contractions every 5 min. This is too many contractions to have and be on the meds. So they just monitored us through the night. That night my water broke on it's own at 2:00a.m. They checked for dilation and I was the same.

FRIDAY came and I got toast for my gourmet breakfast. Then they started me on pitosin which is what makes my labor go into full gear whether you are progressing or not. This starts in the IV with the dose of 1 and is moved up 1 every hour until it maxes out at 20. I was on this all day with contractions every five min. Slowly through the day I started feeling all of the contractions and they were getting stronger and stronger. I could not eat all day either. I was having back labor because they thought Charlette was head down but facing the wrong way. The nurse had me sit in different positions throughout the day to try to flip her over. They gave me morphine as the pain got stronger.Did nothing and it does reach the baby so I decided to not get that any more. The nurse said it might make baby sleepy but it made her do back flips. She was so active during this time. I just don't like the thought of her getting morphine. It made me sleepy but I still felt all the pain. They checked about 2:00 or 3:00 and I was at 1. They then checked me at 5:00 and I was at 1 1/2. The meds had reached 12. They pretty much gave me the option to get a c-section or try again in the morning. I really did not want a c-section if we could avoid it. Most doctors will not let you go longer than 18 to 24 hours after the water breaks but luckily my doctor thinks as long as both mom and baby are doing good he will go a little longer. I was so frustrated so I just had to take a deep breath and say "we will try again in the morning."

FRIDAY NIGHT I got to eat a decent dinner. I did not have much of an appetite. I was still having contractions. All night I had strong contraction every five min. for the most part. They had given me a pill called Ambien and it is suppose to help me sleep through the contractions. Well I might have slept through a couple but not many at all and one of the rare side effects is hallucinating. I did not find this out until the morning when I said I was seeing things and kinda freaking out a bit while on the pill. Of course I would get the rare side effect. I was seeing a whole other bed in the room and when I got up to go to the bathroom I did not want to get back in bed because I thought there were cords hanging everywhere around my bed. Then at about 4:00 a.m. the pain was getting so bad. The doctor said it was too early to get anything. He had no sympathy what so ever. I wanted to strangle him.

SATURDAY my day nurse who I had on Friday was back. She was great she helped me through a lot. She got there at 7:00 and asked how I would rate my pain and I said an eight or nine. She said lets check you and get you some meds. Sooooo she checked me and I was dilated to 4. Yaeeeeeeeeeeeeee! She gave the option of morphine again and I said no. So she gave me the option of a med called epathecal that only last for a couple hours. My doctor had to be there for me to get an epidural so that was not an option yet. I got the epathecal. So they were in there as soon as possible and he put it in. It goes in my back like the epidural so while they were there they got everything ready for the epidural. That way if I still wanted it when the doc got there and the other was out of my system it would not take long. I could still feel the contractions but not as intense. This got me through a couple hours and we got a little bit of needed sleep. Then it wore off. I said "ok where is that epidural?". I was still having back labor so I was sitting in different positions. They put the epidural in and it only numbed half of me. My left side was pain free but I felt everything on the right. At the time I was not happy but now I am glad because I feel like it would have been too much to have the whole bottom half be numb.

Then at about 12:00 I said I was feeling the urge to push so she checked me again. I was all the way dilated. I was so relieved and I just wanted to get her out of me. So we labored down for a long time. At the time I was at the hospital there was another girl who was getting induced as well.. We had the same doctor and we went into labor at the same time. She beat me by just a couple min. so my doc was in there with her. Anyway, it worked out in the end he got in there and I started pushing. They had taken me off the epidural earlier while laboring down because I was not pushing enough. So The actual delivery was med free!

Charlette Grace Lewis was born Saturday the 8th at 2:48 pm
8 lbs 13 oz 21 in long

Her head was 13 1/4 and her chest was 14

She is doing well. She eats like a champ and she toots and burps like a champ too. We have so many friends and family visiting and she has so many more to meet. She has a blocked tear duct so she has to have eye drops every 4 hours. We go to the doc on Friday for her first appointment. Her first night was rough but last night was much better. Hopefully they keep going that way.

She also had to have an IV in her arm the whole time she was in the hospital because she was born so long after my water broke. She had to get antibiotics while we were there just to be safe and scare the infections away. Does she look so sad:( But CUTE:) Everything is normal and healthy with baby Charlette!

