Haaaay!

Hahaha... I'm sure only Derek can interpret the title the way I mean it.... hehe

So we're going to get lost in "Manna" in just a minute. We're here to find an apartment. Which we did. And we're pretty excited about it. Tomorrow we're gonna be tourists and go check out the big city. I'm kinda really excited to go nerd out.

We miss our baby doll like you wouldn't believe. Everything we see we say something like "Oh, Liliana loves that!" or "I bet Liliana would like this!" It's pretty pathetic. She is hanging out with her G-Parents on the Holt side and her Great G-Parents Trujillo, so not only is she well taken care of, but I'm sure she's loving having all those people there to entertain her every second of every day. And she's been able to hang out with her cousin Cayson too. My mom is a wonderful person and sends me pictures of Liliana so that makes it a little easier. Not too much longer!!

That's all for now!

Peace out homefrys!

GROSS!

I guess I am officially a mom now... I got pooped on. SICK.

Huggies needs to do better testing on their diapers.

You know what the best part is? If she could have waited like 15 more minutes then she could have pooped on her Daddy!!! LAME!!!!!!!!!

That's all.

Peace out homefrys!

Random Pictures... And An Update

So I can't figure out how to make it so I can put captions on the pictures... I did it once... Maybe I'll play with it when I have more time later.
For now, here's what the pictures are of (starting with the top):
1. Liliana in her Elmo dress. It fits her so well now and I'm pretty sure it won't next week!
2. Liliana and Derek sleeping... they do that a lot. They are doing it right now, actually.
3. Liliana's cute little Winnie the Pooh outfit on the day before Derek's graduation. That's what she wore to the commencement.
4. Our little family on the day of Derek's graduation. It was probably one of the most exciting days ever!!! (And look how cute her polka dot dress is!!! I love it!!!) We are so proud of Derek and all he has accomplished. He is an inspiration to me and will be such a wonderful example for our family. Yay Derek!!!!!
5. Liliana sitting up on the couch. She loves to sit like this so she can see what's going on around her. And look at those long legs!!!
6. Liliana sitting on the couch again. I love her hair in this picture! It sticks straight up in the back!
7. Liliana smiling... I love that smile. This is a close up picture of her blessing gown. It is SOOOO pretty! She looked just like a little princess in it!
8. Liliana in her blessing gown. And look at that big huge smile!

So there are some pics. Ain't she a doll?!? So there's not much to update on. Today was Liliana's blessing. She was (as always) so well behaved the whole time. It was a beautiful blessing and she looked absolutely stunning in her gown. We're still moving (no whining, people! this is a GOOD thing!!!) and that's really all that's happening right now. Derek is working from 6 AM to 3 PM so we get to spend a lot more time together. He's still a zombie by 8 PM, but I'm not complaining. He's getting all caught up on his two years of not getting enough sleep. I think he's really enjoying not being in school anymore. He seems so much happier. Not that he was ever UNhappy, but I guess he's just more relaxed now so it feels happier around him. Liliana is still an angel. She sleeps well and eats well and is sooooo cute! I spend most of the day just talking to her and playing with her. The other day she laughed!! It was the cutest sound ever! ...even if it was at the expense of my eye (I poked myself in the eye on accident and made some odd sound and she laughed). She makes a lot of noise like she wants to be talking. She is very alert. When someone new starts talking or moving around her she will stop everything and all her focus will be on that person for a minute. It makes me laugh. She is such a daddy's girl!! She gives him the biggest smiles. She is also getting better at grasping onto things like her rattle and these little ring things. She loves to sit up. If she isn't sleeping then she wants to be sitting up and looking around, and she's even holding her head up on her own most of the time! My little baby is growing up so fast!!!! As for me, I'm just loving being at home with my Liliana and telling her everything I know. I didn't think I'd love being a mom as much as I do. I actually thought that I would get bored being at home all day with her but I absolutely LOVE it. I don't have time to get bored between laundry, bottle making, and playing with Liliana! But I love every minute of it. Ok, MOSTLY every minute. I won't lie, some nights I sooooo do not want to drag myself out of bed to feed her, but then when I do it I don't mind it. It's just another opportunity to see her smile. She does that a lot and I LOVE it!!! Hahaha. I'm just so happy!!!

