Things I've missed....

I totally  missed some big things the last few months. Blame it on baby brain or laziness of getting photos off my camera... I don't know, but I'm going to post some pictures now!!

Ellie's 4th birthday, July 21.

Ellie's favorite.. her sunglasses, new purse and cell phone!

We got a sandbox for her birthday. Both Ellie and Jack love it!

Some pictures of my dad install a double swing for Ellie and Jack. Nick had re-stained and did a major overhaul of our playset and we added this new swing. The kids love it! This was in August some time.... I think.

Ellie started 3K the day before Maya was born- August 26th. She goes 3 days a week for half mornings and the rest of the time is daycare. Here are pictures of her first day. She was really excited, but scared too :)

Ellie's first field trip!

Last Friday, I went on a field trip to the Fire Station for Ellie's school. It was her first field trip and of course mine too. We watched a video to learn about fire safety and then got to tour the fire house and look at the trucks and ambulance. Ellie really liked it. There were a lot of kids there - probably 40 some. I had fun, but know that I couldn't be a teacher. That's a tough job! When we got home Jack stole Ellie's Fire Chief helmet. He likes wearing it around the house :) 

October 1

Jack, Maya and I at one of our Target/Starubuck's outings. LOVE. We will probably head there today to celebrate the first of October and I need some dish soap :)

CPK lunch

HI! Finally getting around to posting an update. Life is going too fast. Maya is already 5 weeks today! That means I go back to work in less than 3 weeks. BOO. I could be a stay at home mom for Maya and Jack, but when you throw Ellie in, I think I would rather work. I know that sounds super mean, but Ellie is tough. She is whiney, opinionated, stubborn and crazy. But after an hour or so being all of those things, she is so sweet for like 5 minutes and you forget about all the bad things! She really screws with your head. It's hard for me. I hope she grows out of this stage. It's emotionally draining.

I've been hanging out at home and Target lately. I feel like I should be getting so much more stuff done during the day, but the days fly by and then I feel like "Where did the day go?" Yesterday I had our basement carpet cleaned and our furniture in the great room. The guy did a super good job. I couldn't believe it. I still want new furniture though. haha! I'm waiting for Restoration Hardware to have their friends and family sale and then I have to talk Nick into it. I talk about it every day, so maybe by the time the sale comes, he'll be sick of listening to me. I wish I could just decide and buy it, but when you are married, these big decisions have to be made by both. POO.

Last week is when my body decided to really slow down. I have not gotten much sleep at all. Ellie hasn't woken up during the night, so that helps, but Maya is up 2 times and early in the morning. 

Okay, I'll stop rambling, because really everyone just wants to see pictures.

Playing in the garage.

Going for a walk. I'm carrying Maya!

Ellie, Jack and Maya

She really does love bath time!

Maya Sue

I have been meaning to post for almost 3 weeks, but I kept finding excuses.... the biggest one being, exhaustion! Things are going very well. Maya is so easy, but I'm tired. Ellie has been having a real hard time. She isn't really jealous and LOVES her new baby sister, but she really is clingy and needs me ALL the time. This is exhausting for me. It literally sucks whatever energy I have left out of my tired mind and body. I know that this is a really big adjustment for her as she is no longer #1, but we have been trying very hard to make her feel like she is important. I've been spending more one on one time with her, picking and dropping her off at school, etc. She has had a few nightmares waking up crying, screaming "I need you Mommy!" She is constantly saying "Mommy, I need you. My love you a lot." It is so sweet, but then there are the times when she is literally attached to me and then Jack follows and copies, so then I have 2 kids hanging on me while I try to feed or change Maya. 

The Birth of Maya Sue:

Things went as planned. I went to the hospital at about 1pm after getting a pedicure and eating a bagel by myself at Panera. It was nice. My c-section was scheduled for 4pm on 8/27. They almost pushed it back because I had a Caramel Macchiatto from Starbucks before. I thought I could drink whatever, but not eat. The anesthesiologist was not happy. I guess the milk in the ice coffee could curdle and if they had to put me out, I could choke if I puked. Anyways... I convinced him that I wouldn't puke and that I didn't drink that much.

So they started to prep me at 3 with an IV, doing blood, etc. The spinal shot wasn't too bad, but still hurts. I wasn't totally numb when she put the catheder in, so that wasn't cool. Since my doctor was on vacation, I had Dr. Amy. She was awesome, except when they pulled Maya out, it felt like a huge vacuum and so much pressure in my chest. It almost was like Maya kicked me with both legs in the lungs and knocked the wind out of me. I was nauseous during the surgery, but I didn't throw up. 

Maya finally arrived at 4:33pm. She didn't cry right away, but it was probably only about 40 seconds. When you are laying on the table and you can't see anything, 1 second seems long! Nick took the pictures of Maya in the OR and did a great job. I wish it was video, but they won't let you do that for a c-section. They actually don't really want Nick looking at the surgery either, but he got some peeks! We stayed from Tuesday until Friday. The nurses were great and took Maya for part of the night every night, which allowed Nick and I to get some rest. The day after Maya was born, Nick had to go to Chicago, so his parents came to the hospital all day and hung out with me and her. It was nice as I still didn't really get out of bed yet. I'm finally starting to feel a little more like myself. I'm still really sore and the right side of my incision is really tender. I don't think it's infected, but it just doesn't feel right, maybe the scar tissue is worse there. Below are pictures from the days in the hospital. I will try to post some more current pictures soon!