Ignacio was born at 1:10 AM
18 March 2014
8.3 lbs, 21 inches
It was a crazy birth but we are all happy and healthy and just getting to know each other.
18 March 2014
Baby is Here!
It was a crazy birth but we are all happy and healthy and just getting to know each other.
04 March 2014
As of late...
Despite the long, long space between posts, no baby yet!
My due date is on Saturday. The students finish up their exams on Thursday and the last of them will be gone by Friday. I think at that point, I will be ready to have the baby. With my last pregnancy (which I am meaning to post about) I was ten days overdue and the students were gone which was great because I utilized the many staircases in the dorm to work through my labor. I imagine it would be only slightly awkward if I labored through the hallways while the girls were all around to witness. Might not be the most pleasant experience for them.
Here I am this morning:
My due date is on Saturday. The students finish up their exams on Thursday and the last of them will be gone by Friday. I think at that point, I will be ready to have the baby. With my last pregnancy (which I am meaning to post about) I was ten days overdue and the students were gone which was great because I utilized the many staircases in the dorm to work through my labor. I imagine it would be only slightly awkward if I labored through the hallways while the girls were all around to witness. Might not be the most pleasant experience for them.
Here I am this morning:
Part of me still can't believe that another baby will be here any day/week. Heck, a part of me can't believe that I have one already that is almost TWO YEARS OLD!
Another part of me can't believe that I was ever not pregnant.
Another part of me can't believe my due date is in 4 days.
But mostly, I am pumped to hold a little newborn and call him my own. Not so pumped about labor but oh well. Its all part of the game I guess.
So what else is new with this Cow clan?
Luisa is still not really talking. At least in any language I know. She has an extensive range of sounds and gestures but who knows what she is saying or in what world she is living. Its frustrating at times but overall, we just sit back and enjoy this season of her life.
Speaking of seasons, we are ready for spring! The winter has been long and hard. And we are so excited to have nice weather and no afternoon sports!
We are also looking forward to an exciting summer! We are going to Argentina!!!
What have all of you been up to?
26 January 2014
A January Post
I seriously need to post since it's almost February and my last post was a Christmas post!
So what has been on my mind lately?
Pregnancy for sure!
Up until now, the pregnancy has gone by much unnoticed by me. I mean, the first time I went in to the doctor, I was already done with my first trimester, which was a shock, albeit pleasant. But with school and Luisa and Einkorn and everything in between, this pregnancy has flown by! It has also been a completely different pregnancy than with Luisa's. I felt all of her emotions all the time. It was like she had a response to everything I was going through. I know this now because the moment she was born I stopped feeling those emotions and I see her experience all of said emotions now, in her daily encounters. It's so weird how I understand her because I felt it all with her when she was just a wee one in my belly. This baby has been so calm and relaxed. What I can say is that he has certainly allowed me to be myself. Maybe he will be more like me. Luisa is certainly just like Donny. I had all of Donny's habits with Luisa like waking up early, going to bed early, sleeping extremely well, being more of a homebody. We'll just have to wait and see with number 2.
But now, this baby is all that's on my mind lately. I have started reading birthing stories again. I have even started organizing and cleaning some things around the house. With Luisa's pregnancy, I was completely consumed with preparing for her arrival. She was due in June so Donny and I made it a point to exercise every day as soon as the winter sports season was done and we had the afternoons off. We walked/hiked 3-5 miles of campus. It was so nice! I loved that. But as you all know, the weather has been less than accommodating and Luisa definitely would not be up for being in the backpack or stroller for more than 2 minutes, let alone an hour. There is a fitness center on campus but thats not really my cup of tea, especially when its filled with students. My labor with Luisa was pretty good so I'm worried that this time around will not be since I have yet to do real exercise. I have been thinking of posting Luisa's birth story but is a year and a half too late?
Other than baby stuff, we have been boring, consumed in all that is boarding school.
Here's a nice blurry photo of Luisa:
And here I am in my 35th week:
So what has been on my mind lately?
Pregnancy for sure!