5 weeks til we move!!!!

Peace out homefrys!!!

Meh. It's Late...

Hello all.... it is WAY past bedtime but Derek is playing with his new toy so here I am.

LOL.

He's done.

In a nutshell: Liliana is doing well, a little congested but otherwise awesome. She slept all thru the night two nights in a row last week. We loved her even more after that. Haha, I kid, I kid. Derek graduated last Friday!!! It was such a great day and we were glad to share it with family. Now he gets off work at 3 PM and we are sooooo loving that! I am well. Tired and always busy, but well. OH, the biggest news is that we finally have an official move date!!! We are leaving on June 5th. I think. Haha. We have to be there by June 15th but we're aiming for the week before so we can get settled. And where are we headed, you might ask??

Drum roll please....

We're going to Virginia!!!!!!!!

YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY!

And that's all folks!

Peace out homefrys!!

(PS I am going to make this blog private pretty soon, so if you'd like to keep reading it please send me your e-mail address and I'll send you an invite! thanks!)

Some Pictures

Here are some pics... I REALLY don't have time to update anything tho. Everyone is good and healthy... and busy!
I also can't figure out how to put captions on the pics... so here it is:
The top is Liliana in her carseat getting ready to go meet all kinds of people for the first time in Clearfield.
The second is Derek and Liliana sleeping at my mom's (which they are both doing upstairs right now :))
The third is Liliana in the dress that my parents took me home from the hospital in when I was born. She was crying b/c I was treating her like a doll and I think she finds it degrading. Hehe.
The fourth is Liliana in her bouncer. She loves it! Her binkie looks HUGE!
The fifth is Liliana all stretched out in her super cute footie pajamas! She's too long for them, but she looks sooooooo cute and cuddly that I put her in them anyway.
The sixth is Liliana in her Sunday dress. We went to church that day for the first time!
And the last is just a hilarious face she was making while being all cozy in her favorite blanket! Its sooooo soft and it makes me feel like cuddling her like a teddy bear when she's all swaddled in it. AND it's a gorgeous color and has her name on it. (It was given to us by Maggie, who knows my love of the color purple all too well!)

Just an observation... she's wearing different outfits in each picture. Hahaha, that's my girl!!

And, with that, I can hear a certain hungry baby calling for me!

Peace out homefrys!

Baby Liliana Is Here!

