MY DADDY DID!!!

One of my mommy friends pinned this to her pinterest board and I fell in love with it as soon as I read it.  It's a quote from the 1995 movie "A Little Princess" (which I loved) and makes me all glow-ey and nostalgic thinking about my daddy and how he always called me Princess growing up.  Every little girl wants to be a princess and their Daddy is the KING!!!  This just makes me so happy about the little princess who is about to join our world and the King (Jay Jay) who is beyond excited to treat her like the princess she is.  Oh little Everly Wynn.... you are our princess!!!

THE CLOSET HAS BEEN ORGANIZED!!!

Jay Jay installed the closet organizing system in Everly's nursery and the room is finally complete!!! It looks great and we have so much more space and functionality now. All of her beautiful clothes and accessories have a new wonderful home!!! Our Jayjay is the best!!!

28 WEEKS/7 MONTHS PREGGO

Well hello my old friend the THIRD TRIMESTER.  It has been a long time, but we meet again.  I can officially say that I have made it to the third trimester, but the truth is that the third trimester discomfort and pain started 4 weeks ago!!!  But 28 weeks is a major milestone that means we have nearly only 80 days left and have been launched into the slowest downhill race of our 2013 year.  Before we know it our little girl will finally be home in our arms and we will be starting the next chapter in our lives as a family of 5.  I can't believe how much I love saying that.  Every time our brood grows I feel fuller and fuller in my heart and more and more complete.  I am also really looking forward to getting my body back and being able to care for the boys the way  they need and want me to.  It's so heartbreaking to hear "momma PLEASE pick me up.... PLEASE" and having to explain to those big beautiful pleading eyes and faces that mommy can't while she's pregnant, but that mommy won't be pregnant for much longer.  They have been so understanding, but I miss carrying ALL my babies around.  Even my 3 year old baby Miles!!!  He misses it the most.  So, at 28 weeks in I can say that this pregnancy has taken it's toll on my body.  Lots of physical pain and discomfort.  But overall it has been a beautiful and blessed pregnancy with lots of amazing prenatal care and a beautiful healthy baby girl growing like a weed.  I have reaped many benefits of pregnancy (amazing hair, fantastic breasts, keener intuition, a greater connectdness to my family and amazing hubby) and have been incredibly happy for the most part.  I want to try to remember those blessings in the coming weeks as Everly puts on more and more weight and I begin to feel heavier and slower and as my breathing becomes more labored.  As my internal varicosities begin to scream with searing pain I am going to to try to recall the beautiful moments along this pregnancy path and appreciate the fact that I do have the incredible honor and blessing of carrying and growing our third wonderful child.  Here's to a pretty darn good pregnancy and the 80 teeny tiny days left of it.

GROW BABY GROW - BUMP PROGRESSION

28 WEEK BELLY PIC

There she is... The whole 28 week Everly bump. Our little girl has grown quite a bit in the last 4 weeks and she is really starting to take up space now!!! And look at how much her big brothers love her already.... So yummy and sweet.

27 WEEKS AND ONE HURTING UNIT

I am feeling oh so.... ouch!!!  Little Everly is really not so little and as she continues to grow she is putting more and more pressure on my already weakened uteran, cervical, and vaginal muscles and veins.  My pelvis feels like it has gone through world war three and we still have 13 weeks left to go.  Aye aye aye. I have developed some pretty nasty external and internal variscosities and In order to make it safely through the next 13 weeks, my Midwife has made it very clear that I am to get serious about taking it easy.  I have cut back on most of the work I have been doing, I no longer lift the boys, and I alternate between walking for circulation and resting to relieve the pressure of baby and gravity. I have changed out all of my supplements and have included a supplement for vein support.  I also got a special belly and groin support band, as well as compression stockings to help alleviate some of the pain and discomfort of the variscosities.  I am REALLY hoping that these next 13 weeks go by fast and that miss Everly decides to arrive earlier rather than later.  We will be full term come June 1 and she is more than welcome to make her appearance ANY day after that!!!!  The house, her nursery, and her family are ready and so excited for her arrival!!!

