Posts Tagged ‘My pregnancy’

Lola Olivia
December 10th, 2009 brought me the happiest day – it was the day I finally looked upon the sweetest little face in the world. We welcomed our long awaited/highly anticipated daughter Lola Olivia Muirhead to our family.

Born at 9:52 pm and weighing 6 pds 5 ounces, 20 inches long. Lola has beautiful dark hair (it curls a bit when it’s wet) and gorgeous long fingers that are so dainty. I’m quite tickled that my girl has my hands! But that is where the comparison to me stops, she is SO much like her Daddy. She has his cute ears, his coloring, and we’re thinking her eyes will be brown too. The jury is still out on what her eye color will be.
Mommy & Daddy with Lola

The boys have been utterly in love and adorable with Lola, they are so tender when holding her and speaking of her. I feel beyond blessed that after all these years my little girl has come to us. I love the precious days after having a new baby, there’s nothing more perfect than feeling that love all around you. Nathan and I are so in love, I just adore him so much and feel lucky to have him as the amazing father of my children that he is. He’s been my rock through these long 9 months of HyperEmesis, and with daily sickness he has not only braved having a sick wife but has been loving and incredible in his constant support of me. Now that Lola is here the sickness has instantly disappeared and I’m reveling in the joy that I can eat without being sick, it’s awesome!! Finally a full week without throwing up many times a day, my body is happy and so am I.

I’ll share more about Lola’s birth later, but right now I just wanted to shout from the rooftops that I have a gorgeous little girl who lights up my days with happiness.

Leaping Ahead

November 23, 2009

Well the big news baby wise is that my due date was officially moved up! I can’t believe it, how many pregnant women get that gift in their last trimester?!

Originally my date was set for the 30th of December, but since having a Biometric Ultrasound (oodles of measurements etc.) my doctor decided that I’m good to go anytime now. I’m officially considered Full Term already! YAY ME!

I still have many things I want to accomplish before she arrives, but thankfully Nathan has been so great at sensing that. He put up the Christmas tree last week, and on Saturday he initiated the decorating process, which I quickly took over so I’d get a tree that I loved – LOL!! It’s dreamy to have the tree up right now, it makes me smile and adds a glow to our front room. I love curling up on the sofa in the morning and taking it all in. Soon our baby girl will be napping by the tree and we’ll be feverishly taking pictures of her. I can’t wait!

True to form, I’m having loads of contractions that are painful and take my breath away. They however are not true labor contractions yet. Baby’s head down and ready to get outta there, I’m ready for her to be out too because most of the time her head is pushing down on nerves and causing me so much pain. Walking, sleeping and moving positions is so hard now – I have to think twice before going shopping and that is really saying something! On a happy note, my feet and ankles have not swelled at all with this pregnancy! They did with my others so I’m thrilled that they continue to look normal and my shoes fit.

The true blessing will be when my little doll is finally here and the HyperEmesis is gone. Oh I can’t wait to not throw up each day, several times a day – it makes me teary just thinking about living life without that continual sickness. I would never wish HyperEmesis on a single soul, it kicks your butt!

So loads to look forward to. I’ll be tweeting and Facebooking posting throughout my labor (whenever that happens) to keep all my friends in the know. When the time comes I’ll be holding tight to that iPhone. LOL!

This morning at breakfast Joshy filled me in:

J – “Mom, my sister is going to be beautiful! Wanna know why?”
Me – “Sure! Why do you think so Joshy?”
J – “because she’s going to have My face!”

ROTFL – I think our empowering & complimenting of our kids is paying off.

While in Phoenix last Friday I had the awesome opportunity to get together with some of my Boutique/Facebook buddies at Cafe Rio! Amy from Toteandtee.com, Spendy Wendy, Jona from Fabritopia.com and Kristie. I’ve known these gals for years online through the boutique world. Little did I know that they were plotting a surprise baby shower for me, I was so totally touched by their kindness. I can’t even describe how thrilling it was to open all those beautiful PINK packages!! EEEKKKK!! (Having a girl is going to be so much fun). Here are some fun shots of our afternoon together. Click on them to see the full image. XO – Daria

I can’t scarcely believe that I’m now 27 weeks pregnant, and have entered my third trimester. YAY!! So happy to be in the homestretch of my very last pregnancy…ever!

The next few months have a plethora of things going on to keep this mommy busy, so I’m not too concerned as yet about feeling “done”. I haven’t done much to get ready for baby girl, a bit of shopping, but being an experienced mom now I know that babies don’t need a whole lot from the get go. So I plan on getting things for her as I need them and not going totally product crazy ahead of time. At least that is my story this week. :)

I’m not sleeping well these days, I wake up alot during the night and never feel like I’m getting the rest I need. I also have the joyful experience of waking up at 2am with excruciating leg cramps. I hate leg cramps, I had them with all of my pregnancies and them seem to get worse with every baby. Honestly though, I’ll take the leg cramps over the horrid afterpains anyday – I’m not looking forward to those again. Not at all.

I’m wishing that Nathan and I could agree on our daughters name now, I want to be able to refer to her as something other than baby. It would be lovely to talk about her as a person with a name, instead of a fetus without one. :) The odds are not good on this yet, we both have different ideas as to what she should be called so the days tick by and she remains a little generic child.

It’s exciting and scary to think about raising a girl after all of these boys! I wonder if it’s going to be anything like what I envision it to be. I’m sure that she’ll whip us all into shape pretty quickly. I know without a doubt that she’s going to be doted on by her big brothers, they are getting so excited to meet her. It still feels totally unreal to know that a girl is on the way, I find myself dreaming about tea parties, ballet classes, and even wedding planning and she’s not even here yet!

If Life Gives You Lemons

June 30, 2009

Our little baby is now 14 weeks and about the size of a lemon! :)

According to BabyCenter.com This week’s big developments: Your baby can now squint, frown, grimace, pee, and possibly suck his thumb!