A Very Special Outfit

Several months ago I posted about the history of Pink in my family. My mom saved my pink dress that I came home from the hospital in and she saved a pink sweater that my Mama bought for her when she was pregnant with my brother and it never fit me. I was very hopeful that it wouldn't be too cold when Mia came home for her to wear the dress. Well let me tell you it was 80 degrees when I went into the hospital and 60 degrees when I got out! I was lucky enough that Mia was able to wear the dress and sweater home. Here are the pictures of her in her special outfit.

Mia in her mommy dress. This dress is 28 years old.

Mia with her sweater on over her dress.
The sweater is 32 years old and was never worn before this day.

Mia's First Christmas

As all of you know we received an early Christmas gift in our house this year. Our beautiful baby girl was born 6 days before Christmas. Naturally we didn't go out and celebrate like we normally would but we stayed in with Mia and enjoyed our first Christmas as a family. Here are a few pictures of her first Christmas.

Mia sitting next to her stocking stuffed with gifts from Santa (granny!)

As you can see she was very interested in what Santa brought her ;-)

Close up of her name on her stocking that her Granny made for her

One more with her stocking

Mia with her very first gift ever from Santa

It was 2 rattles to hang from her car seat or stroller. Cool!

Wow another gift.......

More cute toys to hang on my car seat or stroller

I think she was just too tired to keep going LOL

Little clips for my little bit of hair

Little bows for my little bit of hair too

Mitts to help Mia not scratch her face

Melt my Heart

This picture was taken Sunday night while we were still in the hospital by Mitch's friend Denise. It just made my heart melt when I saw it and so far I think it is my favorite picture of our beautiful baby!

Keep your eyes peeled! Pictures of Mia's first Christmas to come.

Mia Abigail 12/19/08

Friday December 19, 2008 started out like any other normal day. I was off work so I slept in a little bit but by 10am it was clear that this day would be one of the most amazing in my life. I thought I may be in labor so I called the doctor who said come in and let us see you and I called Mitch and said this may be it come home now! Sure enough off to the hospital we went expecting our little girl. Everything was moving along just fine and believe it or not labor was tolerable but boy am I glad someone invented the epidural! What a relief! Then around 4pm things took a very scary turn. Mia's heart rate dropped into the 70's and the doctor and nurse did everything they could to try to make it go back up but it wasn't going to happen. I was in the OR in about 2 minutes and Mia arrived about 5 minutes after that perfect and healthy. She was born at 4:17pm weighing 5lbs 12.5 oz. and was 19.25 inches long. What a relief to finally meet our beautiful, perfect blessing!

Here are some pictures of the days events for you.

Contractions are no fun what so ever!

Introducing Mia Abigail

First family picture, taken in the OR.

The new grandparents admiring Mia

Shhhh little girl don't cry.

She sucks on her 2 fingers just like her mommy did

Quick check up by the nurse

Close up of a beautiful face (notice the hand it's in her face just like in all of her sonogram pictures)

Mommy and Mia waiting to go home!

Mia Abigail, the BEST Christmas gift ever!

Tagged

I was tagged by Nicki to play along.

The object of the picture tag is to:
1) Choose the 4th folder where you store your pictures on your computer
2) Select the 4th picture in the folder
3) Explain the picture
4) Tag 4 people to do the same
NO CHEATING! (cropping, editing, etc!)

I don't follow many blogs and Nicki tagged everyone I know so I'm just going to post and explain my picture ;-)

This picture was taken March 1st 2008 at my friend Christy's wedding. It was held in a pavilion on the beach in Fort Desoto Florida. It was taken just before the ceremony started and she pulled up in a red Ford Mustang Cobra with her dad.

37 Weeks

Well, I have reached 37 weeks and things are starting to happen. Dr Greenberg says I am making excellent progress. More so than some of his patients that are farther along than me. I was so happy to hear that! I'm very glad our bags are packed and waiting to be put in the car when it's time to go. Now I just have to try not to analyze every little pain and time it LOL! I'll keep you posted with any updates as the days pass by.

Belly at 36 Weeks 4 days

Here is a quick update on the growing baby belly. I'm 36 weeks and 4 days and I feel like I can't get any bigger. Time is passing pretty quickly but I am ready for Mia to be here.

