Growing

Lil Miss-E is really shooting up like the Sprout we nicknamed her in utero.  Each time she grows I  am proud, shocked and sad.  I knew I was an emotional mommy when she lost her cord stump and I cried.  Now I shed a tear each time she outgrows an outfit.  Today our tiny lil girl graduated into 0-3 month clothing, no longer a tiny newborn.  How am I going to handle her losing teeth??

Another touching moment that I loved was seeing her fussy face  (No mommy, no!).  She gave me a glimpse of her older self refusing and arguing.  She turns her nose up, her chin drops into a pout and her lips bunch up.  I could not help but laugh at the face I would see a ton more of in her fussy 2s, and difficult pre-teen years.

Blossoming Family

Welcome to Parenthood!

I am so frustrated hearing the statement "Welcome to Parenthood".  I have always thought of myself as a parent so why welcome me now?  I am getting frustrated with people making snide comments on sleep deprivation and how we are managing the new challenges.  To be honest, having her here is a walk in the park compared to our experience with our first child.  Yes sleep only comes in two hour increments but it is so much more restful than the sleep of horrors we experienced following Harrison's passing and so much more restful waking to her little sounds rather than holding my breath to feel her kick inside me for the past 9 months.

Look what the Easter Bunny brought us.

I have to apologize for my lack of posting but someone special has come into our lives and she takes up a lot of time. Our precious daughter was born April 4th, Easter Sunday morning. She is absolutely gorgeous and I am not being biased everyone agrees!!!


She has brought back joy to Easter. All year we were dreading Easter as it was last Easter we buried Harrison. After Valentines the stores started displaying the Easter decorations and we did our best to avoid those sections. The first time I saw a complete aisle decked out with Easter I was completely frozen with terror and emotions in the middle of a Dollorama aisle. Thank you Easter Bunny for delivering us our baby girl, Elodie Gladys.

Every time I look into her eyes I fall in love.
Every time I look into her eyes I miss him more.

We celebrated Harrison's Birthday on April 3rd, it was a warm beautiful day.  I tried my hardest to keep it light and cheerful as I am sure that is how a 1st Birthday Party is ment to be.  It ment so much for me to make his cake, a monkey of course.  Our friends and family joined us for cake and ice cream. 

The hardest part was lighting his candle, a candle that he would never blow out, for that reason I chose a sparkler that would burn out on its own.

Happy Birthday Baby Boy, so many love you and wish you the best.

Update

A week ago we celebrated Harrison’s Birthday with cake and ice cream with the family follwed by the delivery of our newest addition, Elodie. We kept the delivery plans a secret to ensure our family would get a good night’s sleep rather than be pacing the hospital hallways.


Elodie arrived safely on April 4th! We have been busy establishing feeding and fighting off jaundice including 24 hours in hospital under the lights with a strict feed/pump schedule.

When I have more than 3 hours of sleep per day I will share more.

Missing the Birthday Boy

Happy Birthday Harrison.
I love you so much.
Today just hurts too much to say more.

Mommy

Working Together

This week DH and I have been working hard at getting this house in shape for Sprout's grand entrance. It feels so good to be moving forward again. I can't wait to show you our projects when they are complete.

Another positive note is lil Miss Sprout is no longer breech and we can do a vaginal delivery,  we are too be induced on Tuesday.  Just a few more days to go.