Posts Tagged ‘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.

Excited to be 31 Weeks

October 28, 2009

Woo Hoo! I’ve made it to 31 weeks pregnant today. I can’t tell you how happy I feel to be here with only 9 weeks (+ zero days) to go. I’ve been super uncomfortable lately with severe pelvic floor pain, but I figured out yesterday that it’s because baby girl has decided to rest head down most of the time. She wants out so we can go shopping!! LOL! My belly is still looking high, so I’m anticipating seeing it drop and knowing I won’t have much longer to go.

Yesterday I laughed as I realized that I was waddling a bit. I corrected that one right away! Hoping and praying we can keep the H1N1 flu at bay in our home. I’m pretty concerned about it right now, especially being pregnant as I’m at high risk. I want to wait for the non-adjuvanted immunization to be available in a week, hopefully I won’t regret waiting that long. I’d prefer the non-mercury method. In the meantime I’m Lysol, Pinesol, and Purell-ing my life away to try to keep germs out of our house as best as I can.

The boys are restless about the baby, they want her out right now. Noah keeps telling me that “it’s taking so long!!” – he’s going to be a darling Big Brother. I can’t wait to see my boys holding their little sister, it makes me teary just thinking about it.

Here She Is!

October 23, 2009

Baby Girl Ultrasound 30 weeks

Baby Girl Ultrasound 30 weeks

Here’s Baby Girl! You can make out her sweet Kissy Lips, chubber cheeks and little nose. Can’t see the rest of her face, she’s kind of tucked back in. But the tech couldn’t stop telling me what a “CUTE CUTE BABY” she is :)

Lilypie Pregnancy tickers

According to Baby Center, our baby girl is now approx. a pound in weight and about the length of an ear of corn! She definitely is a mover and a shaker, she loves to be in motion right now. Lots of kicking and rolling going on.

This morning Noah told me “Mommy I LOVE that baby!” but when I asked if he would help take care of her once she comes out he said “no, you can do it!”. Oh well, at least he’s agreed to let her sleep inside the house, progress from his garage suggestion a few months ago.

I’m still sick each day, but my attitude has been much more pulled together. I’m really working on getting up and ready, getting as cute as I can and proceeding with my day. It’s tough, but has made a BIG difference to our kids and our home to have Mommy up and at em’. I’d love to be able to have a “kick butt awesome 3rd trimester”, that would be a lovely little gift for sure. But whatever happens, I’m excited to know that we’re getting a little baby girl to join our family.

Still haven’t decided if I’m going to let anyone hold her for the first few days. LOL!!! Maybe Nathan, if he bends to my baby name suggestions.

I’m SO excited! A whole new world is opening up to me, a club I thought that I’d never be able to join. And yet, here I sit – about to be a Mommy to a GIRL! I have always dreamed of having a girl, and yesterday in a whirlwind of amazement we found out that our current pregnancy is undoubtedly producing PINK! We’re having a baby girl in December!

As the realization sets in I’m just so grateful. I wondered for years if I’d ever get my turn to shop the pink aisles, sew frilly sweet things, plan a wedding. Now with all the butterflies in my stomach I’m also feeling a huge sense of humility and thankfulness for this little baby. I can’t wait to meet her, she is so loved already. Our four boys are ecstatic, they wouldn’t accept any other option, to them it was a girl from the get go. But having four little men in a row jaded Nathan and I a bit and we were unsure whether to even entertain the idea of a girl. Now we know she’s on the way and Nathan is so jazzed. Last night on our way to Target he says “I think we need to make a pact, that this baby will not wear any “mediocre outfits”. Each outfit needs to be incredible!” – (um let me insert how much I fell in love with him at that moment, that’s like the DREAM statement for a girl to hear). And you all thought that I’d be trouble finding out a girl was on the horizon, Nate is going to be just as bad as I am! grin :)

So now with the synopsis: we decided to go to a 3D/4D ultrasound place while we’re on vacation in Palm Desert. We chose 3D Angel Babies and boy am I glad we did. The place we incredible, beautiful, relaxing and peaceful. Each ultrasound room is decked out to the nines with gorgeous pregnancy & baby photography, huge comfy couches for your family and friends to attend. In fact you can bring up to 10 people to view along with you, on a few giant screens. It was AWESOME and I highly recommend the experience. The tech was sweet and showed us all of the gorgeous baby expressions, everything you could want to help bond with your child. We found out she was a girl within the first two minutes, they do it right away for you. As soon as we confirmed it was a girl Brigs was happy and started to head out the door! He got what he needed, and he was outta there – LOL it was so funny. Noah jumped up on the step stool beside me and patted my hand reassuring me “you’re going to be ok, you’re going to be ok”. And Joshy’s famous quotes of the day were “This is a Great Moment!” and “This is Joy!”. Dylan sat in amazement that he was actually getting a sister, he is so happy and facebooked the news right away for his friends to hear. And Nathan stood right up next to the screen examining all he could, grinning from ear to ear.

What can I say? 5 times the charm!! We’re having a girl!

CRAVE

August 14, 2009

Time to talk about cravings now that I’m 20+ weeks along. I am noticing a huge shift in my “normal” preggo cravings. Typically with my other pregnancies I craved savory, salty things and protein. NOT the case with this little baby, I’m seriously jonesing for sweets at all cost these days. This is so not like me, I usually am wanting sandwiches with pickles and cheese whiz or potato chips. But baby #5 has a mind of their own and is nudging me for cupcakes, chocolate, fruit and anything with a sweet taste.

What did you crave when you were expecting? Did it differ from the normal cravings you tend to be drawn to? And do you think you’re cravings were at all related to whether you had a boy or a girl?

I can’t take the pressure, I threw on some makeup to hide my chalky complexion, ditched the bucket, and hammed it up for you! Enjoy the burgeoning bump – it’s WAY bigger at this point on baby #5 than other pregnancies (**heads up to my sis-in-laws adding more kids to their collections)

Keep in mind, I am not Liz the photographer who is talented at taking self portraits during pregnancy. It’s HARD to do, I kept shooting pics of the curtain rod and the bathroom faucet instead of the belly. Enjoy the crazy! :) – Daria






Oh little baby, I guess being #5 pregnancy has some fun consequences. My belly has definitely got some IID “impending infant definition” already – LOL yes I made that up! Maybe since I’ve lost my hips and butt, the belly will assist in holding up my pants as they swim on me with all the weight loss.

Today I swear the little one was amusing themselves by pushing on my bladder. Dear little one, that’s real funny, but please come up with some other way of entertaining yourself. It’s just not that funny to those of us on the outside.

And one more milestone, I am feeling the little butterfly-like flutters so I know our baby is active and ready to get kickin’ sooner than later. I can just picture the darling climbing cupboards and hanging off the fridge door like it’s predecessors.