New Recliner and Earings

No I am not talking about myself in this post, although I would love a new recliner and earrings, but Miss Lizzy is enjoying her new items. She is now 2 months old and I decided it was time to be a mean mommy and take her to Claire's to get her ears pierced. I know, some people think this is the meanest thing a mom can do, but I highly disagree. It lasts for 2 seconds and it doesn't hurt that bad. Lizzy did great! She did shed a few tears but was over it in about 1 minute. I love her earrings. They are so cute in her ears. She is so strong and can hold her neck up awesome so we decided to buy her one of those Bumbo chairs. She is in heaven! She loves sitting up so this is the perfect solution for me when I have some housework to do. I LOVE cuddling Lizzy, but lets face it, its nice to be able to give our arms and back a rest. She doesn't seem to mind at all. I enjoy having another daughter to spoil rotten. She has one heck of a personality already. I love seeing her bloom. She is smiling and cooing like crazy. She currently weighs 10 lbs. and is 23.5 inches long. She is too long for 0-3 month old clothes so everywhere we go she is wearing high waters. Haha! Oh well. She is still pretty stinken cute.

Little Monkey

Lizzy is growing so fast that I can't even believe she is almost 3 weeks old. It is a bittersweet thing. I am glad that she is growing and changing in a healthy way, but I love the new born stage when they just cuddle and sleep. I don't want her to grow so fast, but as we all know, it happens with a blink of an eye. As of right now she weighs 7lbs. 7oz. and is 22 inches long. Tall and skinny and as cute as can be. She is such a sweet baby and so easy going, just like Karter and Kaidynce were. Lizzy, on the other hand, was blessed with this crazy out of control hair. It goes everywhere and does not lay down no matter how much I grease it down. I love every bit of it! I am crossing my fingers that it doesn't fall out. I love having three kids. It makes my days even more crazier and my life feels even fuller. I have noticed a few grey hairs playing peek-a-boo with me though. So the chaos is catching up with me, but bring it on. I am trained on how to cover up those silver beasts!!!

Miss Lizzy

On December 21st at 3:24 p.m. our baby Lizzy, joined our family. I went into the hospital to be induced, thinking it was going to be a long day, but to all of our surprise, she was delivered in 3 hours. Whew! Thank goodness. She came out with a head full of dark brown hair and she looks just like her brother and sister. She weighed 6 lbs 10 oz. and was 20 inches long. Everything went way too smooth. A lot smoother than I have been through with my other two. I am so happy she is here and we are both healthy and doing wonderful. Her middle name is Cynthia, after Zach's mom whom passed away this March. We thought it was very special that both of our daughters are named after their grandmas. I am so blessed to have another daughter. She is so sweet and lovable. She cries when she needs something, but other then that, she is so easy going and cuddly. She has her dad wrapped around her finger already. He never complains about changing a diaper or trading me through the night to give me a few more hours of sleep. I am a lucky woman. I have been so blessed with a wonderful hubby and 3 sweet kids.

Getting so close!

So my baby ticker is telling me that I have 17 more days to go before this little baby joins our crazy family. I hope it's right! I am sooo ready to have this baby. It is time. I am so excited to hold her in my arms and smell her fresh baby smell. I am so excited to be able to hand her over to her dad so he can love on her and give me a little break. I am so excited for my other kids. They ask about when she is coming every day. They are just as excited for her as I am.
I can't complain though. This pregnancy hasn't been to bad. I was absolutely the sickest with this one, but it could have been worse. I have been fortunate to gain little weight, and I am hardly swelling at all. The only thing that has been very frustrating is when I broke my ankle in September and had to be on crutches for about 4 weeks. That was hard being prego and hobbling around on crutches. But that came and went. Now if only my blood pressure will stay where it is. My sisters and I have the darn genes where our blood pressure goes sky high when we get pregnant, which usually causes us to be induced. I had to be induced with my other two, and Hated it with a passion! Thank goodness the blood pressure pills are working for the most part. Its right on the verge of being too high. My awesome midwife, Helene, says we will just take it a week at a time. Fingers are crossed that I will go on my own. That's what I want the most out of this whole pregnancy is to be able to experience natural birth without the use of pitocin. So hopefully the next 2 weeks will go smoothly.
On another note, I am so happy to be having another daughter. That's what I wanted, was for Kaidynce to have a sister. Now hopefully down the road Karter will have a little brother. He thinks he needs one ! LOL! We will see.
I just hope everything goes extra smooth with the labor that will be happening sooner that I am probably ready for. Fingers, toes, and eye balls crosses for sure!

Tooth Fairy!!

Karter has finally had the experience of losing a baby tooth! It was a huge shock to me cause I didn't realize he was old enough to start losing his teeth, but then I realized he is 6 years old now. Wow. That crept up on me. Karter was really excited to lose a tooth and get money from the tooth fairy, until Zach tried to pull it out and then it freaked him out a bit. Poor kid. Hahahhahah! I felt bad but we explained that it had to come out. So He toughened up, as much as a 6 year old can, and endured the slight torture that occurred. After it was all over, he was grinning from ear to ear. We put that teeny tiny tooth in an envelope and Karter wrote tooth fairy on it and slid it under his pillow. He was so curious to know how the tooth fairy would get it from under his pillow without waking him up. LOl! Lets just say, the tooth fairy is pretty darn sneaky. She left him $1 and a note thanking him for his tooth, and reminding him to brush 2 times a day. He was so excited he woke me up at 2:00 that next morning to show me what she had left him. I love that he is growing up and going through more special events in his life. I just keep wondering, what is next.

It's about time!!

Karter started his first day of kindergarten here in Hibbard yesterday and all I can say is its about time!! He has been wanting to go ever since last year. We have been counting down the days EVERY day. He is such a trooper too. I walked him to his class and he acted like it was no big deal. Thank goodness. Aahhh relief for me. I was a little worried he would be scared but no worries in that kid. I told him I'd see him later, gave him a hug, and away I went. There were no tears or any sad feelings. I felt great! LOL!! We both enjoyed the first day of kindergarten. It was way too easy. Exactly how I hoped it would be. I'm so excited for him to start this new journey in his life. He's definitely growing up. Now hopefully he won't take after his dad and kiss all the girls in his kindergarten class! Fingers crossed.

ALOHA!!!

Zach and I just got back from our vacation in Kona, Hawaii, and it was wonderful. Zach has been doing such an amazing job at his work, that he qualified us to go on a trip, all expense paid. We left our kids with my sister, Jennie, and away we went. We stayed in a condo with our friends, the Hawkers, and the Sargeants, for the first two days. Then we checked into our hotel for the next 5 days. We had so much fun hanging out with great friends and lounging around on the beach. The weather was beautiful as well as the water. We took a few little road trips and found some amazing waterfalls. They were gorgeous! Hawaii is filled with so many beautiful flowers and plants too. It's like a little bit of heaven. It is an awesome place to go fall in love with your spouse all over again. I hope everyone gets to have this experience once in their life.