Mom on the other hand was not feeling so well after words. I look a little green in all my pics. I went to get out of bed for the first time after she was born and I made it to the chair next to me. I almost passed out. Luckily my nurse was very considerate and had all our visitors stay behind the curtain. I then got my blood tested and my hemoglobin was at 8. This is low but just enough to watch it. I could not get out of that stupid bed without almost passing out. I kept bleeding a little bit more than normal and Sunday night it had dropped down to 6.5. I then had to get two bags of blood in me. At that time I was so nervous. They had to give me benedril with the blood. They put it in my IV and it hit me in two seconds. Made me feel nauseous and not be able to focus my eyes. The weirdest feeling. Then I was out like a light the next couple hours. I was worried I would not be able to feed Charlette if she got hungry at that time but she waited for me to be done. I was so happy Mon. when I woke and felt better. I was no longer green. I am doing well now.

Daddy did all the diapers while in the hospital! Lots of poops.

And of course mommy did all the feedings.

I love this pic of Joe with Charlette!

She is a princess!

The three of us.

I hope to see everyone soon and Charlette can't wait to meet everyone. If you go to the hospitals web nursery you can see her hospital pic. I will be giving updates when I have time.

Induced?

2009-08-05T18:02:00.000-07:00

So we had our doctor appointment today and we have some news. She checked to see if I was dilated at all and ........I was not! Can you believe it. I couldn't and neither could Joe. So now I am going in tomorrow night to be induced. She explained everything to me and it was a lot to take in. I was told to get ready for what could be a long process. I think I am as ready as I can be. I am very nervous but excited to get on with it and meet our baby girl. We will be letting everyone know when she is born so that way anyone who wants to go to the hospital does not have to wait for hours.

About the guessing game. Everyone has guessed too early but we will be looking at weights still. I know she has grown more since the guessing days but all well. I think it's fun to look.

So............ wish me luck and I hope to see all of our friends and family soon (along with a baby) :)

First Scare, Hopefully Last

2009-07-31T11:24:00.000-07:00

This little girl is very stubborn all ready. She is already late and not really showing any signs of coming out to visit. I suppose I will just try to enjoy this last week or so. Anyways, she is also a very , very, VERY active baby. She never stops moving and my belly is always doing the wave. Yesterday on the other hand she was not. I didn't think anything at first but then I started to get a little worried. I told Joe at about 7:30 she had not been moving throughout the day like she usually does and he got very worried. So we waited about an hour and she still was not active so I called the doc. She told me to go in and they'll check everything out.

So on our way to the hospital I was so scared. I was scared I was over reacting but more scared that something was wrong. We got in and they hooked me up to the monitors. As the time went by she started to move around more and more. Then my belly was jumping. I was so relieved along with Joe. I felt so good to know our baby girl was ok. We just looked at each other and smiled. Then we started laughing and told ourselves how stubborn our little girl is. At that time though we were excited she is just stubborn. I think she got mad they put the monitors on me. We interrupted her sleep. So they said everything was good and they sent us home.

All though they did ask about my contractions. I was having a lot during the monitor time and she wanted to know if I could feel them. I could but they were not painful, just uncomfortable, and they were not getting stronger. They said that stress can bring them on and I feel that is what it was because they faded off on our way home.

Now today she is back to her normal active self and I am enjoying every moment of it. In nine months we have had one scare. I hope hope hope that this is the only one. That was enough for us!

Not Yet!

2009-07-28T16:07:00.001-07:00

Today we had our doctor appointment hoping it would be our last one. Come to find out it probably is not. My do date is tomorrow and even though I keep getting contractions (some very strong) I am still not dilated at all. We have a scheduled appointment for next Wednesday. If she does not decide to come out by then they will schedule an induction. I am really hoping she will come before then.

I am not working anymore and I did not want to take that much time off of work. I had thought about going back but I am not any help what so ever. I cannot bend over very well and working at a daycare that is a must. Oh and getting up and down off the floor or even the minnie chairs. My back and tail bone are hurting very bad so I can do those things it just puts me through a lot of pain. So in the end we decided it would be best if I just stayed off work. Joe is worried I would push myself too hard and you never know she may decide to come before next week.

I know everyone is just as excited to meet this little one rolling inside of my tummy as we are. I will let everyone know as soon as we can when she is here for everyone to love.

