Two Weeks

                                   Two weeks ago I looked like this...

WOW. They went by very quickly. The first week my mom was here and we had to go to the pediatricians office three times the first week home. The doctors wanted to keep an eye on her weight as she was not gaining as they would have hoped for. Dan has been home this week and we all are just getting used to being a family and enjoying each other.

Christmas does not seem like it is days away, I have purchased nothing for anyone. So family and friends don't take offense to the lack of presents from our family. I also have yet to order the birth announcements. Ya I know slacker! But eh, I will get them done... some time.

I feel good in terms of just having a baby two weeks ago, my incision is still tender and seems to get aggravated easily.  I have been living in muumuus and Dans lounge pants. My maternity pants seem to have a seam right at the incision area and I just don't like anything touching it. Its tender still. Other than that I feel good, I have been sweating like crazy which I didn't expect and the scale has shown a significant decrease since having my almost 10 pound baby.

I am amazed that I am writing this and have actually gotten this much out because it seems like all I do is breastfeed. I know thats good and thats what I am supposed to do, its just hard to sit there. I am not the best at "doing nothing" - and I quote that because of course I am not "doing nothing" but at times it feels like it.

Baby girl gives us some interesting expressions at times, my favorite is when she wakes up from a nap and stretches. She gets TONS of kisses and makes her little baby noises. She also loves to be swaddled and the Swaddle Me has become our best friend. She looks like a little glow worm when she is wrapped up so we affectionately call her our Bug.

Monday of this week she also lost her belly button! I found it when I changed her diaper that morning and had the doctor look at it when we went for a weight check. The doctor said it looked great and we can give her a regular bath. We were so excited about it! She loved it too, except for when I was trying to wash her hair but she loved the warm water and it was such a fun experience.

 After bath time we both took advantage of just loving on her with baby lotion. She got the best little massage and smelled SO DELICIOUS. You can also see her birth mark on her shoulder, I am interested to see what it will look like when she gets older, Dan has one on his ribcage that is brown in color, maybe it will look like that.

 Her feet are the cutest little things and she still wraps her legs and feet up like when she was inside my belly. Its amazing that her little feet are as big as Daddys thumbs.

Today is the big day, the day we meet our daughter!

GAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH. Can you believe it, no, me either. Or hubs. This is crazy, this is crazy. What is going on. WE ARE HAVING A BABY.

OMG. OMG.

I don't think I can get accross the Holy Sh*t feelings we both have right now. Its 4:56am hubs is still sleep, HOW!? I am excited and anxious. I can't believe the day is here. The freakin' day we have been talking about FOREVER, it seems. The day we have dreamt about thru this whole process. The day I get to look at my daughters face and HOLD HER IN MY ARMS, not just my belly.

This day will forever change my life, and my husbands and my parents and my sisters and my in-laws. My parents will become grandparents, my grandparents will become great-grandparents, my sisters will become aunts and we will become parents.

Excuse me, say what?!

Yea that been the consensus at our house for the last 24 hours. We just sit there and every now and again one of us will do the half chuckle under our breath, the sound you make when your mind is just blown to pieces and you have nothing to say.

This process is not at all like I had envisioned it to be, I saw the whole labor, pain, OW, type thing going on but nope. I get to sit here, my hair done, my makeup done, feeling good (little thirsty, but I can't have anything before the surgery) thinking about her arrival.

Wow, I can't believe this day is here. I am so EXCITED. I can't believe I am not working today or that seriously in 4 hours she will be here. 4 - FOUR. FOUR. Holy sh*t.

We are SO ready.



Hubs will be posting pics as soon as we can, so you all can see our baby.

6 days

Well well, this is my 6th to last day pregnant. Yes, we have a scheduled c-section because our dear daughter is a chunker. She was estimated to be around 9 pounds 11 oz (give or take a pound) This means the doctors no longer recommend attempting a vaginal delivery. Thats when my heart breaks a little and yes there were tears.

Of course I have been reading about natural drug free births and really wanted to test myself, my stamina, and proudly wear the badge of honor as I delivered my baby but thats not our story this time around.

We will be welcoming Baby Keiffer into the world December 8th at 8:30 am.

For now I am trying to get comfortable enough to sleep, finishing up work and planning a nice "just us" weekend.

As life would have it we also have to put down our first pet together, Baxter. He has been suffering with "kidney stones" if you will for the last two years and hubs and I talked about when we would not try anymore. We tried a surgery-type method last year and more recently we caught it early enough that it was just some meds and a shot, as he hadn't had the full blown blockage just yet. Although now its back and although we both love him and it breaks my heart to see hubs so upset we both know what we have to do.

                     Baxter cat we love you and so do some many others.