Picture overload!

So if you can't tell already, Berklee's most distinct feature is her BIG brown eyes. She loves to open them as wide as possible. Who knows. Maybe she feels she can see better that way but it's pretty entertaining to us!

The Berklee Story

Well I thought I'd give a brief overview of how our little Berklee came down to earth. Things went very well and for the most part, I had a very easy delivery. Wednesday morning I started having contractions that progressed very quickly as the hours went on. I ended up going to see my doctor, at about 4pm, b/c I was having really bad contractions that were vey close together. (I didn't want to be one of those who got sent home from the hospital cause it wasn't time). The hospital nurses ended up teasing us for not going straight to the hospital for how advanced I was. Anyway, my doctor checked me and sent me straight to the hospital. Things progressed very quickly there and I ended up having her at 1:24am on Thursday morning. The last time a nurse had checked me, I was at 9cm's and 100% effaced. When they came back in to see how I had progressed, they found that her head was already partially out and that it was show time! They asked how I hadn't noticed that or felt anything....let's just say my epidural worked wonders! I couldn't feel a livin thing! They hurried and set things up and I only had to push about 3 times. She came out perfect and there were no complications. She was 6lbs, 11oz and was a teeenie little thing! We were very blessed and lucky to have such a smooth delivery and couldn't ask for anything better. Here are a few pictures....

Loving my Epidural!

Baby Berklee with her Daddy : )

She loves to sprawl out during her naps!

Meet Miss Berklee Ann!

Here is a quick sneak peak of our little angel Berklee : ) Once I have more time, I will post a little more about how she arrived!

We're all waiting.....

Our bags are packed......

And now we're just waiting...

I am officially due in 6 days and have nothing to do but wait! I am off work for the next week so I am really hoping Berklee decides to grace us with her presence then! Poor Bryce is driving me insane asking every 2 seconds if I am contracting yet. He's a bit excited. Maybe she's just like her mamma and does not want any part of this fun heat wave we're in! We are all just ready for her so hopefully she will come soon!

My new diaper bag!

Ok so I loooove my new diaper bag! It's so me isn't it? Lime green insides! It's so stinking practical with all the pockets and compartments too! Gotta love when style and practicality come together.

It's a backpack or.......

BAG! I'm a little obsessed. That's what happens when you are just sitting around waiting and have nothing else to do!

Baby Shower #1

This past week, my Mother-in-law threw me a ward/her friend baby shower. Sadly, minus the few pictures we got before it started, we all totally forget to take some along the way. At least this gives a small glance of how it turned out.

For being in the middle of the summer, we had a pretty good turn out. I got ALOT of cute outfits, shoes..oh and practical stuff too!

And P.S. I am being brave by posting these pictures of myself. Not too fond of the wale"ish" look that I now sport : )

Sneak Preview...

The room is not done yet but piece by piece, the baby's room is finally coming along. I started from the beginning and had all of the bedding made from scratch. We picked out millions of fabrics, well it felt that way for me, and coordinated them all into a pretty good combo! There were many who slaved over helping me coordinate and making all this for me so thank you to those people! This quilt was made by Bryce's sweet aunt. It turned out so fun!

These pillows were also made from scratch!

With the left over fabric, we covered this cute little lamp!

And finally, this beast of a piece of furniture was the hardest part! Bryce's sweet mom volunteered to spray paint it for us (it was white). With the awful hot weather and random monsoon storms, it was quite the project. She woke up super early to sand, spray, sand, spray....It turned out amazing though! It was so worth the wait! What a great Craigslist find!

Since we live with our inlaws, they were nice enough to lend us half of this room for our little baby. As a result, we cannot do too much to the walls since it is just a loaner : ) The other half of the room has bunk beds for guests. It's a very multi-functional room!