Liz’s Blog

I like to sit here  and watch Mommy get ready every morning.

(For the pictures below just click on them to view in normal size.)

My 1st time on the bumbo.

I love to smile and take Pictures.

Bath time “so fresh and so clean”

Mommy loves to take pics of me. 

I don’t really like the swing but this is the one time I stayed.

It is hard to believe that it has been more that 3 months since Eli was born.  Eli is growing so much it amazing to watch.  I just can’t believe my BABY is going to be 4 months. I got to say taking care of a baby is starting to get easier for John and I. 

Eli is such a happy baby, he loves to smile alot.  This month he started playing with toys, grabbing his feet, sucking on his whole hand (he might be teething), laughing, rolling from tummy to back, sitting in his bumbo and holding his head with no help.  This month also he got a double ear infection and it was not good.  Thank God it is gone now.  He has had a few minor colds here and there but nothign too bad.  He loves his daddy, as soon as John walks in the room he just follows him with his eyes like if he were saying “hi Daddy” it is just funny to watch.

 Eli will have his 4 month check up soon.  I can’t wait for him to start eating solids this month.  I will take alot of picture to share with everyone. 

Boy,  time has flown by.  I can’t believe my little guys is 2 months now.  He is growing so much, he weights 10 lbs.  He loves to smile and loves to follow things with his eye. He is definetly more alert.  He will have his two month doctor apt on Tuesday and I know he will not be happy since he is getting his shots.  Oh boy it will be interesting.              

Eli is now going to daycare. He is doing good there, I cried ther first day we left him there. I just missed him so much, I could not wait to see him after work, I even snuck out of work during lunch to go see him. They take good care of him and that makes me happy.  I can’t believe how much daycare cost but you gotta do what you gotta do.

6 weeks – Eli’s 1st christmas.

Mommy and daddy had a lot of fun dressing me and gizzy up!

4  weeks – I started smiling.  This was the first time I actually smiled and Daddy ran to get the camara.  I am always smiling now and I am such a happy baby.

5 weeks – Eli is almost a month and a half and is growing so much.  He is such a good baby and likes  to smile.  He has been having issues with his little tummy.  We had to switch his formula because the one that he was on was making him extremely gassy and he would cry every time he passed gas.  He seemed to be very uncomfortable at time so we hope this new formula helps him feel better.  He is growing so much he now weights around 9 lbs. It blows my mind to think that soon he will be 2 months.  Time is going by so quickly and by the time we realize it I will be back at work and he will be in Daycare.

I can’t believe how fast time is going by Eli is now 2 weeks old.  It seems like it was only yesterday when we were on the way to the hospital to have him.  I got to say “labor” was nothing like I thought it was going to be.  I guess I better stop watching all those movies.  I did have a hard time but it was so worth it. On the way to the hospital I was very calm.  All I wanted was to not be sent back home.  Lucky for me my water broke as the nurse was coming in the room “well, you are a keeper” she said.  Then I got very anxious, but I was not nervous.  I was so excited to know that we would be holding our little guy soon.  I had a hard time when i was pushing because I had a very upset stomach and with every push I felt like throwig up.  After the baby was born I felt so weak that I was not able to keep any food down.  I even passed out and the nurse has to call for emergency.  she said I was so passed out that they could not get me to wake up.  We went in to the hospital at around 10:30am on Friday the 6th and left the hospital on Sunday the 8th @ around 4 pm.  Then reality hit, no more nurses to take him to the nursery while we slept and no more nurse to call when he cried.  It was not easy the first few nights.  We are still trying to figure him out but it is definetly getting easier as the day go by.

Eli had his second doctors apt today. He is doing great, he is now 7 lbs 11 oz and 21 inches long.  He will have his next apt in January when he is 2 months.

4 days old.

I had my first Dr. Apt today.  The doctor said I am doing very good.  Mommy and Daddy are taking good care of me. I will have another apt in two weeks and will keep everyone updated.

Ok.  Got to go,  Mommy is going to give me my bottle.

Eli was born on Saturday November 7, 2009 at 2:53am. He was 6 pounds 12 ounces and 19 inches long with a full head of hair.

Here is a summary of that night events, details will come later…

Liz and I went to the hospital on Friday at about 11am after Liz called the doctor about some “leaking” and contractions. As the nurse was literally just walking in to the room to check if Liz’s water broke or not her water actually broke. At that point we knew we were not going home and they sent us to a birthing room. A few hours after that “active labor” began. Liz held out as long as she could without an epidural but eventually the contractions became too painful.

To be continued (Eli fell asleep, meaning it’s time for us to sleep as well)….