PETUNIA PICKLE BOTTOM!!!

Nana got all the pregnant and trying to get pregnant gals in the family a Petunia Pickle-bottom diaper bag for Christmas!!! I have been drooling over this bag since December and it has taken every ounce of self restraint not to load this bag up and start using it NOW!!! It is everything a diaper bag should be and more. The pattern and fabric are out of this world and I am so happy with the neutrality of the color. The bag has a backpack feature that makes this bag useable for ALL occasions. No more need to lug around a plain boring black backpack when now we can have the best of both worlds !!! Adorability AND functionality. This diaper bag is loaded to the gills with tons of storage and even has a nifty little changing pad feature that will come in very handy for those moments when a changing station is unavailable!!! I have already begun collecting burp cloths, wipes holders, and diaper holders from etsy for this bag and I simply cannot wait for Everly to arrive so we can put this amazing Christmas gift to use!!! Thank you thank you thank you Nana for such an incredible gift!!!

EVY'S CLOSET PROJECT

We picked up all of the materials we need to give our little girl an organized closet. Currently, the closet looks like any other regular old closet. One clothing rod and a shelf. We plan to maximize the space by adding three clothing rods, a shoe divider, three shelves, and a storage drawer!!! If this works out as well as we think it will, then we will be updating Miles and Lennons closets too!!! Here are some pictures of the onset before hand. Don't mind the mess, we are still getting things organized and put away!!! We plan to start the closet this week. I will post the finished pics soon!!!

BABY GIRL....

Dearest Little Everly,

I have been thinking about you all night. I dreamt about you and you were so precious and incredibly beautiful. We are all so in love with you already. Even your big brothers (who are still so very young to understand most of this) talk about your arrival. Our home and life is buzzing with the energy of preparing for you to arrive and even though 3 months is such a very short time to wait, it feels like ages away. We miss you already, beautiful one, and we we can't wait for our little princess to come home and make our family complete. Just wait till you meet Miles and Lennon!!! You are going to love them so much . They are two of the most caring, loving, and wild with fun little boys and they are going to show you the world!!! And in return, just for the sake of mommas sanity, I am hoping you will show them how to sit quietly and play "tea party" for hours on end!!! Lol!!! All joking aside, mommas heart really swells with the vision of our three babes running and playing and learning and living together. You already have built in friends baby girl and boy oh boy are they the best!!! Momma and dadda really can't wait to hold you and see your beautiful face, or smell your incredibly sweet smell. I promise we will try not to stare too much, but its hard not to do when you are bursting with this much love and pride!!' Love you baby girl. So very very much, princess!!

Love,
Momma

24 WEEKS BELLY PIC

Yay!!! 6 months preggo!!! Wow, in hindsight, that was fast. Look at that baby Everly grow. My tummy had another growth spurt and I am visibly pregnant to strangers now. People are starting to ask when I am due and what we are having. A wonderful kind and smart lady told me the other day that I DO NOT look like I am 6 months pregnant.... I said she was an angel. The belly may not look that big, but for some reason I am already waddling and feeling like the bun is more like a sack of bricks!!! Lol!!! Don't let the bump size fool you, Everly is one big girlie girl.

HICCUPS... :0)

Little miss Everly has begun experiencing hiccups!!! It is the sweetest and saddest feeling. I love laying in bed feeling every movement she makes and being a part of all of the new processes her body is learning to go through. It's also sad because I have always found the look and sound of newborn hiccups to be so heartbreaking. I know exactly what her little chest looks like with each heave and the way that little spot in the center collapses is just so sad to me. I know it's perfectly normal and that she is learning to breath and swallow, but it still looks so painful. I just can't believe that she is already hiccuping and I can feel every last one. She is getting so big so fast and she isn't even here yet. We only have a little over 3 months left to go before she is here in our arms and hiccuping on the outside!!!!