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I am so sorry I have not updated - life got in the way.

I had my beautiful baby girl - and she is perfect.  Cara Regina was born on August 11, 2014 at 12:49 pm.

I was induced at 39 weeks.  I went into the hospital on Sunday August 10th at 7 pm and they started the induction.  I was contracting and in active labor by 2 am.  By 8:30 am I finally got the epi but of course as it does in many cases it slowed down my contractions and progression of labor so they had to give me Pitocin.  They checked me at noon and I was already 10 centimeters and ready to go.  I pushed for 5 minutes and she was out - she came out with a full head of dark hair.

 

She has been such an easy baby and really only cries when she is hungry.

 

We had her christening on September 28th and she slept through the whole thing.

 

We also just celebrated her first holiday which of course was Halloween.  Colin went as a monkey and she was a banana - again she slept through most of Halloween as well.

Colin is a great big brother - it did take him about two weeks to get adjusted to having a sister.  Those first two weeks were really rough but now he is so protective of her and loves her so much.

We are truly blessed and our family is now complete.

I am back to work now so I may actually have more time to blog - so I hope to keep this updated now for anyone who still reads it.



Update

It has been awhile since I updated - all is good.

Colin is getting so big - he is already 2 1/2 years old - where does the time go??  He is talking up a storm - he cracks me up - he says the funniest things.  I love when he says I wuve you Mommy - melts my heart.  He is no where near being ready to be potty trained and I am not pushing the issues at all.  He also has no desire to have a sibling and does not want to be a big brother so we will be in for it in a couple of weeks for sure with him.

I am 32 weeks pregnant now and all is going pretty well - no surprise trips to L&D so far with this pregnancy which is good.  I have only gained 9 pounds so far which I am pretty happy about.  Summer is a hard time to be very pregnant though - I have a hard time breathing.  I get horrible heart burn and short of breath very often.  Yesterday my ankles swelled up for the first time but that is because I had a super busy weekend and was on my feet a lot.  My white blood cells are also low because of the blood thinners I am on so I may need to be put on steroids if they get below 100. 

Cara's room is all painted and decorated and ready to go - I just finished washing and putting away all of her clothes - most of which were handed down to me from friends.  I have the bassinet up in our room - I bought and wrap a present for Cara to give to Colin in the hospital.  I got a big brother shirt for Colin to wear when he meets Cara for the first time in the hospital.  We have a game plan and my hospital bag is pretty much packed.

I have been nesting big time as you can tell - I also had my car detailed and my carpets professionally cleaned in the house.  I am ready - well as ready as you can be I guess.  My friend is throwing me a sprinkle on July 13th so I am looking forward to that as well and John and I are going to a fancy dinner for our anniversary this weekend as a last outing for awhile.

Staying home

After a lot of thought John and I have decided that I am going to stay home when baby Cara comes.  It just makes sense.  I would not be making any money whatsoever after I paid to have a newborn and toddler in daycare all day and I think somehow we can make it work but cutting back on certain things.  I feel good about my decision.  I plan on telling daycare at the end of May and asking if Colin can come once or twice a week just so he can be around other children and so that I can have one on one time with Cara.   I will tell my boss at the end of June that my last day will be August 1st.  I do not think it will go well with him - he is already so pissed that I am pregnant - but I have to do what is right for my family and for myself.  I hope to stay home for a couple of years and then try to get a job in a school - that is the goal - but I will see what life has in store for me.

Here is a picture of us at Easter.

Baby Cara

It's a Girl!!!!

We found out on Monday that we will be having a little girl. The most important part is she is healthy. Her name will be Cara Regina.

Happy St. Patrick's Day

Only two weeks away from my big gender reveal - I cannot wait!!!

16 weeks

This pregnancy has been HARD - yes that needed to be in caps - I am still throwing up and I am so stressed out with trying to take care of a toddler working full time and everything else - women make this look so easy - I am not one of those women it is hard for me and a struggle every single day.  It does not help that Colin was very sick last week and got both John and I sick.  So yeah sick and pregnant = not fun at all.  I literally being crying every night because it is so hard.

I am 16 weeks pregnant though and I am making it through - I cannot wait to find out what we are having - we have our gender scan on March 31st.  So far so good with the baby - please just let this baby be healthy.

John and I have been talking a ton about what to do once this baby comes.  Realistically having a newborn and toddler in full time daycare is super expensive and while I make okay money it really would not be worth it for me to work and be away from my babies all day.  So we are toying with the idea of me taking a year off from work and seeing if we can swing it and then maybe getting a night job or a part time job.

Here is the only belly picture I have taken so far in this pregnancy and it is me at 14 weeks - I am so big already.