Settling In

With Mommy gone for 3 days, things around the old homestead got a bit screwy.

Below Matteo spent the day running around in Mommy's high heels........

..and pitter patter, pitter patter, Daddy welcomed Chloe and Mommy home from the hospital with a bouquet of flowers :-)

Home Sweet Home

One last picture of Chloe before Big Brother and Daddy come to pick us up and we make that ever so scary first car trip home (though Daddy said he was not scared, Mommy could not get home - to our safe house - fast enough).

All set, dressed and discharged!!! Matteo's excitement speaks for the whole family.

Thank you for all your help Grandma! We will miss you when Gramps comes to get you today.

And Daddy loving a little alone time with his little girl! BACK TO WORK NOW DADDY!


Ironically, or not so ironically - today was the exact date last year that I had my surgery for my miscarriage and here today I stand bringing home my little girl. Sometimes time ccan be our best friend, you just need Faith.

Visiting hours!

Having never been away from Matteo for more than a few hours, when visiting hours arrived on Tuesday Mommy was more than happy to see her little Matteo. Matteo however did not mind being away from Mommy as much, as it meant he was in charge of Grandma!!!!!!

And yes Grandma enjoying her 6th grandchild - 3rd girl.

Not sure why I expected more than this for dinner...... just glad I didn't order the fish :-)

So delighted to hold my Chloe May after all of these months.

Happy Birthday Chloe

yes Dear Friends, that was a contraction, followed by another and a stronger and another and one that was so bad I almost could not take it.....and then I checked email :-) Through one contraction I received the most touching email from our friend Sarah - - and another time I received a message from Adel - - a message that I said to myself over and over through the next hour. I felt so many strong women present in my life at this moment. Another strong feeling I felt - which is hard to do if you've ever been is labor - is I thought of all the women in our world who will never be able to experience this moment I was in. So really why was I complaining? Oh don't get me wrong, it didn't stop my complaining or my needing Jules' to count backwards (don't know why but it helped), but this is all that helped get me through 10:30 PM Sunday night to 12:15ish AM Monday when I called Sarah and asked her to come over and then called Grandma and Gramps and asked them to come down. Ironically because the contractions were so scattered, the doctor said he would bring me to the hospital and give me pain killer and then start the induction in the morning as per our schedule. Little did he know.....

Chloe May had different plans and here is our new family member: Chloe May - born 8/3/09 weighing 8lbs. 3 oz. at 8:07 AM. How relieved was Mommy her body didn't fail her and our beautiful daughter was born.

Relief, joy, astonishment, wonder and most of all beauty.

Of course Matto was so excited to meet this person Chloe we have been speaking of for the last 2 months. And most of all to be a "Big Brother."

Matteo could not give Chloe enough kisses :-)



Happy Birthday Chloe May.

Happy Birthday Chloe continued...

So happy that Grandma and Gramps made it into the delivery room after Chloe was born. They only got to visit for a very short while as Mommy wanted to nurse Chloe and introduce Matteo to her alone - however as you can see Grandma got to enjoy her new granddaughter for a few short minutes.

And just like Matteo (who is now probably a size 9 shoe), a picture of Chloe's foot, how tiny and precious.

Grandma came during visiting hours..........

as did Daddy and Matteo (not pictured). Gramps was my first visitor and kept me company before he had to go back home.

Daddy is clearly so overjoyed at having two healthy children.



What more could we want?

and on the 13th day...... :-)

Well with Sunday brought out Grandma and Gramps who just happened to be in the neighborhood (actually they were going to be attending a party over 1.15 hours away). Hence we sat down, talked, etc. and had a really nice visit. I attribute this visit and the visit I enjoyed with our friend Caleb's mom as helping to ease my stress with my scheduled induction tomorrow and hence..... well allowing my body to do what it was supposed to do naturally.....let our baby sister arrive safely :-)

Below is one last picture of Mommy, Grandma, Gramps and Matteo.

And yes one last family picture wherein it is just the 3 of us on the outside.....oh my excitment is mounting...still unaware of what kind of night lies ahead of me.

Now this piccture I am having trouble explaining. Seems as though Daddy and Matteo took to napping while Mommy visited with her friend Sarah (sorry for the hot hot house Sarah!). Anyway, why is Daddy so tired? Did he labor for 3 nights? Silly Daddy!

And yes Grandma, as excited you are about your new grandchild arriving, we are equally as excited to have our dishes washed :-)

No seriously, we let the dishes pile up anytime we know Grandma is coming....that's just how great Grandma is. Remember Gramps usually sleeps.



Well our friend Sarah was kind enough for the past 3 weeks to sleep with her cellphone on and be on call in case Mommy had to go to the hospital and I guess tonight was her last night sleeping with it on, as I am scheduled for an induction tomorrow.....but wait....was that a contraction I am feeling?/???

Hospital time!

One last picture before our baby arrives (or so I thought!)

Well with me being 12 days late (and on the 12th day late Matteo arrived) I called the dr. this morning convinced that today was the day - - after all I had contractions for the better part of last night :-)

Well sure enough dr. admitted me to the hospital.......monitored me.....and 3 hours later sent me home. THe doctor's reasoning was that our plan was to wait the full 14 days and he still feels as though the baby will come on his/her own. Good plan doctor, thanks for being sure I followed through.

That's okay I got to enjoy one more day with Daddy and Matteo.

But wait what is this...9:30 PM the contractions are bback....this time stronger............. and lasting until 2:30 AM.......again I repeat this time stronger......could I have an August 2nd baby? HOwever that wouldn't be good becausee Grandma and I are on the outs (she just didn't know it) as she was pressuring me for information I didn't have....I understand she was nervous, but what am I?