Little Miss....

Here are a couple of pictures of our Little Miss Mika.

She is so sweet and already is showing some personality. That is one of my favorite things about having my three girls - seeing how different their personalities are. She is growing a lot and I'm starting to feel her heaviness when I hold her to feed her. She loves to hear her sisters talk to her and they love to give her little kisses.

This week, the big girls are spending a lot of time with Nana and DaddyGrand so I'm still easing into being a mom of three. I should be fully healed and able to hold the big girls next week, so reality will set in then! We've managed a few family outings - WalMart, Sam's, Red Lobster! We survived, so I consider those outings successes.

There really isn't much else worth posting about. I've been taking it easy and just hanging out with my girls (well, just one girl yesterday and today). I've been feeling extremely blessed by our family - they have all really gone above and beyond to help us out. And we appreciate it more than they will ever know. This week seems to hold more of the same - hanging out with my babies, doing a little around the house, etc. Oh.... and we have a birthday party this weekend for our very special Almost Three Year Old. I'll be doing a few things for that as well.

Happy Tuesday!

10 Days....

My littlest baby is now ten days old.... and she just gets more precious every day!

Everything went as planned with her delivery - arrive at the hospital, get Momma prepped, have a baby. The c-section, however, kicked my bootie. It was a really rough surgery this time (it wasn't bad at all last time, so I wasn't expecting this). As my darling husband put it, "It is a really violent procedure." All I know is that they had to give me some pretty strong drugs during the surgery because I was having such a hard time with it. But then we heard her cry - I'm pretty sure ML was crying before she was completely out of my belly. :) And she continued to cry until she got all wrapped up and was given to her daddy! Here they are right after we got back from the OR.

Mika Lynn

7 pounds 8 ounces

20 3/4 inches long

Absolutely perfect!

The only thing that I feel sad about is that I don't really remember the first time I held her because I was so out of it on the medication. It is a weird, cloudy memory. But thankfully the recovery is going wonderfully! No problems at all there! 

My Nanny spent last week with us - it was such a blessing! She will never know how much she means to us. Words can't express it. She was such a help with cooking dinner and taking care of the big girls and letting me take it easy and heal and take care of Little Bit. Don't you just love those squishy cheeks!!!! 

The Big Sisters are so excited as well. They love having their baby home and they are very good with her. It is  so special to me to watch them love her. I know they will all three grow up to be best friends!

We are slowly settling into a routine around here. My mom is here this weekend - another blessing!! She's so good to let me rest as much as I need. And Jared has been great! He even kept Mika Lynn for a couple of hours yesterday so I could go return something to Target and get out of the house for a bit. We also had a special lunch date with just the Big Girls - it was really nice and they liked having us all to themselves. Even though having a new baby at home with us is an adjustment, we are all adjusting pretty well. 

And here are my Three Little Valentines.... aren't they precious! I'm dying to get a good picture of all three of them so we attempted a laying down picture yesterday. We may try some other poses today. :) Oh I love these girls - they are the loves of my life!

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Also.... Baby Mika Lynn arrived as scheduled last Thursday. This is one busy, tired Momma but when I have some time I'll post pictures and share birth story and such.

Counting down the days....

I'm thinking I won't be able to post tomorrow as I'm spending so much of my time with last minute preparations for the baby coming Thursday. I have a lot to get ready for the girls to be staying home with Nanny while we are in the hospital - I want to make things as easy on her as possible! 

So next time I post it will hopefully include pictures of my sweet new baby girl!!! We are all so darn excited to meet her we can hardly stand it! Even the girls - well, I think they may be more excited about all of their grandparents being around for a few days than the new baby, but hey, whatever gets them excited works for me! I want this to be special for them too!

Sunday night we went out for one last dinner as a family of four at our FAVORITE restaurant! It was wonderful and we ALL had a great time! The girls were perfect and the food was amazing and it was just a wonderful way to start out this exciting week. 

I had a doctor appointment yesterday and she is just as shocked as the rest of us that I'm still pregnant and that we will make it to the scheduled date. We both just laughed at how crazy this pregnancy has been and how I'm really getting to enjoy EVERY MINUTE of this last pregnancy! :) 

I'm really hoping the next 2 days fly by - we have a lot to do so maybe that will help :) And again, I have no pictures because I have packed the camera away in the hospital bags - that is one thing we DO NOT want to forget!!!! 

Back to my To Do List - have a wonderful Tuesday!!!!!

I'm Still Pregnant...

If you know me, you know this is AMAZING! Today I'm 38 weeks pregnant. This is my third baby and I've never been THIS pregnant before. It is crazy! I'm actually to the point now where I hope Little Miss waits until next Thursday because I have all the plans made and everything taken care of.

I got up this morning and put on some lounge pants and when I went to grab a t-shirt I realized that none... NONE of my t-shirts will fit over my belly. So what did I do.... I went shopping on my husband's side of the closet. :) I can't believe how big my belly is and every day it seems to get bigger and bigger!

Today we are having a bit of bad weather so the girls and I are staying inside. I wish I could say this was different than every other day for us, but it isn't. I haven't been getting out by myself (other than a quick trip to the post office yesterday afternoon) just because it is too physically hard on me. And I'm afraid of going into labor. Basically we just stay home and play around the house. We play a lot in the girls' room where I can sit/lay on the bed which is nice. I have zero energy and I could pretty much sleep at any point during the day except at night when I want to sleep - then I'm wide awake!