She likes to sit a little crooked sometimes, well alot. I do have shorts on in this pic too!

7/18

7/28 Try not to look at the strech marks! Yuck!!!!

Guessing Game

2009-07-20T18:10:00.000-07:00

Joe and I are trying to compare what our friends and family think about baby info. We are guessing the birthday, weight, and length. So if you could comment on what you think that would be great. Thank you!

Count Down!

2009-07-17T07:55:00.000-07:00

We had a doctor appointment yesterday. I only have two more scheduled appointments. I am getting more and more nervous and excited. Joe is so funny. Every single night when he goes to work he is thinking I am going to go into labor. He never wants to leave me alone. I told him she won't just fall out of me, he doesn't work that far away.

I had a false alarm this week. I was at work on Tuesday and started having contractions stronger than normal. They kept getting closer together. They ended up being five min. apart and lasting about two min. each. This went on from about 2:00 to 7:00. I did call the doctor and she told me to just relax at home for a while and see if they fade. Which they did of course. I was disappointed and relieved at the same time. It is so weird to have such opposite feelings at the same time. Joe was disappointed. I guess she thought about coming out for a while and then changed her mind.

She is still moving a lot as normal. The doctors say she will be in gymnastics. I personally think it will be a sport that has to do with KICKING and PUNCHING.

I was checked yesterday to see if I was dilating at all. I won't get too into detail but everything is progressing and I am not dilated yet. She has dropped a little but not all the way yet. It could be anytime now or it could be a couple weeks yet. Hopefully sooner. I am tired of being achy and not wanting to move from the couch.

With as much as I feel like this I am trying to enjoy the pregnancy still. We are keeping busy with family gatherings and work. I hope next time I wright I will be announcing.

Daddy putting clothes away!

Mommy making a smore!

7/1/09

7/18/09

Mommy and Daddy July 18th at 38 weeks

Almost Time!

2009-07-01T19:23:00.000-07:00

I am now 36 weeks today. I have been very busy and trying to leave time to relax. My hours are lowered to 25 hours a week because of summer schedules and I cannot really work by myself! I think it is for the best though. Joe and I are both on a one week vacation right now and we are trying to get everything done that we possibly can. I got the room painted and my hospital bag ready to go.
We had a doctor appointment today and everything is normal. I am measuring right where I should be, blood pressure good, weight gain good, and heartbeat good. I have gained 32 pounds so far. She is definitely moving enough. She still has the hick ups everyday and she is kicking my ribs all day long. Not complaining though. I think I will miss this when she gets here but we are so anxious to see her and meet her.
We got the crib. It was a long process to find the right crib. Everyone should know how picky I am. Feel bad for Joe. He was very patient though. We got it from Babies R Us. First time we got it, it was in stock and took it right home. We got it out and there was a scratch, a chunk of the corner missing, and a huge crack in the back board. So, we ordered a new one and got it today. All is good and all is put together! Yaaaaeee!!!!

This is our baby girls crib!

6/5/09

7/1/09

Oh - we got our pictures done last week so if anyone wants to see them they can go to

http://www.snaptotsphotos.com/ then go to captured moments then in the box type in lewis !

They will be posted until Monday the 6th.

June update!

2009-06-05T07:44:00.000-07:00

I wrote a couple weeks ago but I forgot to post it. That was a waist of time. I have done a lot in the last couple weeks.

I had my two baby showers. They were great. We were gifted some awesome items and it was so fun putting everything away. I am in the process of writing my thank you cards. It is taking a long time I have at least 60 notes to write. During the shower for Joe's family Joe had a diaper party for all the guys. We are stocked up for diapers and wipes for a while. We found a place in our tiny house to store them all. I was worried about that but we did it. Now I just have to get ready to wash her clothes. I have one more shower that my boss is planning. That is next weekend.

We had to get the babies room walls fixed. There were a couple holes that were in them. We are fortunate enough to have a friend that helped us. He has been coming over for the last couple weeks and patching them for us. Now they are done and it is ready to paint. I am starting to paint today. I got permission from the doctor so I will probably do most of it. I don't want it to get messed up and I would be afraid for Joe to try to paint it. He will be doing other things around the house that I can't do anyways. So I am excited to get the room done and post pics.

We got both of the gardens put in the flower garden around the house and Joe's vegetable garden. Joe did all of this. It looks nice around the house and I wanted it done before the baby came. I knew if it did not get done now it never would. Joe also got our air conditioner in. We have only used it a couple times but I am so glad we got it.

