Audrey's first Christmas

I've been away from blog posting for too long! I feel so busy every day! Well, we are gearing up for Audrey's first Christmas. So fun! She is growing and changing rapidly. She reaches out to pet and play with the kitties now, which is super cute. She is learning how to make all kinds of new sounds. She loves to jump in her bouncy seat. Sometimes I swear she is going to launch herself right out of it! She's teething but since we got her an amber necklace a week or so ago, she hasn't had any more major meltdowns so I'm hoping it's helping her teething pain. Let's see, what else? She loves to grab her feet and suck her toes. She's 5+ months but can still wear 0-3 month pants and 3 month clothes. :) She's starting to tolerate being held face in, or on my hip, instead of just face out. She actually fell asleep chest to chest with me last night! She hasn't done that since she was tiny, and I LOVED it. She was waking up a couple times per night again recently... but the last two nights in a row she has slept all night, which is lovely. I'm getting ready to start her on solid foods in January, once she is 6 months. I think I want to start with avocado... hoping to make our own baby food too. She's very good at propping herself up on her arms but doesn't seem very interested in trying to crawl. She still doesn't care to be on her belly for too long. She can roll over no problem but most of the time doesn't seem to want to. She can almost sit up unassisted. She loves to stand though, and will jump up and down on your lap. Hmm.... that's all I can think of at the moment... Oh! She loves the song "There were 10 in the bed and the little one said..." She smiles and giggles whenever she hears it. She also really likes when I sing her lullabies to her. She could be full on crying because she is tired and I'll start to sing and she'll stop and give me big smiles. :) It's the best. She has a pretty consistent nap schedule - 9:30 am, noonish, and 2pm or so. Of course, it's not always exact but it's a good timeline to follow most days. She's also got this new way of letting me know she wants to eat. If I'm holding her, facing out, she'll put her right hand up (since I always hold her with my left arm) against my chest and turn her head toward me while sucking on her bottom lip. It's adorable. It's like she's saying, "Hey Mom, I think I'm hungry." Not sure if I mentioned this before, but she gets tired but doesn't want to sleep. Especially if there is anything stimulating going on around her, like different people around or if we are out somewhere else.... even at home she'll fuss before going to sleep, pretty much every time. Usually, I give her "stuffy bear" and she puts him over her face, closes her eyes and sucks her bottom lip. She really needs to block out everything to let herself sleep. If she doesn't have stuffy bear, she pulls on her shirt or bib or brings her hands together up to her face over and over while she fusses.

How am I, you ask?? ;) I sooooo love being a mommy. It's a lot of hard work, and I certainly get frustrated and tired and have cabin fever a lot, but it is the most rewarding job I've ever had and I feel so fortunate to be able to stay at home with my baby girl. When she smiles or giggles, it lights up my world. I just can't get enough. Oh, that's another thing - she is giggling a lot now. Lots of random things will make her giggle. I just got a video the other day of her laughing because I was banging my hands on the floor. She was even snorting! Lol, she must get that from her mama. :) Here's a link to the video:

I also try to keep my shutterfly share site updated with photos and videos (there are TONS) at this link: http://thepodge.shutterfly.com/

Well, today was unusual because I have been up since she ate at 5:30. She went right back to sleep and usually I do too but I have so many things going through my head - ideas and preparations for Christmas, so I couldn't get back to sleep. So here I sit writing a new blog. It's 8:34am and the little munchkin is just now stirring, as I type this! So time to get back to my daily routine. Hope to update again soon!

Superpoints, how fun!

