8 weeks!

8 Weeks! Time flies when you have the fabulous Gracie to keep you busy all day and night. She is fabulous! We love our Gracie Girl. She is all smiles...when she's not screaming for food. Did I mention she looks like me when she screams? HA! She looks just like her daddy when she is happy. Go figure. Gracie went to her first birthday party. Miss Ashlynn turned 1! She also had her first swim today and her first Memorial Day party. Yes, she is a busy lady. She is eating 4 oz now, sleeping 4-5 hours at night, and we think she may weigh at least 10-11 lbs.

I hope everyone had a wonderful Mommy's Day. I have always given this poem to anyone I know who is having a baby. I think it's precious. This is to all my favorite, beautiful Mamas!

Once upon a time there was a child ready to be born.

One day he asked God: "They tell me you are sending me to earth tomorrow, how am I going to live there being so small and helpless?"

GOD replied, "Among the many angels, I chose one for you. She will be waiting for you and will take care of you."

"But tell me, here in Heaven, I don't do anything else but sing and smile, that's enough for me to be happy."

"Your angel will sing for you and will also smile for you every day. And you will feel your angel's love and be happy."

"And how am I going to be able to understand when people talk to me, if I don't know the language that men talk?"

"Your angel will tell you the most beautiful and sweet words you will ever hear, and with much patience and care, your angel will teach you how to speak."

"And what am I going to do when I want to talk to you?"

"Your angel will place your hands together and will teach you how to pray."

"I've heard that on earth there are bad men. Who will protect me?"

"Your angel will defend you even if it means risking its life."

"But I will always be sad because I will not see you anymore."

"Your angel will always talk to you about me and will teach you the way for you to come back to me, even though I will always be next to you."

At that moment there was much peace in Heaven, but voices from earth could already be heard.

And the child in a hurry asked softly: "Oh God, if I am about to leave now, please tell me my angel's name."

"Your angel's name is of no importance, you will simply call her 'Mommy'."

4 weeks!

Gracie is 4 weeks old! Wow what a month! She is growing every minute. I haven't weighed her but she has to be almost 9 lbs if not more. She loves her bottle! She is so much fun. I will admit I have spoiled her a bit...with the help of many others who shall remain nameless. The princess prefers to be held and does not appreciate being put down.


Ok, lets tally up the first time mommy incidents for the first month.
Week 1-mastitis with 103 temp, week 2-lock baby in car at Target...get new car window, week 3- leave home with bottles and formula but no nipples, week 4- leave only bottle I bring with me at restaurant and don't realize it until I have a hungry screaming child and I'm 30 minutes from home...thank you lord for pacifiers!


Oh, but isn't she lovely? And worth every minute!

P.S. She found her smile, and it's beautiful!!

2 weeks!

First stroller ride

Oh how she loved her first bath.

Easter Baby

enough already! Why must you disturb me?

The Easter Bunny came early!

Smile!

I think I'll stay awake today...and make you hold me...all day long!

Well, the princess is two weeks old! She reached her birth weight about a week ago and is eating like crazy! We are now exclusively on formula because of the mastitis and antibiotics. I'm very disappointed that I could not continue but she is eating and gaining weight so... life goes on. She is eating 2 1/2 oz now. She eats extremely fast and gags herself sometimes. I have to make her slow down. What can I say? The love of food starts early in this family!

Cookies from the K Team

Going to the Doctor

loves her glider

Snugglebug

Here are some pictures of the princess. She went to the doctor today. She was 7lbs 4oz when she was born. She was 6lbs 10oz when we left the hospital, and now she is 6lbs 14oz. She is gaining weight back. That's a relief. She loves to eat. She is constantly sucking on her fingers.

My three loves

Introducing.....Grace Kathryn Carney...Gracie of course!

Getting dressed to come home

My 5 minute ride home

Love my car seat

So very lovely

This girl was soooo worth the wait! We are so in love! She is worth every minute! I am so proud that God decided to let me be her mommy! Every good and perfect gift is from above.
Ok, here's the story. We went to the Dr. on Thursday March 26 and I was still only 1 cm dilated. I went to work on Friday and "nested" like crazy. I think I knew I wasn't coming back on Monday. I started having really bad back pain and a lot of pressure. I went home and started feeling really queasy and having flu symptoms. I was seriously ill until about 11 p.m. when I finally fell asleep. At around 3:30 my water broke. I also noticed that there was meconium in the fluid...kind of scary. Got to the hospital and was still only dilated to 2. They also noticed that the variability in her heart rate was not great. The Dr. put me on pitocin to test whether or not she could handle labor. At 10:00 the Dr. came in and decided to do a c-section. I was a little scared but I was in so much pain already from the pitocin, I really didn't care. I would've spent hours more in labor and may not have progressed any more, which was another problem we were having. So they wheeled us back to the OR at 10:30 and at 11:05 she was here! Her first cry was like no feeling I have ever felt. It was the best sound I've EVER heard. There is no explaining it unless you have experienced it before. She is mine. She is so lovely!
She is doing wonderfully. She loves to eat and is a very good eater. Mommy is still having a hard time figuring out the whole breast feeding thing but we've had much help and we are thankful for it. Real friends don't mind touching your boobs! Remember that people. That is my quote of the week.

I've heard this song before and never thought anything of it. I heard it one day recently and decided this would be a special song for Grace and I.

Isn't She Lovely
By: Stevie Wonder

Isn't she lovely,
Isn't she wonderful
Isn't she precious,
Less than 1 minute old.
I never thought,
Through love we'd be,
making one as lovely as she,
But isn't she lovely made from love.

Isn't she pretty,
Truly the angel's best.
For, I'm so happy,
We have been Heaven blessed.
I can't believe what God has done,
through us he's given life to one.
But isn't she lovely made from love.

It's official! We have an upside down baby!

She's a procrastinator just like her mother but...she has officially made the flip! We had an ultrasound today and she is head down!! Woo Hoo! Although, that is so not what I'm going to be saying when I'm in labor, I'm sure. I'm not dilated at all yet. The Doctor said his cervix is more dilated than mine and he doesn't have one. So now we wait...and wait! With procrastination her first inherited trait, it's not looking good that we will have a March baby. She is measuring at 6 lbs even, give or take a lb and she is in the 50th percentile.

37 week belly pic! I'm getting braver...bare belly.