Happy 5 months love bug!

Whoa!! Almost half a year old! So daddy had this great idea to go through the toy aisle at Costco since it has all the Christmas gifts and everything going on right now. He saw a walker and though "hey he would probably enjoy this now!" I didn't agree, I honestly didn't want him to grow even faster lol but I was wrong!! He loves it! It has become his favorite toy! And he already tries holding and moving forward! Nooooo!!

Funniest picture ever! Of course I have to play with him. He reminded me of Al Bundy so I helped him adjust his hand and he was the cute twin that he never had lol 

On the bright side for this mama!! No more rollie pollie. He rolls from his belly to his back and back up to his belly again. Such a smarty pants!! 

May the 4th be with you!

Guess who is rolling!? Cutest little workout struggle I've seen!

He is still teething, no signs of teeth yet. I feel so bad for him. How long does teething usually last? So sad you struggle so much to cut little teeth through and one day we end up toothless with dentures lol k I'm being way too drastic but you have to admit it is true! 

4th month shots! Yikes!! I cried with him. The nurse had me holding his arms down ugh it broke my heart! Why couldnt daddy just take the day off on a time like this? Luckily he didn't cry very much he fell asleep soon after, but we did have a long cranky day. 

Happy 3rd Month sweetie pie!

Have you ever just enjoyed hanging out with a baby all day? Or though of it anyway? Well I sure never did! But its been so much fun!!

He loves to cuddle and to be kissed. I swear I am a kissy monster!! I love his giggles! 

My little man is starting to bald lol its hilarious its only around the sides of his head so its like a natural "bowl cut" for him with just a slight trim. 

The teething has begun.. And i already feel helpless. I been putting a lot of oragel  and using the teething tablets but they dont seem to work very well. 

We have had lots of fevers and diarrhea that cause booty rashes!! Poor little guy!! He still manages to stay happy when he isn't hungry. Such a little champ!

Time to lose the baby weight..

I decided to become an entrepreneur and jump on the bandwagon for Body by Vi. It took a lot to convince me, but I am in. I personally don't feel happy with the way body looks or the extra weight I have going on so this will hopefully motivate me.

I got my own 90 day challenge and I am actually excited to do is. I seriously hope I can get close to my pre baby weight! 

Okay so here's my update!! Almost 2 months in yay!!

I've been doing pretty good both with my diet and exercise.

One of my favorite blends to use the product. I've also made iced coffee with it. It's actually really good!!

My son is my sleepy cheerleader!! We have a jogger stroller. This was the only reason why I wanted one before he arrived so I could remain active. I have always taken him out for walks or shopping of course, but this is the forst time its being used as a jogger stroller..Embarrassing,  but hey its working!! 

2 month and a half later check that out! My pre-pregnancy weight was 115. The day I went into labor I weighed 136. And I only have 3 pounds to go!! 

Happy 2nd month baby boy!

2 months already! Omg where has the time gone?! He is still too little to like toys or stuffed animals. He really enjoys looking at lights. We started a new sleeping pattern. He stayed at my moms for the first time ever (I missed him like crazy, my mom told me to stop bugging and let her enjoy him so I did just that) and guess what we have a belly sleeper! I know they say they shouldn't sleep on their belly because of SIDS, but he slept through the entire night! Thats a first!! So I watch him constantly at night to make sure he is okay and he moves his head from sode to side perfectly fine so I think we will all be getting good rest from now on.

He is already trying to find his voice, its adorable! 

This month we up'ed his formula to 5 ounces. Yikes!! 

And oh what a happy baby he is!!

3 week Photoshoot

Okay I had so many ideas from Pinterest for his first shoot, but baby had other plans lol He was sleeping as soon as my lovely friend arrived to take his pictures and then he was just wide awake. He didnt like the way he was positioned so in many he was just crying!! Luckily, she got a few smirks in between. Oh and then daddy layed on his tummy so LJ could lay on top of him and without a diaper we had a whole lot of messes!! Such a fun day cleaning up after my little prince.

He looks calm here but boy was he giving an earful of beautiful cries.

He didn't mind this one at all. I hadnt expected to be part of his shoot. Being a new mom I hadn't even had time to do my nails. 

I love how deep in thought he is.. Like he's thinking "maybe if i stay still they will go away!" Sorry honey, we love you!! 

Who is the cutest?

Yes my love you most definitely are!!

These days have been the longest, but who needs sleep anyway when you can just stare at this sweet little face. He makes the funniest little expressions and I just love it! I love being his mom and I love getting up super early just to hold him while he pretends to sleep with one eye open and one eye closed. 

He just makes me want to cry tears of happiness!! GOD is so big and I couldnt be more thankful for sending me such a sweet happy and healthy baby. 

Happy 1 month baby boy!

The first month has been quite the experience for these brand new parents. From super calm days at the hospital to late night crying parties at home. I will admit I have cried with him several times sometimes I dont know what he wants or if I'm doing something wrong. We are all learning from eachother and soon we will have this down like pros!! I hope! At least we know his vocal cords work more than perfect!

These little smiles melt my heart! 

We like to make him get a little dressed up, he doesn't appreciate it very much!