Ok this is totally random but I came across this site called Superpoints Network. You rack up points which can then be redeemed for rewards, like gift cards, etc. Well, it's completely free and there are several ways to get points. You can:
1) click the SuperLucky button for chances to win points. Think of it like playing slot machines for free. i find it quite fun!
2) get points in emails that are sent to you from Superpoints. Easy peezy!
3) watch videos. Also very easy. there aren't a lot of new ones daily... i've been on for about 3 weeks and seen maybe 3 or 4, but when they do have them, they are a quick easy way to get some points.
4) fill out offers. i don't do a lot of these but there are some free and easy ones if you wade through them. there are also things like surveys, and online shopping that you might already be doing anyway...
Anyway, i have been doing it for about 3 weeks now and I already have over 1200 points. 500pts gets you a $5 amazon gift card or $5 paypal cash. So I've already gotten over $10 for Free! i think that's pretty sweet. a good way to get more points really easily is to recruit friends to sign up. I know, I know, it's a pyramid scheme, but it's FREE so you really can't lose anything. membership is by invitation only. so if anyone out there reading this is interested in trying it out, here are some "invite tokens" (links posted at bottom of this post). just click the links and it brings you to the site so you can register with me as your "sponsor". again, it is totally free, there are no hidden obligations. i find it kinda fun to click the superlucky button and try to win points. oh, you start with 5 clicks per day, i think, but if you make sure to verify your email and complete your profile you go up to like 30 clicks per day. once you get some friends signed up you get more clicks. it only took me a week or so to get up to the highest (platinum) membership and i get 100 clicks per day. if i sit down to just click the button, and my internet isn't acting slow, i can get the 100 clicks done in a fairly short amount of time, like 15 minutes or less.
what it boils down to is free cash for me, which is great being a stay at home mom right now. so if you think you might like it, give it a shot! and let me know if these links don't work. they are only active for 7 days max, and then you need a new one... and it's one per person. but i always have more, so leave a comment if you are looking for an invite and i'd be happy to put up more. :)

(not valid anymore... see below for updated ones or contact me if you'd like to join!)

have fun getting free money! :)~
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4 months

It's 6am, Sunday. I'm feeding The Podge. This was the 4th or 5th night in a row that she hasn't woken up for a middle of the night feeding!
Other developments - for a week or two now she hasn't really been interested in her pacifier anymore. She'd rather have her "stuffy bear" and suck on her hand or lips. She's getting very good at sitting up with little assistance. And last night for the first time, she voluntarily reached out to pet Mischief. It was so cute! She "pet" her several times. :)
Tomorrow morning we have her 4 month appointment. I'm curious what she weighs and what percentile she is in.
Ok, gonna go. She's finishing up and I think she'll go down for a couple more hours of sleep. :).
Til next time...

10/20/2010

One year ago today, I got a really faint line on a pregnancy test and boy was I excited... :)

New Audrey site

So, again I haven't updated on here in awhile. Sorry! Life is busy and tiring and stressful, but also amazing. :). I made a share site thru shutterfly that updates with all photos and videos I take. It's nice and easy. It also has a blog section.

Http://thepodge.shutterfly.com

New milestones recently - she is starting to reach and grab for things. Toys, her feet, my hands. :). She is also rolling over from belly to back and almost has the back to belly down. Those both happened suddenly within days of each other! I was so surprised! She is so much more interactive now when she is playing and chattering. Wicked cute.

She turned 14 weeks old on Wednesday. Wow. She's just cuter and cuter everyday, and it just doesn't seem possible that she could get any cuter!

The last week or so I've been trying to get a nighttime routine going but it's not working out so well. Up until this point, she would consistently wake up to eat around 3:30am. It didn't matter if she last ate at 6:30pm or 9pm. That was great because it was predictable and I could figure out approximately how much sleep I could get. After that feeding she would usually sleep until about 6 or 7am and then would play happily in her crib while she waited for me to get her. The last few nights though, she's woken up around midnight. Even if she cluster fed before bed. I tried just giving her the pacifier to see if she'd sleep but it didn't work so it turns into an hour or two of fussing around and finally just feeding her. Then she wakes again around 4 or 5. Needless to say, this has made me more tired and cranky. :(. Then I feel bad for being cranky. But we had such a nice routine going! Of course it has to change... I assume it is a growth spurt or something.

Anyway, that's a little of what we've been up to. She's sleeping right now and I really need a shower so I'm gonna go do that. Check out my share site if you'd like! Hope the link posted correctly, since I'm on my iPod right now...

12 weeks!!

Ok, I've totally been slacking on this... it's hard to find time, but I really want to at least type up my labor and birth story. I can't believe our beautiful girl is already almost 3 months old! The time just flies right by and she is growing and learning and changing so fast! I'm amazed by her every day and feel so lucky. :) Pretty much at least once every day I get all misty eyed when I'm looking at her.

