Lillian's Birth timeline

Tuesday May 17^th, 2011

10:45pm- went to bed b/c scared it was false labor after having contractions consistently since 3:30pm

Wednesday May 18^th, 2011

1:30am- woke up from contractions, started hurting a lot worse. Woke Jason up after 45 min of "silent suffering". Jason and Erica timed contractions for 30 min and sat on exercise ball.. Started shaking.. Went from 5 min apart to 3 min apart. Jason woke up Grandma Lori. Jason called Grandma Sharon to come over to watch Thomas. 

2:45am- left house to go to Winnie Palmer. 

3:15am- arrival to Winnie. Nurse called Erica an active patient and she was the only one in triage. 

3:51am--3 to 4 cm, 70% effaced. 

4:06am-started IV, confirmed labor start, admitted

4:42am- 6-7 cm, 90% effaced, Aunt Ashley arrived in lobby. 

5:20am- epidural 

5:31am- they let Aunt Ashley and Grandma Lori come up to the room. Ash thought the bed was a massage bed but it was just Erica’s  shaking. 

5:50am- 7-8 cm, stage -2

7:55am- Sarah, midwife . Broke her water

8:55am- contractions every two minutes and lasting for a minute each. Urge to push/LOTS of pressure

9:02am- 8.5 cm, stage 0

9:20am – asked for epidural the be checked because feeling pain, pressure and contractions.  Sarah checked and was 9.5cm with cervical lip, she lifted and had push with 2 contractions.  A lot of pain and pressure, next 3 pushes baby’s head came out, next contraction and 2 pushes later 9:27am - LILIAN WAS BORN!!!

Lillian Ashlee Amadori born Wednesday May 18, 2011 at 9:27am weighing 7 pounds 11 ounces and 19 3/4 inches long

Thomas in his glory!

This weekend we made a trip to Sarasota and my Mom took Thomas a day early for his 1st sleepover!  Everything went well and Saturday morning Grandpa and Grandma took Thomas to ride Grandpa's heavy equipment.  Thomas absolutely LOVES heavy equipment and he was in his glory!  Here are a few pictures of the little man having a ball with Grandpa.

A little love from Momma

Now that I'm a Momma of 2 I totally understand what all of my friends with more than 1 child have been warning me about, feeling like you have enough one on one time with each child.  When you breastfeed you never lack time with your newborn, which is awesome, but I feel like I never interact with Thomas now.  I know that's not the case, but it's hard to focus on just him when I'm constantly tending to a baby. So, Thomas and Mommy had some snuggle time the other morning and I decided to whip out the camera.  As you can tell, he's dressed and ready to go for the day but Momma, ya, not so much!  She was still in her nursing night gown with no makeup.  That's pretty much how I roll till about 9am when I can get myself together after the kiddos have been fed, diapered and dressed.  I love my new little lady but dang, the hours just fly by and before I know it, it's time for snacks and I haven't even brushed my teeth :)

sneak peak

Here are a few pictures taken today by our good friend and photographer Julie Fletcher (http://juliefletcherphotography.com/)

popsicle = brain freeze

One of the pluses to having a new baby sister and having a Mommy and Daddy that need to eat dinner, popsicles after dinner!

yummmm

brain freeze...aww poor buddy

all done!

Meet our Princess!!

I still haven't had a chance to write my birth story, that is to come but in the mean time I wanted to post a few pictures of our little Princess.  She has been the best baby EVER!  I don't want to jynx it, but she has made transitioning from 1 to 2 children easier and more enjoyable than I ever imagined.

meeting my new little lady, couldn't believe it was a girl!

a few minutes old and all bundled up

Mommy and Lily waiting for our hospital room

Daddy and Lily after our first night

On our way home, YAY!!!!

Thomas meets Lillian :)

WARNING: THIS IS A TEAR JERKER :*)

Here is Thomas meeting Lillian for the first time, she is about 8 hours old and Thomas is 19 months and 2 days.

IT'S A GIRL!!!!!

OMG!!!  Lillian Ashlee was born Wednesday May 18th at 9:27am weighing 7 pounds 11 ounces and 20.75 inches long.  She has a FULL head of dark brown hair, is nursing well and never wants to be put down.  More to come...

38 weeks!

How far along? 38 weeks!
Total weight gain/loss: 22
Stretch marks? I have one on the left side of my belly button, so odd but definitely need to accept this is a new one....ugh!
Sleep: Seems if I take a nap then I can't sleep at night, which sucks.  Totally not worth it.  So, I gotta struggle through the day, drag my feet and go to bed early because tossing and turning all night is so not worth a nap!
Best moment this week: Having my Mom come to visit and be able to share seeing the baby on ultrasound with Jason and I.  We had a good time even though it was hard to make out different parts of the baby because he/she is so squished.  
Movement: Yep!  Baby's head is down, back is up the left side of my stomach and feet kicking my right ribs.  The ultrasound tech said that the baby can't move out of this position at this point so it's definitely the feet in my right ribs that I feel kicking me all the time.  Little munchkin! 
Food cravings: Food is definitely less appetizing these days.  I feel like I'm just eating to get rid of hunger pains, nothing appeals to me and trying to figure out what to eat is a daily battle.  Who'd a thunk?!
Labor Signs: Braxton Hicks and lightening crotch like woooo!  Progress at Dr.'s apt was 2-3cm dilated, 50% effaced and -2 station.  By the weekend I was very uncomfortable and had a lot of irregular contractions Monday all day and into the night.  We shall see if it leads to anything...
Belly Button in or out? OUT but poking out less and less because the belly is getting so stretched.
What I miss: Being able to get up and down with ease.  Every time I have to get up and down I just dread it as it's such a task.
What I am looking forward to: Getting closer and closer to my due date!  Every day could be "the day" and it's scary and exciting all at the same time.
Weekly Wisdom: Enjoy life with 1 child while it lasts!!  This household is about to CRAAAAZZZYYY :)
Milestones: All of baby's organs are fully formed.  YAY!!!  We made it!!!

WEEK 38

splash pad with my buddies!

This past Thursday we went to the splash pad with some of our buddies from the SW Moms club and cousins, Gabby, Frankie and Mia.  We stayed for about 2 hours and Thomas had a blast!  The mommies got Thai food to go and we all shared lunch at the splash pad.  It was a great day and little man napped 2.5 hours which was a nice break for Mommy :)

thomas, katherine and claire 

thomas and frankie

hey big girls, what are you guys doing?

action shot

katherine!

it works better when you stick your tongue out