My Zen

I forgot to post photos of the day our little G arrived in this crazy world. When I think back on it, she really came fast. I was supposed to go in for a scheduled C section on the 22nd but, just like her mommy, she likes to arrive early for EVERYTHING, including her own birthday.

I started having contractions Friday night (Feb 19) at about 11pm. Shane was sleeping alone in Caulens room since he was SUPER sick and could not stop hacking and coughing away. I just wanted to get some good sleep so Caulen slept with me. I didn’t want to wake Shane up when four hours had past and I was still having contractions. They were not getting closer together but every 40 mintues they were strong and painful as hell. Around 8am on the 20th Shane was still passed out in Caulens room and I was obviously up and moving around, doing laundry and trying to figure out whether or not my contractions were false labor or the real thing. I got tired of waiting for Shane to wake up so I went into Caulens room and said” I have been having contractions all night but I don’t think its real labor.”  Well that woke Shane up and even though I was calm and in denial that I would have to go into the hospital, Shane still got showered and certain things packed just in case. He was ready for her to be here, I could tell. lol Well my contractions did not subside when I was walking around or when I was laying or sitting down and I started to realize they were getting closer. I called my OB Tina and she told me that if I felt the need to go to the hospital it wouldn’t hurt but to try certain exercises first to see if  that helped the contractions subside. Well nothing did and from 8am until 10:30am my contractions went from 40 minutes apart to 6 minutes apart. I really was going to tough it out at home because for some stupid reason I didn’t think it was real and that they would just go away sooner than I thought. I finally broke down and told Shane that we should go and just see if its real or not. We lived close to the hospital and it was not like I would not be back in two days anyways for the real deal. So we loaded up and sure enough my contractions were real labor and three hours later she was here.

Okay I don’t know one new mother who doesn’t get crazy with the camera and her newborn. I promise I am not leaving Caulen out, but every time I try to coax him into the photos he just will not have anything to do with it. I do have some great photos of Caulen reading to Baby G. He also loves to play his PSP around her. Basically, anywhere she is, he wants to be right next to her so he can see her and give her lots of kisses.

We are all doing really well. This go around with a new baby has been just amazing. I made sure to limit the amount of daily stress that I would have after Genevieve was born so I could focus on her and Caulen before I jumped into major commitments. I am so glad I did, I am able to keep my house clean and enjoy every second with my family. I did start work again which is awesome. I love my job!!

I am REALLY looking foward to seeing my parents in a little over a week! YAHOO!!

finally! The wait for our daughter came on February 20, 2010 at  1:54pm. Genevieve Adela Herzog is so awesome. Just like with Caulen we were smitten with her and every move she has made since then. Caulen is right there with us. He gives her as many kisses and she can handle and helps bring dirty diapers to the garbage, bring dirty bottles to the sink and carry his and her dirty laundry to the laundry room. He is such a good helper and so far has not shown any jealously signs. We love both our kids so much that not giving Caulen attention too is not in our blood. Grandma Herzog came and helped us tremendously for the first 6 days baby G was here but I think she was really missing her family so she went home on Thursday. I cant blame her, 6 days is a while to be away from the people you love.

Right now we are just hanging out, finding the daily groove and enjoying every minute of our new family. I have taken a few photos along the way so far and posted them below.

My dear, dear friend Shawndra took some really amazing pregnancy photos today. It’s somthing I really wish I did when Caulen was in my belly. I wanted to share a few of my favorites she took. I feel massive, fat, huge..whatever you want to call it, so I am sure once she gets them on her photography website I will link over, but as for self confidence in posting a lot of my own pics, I cant do it. lol. I am thankful for them and to know in a few years when I look back on these I will just love every single pose and shot of our little girl! We tried to get Caulen in on a few photos but taking him away from his friends was not going to happen so the few we did get were good, just not what I know he can produce.  I will add one of my favorites from him later, but I have to pee bad and rest right now. lol

TWO WEEKS TO GO PEEPS!!!

Can you tell by the photo below I am just so in love with the boy?! lol

Still pregnant. -_-

I have not found any baby bedding that is just perfect for our little girl yet, but a few days ago I stumbled onto this gem. Isn’t is CUTE?! Now just gotta wait for payday and it’s possibly all hers! YAY! Just wanted to share the cuteness.

This challenge was to create a flower layout, only turn your stems into journaling instead of a basic graphic.

And…

my back hurts….REALLY BAD! lol

For this challenge I figured it would be fun to do a recap of the best moments of everyone’s month. We didn’t have to many crazy things going on, but it still made for a fun layout. I am hoping more people will do this one as I am so excited to see the results. So here was the description: Do a “Best Moments of January 2010″ 2 page layout. You can do this for just yourself, kids, husband, boyfriend, pets or all of them. I wanted to save this until the end of the month to do since we get a week to complete the challenges.

This is what I came up with. If you click on the image it will take you to a larger version.

This was fun to do. I had everyone create a circle frame to use in their layouts with the Title “It’s A ____” not necessarily meaning it has to be a boy or girl layout. I told them to get creative with the last part of the title and then post it somewhere online. I loved the way my layout came out. I am super hard on myself and don’t really like my end results but this time I did. YAY