Here is what I wrote in my journal about my labor and birth. It's pretty long so be prepared! :) **Stuff in parentheses is added by me now, after the fact)

Saturday, 7/9/11 - Our Birth Story

I'm going to write everything I can remember - details like exact times, etc. may be hazy but hopefully we'll get a copy of the nurses notes or something which would have that. (that didn't happen... but I never asked). Tuesday 7/5 I had my 41 week appointment at 1:30pm. They did an ultrasound and found that I had no fluid left. This made everyone nervous. They said we should head to the hospital for induction. A quick monitor at the doc's office showed good heartbeat but we couldn't let Audrey stay in with no fluid for too long - risks are umbilical cord prolapse because there's no buoyancy.

We stopped home to get our bags. Called people to tell them what was going on. I was quite nervous but keeping calm pretty well. We got to the hospital around 2:30pm and got set up with the monitor on my belly. I wasn't feeling any real contractions. Heartbeat was sounding good. A little fast at times around 170. Around 4 or 4:30, Cindy, my midwife, came in to start induction. Oh, at doc's office she had checked me and I was about 1-2 cm 50% effaced, I think. We talked about induction. She suggested misoprostol - a little prostaglandin tablet inserted to ripen cervix. She also said we could break the water but the only next step from there would be pitocin and we really wanted to avoid that. The "miso" is a more slow and gentle way to get started. 1st dose was given at 4:30pm. They give it in 4 hr increments up to 6 times. They said this would most likely be a slow process - probably would take a day or two. We were prepped for the long haul. We had lots of visitors - Mary, Melissa, Kathy, Dad, Pat, Dan....

I didn't get much progression - actually nothing. Was feeling fine except for nerves and being confined to reclined position for several hours to let the pill set. After 2 or 3 hours they let me get up and walk around. They found a wireless monitor to use on my belly. I walked a bit around the halls. Had some alarms go off on the HB rate - I think it dipped low a few times. They had me lay down again with the regular monitor. We were all having a pretty good time talking and laughing - to keep me from thinking too much and getting scared. There was a joke with the nurse about tube tops because I had the monitor attached with a belly band thing instead of the velcro straps and Brian made mention of having his own tube top once, lol. The nurse thought it was funny. :)

The ward was pretty empty so they said we could move to a regular room. Rm 272. It was nice - bigger, had a couch, a mini fridge, better bed. I can't remember what time we moved there - before or after the 8:30 dose of miso... ? I think after... We got to the new room and they were encouraging me to sleep as much as possible because tomorrow would be a long day. They had said they were going to continue the miso thru the night but changed their mind so I could get some rest.

Sometime later, maybe around 1am - the baby's HB dropped very low - in the 60's. They came in to get me to change positions to see if it would help. It didn't. I ended up on all fours and they gave me oxygen. Stayed that way for a bit until HB went back to normal. (They were also pumping me full of fluids in my IV - I think I mention this later on in the journal entry...) Definitely scary. Brian was asleep until this whole ordeal. I had been trying to sleep but wasn't very successful.

7/10/11 ... continued ...

The only time I really slept had been when I was listening to my hypnobirthing cd. I woke up drooling - that's how I know I was asleep, but it was probably only for a half hour or so. I'm not sure what time, but there was a second time I needed to have oxygen because her pulse slowed. That's when they said they'd like to put in an internal monitor because it was hard to keep track of her with the external one. When they did it, they broke my membranes. I think it was around 2 or 2:30am. Then they left, telling me to get as much sleep as possible. Oh yeah, sometime around when I had oxygen, they were pumping me full of fluids in my IV. I was getting very shivery.

Ok, shortly after the water breaking, I was starting to feel more intense contractions about 2 minutes apart. I was trying to use my breathing technique and it was working pretty well. I probably had 4 or 5 (no idea how accurate that is) and they came back in to check on me I think. This gets a little fuzzy... I was shivery and feeling kinda pukey. (At the height of each contraction I would feel like I was going to vomit. I remember laying on my right side with Brian there, with an oxygen mask on my face and a puke bag in my hand, thinking, if I vomit, this could be very messy....)

I mentioned needing to go to the bathroom. They unhooked me and I got to the toilet - at this point, contractions were pretty intense. I remember thinking, "Wow, I am already considering pain meds..." and I was totally against that. But I was thinking this was early and I'd have hours to go still. (I wasn't sure I could take the intensity for too long without losing all my energy really fast.) Honestly, I think at that point I was already in transition. My uterus was involuntarily pushing with some of the contractions on the toilet. I was 2-3 cm when the internal monitor was put in. At this point it was getting harder to do the breathing techniques but I did my best. (I had my wonderful husband helping me through it and it was nice to have his reminders and reassurance.) I started using vocalization to cope. I really think it helped.

