Time flies....

Well Lilly is now 9 1/2 months. It's is incredible how fast time went by! I can hardly believe that in 2 1/2 months she will be a year old. She has developed so much it's incredible! She babbles, crawls, stands on her own, tries to walk, and learning to recognize items to go with words. I couldn't be more proud of this little girl! She has just recently had her first tooth break through, although it is not far enough through to take a picture yet.

I myself have switched jobs from the Lego Store in Downtown Disney, to working in Disneyland. It was a fun and new experience. I couldn't be happier with my job, but I would love to be a stay at home mom so I can teach her more things and watch her learn all day. That doesn't get the bills paid or diapers, unfortunately. 

I am excited for the next year to come I just wish time would slow down a bit. Hope all is well with all of you, and be happy!

One month...

Well today my baby girl turns a month old. She doesn't listen to me, but I tell her to stop growing so fast. It feels like yesterday (and forever ago) that I gave birth to a little 6 pound 12 ounce baby girl. She has changed our world forever. We have learned a lot about ourselves in this past month. I think the one thing I have learned that sticks out to me, is that I was meant to be a mom. I always knew I would one day want kids, but was very skeptical on how I would be as a mom. Well, she has showed me that I am meant for it! Omeed has learned that good things come in little packages, but that you also have to work hard in life to create a good future for that little package. Now, without further ado, here are a few pictures from her first month of life!

 She has the most precious eyes I have ever looked into!










Watching her sleep is so relaxing!

 She has the CUTEST feet EVER!!!!

So peaceful!

 So Beautiful!

 We love Sophie!

 I hope these pictures brightened your day! Feel free to see the rest on Facebook! Have a beautiful day everyone!

Yay...

Hello again! I finally got my pictures of Lilly back! I figured I would share some of them with you on here. I don't want all of them on Facebook, but I will be putting some pictures on there that won't be in this blog, and some on this blog that won't be on Facebook. Here are a few pictures from the day she was born.

That was a truly incredible day that I will never forget. It seems like it has been longer than just about a month, and at the same time it seems like it was just yesterday. I am cherishing every moment of it. Enjoy the pictures, and have a beautiful day!

Finally!...

Well, after some unfortunate computer issues and hours at the Apple Store, my computer is up and running again! The downside to it being fixed, is that I lost all of my photos. The important ones I can at least get from my mom! So I will have pictures of Lilly's adventure so far once we visit my family in a week.

As you all know, Lilly has FINALLY arrived! She was born on the 28th of January at 1:41 pm. She was born 6 pounds 12 ounces, and 18 1/2 inches long. She is now 7 pounds and 2 ounces! I had a relatively easy 8 hour labor. It was only easy due to the pain medications that I couldn't seem to get quick enough. Once I got the pain meds all I wanted to do was sleep! Once I started to push she was here in no time! Once I pulled her up to my chest and heard her cry for the first time, I cried! Omeed was crying the whole time too! He was so excited for her to get here!

Once we went home, I felt a little more nervous about the whole parenting thing, but had the help of my mom and brother. They were here for about a week after she was born. After they went back home (7 hours away) I got REALLY nervous about doing things on my own. The part I was the most nervous about was knowing what to do and when. After a day I had things down, but the nervousness didn't really go away for a few days.

Now she is 11 days old and the most beautiful baby I have ever seen. Yeah I may be biased on that, but I didn't realized how much she would captivate me! I can stare at her for hours on end! She also makes the cutest faces and show the most adorable expressions EVER! Even her poopy face is cute! I can't wait to share her pictures with everyone!! Have a beautiful night everyone!!

Still waiting...

Well, mom and DJ made it down safely and in very good time. We decided to go to Disneyland yesterday since it was Lilly's due date, in hopes that the walking would help Lilly decide to join the party. Well, the Disneyland magic just wasn't working right yesterday. Besides getting swollen, nothing happened. Today we had another doctor's appointment, and Lilly still isn't going to be joining us too soon. The doctor said that my cervix is still closed. So, lots of walking for the next couple of days, hoping that will speed up her arrival.

