3 Weeks Old!

WOW, I can't believe how fast time goes by, Isabella is already three weeks old!!! We went to the doctor yesterday and her weight is back up, she now weighs 7 pounds 12.5 ounces. She is still a very content little girl and we are loving every minute of having her in our lives!!! Isabella has been very busy since entering this world. She has gone many places to meet new people and many people have come to visit her. At just over a week old, we went to church for the first time and at 1 1/2 weeks old I took her to the chiropractor for her first adjustment. At two weeks old we went to Pacific Raceways to watch friends race in PINKS All Out, and just today went went to visit my Great Auntie Annie. Isabella is loved by many and I can't wait for everyone to meet her. I have attached a few pictures of our adventures for you to enjoy!

Getting Ready to go to church!

First chiropractic adjustment with Dr. Alex

PINKS All Out with Mom and Dad!

Daddy loves his little girl!

Mommy loves her baby girl!

Isabella Grace

Isabella is finally here! I have also discovered I am not so great at keeping up on a blog...sorry! Isabella entered this world on July 31, 2009 at 9:47 PM. She weighed 7 lbs. 3 oz. and was 19 inches long.

At 6:49 AM, I rolled over in bed and told Jason, "I think my water broke, either that, or I peed my pants!" At that point I waited a little while to be sure and then called my sister to see what she thought. She asked if I called my midwife yet and I told her I decided to call her first. She suggested I call the midwife, so I did. I was then told to go right to the labor and delivery floor at the hospital, but since I wasn't feeling any contractions, I decided to take a shower, put on my makeup and pack my bag. Jason kept asking, "shouldn't we be going?" I let him know we had some time. Once we arrived at the hospital, I was given antibiotics and a pill to help speed things up. Not much happened for quite some time, but then after the second dose of the pill, things happened rather quickly. I started to have contractions in the form of back labor...how miserable. After about two hours of that, I decided to opt for an epidural. What a relief! I was able to relax and have a good time with the family. I did need to be "topped off" a little while later and then when they checked to see where I was, I was dilated to a 9 and almost ready to start pushing. Once the pushing started, it took three good pushes and Isabella entered the world!!!

We both are very blessed to have such a beautiful healthy little girl! Hope you enjoy some of the pictures.

3-D/4-D Ultrasound

Today Mom, Dad and Jason joined me to enjoy the wonderful experience of the 3-D/4-D ultrasound. We went back to Baby Pictures in Bellevue to get a glimpse of our daughter before she enters the world, but found she did not want to cooperate this time around either. She was very comfortable and sound asleep with the cord in her hand in front of her face. A couple of times she sucked on either the cord or her thumb. She moved a little bit, but it was very difficult to get a really good shot of her. The owner asked me to come back next week to try again at no cost, which is fine with me, it is just another chance to see my little girl! :) Hopefully she won't be so camera shy next time around though...she always seems to want to have the cord right where we want to see every time!!! Anyway, I have posted a couple of pictures, but if I get some better one's next week, I will put those on here as well...enjoy!!!

Work Shower

Last week, everyone at work held a shower for three of us who are due between July and August. We all had a great time and all of our wonderful co-workers gave us some great gifts to help get ready for the babies-to-be! Two of us are having girls and the other one doesn't want to know what she is having, so there was a lot of pink flying around! What a great time I had spending time laughing and sharing stories with my co-workers...thanks for everything!!!

Kimmy, Julie, and Shanna

Opening the gifts!

Cute cake!!!

All of the wonderful gifts!

Isabella's Room

Well, I finally did some more to the nursery and I am very excited to share some pictures! I painted the room awhile ago and let me tell you it was a lot of work, especially the dots in the green, but it was well worth it in the end. We just put the rest of the furniture in yesterday and I finished painting the knobs for the dresser today...yes...I hand painted the knobs!!! I tried to find some to buy, but I just couldn't find what I was looking for, so, off to the craft store I went to buy some paint to do my own. I tried to capture what I could in the picture, but I think they look much better in person! I hope you all enjoy the pictures...it is still not done, but these capture most of it!

Greenwater Adventure

Since it was such a nice day yesterday Jason and I decided to take a little road trip up to the Greenwater area to see if we could find any decent areas to go camping in the near future. We had an awesome day and really enjoyed the sunshine! Miley also had a great time, she just loves going for car rides to new places, especially when we let her get out to explore. We did stop a few times, but at one point we stopped at the river to let her get out to play and took some pictures of our adventure. I am not so sure we found the camping situation we were looking for, but overall the day of exploring was fun and relaxing. Something I really needed after all of the stress from the federal review we just had at work.

Kimmy and Miley by the river!

Where's Miley???

24 week appointment

On Friday I went in for the 24 week appointment and everything looks great! Isabella is growing at a rate that is pleasing to the midwife and she had a very strong heartbeat. It was pretty funny when she had the doppler on my tummy to hear the heartbeat, Isabella kicked it pretty hard about three times, to the point you could actually see it move...very cute!!! Although, I am sure I won't think those big kicks are so much fun as she gets bigger and they get stronger.

On another note, a few weeks ago we made the purchase of the bedding for the crib and then later the paint. I am really looking forward to painting the room, but finding the time to focus on it seems to be a problem lately. Hopefully I will be able to get to it soon and then I will post pictures so you can all see it.