Up until now, the pregnancy has gone by much unnoticed by me. I mean, the first time I went in to the doctor, I was already done with my first trimester, which was a shock, albeit pleasant. But with school and Luisa and Einkorn and everything in between, this pregnancy has flown by! It has also been a completely different pregnancy than with Luisa's. I felt all of her emotions all the time. It was like she had a response to everything I was going through. I know this now because the moment she was born I stopped feeling those emotions and I see her experience all of said emotions now, in her daily encounters. It's so weird how I understand her because I felt it all with her when she was just a wee one in my belly. This baby has been so calm and relaxed. What I can say is that he has certainly allowed me to be myself. Maybe he will be more like me. Luisa is certainly just like Donny. I had all of Donny's habits with Luisa like waking up early, going to bed early, sleeping extremely well, being more of a homebody. We'll just have to wait and see with number 2.
But now, this baby is all that's on my mind lately. I have started reading birthing stories again. I have even started organizing and cleaning some things around the house. With Luisa's pregnancy, I was completely consumed with preparing for her arrival. She was due in June so Donny and I made it a point to exercise every day as soon as the winter sports season was done and we had the afternoons off. We walked/hiked 3-5 miles of campus. It was so nice! I loved that. But as you all know, the weather has been less than accommodating and Luisa definitely would not be up for being in the backpack or stroller for more than 2 minutes, let alone an hour. There is a fitness center on campus but thats not really my cup of tea, especially when its filled with students. My labor with Luisa was pretty good so I'm worried that this time around will not be since I have yet to do real exercise. I have been thinking of posting Luisa's birth story but is a year and a half too late?
Other than baby stuff, we have been boring, consumed in all that is boarding school.
Here's a nice blurry photo of Luisa:
30 December 2013
Holiday Recap
Christmas was great! Even though we weren't sure about what our family Advent/Christmas traditions were going to be exactly, we kind of fell into a good one! We got our tree on Gaudate Sunday and we set it up but never decorated it. We just had a beautiful, and delicious smelling, tree just standing in our living room. Then, on Christmas Eve, once Luisa was in bed, we decorated the tree, the mantel, and the rest of the house. We put the gifts under the tree and set up her new wooden table and chair set with her new tea set and all her stuffed animal friends. When she woke up on Christmas Day, she was so excited about how magical the house looked! It was so cute. She went around the house looking at everything and then she went right up to her new table and started talking to all her little toy friends and having a tea party with them. Donny and I just watched in amazement!
Other than that, we have just been soaking up all the free time of break!
Here I am at week 31.
16 December 2013
Maternity Monday (actually on a Monday!)
Hey all,
Here's a picture taken today as we tried to set up a family Christmas photo.
Week 30 (I believe)
Luisa is just about a year and a half. Still not really talking but she has no problem communicating as you can see.
Also, we got our Christmas tree and Advent wreath set up. We got it all on Gaudate Sunday, which I think is fitting. The tree still needs to be decorated but I don't want to rush it so it will probably happen when school's out. Big, classic colored lights (not the LED)? Or stick to the beautiful white lights?
11 December 2013
Preparing for Christmas
Well it's December 11th and we are behind. Behind in a lot of things. We have yet to set up our advent wreath. No Christmas tree yet. Nothing. Part of the reason for this delay is that I want to set up lifelong family traditions but I just can't pick a good battle plan yet. But the school breaks in about a week and a half and then it's time for some real celebrating.
So as far as preparing goes, Francesca, we have nothing to show for it but let me tell you about our big plans!
We will cut down a tree sometime this week. We will buy a wreath and set up the Advent candles. And we have some wonderful stockings that Donny's mom made for the three of us that we will be putting up.
This is the most "Christmas-y" photo I have...
Luisa in a somewhat Christmas dress, watching a Charlie Brown Christmas (which she somehow put on herself through the Netflix app).
In other news,
Emily, Caleb, and baby Seamus came to visit! It was tons of fun but you are just going to have to take my work for it since I have about 5 pictures. Here is the only decent one.
Enjoy!
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