Sweet Voice

Gracie recently found her voice & it is the sweetest thing I've ever heard! And it's a good thing because she goes on and on and on...I think she takes after her daddy :) Love coming home to this after a long day at the office!

(You will probably have to mute the music at the bottom of the page to hear her)

Tummy Time

Normally this girl will have nothing to do with sleeping unless she is being held. In fact, she isn't really happy anywhere but in someone's arms. Which makes getting anything done around the house pretty difficult. But I have found the secret...this girl loves being on her tummy. Which gives my arms a much needed break! :) I even got a load of laundry done today...well, it's washed anyway...still working on the folding part!

Long Time No See

Not that you have missed much. With a newborn, the blogging has definitely fallen on the priority list…but so have the interesting things to blog about {Unless the details of sleeping, eating, feeding & changing diapers thrills you}. So I apologize if this blog takes a slight detour from the usual and turns into a babyfest…but that’s just my life at the moment. I’ll start with how our little bundle entered the world on July 28^th {her due date, btw!}…

The night before I walked LOTS of laps around the park by our house to try to get things moving along…and apparently it worked! At about 9pm that night, I noticed that my contractions felt different…slightly uncomfortable, but they were still very sporadic. It wasn’t until about 2am that I started noticing them coming at regular intervals, but I didn’t want to jump the gun so I went downstairs to watch some TV and have a snack. At about 3am, I decided {well, J kind of decided} that they were consistent and painful enough to go to the hospital. I figured we still had several hours of labor to go, and I really didn’t want to wake up Jayden or my family, so we took our time. J took a shower…I packed my bags and put on some makeup…and we finally left the house at 3:30, just about the time my contractions were getting pretty uncomfortable. Well, we got to the 163 South freeway and all of the sudden I got a little scared…not only were the contractions extremely painful, but I also felt a lot of “pressure”…J sped up and started running red lights…Jayden was delirious…and I was panicking a bit. We got to Mary Birch at 3:45 and when they checked me at triage, I was fully dilated and ready to push. They wheeled me into the delivery room at 3:51, and Grace Olivia was born at 3:57am. What a blur. But she is beautiful and healthy and perfect!

We are definitely adjusting to having a family of four…and it’s rough at times I’ll admit, but we are truly blessed! And now I'm off to sleep...for two hours :)

Baby Sprinkle…Take Two!

Last weekend my church threw me a lovely little baby shower…this little girl is already so loved and she hasn’t even made her debut yet! How adorable is that diaper cake??? I am definitely getting excited for this little one to ‘Grace’ us with her presence…one more week!! J Maybe…

Gracie’s Digs

I’m pretty sure these photos were promised a looooong time ago, but all good things are worth the wait, ya? So here ya have it, Gracie’s nursery. Could it be any girlier???

Baby Sprinkle Love

I am so honored to have my baby shower featured on CakesLikesAParty today! Well deserved for all the thought and hard work Jess put into making this event so special for me and Gracie :) Love you Auntie Jess!

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Baby Sprinkle for Grace Olivia

I know you have all been waiting anxiously to see the pics from my oh so fabulous baby shower last weekend…and here they are! I cannot believe all of the detail and planning that went into this day. Everything was amazing…and over the top frickin adorable!!

I stole these pics from Jess’ blog since I was waaaay too busy taking everything in to take pics myself. Can you believe all of the personalized details? I couldn’t get over those pillows!!!

A HUGE thank you to Jess and EVERYONE (moms, sisters, friends, aunts…) that helped make this a special day for me & our rapidly approaching arrival. It was the perfect way to celebrate this sweet little girl!! 

Sugar and Spice

This weekend I attended the most fabulous baby shower of all time…it was mine! J More details are on the way, but I just wanted to give a HUGE thank you to the most awesomest sister in law EVER. She put so much thought into this sprinkling, and it really showed in all of the details. And thank you to all of my friends and family that also helped out…we are sooooo blessed!

Baby Love

I have a confession…well, really more like an obsession…with baby girl clothes. Ok and baby girl hats. And baby girl headbands. And baby girl shoes. And I feel guilty because with Jayden, I’ve always just thrown on whatever happens to be clean at the moment (and admittedly, things don’t always match). But now I am relentlessly scouring every baby store and website for a navy blue headband, because without it I have an incomplete outfit. Let’s do a little comparison, shall we???

Here is Gracie’s closet and accessory collection:

And now here is Jayden’s portion of the closet:

You see what I mean? Well at least I know I am not alone here…there is something about a miniature-sized frilly wardrobe that makes all women swoon. But now I am out of budget...and the baby isn't due until July. So I've sworn off all baby stores to resist the tempation...for now :)


In other news, J took Jayden to the grocery store tonight, so I decided to soak up every second of this scarce alone time by looking through old baby photos. And I got totally choked up over how fast he is growing up. Just look at him sleeping on J just a few days after he was born...

 ..and now he practically takes up the whole couch! :) Btw, this is Jayden's "I'm watching TV and ready for my belly tickle" position.

Sometimes I think about how easy life would be without kiddos, and I am jealous of friends that get to have big nights out on the town or that can make plans at the drop of a hat without a babysitter hunt...but then I see these pictures & remember that I need to soak up every last minute of childhood that Jayden has...because it really does go by fast...

"He didn't have to wake up

He'd been up all night

Layin’ there in bed listenin’

To his new born baby cry

He makes a pot of coffee

He splashes water on his face

His wife gives him a kiss and says

It gonna be OK

It won’t be like this for long

One day we'll look back laughin’

At the week we brought her home

This phase is gonna fly by

So baby just hold on

‘Cause it won't be like this for long"

...so true Darius Rucker...ok, gotta go wipe the tears off my keyboard now...