We had a doctor appointment which is every two weeks now. It was just a regular OB check. Everything is great. We had to get another ultrasound though. We were not expecting it. They wanted to check one last time if the placenta was in the right spot. Which it was. It was good to see that everything was good and we got to get more pics of our baby girl. We have another appointment on the 10th. I am just dealing with the kicks in the ribs at this point. My ribs hurt so bad but I just keep telling myself that I am happy she is active and I know she is ok.

I feel like I have so much to do but my hours will be lowering at work soon so I will have a lot oftime on my hands. I am for sure in the nesting mode so I will have to tell myself to sit down every once in a while.

June 5

May 18

Mom's shower cake

Cathy's shower cake

Test Results

2009-05-19T17:11:00.000-07:00

Last week I got my blood results back and my sugar was normal. I did have low iron so I have to take extra iron everyday. It is not that bad though. I am at 10.4 and the normal is 12 to 14. Because we are going to the woman's practice I have more than one doctor. This has not been a problem until now. One doctor is concerned and another doctor says it is no big deal. The doc that is concerned is not too worried but wants me to take the iron pills. I just think it is a little weird that they are so different in opinions. I guess I'd rather take them and be safe than not. Everything else is completely normal and we are both healthy. My weight is good and I am measuring right where I should be. At the time I was 291/2 weeks and I measured at 30. I am suppose to measure at the same amount of weeks I am at.

Her head is down and she has her butt sticking out next to my belly button. She will move from side to side. Almost every time Joe rubs my belly she pushes her butt out more. It's really funny. She has been getting the hick ups once a day. I don;t think she likes having them because every time she gets them she starts to wiggle around.

I am really excited for my shower this weekend and I can't wait to see everyone. Here are some pics!

April 24th

May18th

Asia is still being protective!

Picture update

2009-05-09T05:52:00.000-07:00

I am sorry I have not gotten any pictures posted. We got a new laptop so we could have get rid of our computer and make a little more room. So I had to get all my pictures over to my laptop and it took me a little bit.

I drank my "orange drink" and it was actually ok. It just tasted like flat orange pop. I have not heard from the doctor so I am assuming everything was fine. I go back for a checkup on the 15th.

These pictures are from Easter.

Saturday before Easter

Easter Sunday

Monday after Easter.

I am bigger now (a month later ) so I will get new pics off my camera

Update at 27 weeks

2009-04-28T17:09:00.000-07:00

Tomorrow I will be 27 weeks. I cannot believe that I am already this far along. On April 17th we had an appointment and the baby and I are both healthy. I have been very blessed during this pregnancy. Also, on this day we found out that I had gained 10 pounds in 4 weeks. This can be something to be concerned about if I continued to gain this much. I am really only SUPPOSE TO gain 1 pound a week. I had to go back a week later, which was April 24th, to just see a nurse to check my weight. When I went in I had not gained anymore weight which was good so their was nothing to worry about. Just a little growth spurt.

Now this Friday I have to drink my "ORANGE DRINK" and get my blood drawn. This is to check glucose. I am a little nervous on what the drink with taste like. I will make it through ok. I will let you all know how that goes. I will probably find out the results at my next appointment which is May 15th.

This last weekend she had the hick ups for the first time. It was the cutest thing ever. Of coarse I cried. Don't ask me why. I cry at everything these days. She is still kicking everyday all day. I had a child at work sitting on my lap and he said "Hey, your belly is bumpin in there!" He was very worried.

I will try to get pictures posted soon!

2009-04-05T12:52:00.001-07:00

On Friday afternoon we got another ultrasound. During this one she was not as active as the other one but during it she yawned. It was the cutest thing ever. The doc replayed it three times for us. Here are some pics for everyone to see.

March 13th

March 16th. She wanted to say hi to everyone!

March 19th

April 5th

These are the girl parts!

April 3rd.

Daddy Joe's belly!

Asia never leaves me alone since I've been pregnant!

Hope you all enjoy the pics!

