Life With Our 2 Sweet Babies

We've had a fun 2 weeks here at our house. Life with Connor is great. We can't imagine him not being here and his makes our family complete. I'll recap with our final days at the hospital....

A dear family friend made a beautiful bow for our hospital door. Because we didn't know if we were having a boy or girl, she was very creative and created a bow with pink and blue on it. After we found out Connor was a boy, we added the "It's a Boy!" balloon. 

 Lauren came to visit her baby brother everyday. She is so in love and very gentle so that's nice. I'm glad she's not poking his eyes out.

 My parents were in town from the Atlanta area to keep Lauren so they got lots of cuddles in. It was nice having the company in the hospital as it can get quite boring.

 My mom's mom was also in town from South Carolina.

 My sweet sweet friend Amy came to visit. (the one that threw me the diaper shower). She is going to China next week to get their sweet baby girl. We are so excited about that.

 My sister and her fiance' sent the best cookie display. We devoured those over the course of the week. Todd's mom also sent beautiful flowers and the best husband in the entire world sent me red roses when I was in labor.

 Being rolled out of the hospital. It's still amazing how you just leave with a baby, no manual. Even though I've had a baby before, I still felt like a new mom. 

 My beautiful first born always wants to hold her baby brother everyday.

 Daddy of the year and his 2 babies. 

 Another night...same 2 babies :) Lauren & Connor fell asleep on him one night. 

It's A Boy

We welcomed a sweet little baby boy to our family on Friday December 2. Connor David was born at 12:55pm, weighing 7 pounds 6 ounces and was 19.5 inches long. We loved the big surprise of not knowing the gender and hearing the "It's the Boy!!!"

I was happy as can be before the contractions hit. 

 Our sweet little boy moments after birth.

 Big sister, Lauren, is so in love with her baby brother.

We are beyond excited to have 1 boy and 1 girl. We are very fortunate that Connor is healthy and such a sweet, cuddly baby boy. I'll post more updates soon. We're being discharged from the hospital tomorrow.

Thanksgiving Feast at Lauren's School

Lauren enjoyed her Thanksgiving feast at school yesterday. Parents were invited to eat with the kids so after my diaper shower, I met up with her class at noon. I loved her little hat that she made. She actually kept it on while she ate. 

 She cooperated when I asked her to smile for the camera. She went through that short phase of turning her head at the sight of my camera. I was happy!

 Lauren and Georgia....2 sweet buddies. They are in different classes this year but get to play together in the gym frequently. It always makes Lauren's day if she gets to play with Georgia. After eating lunch, those two were all over that gym. Lauren chased Georgia as she rode the little bike. I still can't believe Lauren didn't take a nap today. She doesn't nap anymore but she ran some serious laps in that gym.

Diaper Shower

I have met some incredibly nice moms that have kids that go to Lauren's preschool. When I first had Lauren, I had zero friends here. I was working in Pharmaceutical Sales and you don't exactly call up office staff to hang out. After I had Lauren, we enrolled her in The Little Gym and that's where I started to meet a ton of friends here. Now that Lauren is old enough to attend "preschool", I've had the chance to really expand our network of friends in town. We drive 35 minutes to Lauren's school each week and we're keeping her there because of the people. The best moms have their kids there and everyone is so nice and friendly.

My friend, Amy, has a little boy Jonathan. Lauren and Jonathan attend gymnastics class together and were in the same preschool class together last year. Jonathan moved up to the 3s class and Lauren is in the older 2s class. Amy and I always keep in contact and she's one of those people that goes above and beyond for other people. She asked me a few weeks ago if she could invite some moms from the church school to a diaper shower before this baby comes. I was so excited because we didn't have a shower planned for this baby and I haven't bought any diapers. It was just perfect!

My friend, Becky, and I. Becky is the one that makes all of Lauren's cakes.

 Sweet moms from Lauren's school. Becky, Maria, Joy, Erin (but it's spelled different), Amy, and I. The other Joy had already left.

