Preparation

I had a work shower and a home shower. They were so much fun; everyone made sure to include lots of strawberry items for our little berry. We felt so loved!

Also, Patrick spent lots of time putting together baby gear. I wanted to have everything ready for my girl!

The Birth

Emma was born on January 30 at 10:14 am. She was 7.2lbs and 20 inches long. My water broke and I went into labor a week before my scheduled C (due to breech presentation) and we to the hospital on friday morning at 6am. Patrick was very anxious and I was just excited. There was one surgery before ours. In the operating room, I didn't feel anything and Patrick fainted when he saw her for the first time. She had tons of blonde hair (in a mohawk) and bright blue eyes. Babies are miraculous; its just so amazing!

Nursery

We wanted something really girly, but we couldn't really find anything we like. It was all pastel pink and flowers. Boring! SO Patrick picked this fun, bright, gender-neutral ABCs and Animals. Casey painted, Jambo and I hung wall paper, Patrick built the furniture and grandma bought the decorations. We love it and so does Emma

I'm Pregnant

Three Months

Eight Months

 FIve Months

Time to Update

It has been a super long time since I wrote on the blog and we have a lot to share so I will try to get things updated and current in the next week .....or so.

Starting with december:

The Fence and Such

Slightly out of order, but..... the backyard took a huge step forward over the last week or so.  The fence is 90% done and I cleared 90% of the debris.  I filled up a 20 yard debris box, I still can't get over how big that stupid ivy was.  I still have more work to do of course, there is still some bamboo to remove and a couple trees to plant, including my monkey puzzle tree and a couple pomegranates, which should arrive in a couple weeks.  

For New Years our friends Jamie and Steve came up to visit, we did a little wine tasting and went out to dinner and the ladies put all the stuff together in the Strawberry's room.  Unfortunately, I picked up a cold (no, it was the flu, he didn't get his flu shot and ended up sick AGAIN!), so I don't know how much fun I was.  I spent most of the time in a haze well lubricated with Caffeine and DayQuil.   We were all going to go t0 Willis' Wine bar for Vanessa's birthday, (they have food too), but I was not feeling up to it, so just the three of them went.  

On a different note, we are only 4 weeks away from The Due Date, so the Strawberry is right around the corner.  The Strawberry's room is all set and I did a practice run with the car seats, no problem.  We are both excited and nervous.  Well that's it for now. Here's a before shot of part of the fence that fell on me. Stay Tuned.