Over the past couple of days, my family (and some extended family), took a trip up north to visit DC. This week marked peak bloom for the Cherry Blossoms there. Continue reading “Visiting the Cherry Blossoms in DC”
Tag: baby girl
DIY Easter Basket for Babies
This is my daughter’s first Easter. She will be 9 months at Easter and getting stuff for a little baby is usually hard to find one pre-made. Making one yourself is not only easy, it is also much better since you can control what goes in it. Shoot, I will likely do this for every Easter versus buying the pre-made ones (we will see though). Our family is religious and celebrate that aspect of it, but a little Easter bunny fun is always appreciated / enjoyable.
Bows, Bows, and More Bows
Guys, I am OBSESSED with bows for my daughter. Ever since I found out I was pregnant with a girl, I started buying bows. I mean A LOT of bows! They are just sooooo cute! I wanted to share some of my favorites I’ve found so far. Here is just a portion of my bows for Leia.
The ‘Fight’ Over The Baby
When you have a baby, it’s inevitable that when you visit family there’ll be people fighting to hold, said baby. No longer is it ‘how are you?’, it’s ‘let me have the baby’ or arms in a ‘hand her over’ position. My husband and I have become secondary when we visit people now. We don’t mind though, she should be enjoying her family. We love seeing how happy having a new baby in the family makes everyone. It is just a funny side effect of having a child (especially with the grandparents).
My Birth Story – Leia
Every woman who has given birth has their own, unique birth story. Here is mine.
During pregnancy, you have approximately 8-10 months to do a lot of thinking and do a lot of preparing. If you are like me, you also do a lot of reading and researching. You think through whether you will be having a boy or a girl, what their nursery will look like, what you’ll name them, how you will tell your friends and family, etc… You also think through how you want you labor and delivery to go – who will be in the room with you, do you want an epidural, do you want to go completely natural, what if you end up needing a C-section, do you want to use a mirror to see the birth, etc… For me, I was dead set that I was going to have a completely natural birth (as long as no complications presented itself). TRUST ME, never plan on being dead set on anything when it comes to your birth plan. Around 36 weeks, I ended up having to go to Labor and Delivery to monitor my baby when I was concerned of decreased movement. That morning, a woman in the room next to me was giving birth ‘naturally’. Let’s just say in that very moment, I decided I was going to have an epidural. You had to hear her screams of pain — man oh man!