He has become so alert too!

Everyday we have noticed something new about our little prince. He is already growing so fast its literally insane! If i had a camera on my head I think the changes would be drastic from morning to night. He is already keeping his head up which people are amazed by so I'm guessing its a good thing! Lol he has lots of talent already. He pees, poops and ghrows up at the same time. It can be difficult changing his diaper with so much going on. Especially since it does take like 4-6 minutes to finish changing him. I like to use a lot of wipes lol sorry daddy!! We will be needing your wallet more often from here on out! 

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My view

Since he was born I just can hardly take my eyes off of him. He sleeps so peaceful and cuddled up.. Its just sooo cute!!

So snuggly with his hands. I just love him!!

Today, my mom came over again to give him his first bath. I'm seriously scared that he will slip in my arms or that I just wont do it right. Of course she tells me im exaggerating and to even practice with my old baby doll. I know I will get the hang of it soon as I cant depend on my mom to drive 45 minutes to give my son a bath. Which I could bet $100 bucks that she wouldn't mind or even say no. 

Little Prince is finally here!!

Today was originally his due date! He surprised us at 39 weeks exactly! And we couldn't be more in love! But my oh my.. You know how they say you forget about the pain once the baby is in your arms? That's totally true! But geez I will never forget the day I was in labor!! I'll give that story later on though. Right now, here is my precious little gem.

Meet our little LJ!! I may be extremely bias, but oh my gosh he is so perfect and just beautiful!!! 

Daddy was an awesome coach and now he is a wonderful dad! He has been so helpful and I couldn't be more blessed to have such a sweet, loving, caring man in my life. Yes, we were both over the moon excited to finally have our son here, but for 4 days I let daddy do the honor of changing LJ's diapers. Black or yellow (Literally!! Haha) he handled it like a pro!! He had never in his life changed diapers before so it has been memorable to say the least!! 

Yes! I look like a mess!! This was the second day after having the little guy. I had forgotten my makeup bag and hair stuff and because I didn't want my love to be away from us I dealt with it. I still believe its a beautiful first family picture!! 

After 3 days at the hospital (unfortunately, LJ had jaundice) we finally get to go home! I swear we were leaving with the best behaved baby in the whole world! 

Here he is in his coming home outfit! It was a cute little fit I thought and it makes him look so big! But he's really tiny and just so so precious!! 

The first night was tough! We never knew our little prince had such strong lungs. To say the least we were walking zombies! With his schedule being completely switched, we slept during the day and we were wide awake at night! Luckily, my mom was such a big help. She has been coming over to spend some time with him of course (seriously who would not want to be near him?) and let us nap for a bit. 

Labor

 
I had my 39 week appointment and Lance decided to take the day off so he could go with me. I was thrilled to have him all day to myself, we could get so much done. At 10:15am we went to the appointment and everything was looking good. She estimated his weight at 6 pounds 8 ounces. That eased my mind a little (Lance was over 10 pounds when he was born, you can imagine why I have been freaked out his whole pregnancy). She checked the cervix and said I was about 1 cm dilated. Of course, that made me a bit bummed since I already wanted to meet him and I have not had any signs of contractions or even Braxton Hicks. I just been pretty uncomfortable to where I cant sit, lay down or stand up or even walk with out being just exhausted and tired of being huge. At least my fit haven't been swelling up so I guess I really shouldn't complain.

Anyways, after the appointment we decided to go do some grocery shopping. I felt like having lasagna for dinner so we went to go buy the necessary items. We also stopped by some friends house to visit for a bit and then headed home. I arranged a few things in the nursery and folded some clothes and then arranged them in the dresser. I get excited doing all these and I love how cute and tiny the clothes are. Not to mention the socks, oh my gosh they are itty bitty!

Hung out with Lance on the couch caught up on some CSI and NCIS Miami. We love the same shows so its always nice to share time and watch our crazy interests together. It was almost dinner time so I decided to get up and start cooking. When I was almost done I felt a bit uncomfortable. I let Lance know and he thought "hey maybe it's Braxton Hicks" hmm.. maybe. Ate dinner, sat back down. Forget the dishes I am tired!! It was almost 10pm and I just wasn't feeling right so I decided to take a hot shower since my back was hurting like a mofo. Well that was relaxing. I told Lance I was just going to try and lay down and go to sleep to get some rest. He decided he would join me. At about 11pm I started feeling weird again. I told Lance, "what if my pain tolerance is really this high and I just can't feel contractions?" He said "no remember the doctor said you would feel them." Okay so we started YouTubing (is that a word?) "what do contractions feel like?" haha we really did! Well, it didn't help out at all. I called labor & delivery and talked to the doctor on call and he told me to take some Benadryl that many first time moms are just really anxious to have the baby that they start thinking they are having contractions when they really aren't. After getting off the phone with him I was bothered. How could he tell me to take Benadryl when you are only allowed to take Tylenol during pregnancy and that's only when you really need it!! Lance decided to just drive up to L&D and worse case they were just going to tell me to go home. Perfect, I was fine with that.