After we got off the toilet - which I didn't want to do because I was "comfortable" there, compared to laying down - they hooked me back up to the monitors. They offered the birthing ball, but with the internal monitor coming out of me, the pressure was too much when I was sitting. They offered me the birthing stool. That was much better. Once I was sitting on that, my contractions were pretty intense and the involuntary pushing was getting stronger. I mentioned to the nurse, Kara, that my mom went from 3-7cm in 30 min after her water was broken. She said, "Oh and you just tell us now??" :) I told her I wanted to push. She said, "Ok, well when that urge intensifies, you tell us." I said, "No, I am pushing already. It's just happening by itself!" She went to get help.

While she was gone, it just kept happening fast and furious. I remember telling Brian as I'm grunting through the automatic pushes that I thought it was time, I can't stop pushing! The midwife, Cindy, and others (??) rush in and get suited up. She comes over and crouches at the stool to look and says, "Yup, I think this baby is coming!" I could feel the pressure of her head coming down. I started to feel a bit of burning and stretching. Cindy told me I could bear down with the surges if I wanted, so I did. (I really don't think I needed to, it probably wasn't really necessary, my body was doing it all on it's own.) I didn't really have to do anything extra but I put a little muscle into it. Her head crowned and Cindy asked if I'd like to feel it. I reached down and remember thinking, "Wow, it's so soft! (and gooey, lol)". Then, I felt her head come out, and then (a few surges later) her shoulders and whoosh! There she was in my arms! :) Love at first sight.

The cord was kinda short so I had to hold her a little low on my belly. When I saw her face I thought of the newborn photo of me and that she looked kinda like me. She cried really well. Brian cut the cord. She was born 7/6/11 at 5:21am - only 16 minutes of stage 2 labor!

I had a 3rd, almost 4th, degree tear. They said, "Well, we have some work to do, honey. You blew out your bum." :( (sorry for the TMI!) They waited for the placenta but it didn't come out on it's own, (they manually took it out) so they asked if I'd like to be put under and go into the operating room for my repair - or I could just get numbed and have some pain meds. I opted for that. I was holding Audrey and feeling pretty good. They gave me morphine I think. I felt pretty out of it for a few minutes just after they gave it. The numbing injections were pinchy with needle pricks but wasn't bad. I had to get more fluids and antibiotics (because of the placenta needing to be manually removed, and the repair being near my bum).

Once she was sewing me up, she said my rectum was actually intact (yay!) so it wasn't quite as bad as they thought. They said they needed stitching music so we listened to MJ and they were dancing around. (Kind of like a scene out of Scrubs! lol)

The sun was just rising out the window and the sky was pink and pretty. :)

I ruined my yellow shirt and purple fuzzy socks. Oh well.

It took them a while to do the repair and I don't know how many stitches it was. I'm guessing quite a few. But it's healing great (no problems now!) and not as bad as I was afraid it would be.

She weighed 7lbs 0.6oz. She was 19". Head and chest 13". Cobalt blue eyes, light brown hair. She has Brian's chin divet. :) I think she has my nose and lips. Long toes like me and long fingers.

Breastfeeding has been a little tough. I have flat nipples (again, sorry for tmi!) so she has a hard time latching. I'm using a nipple shield now and that helps a lot, but I have to pump too - which is a bit of a pain. We are making progress though.

After the repair the nurses tried to get me up for a shower. I made it to the toilet and fainted twice. I had to stay in bed for the day unless there was a nurse to help me. My BP was low. (Didn't end up getting a shower until the next day...)

We had lots of visitors at the hospital. The second night was tough because Audrey wanted to cluster feed. I don't think I've had more than a 3hr stretch of solid sleep since she was born. But I feel fine. A little sleepy but not as bad as you would think. (The exhaustion really kicked in after a couple weeks...)

We've been home for a couple days now. Some highlights - we were doing baby situps with her and she let out a loud fart right in my face. Boy did we crack up laughing! She farts all the time!

