I’m an aunt…again!

My sister had a baby BOY on Saturday.  First boy on either side of the family since Blake.  Poor guy is getting pretty outnumbered!

I’m so proud of my sister and cannot wait to meet the little nugget.  Just sad that he lives so far away.

Welcome to the world Casey Colfax L.

6 lbs. 12 oz.

19 inches long

Perfect!

Hello out there?!?

Hello out there…..I am sure that I have lost 99.9% of my loyal blog followers…but I have had a few people NOTICE that I haven’t blogged in 4+ months…so I am going to try to make an effort to get back into the swing of things.

Poor third child.  She is here, she is healthy, and she is perfect.  She will suffer the same fate as many “babies of the family” have faced.  The first child had a FULL baby book, pictures, posts, etc.  The second child has been pretty well covered.  The poor third…..here we are, she is 12 weeks old….and there is NOTHING to document her first few months.  Bad mom, ugh.

It’s a good thing that she is so laid back.  Funny how you can tell their little baby personalities right off the bat.  Taylor Marie was born into this world on June 13 at 2 something (see I don’t even know) in the afternoon a perfect beautiful baby girl.

She is already different than our other babies. She has brown hair, she is plump, she has her own little look. I already cannot imagine our life without her. I could just squeeze her!!

Headed to hospital on day of induction.

38 weeks, 6 days pregnant

Wondering if it's a boy or a girl!

 

Its a GIRL!!

Just what I wanted :)

Perfect.

7lbs. 6 oz.

20 inches long

 

More to come...

Pregnancy: Week 34 (Baby #3)

Pregnancy: Week 34

DATE: May 10, 2013

How far along: 34 weeks

Total Weight Gained: 29 pounds

How big is baby? Baby's now the size of an average cantaloupe, 17.75 inches, and 4.75 pounds!

Maternity Clothes:  yep! 

Sleep: could be better, could be worse.  Baby moves like a monkey all night long.

Best Moment of the Week: Dr. appt. last week.  Doc says that baby’s head is down and in position and ready to go!  Hopefully he/she stays like that!

Movement: oh yes….always! 

Food Craving: …just an unusually large appetite! 

Food Aversions: none

Morning Sickness: nada

Gender: Surprise this time!!

Symptoms: shortness of breath…I’m winded after 1 flight of steps! Ha.

What I miss: bending over comfortably to put on my socks and shoes!!

What I'm looking forward to: A pre-natal massage that my daddy bought me for mother’s day J.  Just getting closer and closer.

Pregnancy: Week 32

DATE: April 26, 2013

How far along: 32 weeks

Total Weight Gained: 25 pounds

How big is baby? “By now, baby weighs 3.75 pounds and is about 16.7 inches long. Gaining about a pound a week and roughly half of that goes right to the baby. In fact, he/she'll gain a third to half of her birth weight during the next 7 weeks as she fattens up for survival outside the womb. She now has toenails, fingernails, and real hair (or at least respectable peach fuzz). Her skin is becoming soft and smooth as she plumps up in preparation for birth.

Maternity Clothes:  of course

Sleep: ehhhh….could be better, could be worse.  I wake up a LOT to go to the bathroom.

Best Moment of the Week: Had a dr. appt. last week.  I was in and out of there in NO time…and everything is still looking good.  Measuring right on target this week.  BP is good.  Really nothing exciting to report!

Movement: oh yes….always!  When I lay down for bed it seems to be CRAZY time for the baby.

Food Craving: Nothing in particular…just an unusually large appetite!  I could just eat and eat (and I have been)

Food Aversions: none

Morning Sickness: nada

Gender: don’t know that time!

Symptoms: I pulled my back out this week, so back and neck pain.  Also having lots of pressure and some cramping.

What I miss: being slim and sleeping through the night!

What I'm looking forward to: Only 56 days (or less) to go!

Toes in the sand....

After 20+ hours in the car we made it to Florida at about 2p.m. on Saturday.  Ahhhh.....what a beautiful site.  The kids could not WAIT to get their bathing suits on and RUN out to the beach!!

SO cute and fun to watch their excitement.

Blake is a beach lover...Liv prefers to stick to the pool (takes after her mama).  The sand kind of grosses her out.  She would RUN out there...and then RUN - at full speed - right back up to the steps to the pool.  lol.

 

Ahhhh.....sun and fun!!

 

My loves <3 p="">

Seriously, Mother Nature?!

This has got to be a joke, right?!  We have been having the craziest weather in Michigan.  It has been raining buckets (literally) for 2 weeks, and this morning we woke up to SNOW?!  This is just after a 65 degree sunny day that we had yesterday.

We have been under Flood Advisory Warnings for weeks.  Co-workers and friends have flooded basements.  Luckily we have not.  But this is NUTS.

Blake was beyond excited and said "ITS WINTER" when he woke up this morning, followed by a "I CANT WAIT TO PLAY OUTSIDE IN THE SNOW AFTER SCHOOL TODAY"....poor thing, he doesn't realize that it will be gone by then.

I will admit that my views from my room were pretty this morning....but I would have enjoyed them in December, NOT on April 24th!!

My front yard today 4/24:

My back yeard today 4/24:

 

Happy spring y'all!!

Back at it....

I have been catching some flack (ah hem...Tony)....so here you go! Ha, no really...I need to get back in the swing of posting daily, but have been caught up in the daily grind and haven't had a chance to be on here much.  I will work on it...promise. 

I NEED to anywho....because this 3rd baby is going to be here (less than 8 weeks) and I need to start documenting.  Not fair to the 3rd if Blake and Liv have post upon post and then the 3rd one is neglected :(.

Work has been crazy busy....impending maternity leave, lots of summer programs to plan for, promotion (yay me)....so my blog-at-work time is next to nil right now.

I have lots of pictures to blog from our trip to Florida this month, so I will get on that soon...but need to upload them first.

For now, I will leave you with a couple instagram pics that I can pull from my phone!!

These are from the way to Florida.  We drove...20+ hours, a 4 year old, a 2 year old, a 30+ week preggers mama, a dad with road rage....it was a joy.  J/K....it actually wasn't bad at all...and I would totally do it again this weekend if we could!!

This is liv's signature look.  EVERY pair of glasses....EVERY time.  Never fails.  She rocks it I guess.

 

This was Blake at the 9.5 hour mark....I feel his pain....