Liz And Eli

Full head of hair

WOW…it crazy to think that we will be able to hold our little boy in our arms pretty soon.   I had a Dr. Apt today,  the first thing the doctor said was “if you are completely thinned out and if your body is ready, do you want me to strip your membrane?”  John and I just looked at each other because we knew that meant that we would have the baby sooner than we expected.  We very slowly said “OOOOOOKKKKK”.  When she went to check to see how far along I was she said that I was ready and 100% effaced close to 3cm dilated so she went ahead and stripped my membrane.  Stripping the membrane means that you will go into labor within the next few days.  She told us we will for sure NOT make it past Friday.  Some people go into labor with in hours of the stripping but everyone is different so we will have to wait and see.  John and I are excited and anxious to have the baby.   

Please keep us in your prayers.  We know that everything will be fine but I got to say it does make us nervous.  It will not be easy, I know, but with all your love and prayers we know that everything is going to be ok.  

Please keep checking the post,  the next post will be to announce that he I here!!   Just a few more days!!

OH MY GOSH!!! less than three weeks left.  Time has really flown by.  I heard from everyone that your  last month is the worst month.  They always said you feel miserable and all you want is to get the baby out.  Well I got to say,  that is not the case with me. For the most part I feel just fine, yeah of course I feel tired and my back aches sometime but I am not miserable.  I keep thinking about all the things I want to take care of before the baby is here.  Don’t get me wrong I can’t wait to see him and to hold him in my arms, but I can definitely handle two more weeks ( I may change my tone next week, lol).

I had a dr. apt this week.  I am now at 2 cm and have thinned out to about 80 %.  Im not sure what that means exactly because its my understanding that you can progress slowly or it can just be with in a couple of day you are ready to have the baby.  Everyone is different we will just have to wait and see, its all up to the baby.  John is very excited and anxious and just runs around the house looking for more  and more things to take care of before the baby is here.  He says that he feels that we are not ready but then feels that we will never  be ready.  He says he cant wait to have the baby here with us, and its just alot of mixed emotions.  I just think that we are both in that nesting stage where we want to take care of everything and want everything to be done so that when the baby comes we can just focus on him.

I can’t believe we are so close to having the baby.  I for the most part have been feeling very tired and I am getting HUGE!!  My doctor apts are now every week.  I have now dilated to 1 and am 50 % effaced.  Everyday I feel more and more nervous.  John and I have tried to keep busy and it is making the time feel like it is flying.  I am have already washed all the baby clothes, bibs, wash clothes, and blankets.  I feel like we are ready when ever he is.  I am not at that point to where I want the baby out of me.  I feel like I can still go untill it is due date. 

I just had my baby shower at work.  Its was amazing!  I was so excited to see how many of my coworkers showed up.  Everyone pitched in and there was alot of good food.  I was so excited and just so overhelmed to see all the baby gifts.  I am so thankfull to them all for everything they did for John and I.  I know our little guy will enjoy each one of those gifts.  Geez…. there were so many gifts we filled up the back seat and trunk of the car.  I love my coworkers we all get along so well, I have made alot of friends there and it just made my baby shower that much more special.

Only 6 more weeks.  I can not believe how fast time is flying.   I am definitely  feeling huge.    I am so excited because I am having a baby shower at work I cant wait to see all the gifts we get.  For the most part  the babys room is ready we just need to paint the changing table.

We have been very busy lately John just tore up the green carpet in the living room and sanded the wood floors.  It looks great!  We ran into alot of issues  (and by we I mean John) but over all the floors look great.  I feel so bad because John did all the work, my job was to bring him water and keeping the dog and cat away. It was a lot of work but it is turned out so good.  The old carpet was just so ugly looking and smelled so bad.  We think the previous owner has big dogs that peed everywhere.  There is still alot of projects that we would like to tackle but since we are so close to having a baby we have decided that this was our last project.

Before

 After

Finally,  we started to get the baby’s room ready.  We finally decided on the colors for the room.  we decided to go with an airplane theme.  We choose a crib and the bedding already.  I love how it turned out.  John did all the painting even though I like to say I helped.  my job consisted of putting tape all around the trim.  Hey!  that was not that easy.  I can’t believe the room is finally coming together.  Pretty soon our little boy will be playing in there.

Just want to let everyone know we are registered at Target.

Registry ID: 014399700610507

28 Wks!!  I have officially entered my Third Trimester.  I can’t believe how fast this is going.  I know I should be happy and excited but its more like panic time. 

So much to do, so little time.  I think John and I are a bit overwelmed because there is still so much we have to do before the baby comes.  The nursery is not even ready. This weekend we went to target to register for my babyshower and its was amazing to actually see how expensive everything is. There is so much we still need to get.  Not to mention we need to paint the baby’s room and buy all the furniture.    Today we went to Kinder Care day care center for a Tour.  HOLY COW!!!! it is so expensive.  Once John saw the rates he pretty much shut down.  I just can’t believe how expensive Day care is going to be. we left the location and we both just sat in the car with nothing but complete silence.  I looked at John’s face and he had a blank look in his face.  We will have to keep looking until we find a place that is more affortble for us.