She weighed 6lbs 10oz when we left the hospital and now is 6lbs 14oz. Good gain! I'm anemic, I guess... Stitches look great, no swelling (nurse came today) - belly is good. Very swollen feet. Milk coming in. Talk about huge boobs! lol....

Brian and I are being a really good team and splitting responsibilities. The nurses loved him and said it was great to see an involved Dad. We love our little Audgie Podge so much! She's beautiful and perfect. I get all emotional and weepy with happy tears when I think about it. When she is eating and looking up at me with those gorgeous eyes - I could just melt!

Dan (and Mary!) was able to be here and meet her. Unfortunately she had to go back home yesterday. Made me sad.

Oh I had a few crying moments where I got all choked up right after she was born. The nurse saw me and said "Happy tears?" and I nodded. My little love.

During labor and birth I let out long, low, loud moans - like a primal cave woman. I was thinking I may have scared people out in the Birth Center! lol... The nurses made a few comments about how awesome I was. :) (and that I seemed to be very in tune with my body, which may have been why it all progressed so quickly).

I am the happiest, luckiest person on the planet. I love my amazing husband and daughter so much I could burst. Sunrises will now always remind me of the birth of my Super Bean and that's pretty darn cool.

Oh - I also forgot to mention how much I was burping during labor. I kept feeling like I would vomit at the height of contractions but I never did. I just burped like crazy. The nurse thought it was funny. :)

When she was born she still had her monitor stuck to her head like an antenna, but we didn't even realize it for several minutes. :)

Phew!! There it is, finally! I have a list of lots of little milestones too and I've tracked her weight gain. She's doing great with the nursing now and we are pretty much done using the shield. Every now and then in the middle of the night or if she is really upset, we still use it, but that's all.

I have hundreds of pictures and tons of videos. I have video from the days in the hospital, but it's from our camcorder and harder to edit and upload so that isn't online yet... I really wish we had been able to record the labor and birth but everything happened so quickly, we didn't have anyone around to video because we sent them all home, thinking it wouldn't happen until the next day. *sigh* Oh well. I also had this whole plan in my head where I could use the jacuzzi during labor and have a water birth... but because of the circumstances, I needed an IV and constant monitoring so those weren't options. BUT - I still am very proud of my birth story and how it all went. I think it was perfect and amazing. Even if it wasn't what I had imagined it would be. I wouldn't want it any other way. :) It was still an unmedicated birth, as far as I'm concerned. I only had 2 doses of the miso for induction and I'm convinced that it probably wasn't even necessary. I bet all they had to do was break my water from the beginning and I wouldn't have needed anything. They told me that for baby #2, I better get to the hospital fast if I go into labor on my own!

Ok, that took forever to type so I'm going to wrap it up for now. Here's a pic for fun!

Audrey Noelle

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Just added app to my iPod

So I can put quick updates on from here now! I am barely ever on the computer anymore these days so it's hard to get big updates typed up but now I put the occasional one from here. :). Yay! In today's news, Audrey slept all night last night at 6 weeks old! Let's see if it continues... :)

Audrey is a month old already!

wow!! i have to get on here to type up my birth story... it's all written in a journal, just need to find the time to come on the computer and put it here... please stay tuned and in the meantime, enjoy the pictures! :)

Audrey Noelle

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Audrey Noelle

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Past my Due Date!

Well folks, here we are. Today I am one day past my estimated due date. To be perfectly honest, I thought I may be one of those people to go early, but apparently my "intuition" was wrong! :) It's all good. I've been done with work for a week and a half now and it's been very nice to have no commitments and be able to just take it easy. I've been relaxing as much as I can. I have watched tons of movies, started reading a new book, gone swimming a couple times, hung out with some friends/family... it's been nice! I am definitely getting increasingly more achy and uncomfortable with each day that goes by. My braxton hicks contractions are very frequent and just today are starting to feel slightly more "intense" but still not really painful.... we'll see if it progresses.

I've been craving ice cream all day every day, lately. It's terrible! I want to eat healthy but all I crave is the junk food. I've gained about 40lbs since I got pregnant... a bit more than I would like but I'm not that concerned about it. Me and baby are healthy and that's really all that matters. Plus, it won't be long now, and I figure, why not eat what I want! :)~ I'll be good later... hehe.

Here is me at 39 weeks.