 Joy and I. Joy just had her 3rd baby, a little girl. She has 2 boys, 1 is in Lauren's class.

 Chit chatting. We met at Starbucks and it couldn't have been more perfect. 

 Amy was so thoughtful and had balloons for the table. We were going to sit in the huge outdoor area where there is a fireplace but the wind was out of control today so we moved inside.

 Amy bought yummy treats for everyone and the beautiful poinsettia for the table. Starbucks was so perfect for a meet up spot. It was easy, perfect, and fun!

36 Weeks With Baby #2 Nov. 12, 2011

Whoah 36 week belly - 11.12.2011

The belly has grown so much over the last 5 weeks. I feel like I'm carrying a bowling ball but love it. Lauren likes it too :)

How Far Along: 36 weeks 

Size of baby:  18.5 inches long and around 6 pounds in weight. 

Total Weight Gain/Loss: 25 pounds. I have no problems gaining weight in the end unfortunately.

Maternity Clothes: I still wear a mix. Most tops are regular but the jeans are maternity. My maternity shirts are getting too short even so I pair them up with long cardigans that are non maternity.

Gender: Surprise Surprise baby. A ton of people are now guessing girl. We shall see.

Movement: All the time. This sweet baby stretches a ton and I can see my stomach bulging out to one side.

Sleep: I still have a hard time sometimes. Restless leg syndrome is still there but is at it's worst when I go to bed late or am really tired.  

Symptoms: Im starting to get really really tired. I've done so well during this pregnancy. We've traveled to Disneyworld 2 times and gone to Hawaii once and my energy has been great. I'm just now starting to slow it down.

What I miss: sleeping on my stomach

Cravings: Cereal. I eat it almost every night before going to bed.

Best Moment this week: Getting the nursery set up, finally. I started washing gender neutral baby clothes and girl newborn clothes, just in case. I've organized all of Lauren's old clothes by size, cleaned out the nursery closet, washed swaddle blankets, etc. Im just on the hunt for curtains and wall prints that should be completed this week and we're set. Oh, I also need diapers, desperately, so Im going to make a huge diaper run this week.

What I am looking forward to: I have a doctor's appointment on Wednesday to check on how I'm progressing. Our induction is set for December 2 at 4am. Yes, 4am. That's a tad early, don't ya think? 

***Lauren had her haircut on the day we took these photos. She was in such a fun, sassy mood and wanted to take the 36 week sign and model for pictures. I'm not kidding. The whole time she was saying "and strike a pose." She's so cute. I'm loving age 3 so far.

Fall Pictures

I took pictures almost exactly like this last year of Lauren, in the same outfit. Im so serious, I haven't really had to buy any clothes at all for over a year. She's still in the same size. It's nice. I can tell these pants fit her better this year so we might even be able to get 1 more year out of this outfit. It's awesome.

If you could have seen what I had to do in order to get these smiles. Her new thing is to turn away from me when I want to take her picture. I had to jump up and down, hide behind Todd, and promise her a whole bag of M&Ms (the little bags from trick or treating). I think she'd do anything for M&Ms, except go #2 in the potty!

Flashback photo from last year....

Disney on Ice

On Friday, October 28, we took Lauren to see Disney on Ice. We went last year too and she had a blast. I really think Todd and I like it just as much as she does. We really enjoy doing all of these fun things with her and are totally those parents who buy the expensive seats early so she can see the show really well. 

I don't have a ton of pictures but first up is her eating a snow cone in a Nemo cup. She got one last year in a Cinderella cup so we switched it up this year. 

Just a funny little story for my memory....Lauren has been doing great wearing big girl panties in public. She has had zero accidents when we're out and about (at home, yes), until this night. She was sitting in my mom's lap and peed right on her, seriously. Yuck. She then moved to her own seat and peed on it. It was wild. Todd took her to the men's room because it was way less crowded than the women's restroom during intermission. She got all changed and we just hoped she wouldn't go again. I don't think she did but still. That was a fun night to have her first accident in public :)