I am definitely ready for my daughter to join us here. Sleeping is near impossible at the moment, which really doesn't bother me, except that I am in quite a bit of pain most of the night. I can handle lack of sleep, and waking up to feed and change baby won't be a problem, because I won't be in pain like I am now. That's the hardest part right now is the pain during sleep. Other than that I had a very nice pregnancy.

The first 3 months were the hardest because of the "morning" (all day) sickness. I was getting sick in the morning, and at work, and at night. That was definitely not fun! Fortunately, the "morning sickness" didn't return in my later months, like I have heard is very common. I didn't really have any weird or constant cravings. I wanted sandwiches more often than usual, but that was about it. The weirdest thing, in my opinion, that happened was part of my hair turned red in the beginning of my pregnancy. The, now, light brown natural highlights that I have in my hair were red for a good 2-3 months. I found that weird. I had heard about your hair getting thicker and healthier from the vitamins, but not changing color.

Well, it's about time to go on a walk and hope this process gets started up soon. What was the weirdest thing that happened during your pregnancy? Have a beautiful day everyone!

Over-compensating...

So to follow up with yesterdays pot, I went a little over board with being productive and organized today. I worked on my new YouTube channel (Omeed wanted me to join on the gaming venture with him). That link will be at the end of this post. I also worked on the channel art for both of our pages today. The link for his will be at the end as well. Feel free to go check those out. I also wrote out a schedule for his video postings (he would like to do them daily) to work around his work schedule. Then I played some Kingdom Hearts Final Mix. I am trying to 100% that game and boy is it time consuming! I am, also, overly organized with that game as well!

Of course, most of all that I did today will fly right out of the window for a while once Lilly arrives. At least it is all started and ready to go when we will be able to get back to it. It is something fun to occupy spare time with, and if you really enjoy it, I can see how it easily turns into a hobby. I would do it regularly for sure!

In other news, my mom and brother are driving down tomorrow! I am so darn excited it is a little ridiculous. Then Lilly can join us any day! She just has to wait until her Grandma gets here to decide to make her entrance into the world. So far, it looks like she may make us wait a few extra days anyways, but then again you never know!

In random news, Miss Congeniality is playing on the TV in the living room and I am quoting it as I am typing. I don't know how many times I have had to go back and fix a sentence because I start typing out what I am quoting! Haha! Well I feel like being productive again so off I go to find something to do!

Here are those links:
Omeed's (foul language included):
http://www.youtube.com/user/omeedbalou183

Mine:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCzbYmBbsIp8l5Uj5akiSgxA (gaming)
https://www.youtube.com/user/Optimismprevails13 (personal random stuff)

Enjoy! Have a beautiful day!

Stir Crazy...

Well, I thought I was going to love all of the free time that came with maternity leave, but boy was I wrong! I mean I love the free time and not having to stand on my feet for 5 hours at a time, or having to rely on my co-workers all the time to essentially do my job (thanks guys!!!), but I am running out of things to do! I have done just about everything I can think of to prepare for Lilly's arrival. I have prepared our hospital bag, made my birth plan, set up the bassinet, washed the laundry, set up the changing table (and organized the diapers and wipes, etc.). I also, started several crafting projects. I started a rug that is almost finished, I finished the top of my hand sewn quilt, and started the design for the back of it. Pinterest has become an almost unhealthy thing since I want to do EVERYTHING I see on there. I built a little house out of Lego bricks. I also finished Breaking Bad (which is probably the only TV series I have watched where I felt closure at the end). I help Omeed with his YouTube channel. I talk to my fish, Jengo. I go on walks around the block. I am running out of things to do! Haha!

I am hoping that Lilly doesnt wait too much longer to arrive, because I am starting to go a little crazy! I am also ready to go to Disneyland again, but am too scared to go at the moment, because I dont want to go into labor there. No, I don't think it would be as cool as it sounds. Haha! I am, also, ready to be active again and start working out. I feel like a big blob since I sit most of the time. Yeah I go on walks and move around and get some exercise, but other than that I don't have the energy to do much else.

So, to all the moms out there, what did you do in your spare "you time" before baby arrived? I know I should probably cherish this "me time", but it is starting to get to me! Let me know! Now off for some more "me time", haha! Have a beautiful day everyone!!