And here is 40 weeks:

I'm getting excited because my sister will be up from Florida for a week - she gets here Friday night. Hopefully our little girl will make her appearance soon so she can meet her Auntie face to face while she is here!! And my best friend is visiting from California, arriving on the 4th of July. Mom will be up from Texas the last week of July as well. So Super Bean has got to come out and see everyone! :)

14 more days til due date!

38 weeks today! :) On Friday last week, I was dumb and thought it would be a good idea to lean onto the plastic towel rod on the bathroom wall. Well guess what? It couldn't support my weight. It ripped out of the wall and I fell backwards onto my butt and rolled to my back... I felt ok but got really freaked out. I actually laid there for a minute to assess myself, then before I could have a panic attack, I went to my room, laid on the bed and listened to my Hypnobirthing cd to calm down a bit. I happened to have my regular doc appointment that morning so I told them about it when I got there. They said it was protocol at this stage of pregnancy to send me to the hospital for 6hrs of monitoring. So off I went. I was having contractions but didn't feel them. Once I watched more closely on the monitor and paid attention to when they were happening, I realized they must have been Braxton Hicks and I had been having those sensations for a long time, but didn't realize they were contractions. Anyway, they did a couple internal checks and my cervix was soft and a fingertip dilated. They did an ultrasound to make sure my fluid level was good, which it was, so I was sent home. Phew! They had me take it easy for 24hrs. I was pretty sore and tired from the whole ordeal and boy do I have a massive bruise the length of my left tricep from scraping it along the towel rod as I fell!

I spent Saturday on the couch watching movies with Brian. Then on Sunday, I was feeling a little better so we did a huge grocery shop because we really needed to. We also went to Babies R Us to use our registry completion discount and all the gift cards we had. Whoa! We used it all up, but got pretty much everything we needed still.

Brian assembled the swing his mom got us and I did more laundry and got stuff up onto the nursery walls. I also cleaned and sterilized all the bottles, pacifiers, toys, etc. So I'd say we are doing pretty well!

I'm feeling alright these days. Getting uncomfortable for sure, and definitely feeling the Braxton Hicks contractions quite often, now that I know how to recognize them. I still feel like we have a lot of cleaning to do around the house, but other than that, I think we are pretty ready. Getting very anxious for our little girl's arrival! I can't wait to see her cute little face! But I am a patient mommy and I know she will come when she is good and ready. :)

Ok, picture time ~

Here is the nursery:

Here is my battle wound and me in the hospital:

35 weeks belly:

Belly pics with Melissa:

36 weeks:

36 +2 weeks:

37 weeks:

And today, 38 weeks:



Ok, gotta get some lunch and get ready for work. Thankfully, this is my last week working. I'm getting a little too cumbersome and would rather be home preparing for baby... :) 'Til next time!

Holy Baby Shower!

Wow, my baby shower last weekend was amazing! Yummy food, friends and family, really cute decorations, and a crapload of presents! I couldn't believe it. It was so much fun. Thanks to everyone who came and to my sister Jessie and my Aunt Dy for organizing it all. We had my mom on speaker phone from TX when I was opening the presents from her (soooo many cool things, including the cutest bassinet ever!) and my sister Dan got to visit from FL through Skype. :) Don't you love technology?? Lots of people gave me handmade gifts that I just love. My Nana went a little crazy! :) I have tons of pictures, so I'll just post a few - in no particular order:





Look! It's SuperBean! Embroidered by my Nana



Brian, in charge of setting up Skype







There's Dan in FL!



After the shower, we made wishes for the baby and released balloons



Bassinet from my mom & Jenn, filled with presents!



Brian and I arriving to the shower



Favors









On my throne with my hat and bow bouquet



Super Bean is on her way!





Holy presents, Batman!





Measuring my belly for the contest. Aunt Barb guessed the closest to correct size!

The nursery has been painted it's main color. Still need to do the accent/trim. I've gone through all the stuff we got at the shower as well as the 10 or so trash bags of stuff from Melissa. :) I've sorted things by size and now I have to start doing laundry. We have to build the crib too. Once that's done, I can start putting everything in it's place and decorating and then it will be ready for some photos.

I took some pictures of some of the cute outfits Super Bean got:


Snow suit, hat, and tiny gloves!

Denim outfit with hand embroidered embellishments by my Mom

Bathing suit, sunglasses and bunny slippers