At about 11:30pm, Lance put the bags in the car just in case. On the way there I really started feeling like hey I might be having contractions, but I wasn't sure. As we parked there was another couple that was expecting getting out of there car. Lance tells me "hurry up, lets beat them so they can see you first!!" haha cracking up I was like okay lets go. Waddling my little butt in there we sped in and got to the elevator first. As we walked in the L&D they put in a little room. The nurse took forever to go in and check me. She asked if my bag had broken and I said no that I just wasn't feeling like I normally do. She said she was going to get a little stick to check if it had broken or not. Hey.. guess what?! It had broken probably when I was in the shower!! I had no idea! She checked my cervix and said I was 6 cm dilated already! Yes I freaked out!! I was in labor and I had no idea!! Anxiety attack at its fullest!

Lance called and woke my parents right away to let them know as I wanted my mom to be there with me. The nurses prepared a massive room for me it looked like a hotel stay except with a larger twin bed and hook ups everywhere. They immediately gave me an IV to slow down my contractions since they were too close to each other. I had tested positive for the GBS exam at 32 weeks so baby had to sit a little longer for the medicine to kick through.

The doctor later came in and asked if I wanted to get the epidural. I originally planned on going natural, but with my anxiety I really needed it at that moment. My mom asked me not to as she had given birth to my 2 siblings and I natural. I on the other hand didn't think I could survive. The Anesthesiologist came in and had everyone leave the room. She seriously poked me more 7 times and not once did she insert it right. On the 6th time I asked her to please not even do it because it hurt so bad. She said just one more time. Having scoliosis in this case sucked even more! She said she had to put it in at a curve so it could enter the spine. Ouch!! Well.. she didn't even put it in right the 7th time, but she left it in there. Throughout the night I had contractions on the right side of my body and the left was pretty numb. They had me switch positions on how I was laying to try to even it out and that never helped. I never even pushed the button once to release more of the medicine into my body.

After I was able to finally close my eyes and sleep for a bit I woke up and took some sips of cranberry juice since I couldn't drink a lot. I sat there and watched Ridiculousness until it was time to push. So I had plenty of laughs and stuff which was nice. My brother ended up showing up at the hospital which was super sweet of him. He got there just in time for when the fun stuff began. My mom had brought a video camera, which I did not want on at all during the labor. But during my fever that made the whole hour of pushing seem like an eternity I no longer had any energy to say no to anything. I really needed the baby to be out right that second!!

Thank goodness for midwife's I swear mine was sent from heaven. She was wonderful, she walked me through every step of the way giving me strength to keep doing what I was doing. Lance was awesome, although he was nervous he held my hand, moved my hair out of my face, held a wet cloth and kept them cool on my forehead, he even held my leg for a bit. My mom was wonderful she helped me through it as well with her sweet words and all. She even gave me a leg massage that worked wonders. My dad tried to keep his distance for a bit as I think seeing me in pain hurt him even more. My brother just shouted out "your doing good" haha now that I think about it I had a really great team in there. My love threw in some of his motivational words "you only have to go through this one more time." Now I laugh at his choice of words. 

After an hour of pushing the pain finally disappeared and oh boy was it emotional meeting the little guy that hung out with me for 9 months. Life just doesn't get any better than these magical moments. 

My little angel was born at 12:42 pm on February 22, 2013 weighing 7 pounds 6 ounces and he was 19 3/4 long. Daddy cut the umbilical cord. And as soon as he was given to me, I could not hold in my tears of happiness. I could not believe what was in my hands, finally I got to meet the life that I held for 9 months. The little being that kicked, shoved, swung at me and even gave me a few kicks in the ribs. God's miracles are beautiful and love at first sight has never been sweeter.

Surrounded by so much has never been sweeter. So glad my honeys parents were able to share this special moment with us from California through FaceTime. Technology has made it all possible! 

 

Bump ahead..

The belly is growing!! So my belly didn't start actually growing till I was about 17 weeks. Before then at 14 weeks it just look like a belly flab which made me feel fat since other people thought I was crazy for even thinking it was a bump. We each know how our body works and well I knew it was a bump haha

First Trimester

Second Trimester

And then it begin to grow week by week..

Third Trimester

And I just made to 39 weeks exactly when my little prince made his beautiful appearance to this crazy wonderful world. 

38 Weeks

It's almost baby time.. I can feel it approaching. I'm tired and I feel like an oopma loompa. I still manage to get myself done up so I can feel good and ready for the day. I'm glad my feet havent swollen up or my fingers. Thank goodness I can still wear my engagement ring because its so pretty it doesnt deserve to be sitting in a little box haha

As the day gets closer, my fiance and I thought we should get some more pictures taken before the baby is here and this big o belly is gone (hopefully, I miss my toes). I called my friend who is the sweetest of them all and she agreed to do a photo shoot at the comfort of our home. I was so excited and I really think these came out so much nicer than I had imagined they would. I love her work!!

There were so many pictures taken, some a bit more intimate and I'll keep those to ourselves. 

It's always a great time! I know I cheese a bit too much but I can't contain my excitement. I've cherished the bump this entire pregnancy. I know I'll miss it but my bundle of love will be cherished and loved even more!!