Moving and pregnant…Bad Idea. If I had to do it again I would wait till after the baby was born. It was so hard on me and on John since he was the one doing all the hard work.  We have been living in the new house for 1 month now and we still have a lot to do.  But we will have to just take it slow and someday our home will feel like “HOME”.

heres one of my  most recent ultrasounds at 24 weeks. I know… I need to keep this more update.  I will try…  

I want to say thank you to every one who keeps us in their prayers.  Thanks for all the gifts we have received from all of you and Thank you for your love and support.    LOVE you all – Liz and John

I just got back from my trip to Texas.  It was the best vacation ever!  I got to meet the two newest members of the family.  There is three grand children so far and two on the way.  My sister in law is due this month with a baby boy also. By the end of the year there will be 5 grand children all together.  My parents are just so excited. 

These are the grand kids so far.  Bianca (6), Viviana (2)  and J.J (10 months)This is a pic of my sister Dee

 Well my trip to Texas was bitter sweet.  I had a baby shower!  It meant the world to me to be able to have a baby shower with my mom and sister there. We live so far away and just being able to see them during this stage in my life means everything to me.  Thank you!  John (father in law) for the best Christmas gift ever.  I don’t know how I could of been able to afford that trip after just buying a house.  I was there for 7 days!  The weather was extremely hot.  It was around 104 – 109 all week.  It took me around two days to get used to it. The week just went by to quick.  I cried alot on the last day just because I did not want to leave them.  I felt so comfortable and so at home that I did not want to return to Michigan.  I said this once and I will say it again and again (I hate Michigan).  I am only here because this is where my husband is and I want to be where he is, but if it were up to me I would move back to Texas in a heart beat.  I just can’t get used to the crazy Michigan weather it makes me sick all the time.  I will try my best to visit Texas as much as I can in the upcoming years.  I want our child to get to see where I grew up and to meet my side of the family.  John and I always talk about traveling to California to see his side of the family so hopefully we can one day soon go and visit the grand parents. 

Attached are a few pics of the baby shower.

John and I are excited to be 1st time home owners.  we will be fully moved in by this up coming weekend.  I can’t wait to start decorating the baby’s room.  I have so many things to buy and so many ideas for the room.  I can’t decide on what color to go with for the baby’s room but we have a few months yet.  I can’t wait to start living there.  I got to say that being pregnant and moving is not a good idea.  I feel bad for John who has had to do all the heavy lifting.  Attached is a pic of the new house.  It just the perfect size for us.

Wednesday June 24th we found out we are having a BOY.  We are so excited and even finally started looking at names.  I had a feeling it was a boy, every time I would talk about the baby I would say “he”.  The pregnancy is going great!  The baby is healthy and growing a lot.  The doctor said all the test have come back negative which means our baby is healthy. 

NEW HOUSE

We also just bought a house.  On Tuesday the 23rd we closed and are now first time home owners.  It has been one of the most stressful process we have ever gone through.  I know that it’ll be a long time before we try this again.  We love the house though.  It is a ranch style house, 4 brdm two stall garage in a nice neighborhood. It needs a few upgrades inside but the exterior is all new.  The previous home owners completely redid the outside.  We are still not moved in and are still packing up all our stuff at our current place.  It seems like we are never gonna be done.

This has been by far the most stressful month on our lives.  Not only did we have a stressful time with the loan for the house but this month everything that could happen to me, did.  I was sick for a few days of a stomach flu that just drained everything out of me. The following week I fell and sprained my angle, ended up in the ER and had to use crutches for three days.  The week after that I had a root canal done and the dentist (who I now hate) did not give me anything for the pain even after I asked for something.  My tooth was hurting so bad and I was in so much pain that I did not sleep or eat for a whole day.  My face swelled up like a tomato, I cried so much and was so worried about hurting the baby.  If I had to do it again I would definetlywait until after the pregnancy.  It was the worst week ever.  Things are starting to look  up though.  This week was so much better, with getting the house and finding out we are having a healthy boy. 

I will keep you all posted on the pregnancy and on our move. Thank you all for all your love and support. 

Love, 

Liz

Hello everyone,  I am sorry it has taken me forever to update my blog.  As you can imagine a lot has happened since I last posted.  For one I am starting to look very pregnant.  I have had alot of people make comments about my belly.  John and I will find out what we are having at the end of the month, we are so excited!  I am starting to look for names but John has decided to wait until he knows what we are having to even start considering names.  I don’t care I think it is fun to choose out names. 

Today we went to a mom to mom sale.  Imagine a huge indoor garage sale with tons of moms selling used baby stuff.  It was fun, we made our  first purchases for our baby .  Unfortunately there was not enough neutral stuff for us to buy.  They have these every three months so it will be fun to go again when we know what are having.

I will definitely post our next ultrasound picture.  Hopefully the doctor will be able to see the gender is.  I have a gut feeling it is a boy but we shall see.

Thanks for your prayers and God bless you all.

Love,

Liz