Growing Too Fast!

Little Miss Piggy and her Wonder Milk:



So at Ambree's check up, it was discovered that she now weighs a whopping 8 pounds, 12 ounces! WHAT?! She was born weighing 7.3, and left the hospital weighing 6.13 - and just 2 1/2 short weeks later, she gained about 2 pounds! I was in shock. She is also 22 inches now and that's the 90th percentile for her height. Tall, like her brother.

I absolutely LOVE baby bodies!

Baby feet are OH SO SWEET!

She's just growing right out of her skin and I get sad thinking about how every day that goes by is a day I won't ever have with her again. I spend every moment I can adoring her!

Unfortunately, her height and weight aren't the only things growing...the cyst is filling up little by little. I feel scared and worried about the MRI next week (because I SO wish they didn't have to put her out for it), but I'm also anxious to get some information about it.



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Sleeping Angel...


and so perfectly adorable...



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I never want to put her down!

But I have to take turns...





Caden's little emotions have been up and down with all the adjustments, but he's the best boy in the world. I don't know how we could live without him!


I have so much more to share, but not enough time! Doing everything one handed is difficult.

Diaper time - AGAIN!

Baby Hiccups

How do you get them to stop? AT gets them all the time and she is so tiny that her whole body spasms when she gets them.

She's so ridiculously cute, I could stare at her all day long.
I am absolutely and thoroughly enjoying being a Mom!

Welcome Home

Update

Today the surgeon assured us it is not life-threatening. We have to wait a few weeks for her to get a little older for an MRI (because they have to put her to sleep for it) and then we can better tell what kind of surgery or treatment will be needed. Even though it looks really scary, it's not affecting her airways or feedings. My hope is that it will reach its limit soon and stop the daily growing. SO SCARY for an emotional mom, but we'll take it one day at a time.


My poor sweet precious baby. I've cried all I can cry (which is probably not really true), but we'll all be okay. It's been REALLY nice of my mom to take such good care of CA for us the last few days. He's having so much fun at her house, that he said he doesn't even want to come home! I miss him, but it's been nice to not have to worry about him when there is so much stress and emotions hitting us all at once right now. We appreciate everyone who cares about us. It means a lot!

New Baby!

She's so precious!

SUCH a sweet baby!

Labor was sooooooooo much better this time! 4 1/2 hours total!

Why does Adam look so exhausted?

Caden is a little unsure of what to make of Ambree. He seems to be amazed by how tiny she is (as am I).

Please pray for our sweet little baby. She has a cystic hygroma rapidly growing under the left side of her chin. I worry. We meet with a surgeon today. We are very busy and emotional, but we will try to keep in touch.

Nursery

A few people have asked to see pictures of my nursery. It's simple and sweet.
I love it.

My mom made that mobile with the extra window valance.
I'm so ready to have a baby in here!

Goodbye Big Bad Belly

Funny how the last week of pregnancy drags out the most! I just keep thinking...by Saturday, it'll all be over. It STILL doesn't seem real that we're actually going to have a baby!

I can't wait for CA to meet his sister. This morning I told him that tomorrow we are getting the baby out of my belly. He said, "Yay, now you won't have a big bad belly anymore." (He made up a story title a while ago - ONE LITTLE CA AND THE BIG BAD BELLY - And it's become a favorite bedtime tale.) Then he said, "Your belly will be small and squishy!" Squishy?!? Smart kid.

Truth be told, my belly has been so rock hard for so long... I can't wait for it to have some squish to it!

Camping!

So I've been wanting to go camping for a while now and just before Labor Day, we got some family together and went. We found the PERFECT campsite complete with a bench to see the sunset, a rope swing, and a great view of the lake...not to mention we had the ENTIRE place to ourselves. I love not having a child in school during the weekdays. We hate crowds and love our freedom to do fun things on Daddy's days off.

No, we didn't make CA stay in that little pup tent...my brother and his new wife managed to squeeze themselves in there. Ha ha.

Word to the Wise: Don't get caught eating dinner after dark. I have never seen so many raccoons in all my life. It was a coon invasion!

They had us surrounded and stole our trash a few times, and one of them even managed to take off with our big Tupperware! Luckily, Daddy is brave and fast (and not too worried about rabies). CA had a blast spotting them and throwing rocks at them when they came too close.

We also got to see an armadillo! So cool.

All in all, it was a really good time and I'm glad we got the chance to do it before the baby comes... HOWEVER, I do NOT recommend camping in your ninth month of pregnancy! I seriously don't know what I was thinking.

Just Married...

I'm finally announcing my brother's recent marriage.

Wow, I'm a really good photographer, huh?!

We are all excited to have Corinna join our family...especially Caden, who can't seem to get enough attention from her and has named her Princess Punch. (Everyone in the family gets a warrior fighting name.)

Congratulations Shane And Corinna!

Alien Baby

I just wanted to keep a memory of this.

Trust me...it's a good thing this video is blurry.

My tummy is a bit stretched out at the moment and you can see why...