I have pretty much quit calling my family because every time I call they pick up the phone all kinds of excited expecting me to tell them we are having the baby.... then I have to disappoint them. So I just wait on my mom, sister, dad, etc. to call me now :) Speaking of which, my dad called last night while my phone was in the bedroom charging and I hadn't checked it in about an hour. He started to freak out so he called my sister and asked her if she thought we were at the hospital. Like I wouldn't call him!!! Then he did something he has only done ONE other time in the past 4 years, he called Jared. I laughed so hard.... he seriously thought we were having the baby and weren't going to call him. He is so funny!

Everyday I mark the calendar as we get one day closer to meeting this little girl. 6 days left! I'm looking forward to a relaxing weekend that may include some quality time with my sweetie and some house cleaning and maybe even a nap for this momma! Happy Friday everyone, hope you have a wonderful weekend as well!

Time to Catch Up!

Ok.... here is my "catch up" post. All the things I've been needing to post but haven't for whatever reason.

Baby Shower -
Here are some pictures of some of the wonderful gifts we received. Again, it was such a blessing in so many ways. I am so thankful for my friends and family. Note: If you don't see your gift in these pictures it is probably because it was in the laundry or already packed in the diaper bag or maybe already in the closet waiting on Miss M to use it!

Check out my new diaper bag in the top left of the picture - I am IN LOVE with it! It totally makes me feel like a cute, stylish Momma (and I've been needing to feel like that lately!)

I love all the monogrammed things we got! I am totally in the mood to monogram everything since I know I won't have to save it for another baby :) I'm trying to restrain myself though.

Red shoes - need I say more!

A sampling of the sweet outfits M gets to wear soon! The little brown sleeper actually matches some PJs the big girls have so you know I'm thrilled to see all 3 of my girls dressed to match! LOVE IT! I love it all, I really do - thank you all for the sweet gifts!

And the car seat cover from Aunt Whit Whit - we weren't sure if we would need it with the weather being so warm last week, but thankfully it has turned cold again and this will be perfect!

Baby News -

We are packed and ready. I went to the doctor this morning and guess what... NOTHING! There is nothing at all going on. This baby is going the distance. I'm ok with it now. I have been frustrated because we were expecting her to already be here. BUT I am embracing the fun of getting to plan out her arrival. Only 10 days left and I'm going to do my best to enjoy all of them!

Haircut -

My children, bless their hearts, had no hope when it came to their hair. J's hair is full of cowlicks and grows all crazy and my hair is very fine with a nasty wave (that isn't cute no matter how hard I try to work with it) and a lot of cowlicks. So our poor girls have the craziest hair. Well, P has been needing a haircut for a while. Her hair was so stringy and blah and I finally got sick of looking at it so I cut it!  I am just not ready to try to fight with her at a salon to get her hair cut so I decided to cut it myself. I am no hair dresser, but I did an ok job. I just took a few inches off all around so she has a sweet little bob to match her sweet little personality.

I am so proud of her... she is really growing up and it is so fun to watch! Oh how I love this girl!

** I would have taken pictures of our re-arranged living room, however I have a huge wall that is blank because I haven't figured out how to fill it up yet and we are still working on sorting through the toys and finding them all a home somewhere in our house. So it really isn't picture worthy yet! Hopefully soon...

Hope you all have a fabulous start to your week!

I've been bad...

I just realized I haven't posted in a week. And to top it off, I have pictures on my camera that I keep meaning to upload and post but I haven't. So here you go.... a post that will cover the past week or so and there are no pictures to show you!

Weekend:
Last weekend we had a great time. J and I had dinner Saturday night with some sweet friends (Robyn, if you are reading this, I missed you!). The other operations manager at J's work and his wife had us over for dinner. They were so sweet!!! It was such a good time getting to know them and eating good food! The girls were supposed to go with us but my dad was missing them A LOT so he drove down after work on Saturday (tax season has him working Saturdays) and kept them for us. We loved getting to spend that time with him :)

Sunday afternoon, while the girls were napping, J and I decided to re-arrange our living room. So my darling husband moved all the furniture around (every piece).... I couldn't help since I can barely move myself around. We love it! It makes our living room feel more like a living room.

Monday:
I had a doctor appointment Monday.... all is well. I saw the Nurse Practitioner since my doc was in a delivery. We are still set for February 4. And I'm starting to think we are actually going to make it to then. I just knew this whole pregnancy that Little Miss would come early, but now that I'm all ready for that to happen I think she's decided to hang on until the last moment. At least I'm getting to FULLY enjoy this pregnancy. The exciting thing is that Mika Lynn will be here in less than 2 weeks! We are all so ready!!!

The rest of the week:
I have spent the rest of the week in my PJs. I'm too pregnant to maneuver my children in and out of carseats and shopping buggies and around stores so we have stayed home every day this week. J has been working late or we would have done things with him in the afternoons. I am more and more tired every day and I'm sleeping less and less at night. I'm swelling more and more and baby girl is riding low in my belly but she's still hanging in there. It will be nice when I feel good again, and I know J and the girls will be ready for that too!

However, I've had some sweet moments with my girls this week, curled up on the couch or in the bed watching movies and loving on each other. Those moments are usually followed by craziness but I'm loving all of it! I find myself thinking every day that in a couple of weeks things will change forever and it won't be just my two girls and me here all day. I can't wait to have M here with us, but I am also really cherishing these moments before she gets here, knowing I will never have this time with P and L back.

Sounds like a couple of little girls are waking up from their naps and will want to play with their Mommy... hope you all have a wonderful weekend! Note: I'm posting this without re-reading it because of the girls getting up, so excuse any errors or sentences that don't make sense. :)