October

Eva is over 16 pounds now! My big growing girl, I can't believe it! She loves tongues, being startled, Twinkie Kitty, Baby Einstein, exersaucing, bananas, and her dad. She hates and food that is green. Today she tried strawberries for the first time, WOAH sour! One of our favorite routines right now is cornering the kitty first thing in the morning when he is so desperate for attention that he will put up with just about anything!

tummy time

chatting

excuse our outdoor air out time moment. diaper rash needs fresh air.

House

back of the house, sun room

sun room door to backyard

straight on view into bathroom, keep in mind this bathroom has an old fashioned door and requires a skeleton key that we don't have to lock.

Side door, into basement

bathroom sink

strange towel rings in bathroom

bathtub

attic window in master closet

master bedroom

master bedroom, closet door

master closet, window to attic window

master closet

master bedroom, from hall

middle bedroom

end bedroom

end bedroom, I think this will be Eva's room

dining room

kitchen counters

kitchen sink

kitchen stove

door ways to: dining room, dining room, kitchen

living room from staris

living room

stairs

pantry

Eva

masterbedroom built in drawers

These are some picture of the house that we close on on Monday!

catch up!

 Eva Marie was born May 26, 2012. 9 lbs. 12 oz.
She came one day before her due date.

 We went into the hospital to be induced on Thursday, May 24th. I wasn't dilated at all so they decided to try a prostaglandin before pitocin. Contractions started right away, nothing to strong but regular and strong enough that we couldn't start pitocin. Justin and I spent day 1 wandering the labor side of Mayo and watching TV (The sorcerer's apprentice). Ended the day at about 2 centimeters.

 Day 2 we started Pitocin right away because the second prostaglandin had done nothing to my cervix. Contractions became more regular and a bit more intense. We discovered the show chopped and enjoyed that. Ended day 2 at almost 3 centimeters.

 Day 3 Contractions really started Things started getting super painful and intense at about 10 AM. At every check through the day I stayed at 3 cm. I labored till about 6, when they decided she was never going to come out that way, my contractions, though excruciatingly painful, were doing absolutely nothing as she was too big for my uterus to contract around. And her head was too big to descend downward.

 So at 7pm she was born via C-section. They told me I would be able to see her from where I was, but this was false. I didn't see her for the first 30 mins. of her life.

 Eva is very healthy, has no trouble gaining weight, and has been able to lift up her own head since she was 2 days old!

 She surprised both Justin and I by coming out a girl! We are thrilled!

 I can't believe how quickly she is changing and growing. How different she already looks from when she was first born.

My Beautiful Baby Girl!