good morning.

Almost six months old. No. I forbid it.

the girls...lately

The girls lately have been so busy! Busy doing what, you ask?

busy being....goofballs.

busy being....a preschool attendee!

 and an alphabet writer!

busy.... talking on the phone to Aunt Joanna!

busy....doing homework...in preschool!? what?

 busy....holding her sister. every day.

 

busy....going to ballet class!

 

busy....playing dress up.

busy....sleeping and fighting a few colds. :(

busy....being tickled!

busy....being stinking gorgeous.

busy....playing on the coolest toy ever!

All Aboard!

busy....coloring in her tutu.

busy....eating a cupcake. That's very important business,  you see.

busy....modeling for mommy's blog.

busy....being too quiet....and painting their faces! I had to hide my smiles...too cute!

busy....growing!

busy....hanging out with her girlfriends!

busy....staring off into the distance.

busy....turning 2 months old!

busy....matching her nursery.

 busy....being held by sister.

pretty much, all the best  kinds of busy.

2 months old

Our littlest munchkin is now 2 months old! Insert time flies joke here. But seriously. With the third, it just catapults by so fast!

At 2 months old Ava likes to:

-give us big grins!-she has a dimple in both cheeks. Swoon!
-sleeps 8 hours at night, then another 3. We are counting ourselves muy, muy lucky. Knock on wood.
-spit up...all. the. time.
-take baths!
-be held so she can see what's going on.
-listen when Sadie sings to her...it's the cutest thing ever, she makes up little songs for Ava and she just listens so intently. They have a really sweet bond already.
-wear 3-6 month clothing already. What the wha? She's growing super fast.

Ava's birth

So here's Ava Rachel's birth story-if anything so I don't forget anything!

Monday, November 12th I had an appointment with my doctor and to have a non stress test, since I was 2 days past my due date. When my doctor checked me she said I was dilated 4 centimeters, and 60% effaced. I was really excited to hear that! The stress test went well and I was having some contractions on and off during it...which kept going during the day, until they were 5 minutes apart and lasting 1 minute. So I called the hospital and they told me to come in! Rory came home from work, and my mom came to be with the girls, and off we went! We got there about 4 pm and they started monitoring me. For the next 4 hours I walked and walked and had contractions and they started getting stronger and a bit more painful. The nurse suggested I take a shower to help with the pain, which helped....a little too much! The contractions totally petered off. So I rested (couldn't sleep though) for a few hours and then the midwife checked me. Still at a 4! What!? grrr.....She suggested we start pitocin or go home and wait. After some tears of frustration we decided to start pitocin since we were already there with baby sitters set up. (and I was tired of being pregnant!) They started me on pitocin around 2 in the morning, just a light drip, and continued that til the morning. The contractions continued but also not very steadily or strong. (still at a 4 at 9 in the morning)They decided to amp up my pitocin in the morning and go for it. I requested an epidural, since I'd been through hard core pitocin before and didn't think I could handle it after being up already for 48 hours. I was so wiped out. I hadn't ever had an epidural with my other girls, mainly because I was nervous about the needle in my back, but I felt strongly that I needed to have one, and felt really calm about the whole thing. It went fantastic-no problems and worked like a charm. (got that about 9 am) After that the midwife turned up my pitocin and suggested we break my water. (10 am) That did the trick! Two hours later, with little pain...LOVE epidurals!.....I started feeling pressure and told the nurse it was time to push. She was a little laid back about it, like Sure go ahead and try! I was like NO GET THE MIDWIFE she's coming! She believed me and the midwife had barely enough time to run in and get her gear on before Ava was born! Only pushed for 5 minutes-so easy! She was born at 12:10 pm November 13th, 8lbs 7 oz, 20 1/2" long.

Family of five now!

The girls just adore her!! 

We're all doing really well so far!