BOY or GIRL

2009-04-03T07:17:00.000-07:00

I am SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO sorry I have not given an update. I know everyone is waiting or has already found out by someone. OK I had my appointment on the 16th and we found out it is a GIRL!!!!! We were so excited to finally know that we went and looked at baby items for the registry that next weekend. We will probably register soon since I have to have so many showers. At the ultrasound the doctor made a comment about how much she moved. We were in there for a half an hour and she did not stop moving. One minute she was doing a hand stand the next minute she was sitting on her feet. She moved into so many different positions the doctor gave us about 10 pictures. I will try to post some of them this weekend. Everything is healthy and growing well.
I am still feeling good. It's getting harder everyday to do the simplest chores. I either will get out of breath or I physically can't do something and have to wait for Joe to do it. I have to go shopping for a outfit to wear for Easter and that will be a trip and a half. All and all though I am enjoying being pregnant and for the most part I really don't mind random people rubbing my belly. What I enjoy the most is feeling her move she moves so much. She will sometimes keep me up at night. If I set something on my belly she will kick it off.
Along with the pics of the baby I will post my belly (which has grown quite a lot) and I got a request for Joe's growing belly:)

Oh, you are probably all wondering about a name. We have no clue!

Another appointment

2009-03-02T18:09:00.000-08:00

We went to the doctor and everything is normal and healthy. The baby was kicking my belly as the doctor was finding the heart beat - so we could hear the thumping of the kick. I feel the baby move all the time, I think we have an active one on our hands. I am gaining weight like I should be. I will be going back on the 16th and I'll have more exciting news for everyone. I just wanted to share my recent belly pics.

Feb 15th

March 2nd

Bigger Belly

2009-02-15T11:53:00.000-08:00

We had an appointment on Feb. 6th and everything was normal and healthy. I am now in my 16th week and feeling good. I have more energy and not feeling sick in the morning. Hopefully it stays this way.

Both Joe and I are so excited to find out what it is. A lot of people don't want us to but we are both impatient and can't wait. I just want to start getting the room ready. It's really hard not to buy anything. So far I have not gotten anything.

I think I may feel the baby moving but I don't know for sure. I am not sure what I am waiting to feel. I will have to wait and see if it's the baby or not.

Our next appointment is on March 6th and our next ultrasound is on March 16th. This is when we find out if it is a boy or a girl.

Here is the belly pics.

Jan.21

Feb. 15

Baby update and Asia

2009-01-24T11:44:00.000-08:00

I am just updating on how the pregnancy is going. I am in my 13th week. As I was just starting to think that the morning nausea was disappearing, I got the flu. I am over it now and cleaning my whole house. (I say that like it's huge). Even if I have a small house to clean it takes a lot of energy out me. This is all in between my frequent potty breaks and of course eating breaks. I am starting to get more energy - thank goodness. I am actually wanting to get out of the house a little bit instead of wanting to sleep all day everyday. Joe is spoiling me (not like he didn't before I was pregnant -your all thinking). He goes out to get me my cravings. It used to be olives but now I want root beer floats and original bubble gum. Not together! I still want Mexican food all the time but I am starting to get heart burn so I don't know how long this will last. My next regular appointment is Feb. 6th.

Here are my belly pics......

This is Dec. 29

This is Jan21

I don't know if you can really see the size difference but my belly is tightening up.

ASIA
Now for our other baby. I have to show everyone the Christmas photos of Asia and also her before a haircut and after her haircut pictures.

Before

After

She hated the bows they lasted for about as long as this picture.

New Someone to Love

2009-01-06T18:32:00.000-08:00

Here is a slodeshow I put together for everyone!

Make a Smilebox slideshow

First Dr. appointment

2009-01-05T17:54:00.000-08:00

Today Joe and I went to our first appointment. It was a very long morning but worth it. We were in there for 4 hours. We got to the hear the heart beat. This was so exciting. The heartbeat was normal. It's at 170. We then had an altrasound. This went really good. We heard the heartbeat again and this time we watched it flutter on the screen. The baby is 4 cm. No tail and no webbed fingers anymore. It's tuning into a person yay! I think the baby felt disturbed because he started to wiggle around. That was a weird experience because I could watch the baby move inside me but I could't feel a thing. Soon enough right. I go back in four weeks for a check up and I have another altrasound March 16th. At that appointment we will check to make sure my placenta rises and find out if the baby is a boy or girl. I am 10 weeks and five days today. My do date is July 29th (Our anniversary). Good anniversary gift. Here are some pics.

See the little hands?

The baby loks like a thumb sucker!

It doesn't look big from this angle.

But, this is what I see.