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Our sermon series this week was about being consumed by our consumer world and when to say enough is enough. It hit me hard this week. Always wanting new and better and more. Ugh. I am so blessed I feel like a glutton for even wanting what I don’t need. Feeling thankful for what I have, especially the three people that mean the most to me. God has blessed me beyond measure with them.
The transition to two kids has been so seemless that it must have been meant to be! The little prince is seriously the most mellow baby I have ever encountered. Besides getting changed or being hungry he doesn’t cry! He is a great sleeper and has taken to nursing like a champ. It is a complete 180 from newborn life with the princess. She knew what, when and how she wanted things and we were expected to comply,but the little prince has made life easy. I also might be biased but I think he is pretty darn cute.
Not to worry about the princess, she is enjoying big sisterhood just fine! Especially, since everyone has been so kind to give her as many new gifts as Sam has gotten! Here she is enjoying one of her new gifts! A slip and slide!
Seeing the princess grow into this amazing little lady and great big sister has relieved all of my anxiety about growing our family. It is so beautiful to see her interact with him. He is the first person she runs to in the morning and can’t sleep without kissing him good night and she has become an excellent diaper runner!
And the prince….oh he is too cute. I just can’t get over how blessed I am. Look at this little chubby face. In two words I feel: deliriously happy!
After a years of waiting for a little one to add to our family and 9 long months of pregnancy, Samuel Nolan entered the world on May 20 at 4:26 pm weighing in at a whopping 8 lbs 10 oz and 20 inches long. With my gestational diabetes, I was induced at 39 weeks and went in at 6 am that morning and they started the pitocin at 7:40 am. Within the hour my contractions were consistent and getting increasingly more painful! At 10:10 am they broke my water and I as still only at 2 cm and now 80% effaced. After my water broke, it took about an hour before back labor started. I had this with the princess and it was pretty darn unbearable. At 12:15 pm, I gave into my wimpiness and got the epidural. I instantly started feeling great, but Sam wasn’t so happy. He started having trouble tolerating the contractions and his heart rate kept dropping. Then my blood pressure plummeted and I thought for sure we were headed for a c section. The nurse didn’t leave my side for 45 and I was given constant oxygen and after sure enough after the scariest hour of not knowing what was going on, his heart rate returned back to normal as did my blood pressure. At this point I was at 6 cm and the rest of the labor went really fast. My epidural literally took away all pain. I kept falling asleep and started to wake up when I started feeling the urge to push. The nurse came to check me and I was at a 9. I was at 10 cm within a half hour after that and then the contractions stopped. I labored down for almost an hour at 10 cm and finally the doctor came in and I had one contraction and that was it. I ended up pushing Sam out in about 15 minutes without any contractions. Many people were praying for the kingdom for me and for me to have a pain free delivery and God showed up. The delivery really was painless. No ring of fire and no tearing. Sam came out crying and was just perfect. He scored a 9,9 on his apgar and the biggest surprise was all of his hair! I think he is proof that the heartburn old wives tale is true!
Alaina is in love with him! She just beamed with pride from the first time she laid eyes on him. She has been the best big sister. I couldn’t have asked for it to go any smoother.
Aww, pure baby love.
I have been preparing myself for the graduation for the last few weeks in hopes that I wouldn’t cry. Thankfully, there were no gowns and caps with tassles, but nonetheless the little princess still graduated preschool. There was no outright weeping but the tears were there, doesn’t the days of the week song get everyone emotional? The first day I dropped her off at preschool she cried and didn’t want to stay in the classroom and on her graduation day she proudly stood on the stage and sang. Preschool has been such an incredible place for her go grow.
But, growing has snuck up some other things that we could never prepare ourselves for. Yesterday she wrote a little boys name all over a piece of paper along with hearts. I showed it to her Daddy who you would of thought just had a knife put through his heart. She also announced that a boy tried to kiss her and when I asked if he did it she just blushed and giggled. Somehow she has already learned the art of not kissing and telling. Someone remind her that she is five and we are not ready for this! But, regardless of how fast she is growing up, we really couldn’t be more proud of this little princess who just puts the stars in the sky for us. Can’t believe we get to have another one to feel this way about! So, with that being said this just might be one of the last family pictures with just the three of us!
When you have the croup and are not allowed to play in the snow! It really isn’t fair to an almost five year old to get 8 inches of snow and not being able to go out and play in it. But, when you have croup that is borderline bronchitis you just can’t take chances and breathe the cold air in for too long. School has been cancelled all week which meant the hubby has been at home. It was great to have the honey do list worked on…er..I mean it was great to have the honey home! During the times that we weren’t all hacking our lungs up we did manage to get things done and still have fun.
We ate our breakfast in bed!
We took extra long bubble baths
and we even learned about why we picked out baby Sam’s name!
We also got started on turning her room into a Big Sister room
It is very pink! More pictures to follow as we finish. Despite fending off the nasties only seen in the Mucinex commercials we have still managed to have a lovely time together as a family during this snowy week!
Literally.
After three and a half years of infertility treatments, countless doctor visits and being told that having another baby was near impossible we have overcome the odds. God was faithful to the promise that he would add to our family. Albeit, in his timing and not mine. But, his timing and plans are perfect so coming this May….we will be adding a new little Moore.
Over the weekend we got to spend some time with my brother and sister in law and their kids and we got to go shopping to a mall that has one of my favorite stores Pottery Barn Kids. Labor day weekend means extra sales and when I saw these clearance sheets I knew they would be perfect for pj’s. So, tonight I whipped up matching pajama bottoms for us. I made them extra loose and lounge worthy. Perfect for fall nights and sleeping in and snuggling on the couch.
In case I haven’t eluded to it enough, I love that little girl. She just makes life so much sweeter. I am so thankful that God chose me to be her mama.
Have you ever seen something so sweet as two cousins who fell asleep holding hands?
You may want to start saving your pennies now because I am pretty sure this masterpiece will be worth big bucks some day. The princess titled it Smiles (yes, she named herself) and painted it as a birthday present for her Opa. He is a lucky man to be the owner of such fine artwork.