36 Weeks

Today was D-day! I am 36 weeks along and if I go into labor the doctor has said they will not stop it. YAY! Now we just need to get Mia to cooperate. I went to see Dr Greenburg today. My blood pressure was a little high but he wasn't concerned and said we would watch it again next week to make sure it goes back down. Maybe I just had a bad day. Mia is still right on schedule with a good strong heart beat and moving around like crazy. I have ben exhausted the past few days and look forward to her arrival so I can at least get some rest at night, however little rest that may be. Things are looking pretty good for now.

Mia's room.......Almost done!

Here are some of the updated pictures from Mia's room. It's really starting to look beautiful. We only have a few things left to do over the next couple of weeks and I can declare it done!


Here is a hand painted Bible verse I received as a shower gift from my cousins Nicki, Scott & Emily, and Al. It is amazing and I'm so proud to have it in Mia's room.

This is her clothes hamper. I can't wait to have her here to put clothes in it.

This is a close up of her crib bedding

This is what her crib looks like from farther away.

This is her chest with her lamp and picture hanging over it.

This is her dresser/changer. We still need a couple of things for this to look complete.

This is her quilt rack and toy box. Her diaper cake from her shower is on the shelf along with her first Barbie given to her by her Mimi (My aunt Melba)

This is a larger shot of her room including her glider that was given to us by my mom's close friend Charlon. This glider has a wonderful story to go with it that I look forward to sharing with Mia one day.

This is her bookshelf. As you can see she already has a few books and I hope to pass along my love of reading to our daughter as she grows .

Mia's Pictures

Mia still did not really show us her face again today. Here are some of the best shots we got. This just makes me more anxious for the next 6 weeks to pass quickly so I can really see my precious baby's face.

She keeps her hand up by her face, or in her face like this at all times.

We did capture a big yawn from her. I guess we were boring her while we were trying to get her pictures.

We got this cute picture of her feet. We have decided she will have my toes.

Here is a side view of her face and it's probably the best shot we got out of all of the ones of her face. Note the hand still up by her face!

She has her tongue sticking out in this one. I guess she was telling us what she thought of our intrusion into her world. LOL!

A Little Disappointed

We had our 2nd 4D sonogram appointment last night. Mia was not being very cooperative at all. She kept her left hand and arm up in her face the entire time. We were not able to get any pictures of her face. We saw a nose, an ear, a yawning mouth, an eye, and fingers and toes but no face. So they scheduled us to come back next Saturday 11/15 to try again for some good face shots. I have to admit she was so easy to scan the first time I expected nothing less this time so I am very disappointed. I wanted to see her face so badly. At least we get to try again in a week. We did get one very good picture of her leg, ankle, and both her feet and I must say we think she has my toes lol!

32 weeks

Time marches on. Yes we are now at 32 weeks which means only 8 weeks to go! We went back to see Dr. Greenburg today. I have gained a little more weight and am right where I need to be. Mia is growing and my belly is getting bigger and bigger every week now. Her heart beat is strong and steady and she continues to roll around all over the place. Dr. Greenburg said she is already in position to be born so I guess she is ready to get out of there and get some more room to move. If everything goes as planned it looks like we will have our baby girl before the first of the year. I can't wait to meet her.

We have our 2nd 4D ultrasound on Friday so check back soon for updated pictures of our precious baby girl some time Saturday.

Baby Shower

We are so blessed! The ladies at our church gave me a baby shower this past Saturday. Mia received so many wonderful gifts. I still have to go through everything and get it washed sorted and put away. Here are some pictures from the shower.

Mia's gifts. Can you see how much our baby is loved. It's overwhelming!

This is Mia's first Barbie doll given to her by her Mimi

I can't wait and sit down to read all the cards again. I will be saving them for her.

This is my granny that flew all the way from Mississippi to be at the shower.

Everyone loves to socialize at a baby shower

This food spread was amazing and the diaper cake was too cute!

This is a hand painted bible verse for Mia's room from my cousins. It is amazing!

Pink and Brown polka dots too cute!

A must have to sit the baby in a shopping cart. Germs Yuck!

The amazing diaper cake. I had never seen one before. It had shoes on top and tiny hair bows clipped all over it.