Hello all!!
Well, as you can see from the pictures and the title, our sweet baby girl has finally arrived. She was born on March 19th at 11:46 a.m. She weighed 6 pounds and 12 ounces and was 21 inches long!! That is one LONG baby coming from such a not long mama!!! I'll give you the labor and delivery story in a nutshell:
After having painful contractions for more than a week, I finally hit the big time on Tuesday night. We went to the hospital and they said that I was in early labor but not progressing fast enough for them to keep me. We got home from the hospital at 4 a.m. on Wednesday morning. I spent all day Wednesday having more and more contractions. Finally around 8 p.m. my mom called to see how I was doing. She heard me have two contractions in one conversation and said "I don't care what they told you, you need to go to the hospital!" and Derek said "I think we should go, love. You look like they do on TV..." So that was that. We grabbed the hospital bag and car seat and headed off. When we got to the hospital it was about 8:30. They checked and said that sure enough, I was in labor. I was dilated to a 4. They helped me get thru some really strong contractions and finally, after a few of my choicest words, I decided to get an epidural and just deal with the consequences of that choice later. They couldn't find the guy who was on call to do the epidural so I ended up waiting an hour and a half to get it. By the time I got it, I had dilated to a 5. I was only halfway dilated and ready to die!!! After the epidural, I was happy as can be. I didn't feel pregnant anymore, if that's possible. My water finally broke around 5 a.m. and I was fully dilated around 6. My doctor showed up and said that I could start pushing around 8 a.m. Well, push I did. And push. And Push. And PUSH. I pushed with all my might for TWO HOURS. Finally my doc came in and said "Either your baby's head is too big or your pelvis is too small. You can push for another hour or we can just do a c-section now." My biggest fear was a c-section. Of course, it is ME and I should have just planned on getting one b/c that's how I am. Nothing ever goes quite as planned with me. So I said "Dude, I couldn't push for another hour if I wanted to. Let's get this baby out of me!" And that's what we did. About an hour after I signed the paperwork to go ahead with it, Liliana was pulled out of me. THAT was one of the strangest experiences of my life!! I couldn't see anything (thank God!!) but Derek saw and I asked him not to tell me anything about it. It was... mentally disturbing. Anyway, they said it was a good thing that we decided to go ahead right then b/c Liliana was absolutely NOT coming out any other way. My pelvis is too small. I knew she wouldn't have a big noggin. She also had the umbilical cord wrapped around her neck (just like her mama!!) and there was a true knot in it. She was just about to start suffering if we hadn't got her out. I was so thankful for that. She is absolutely wonderful!
The first few days are sort of a blur what with pain meds and so much new information being handed to me every second. I'm getting to know this beautiful little girl that I am so blessed to have in my life. A few things about her do not surprise me.... Like her facial movements. I know they say that its mostly involuntary, but I know a few of them are not. She's gonna be like me in that way, I'm absolutely sure of it. Another thing that doesn't surprise me is that she is wiggly and very alert when she is awake. Huh, seems like I've been dealing with that for the last several months!! The funny thing about that is that I would swear she never slept while in the womb. But I see her sleep now and she will randomly kick her legs or throw out an arm. That sure explains a lot!! I am getting to know what certain crys mean and what she wants, slowly but surely. My mom is here with me this week and I can't tell you what a relief that is and how thankful I am for it. It is going to be a rough week for all of us... Derek is going to have to get back into the swing of things with work and school and still spend time with his baby. Which, by the way, makes my heart swell with so much emotion its hard not to cry. He is so wonderful with her and so loving and caring. He really stepped up and took control while I have been healing from surgery. I can't even begin to express how I feel about that... he's so amazing, its unreal. And to think that I get to share my life with him... I really am the luckiest lady!!

My whole life has changed now. All I can say is that I'm not sure what I was doing with my life before Derek came along, and now it seems like we were just wandering along together until Liliana Elizabeth showed up to give us direction again. I am getting all teary eyed just thinking about it. I am so happy. I am so complete. I know it will be hard at times, but I know that it will be so rewarding at all times. I thank God for this wonderful little blessing He has given us.

Peace out homefrys!!

Holy Spoiled Baby, Batman!!

This is EVERYTHING that we got from the showers! My mom set up everything on display so we could take a picture to show Liliana later. I can't believe how much stuff we got!

More gifts... Note the SUPER cute plaque! it says "One shoe can change your life" -Cinderella. How absolutely fitting is that, knowing my love for shoes?? Haha. I get the feeling that Liliana will be like me in that sense too...

Look at all those clothes!! These are the dresses and outfits and some pajamas hanging up... We also got like 50 onesies in all kinds of colors and prints! She really won't have to wear the same thing twice for a LONG while!

And last but not least.... This is me and Heather! Haha. She'll kill me for posting this... but I DID tell her I was going to so... whatever. She is one week ahead of me. I think I might have been a much meaner Patty Prego if I didn't have her to complain to! It has been so much fun to go thru everything with her! I'm so excited to meet her baby boy Jaxson too!!! Everyone said I look like I'm smuggling a basketball... I can't wait for that to go away! Hahaha

THANK YOU so much to everyone that helped spoil our baby girl! We are so grateful to have so much love and support from our friends and family. Hopefully she will come on her own sometime in the next two weeks, but if not then we are scheduled to be induced on the 24th! We think she won't wait that long tho!

Peace out homefrys!