Okay, so I am really terrible about this. I can't believe I let 4 months go by with NO updates. I would promise to be better about it...but life has become busier this month with the arrival of Lily...so let's just say I will try.
Let's back up...and see what I remember.
April-Nate enjoyed his first Easter Egg hunt (put on by us) and the family all came down for a BBQ at the Bay. It was a beautiful day and fun to see how much Nate is getting into things. He had a great time "hunting" for his Easter basket when he woke up by following clues around the house.May-Nate turned 3 on the 15th and had a great birthday party at school with all his little friends. Miss Jodi was great to host it at school and I just provided all the goodies so he could have a "kid party" this year...I was just too tired and pregant to want to try to host one myself! We had a family Mother's Day and birthday party at a Padres Game (which Nate really wanted to attend after becoming an official Jr. Padre). Mo-mom, Popah, Aunt Cristina, Morelia, Suz, YaYa (Brian), Godfather (Quigley), and Hee Hee Ha Ha (Lowell)--what a slew of nicknames!!! all came and Nate was spoiled rotten...AGAIN. I took the day off on his birthday and we went to SeaWorld for a mommy/son day of fun. This was his last birthday as an only child.
June-Doctor's appointments progressed without any problems (other than getting appointments) and the pregnancy was getting exhausting, but overall uneventful. We put an offer on a house and were dealing with Escrow through the month of May. Everything went through and we were able to move into our first home June 6th! Yeah!! To go from 700 sq. feet to 1700 sq. ft. has been fantastic!!! I waddled through the month of June, just waiting for the last day of school, which meant VACATION and Lily was due! We found out Nate's daycare (which we have loved this year) was closing...so there went my plans for part time care during the summer after Lily's arrival. Luckily, Mark and Nancy love where Eva goes and it looks like she will have room for him come the end of August. Jodi was sweet to watch Nate an extra week and a half after her daycare closed to get me to the end of the school year. Grammy came for a visit at the end of June to spend time with Nate before the baby arrived. Nate joined me for the last 2 days of school and was exhausted, but had a good time! Boy was I glad to be done with school this year. Now I was just hoping Lily would arrive on time so I didn't waste too much of my vacation being pregnant, since I have to go back to work at the end of August.
July-Nate and I had a busy first week of vacation doing fun stuff, working on the house, and getting ready for baby Lily's arrival. I had a doctor's appointment on June 28th and there was no progress. I had another appointment on July 2nd and found out we were on the home stretch and I was 3 cm. I was told it probably wouldn't be more than another few days and that it would be surprising if I made it to my post due date appointment the following Thurs. That day Nate and I had gone to Home Depot and picked up the paint for Lily's room and then spent the morning at SeaWorld before my doctor's appointment. That night at Girl's Night all the girls coaxed Lily to arrive the next evening (everyone had crazy schedules and this would be the beginning of a long weekend...the following weekend people would be out of town). The rest of the evening/night was uneventful. I slept as well as a 9 month pregnant woman can sleep and awoke at 6 am as usual. Bob left for work and Nate and I started our morning. At about 6:30 am I felt what I thought might be contractions, but wanted to be sure so I waited a while, cleaned the kitchen, took a shower, etc. They felt stronger...but I never had any contractions at home with Nate and I didn't want Bob to rush home if it was a false alarm. I finally called him at about 7:30 a.m. and told him to be ready to come home if the contractions got stronger. He said he was on his way now...he wasn't going risk them not being real. I also called Suzanne and told her to be on call. She called back to say she was just going to come over about the time I was having a strong contraction and explaining to Nate I was okay, just had a tummy ache and may have to go to the doctor so they could get baby Lily out. Thank goodness they both ignored my doubts and came home. By time they arrived, contractions were about 5 minutes apart and getting pretty strong. I called the hospital and told them we were on our way. We left the house around 8:45 am. We made it to the hospital just in time. Contractions were very strong and only about 2-3 minutes apart. A nice man brought us a wheelchair and they got me up to Labor and Delivery. I was checked in immediately and given an IV. I found out I was a little over 8 cm at that time. I was quickly given a epidural and Lily was born about 30 minutes later at 10:44 a.m. What a quick delivery! It was wonderful to see her pink and screaming (after Nate's scary birth). She arrived before my family could even hit the road to come down to San Diego!
The First Month-We had a 24 hour required stay in the hospital and checked out on the 4th of July. My whole family stayed at our house (thank goodness for more space!!) and we had a wonderful BBQ with family and the Starrs. Suzanne and my dad surprised me by painting Lily's room during my short hospital stay and it looked beautiful. Lily has quite a cry when she wants something...usually food...but once she is full she is quite content. Godfather Joe came to meet her on Sat. and the craziness of 2 kids officially started. Lily had her first outing Sun. morning at 3 days old to Country Waffles for breakfast. The next few weeks flew by and were very busy, although Lily slept through most of it. There is no stopping with a 3 year old! Lily is the easy one!! In her first two weeks home we went to the zoo, Pirate Ship park with Lowelly, had a doctor's appointment, Nate's first soccer practice, another park with Suz, Michele babysat her for a few hours so Nate and I could hang out, cord fell off, Godfather Quigley came over to meet her, T-Ball practice, the beach, Reily's dog park, the Children's Museum and Sea World with Mark and Eva. Boy...we have been busy!!! Grammy came to meet Lily and see Nate. We went to the Victoria Garden Farms and had a good time. Suzanne hosted a wonderful post baby baby shower/house warming at my house and Mo-mom and Grammy did a great job sharing baby Lily.
Lily slept with us for the first 2 weeks and pretty much just wakes to eat. She tends to get a bit gassy which can make her unhappy, but overall she is eating well and sleeping in 3 hour stretches. We moved her to her own room on Monday, July 21st after grandmas were gone. It didn't go so well the first night since she had not been put down all weekend...so mommy spent most of the night dozing on her floor. The next night went much better and she went down from 7-10:30, ate, down from 12-3, ate, down from 4-7. Yeah!!! She had her 2 week doctor's appointment (at 3 weeks) and is doing great. She now weighs 8 lbs. 6 oz. and is healthy and looking good. Nate had his 3 year appoinment and is growing like a weed. He did such a good job at his first big boy appointment. He is 38 1/2 inches (67th percentile) and 33 lbs (60th percentile). He can do all the things he should be able to! He is an AWESOME big brother and loves his baby sister!
July 29th-Charlotte Starr was born! Yeah!!! 7lbs 12 oz. Probably a fluke...but Lily slept through the night!!! 10:30 pm.-5:30 am!!! I feel great!! August is right around the corner and it doesn't seem that it will be getting any quieter her around here. We have a string of visitors coming in August and then it is back to work. Again, I will try not to let so much time pass by before posting again.
Nate sayings: "Baby Lily is eating from mommy's arm again! Daddy, baby Lily is trying to eat
your arm!!!
Told the doctor, "My baby sister poops a lot!"
"Hi, beautiful girl!" "Hi sweetheart!"
"Mommy, baby Lily is so cute! She is my best friend! I love her"
"When I am sad, baby Lily makes me feel better."
"Mommy, say Baby Lily your big brother is so silly!"
What a blessing to have our wonderful family!
