Our "new normal"

We are adjusting pretty well as a family of four! Gabe has definitely had his moments, mostly with being defiant which is probably a combination of the transition and the terrible 2's but I feel as each day goes by that he's getting used to the "new normal" and I'm so proud of him. Hannah loves to sleep (a girl after my own heart!) but she is awake more and more each day so I guess my true test of how I'm handling two kids will start when she spends most of her day awake! The good news is that I don't feel too sleep deprived, don't get me wrong I'm definitely tired but she's doing great at night so I'm only waking up a few times.

It's funny how different Hannah already is from Gabe:

• she likes to sleep, Gabe not so much!
• she's content (for the most part) being held while I'm sitting on the couch, with Gabe you had to be moving while you were holding him - which is so funny because even to this day he hates to sit still :-)

Although he can be rough, I can tell that Gabe is going to be a very protective and loving big brother. He loves to hold her hand and wants to give her a kiss first thing in the morning!



I realize I'm missing a picture of Hannah and Daddy (except for Daddy's hands in the second picture), as soon as I upload them I'll post one!

Hannah Grace!

This beautiful baby girl made her grand entrance into the world on 7/7 weighing in at 7lbs7oz and ironically enough her hospital ID # was 707!


She came just a few days early, at my Dr appt that day they did a non-stress test and decided that she was showing some signs of distress during contractions so since I was already 4cm they wanted to go ahead and admit me and break my water. Thankfully the labor was 12 hours shorter than Gabe's, after 3.5 hours of labor she was here!


We are so thankful to Ashley, Kai, Mark and Karen for helping out with Gabe while we were in the hospital, we could never have done it without you guys (well I guess we wouldn't have had a choice because she was coming one way or another :-) but it definitely put our mind at ease knowing he was in good hands)

Gabe meeting Hannah for the first time!




My Lauren gave birth to her little Blakey the day before Hannah arrived so we were in the hospital together! Here the two are meeting for the first time :-)

Happy Fathers Day!!!!

Your such a wonderful father to Gabe and I know you will be just as wonderful with Hannah! Thank You for being such a great husband...We Love You!

Two years ago today.......

we welcomed this beautiful baby boy into our lives!!!!



and in less than 4 weeks he will become a big brother!

I can't believe I'm 33.5 weeks already, little Hannah is going to be here before we know it! Gabe keeps telling me he wants her out (in sign language..it's really cute) hopefully he is just as excited when she actually is out!!
Gabe has been such a joy and we are soaking up all the time we have with him until he's no longer the only child and look forward to watching him be a big brother to his little sister!!! He's completely in his big boy bed and has been for about a month now, I love being able to lay down with him and read to him before bed. He really loves when mommy and daddy lay with him!
With the exception of being extremely exhausted all the time I've been doing pretty well through this pregnancy. This weekend is my very dear friend Lauren's baby shower, she is due just 6 days after me! I'm so excited to help celebrate her little boy and can't wait to meet him, it will be fun watching the two of them grow up together!!

Kisses

We haven't been up to much, I've been car-less for the past couple weeks but hopefully this week I'll have a vehicle! It wasn't as difficult as I thought it would be but it will sure be nice to be able to take Gabe to the park or to play with his friends!

Here we are almost 30 weeks!!

Giving Hannah Kisses :-)

Final Stretch..

The third trimester is here! It's hard to believe we will be meeting a very special baby girl in about 13 weeks. The things I'm nervous about this time are very different than the first time around. If my mom is able to make it in time for the birth that would alleviate my worry about Gabe!!
Three weeks from now I was placed on bedrest w/Gabe so hopefully that doesn't happen this time around (especially since it's almost impossible to do so w/a toddler LOL)



Most already know but we have decided on a name (amazing since Gabe wasn't decided until the way to the hospital!!)

HANNAH GRACE GARCIA