Lily Grace Armour has arrived!

Lily Grace Armour joined the family on Saturday March 29th at 8:14 am. She weighed 8lbs 8oz, and is 20 1/2 inches long. I will fill ya'll in on all the details soon. It took me a couple hours just to get this on here:) We just got home and two kids are already proving to be a challenge. Here are some of the pictures. Can you tell how happy I am that I was FINALLY in the hospital getting ready to have a baby?

Frustrated

Yep, just wanted to let ya know it is 6pm and I am still NOT in the hospital. Very very frustrating. They are swamped and just don't have any beds yet. So we wait and pray it isn't in the middle of the night. (you know it will be)

Waiting.....

So here I sit, it is 6 am and I have been wide awake since 4. :( I hate insomnia. I called Baptist at 5am like I was suppose to, to just have them tell me that I was still on hold (whatever that means) and that they would be calling me in the next few hours to tell me to come in. Sooooo I'm just waiting.
I miss Henry. It is so weird waking up without him in the house. I really so love getting up in the morning to got get him out of his crib. I love our mornings together and feeding him his cereal. You know I would think it would be a much need relief not worrying about him but it's not. I miss him so much already. I can't imagine the next three days without him being there.
So, I wait. I just hope that they call sooner than later. If it takes a really long time I'm not going to be home until at least Monday. Ahhhhh.

Baby update

So Lily is still in my belly :) We went in yesterday for our 38 week check and my cervix is favorable and I'm 3 - 3 1/2 cm dilated. I had been having contractions all week so I'm glad they were doing something. She swept my membranes and said she couldn't believe that I wasn't in labor yet. After some talking about her size (she just started measuring a bit big) and some other things we decided to induce this Friday!!! Now with Henry I wouldn't have done it. But I do trust Dr. Nett and she assured me that because my body is already so far along that inducing won't put me or baby at any additional risk. C-section is my BIGGEST!! fear but I will just pray that doesn't happen. I when I got home yesterday I lost my mucus plug and have been having cramps and contractions on and off so we shall see if she makes her debut a bit earlier. But if not Friday is the day. It is really weird knowing (kinda) when she is going to come. I have mixed feelings about it for sure. I mean it is nice having Henry and knowing when to expect it. It makes it A LOT easier to plan when and where he will be. So that is nice. But I think you start to anticipate and think about things much more. I keep counting down and thinking about things. I know this little girl is such a blessing from God and we are going to love her SOOOO much and so will Henry. But you just can't help but feel bad for him. How different things are going to be. And how these are our last days with just him and us. It almost makes me cry every time I think about it. I know those feelings aren't from God because this is His plan and it is going to be wonderful. Plus, I'm the biggest proponent of kids having siblings:) I just worry about him. I know he will be fine. With all the friends and family we are blessed to have here he will be just fine!
Well now I'm rambling so I'll go. I'll keep everyone posted on any happenings between Friday and now.

spaghetti time

Here are some cute pics of Henry's first time eating spaghetti all my himself. He really loved it, as you can tell!

9am and STILL asleep

Well it is 9:45am and my little one is STILL sleeping. He has never slept this long. I don't know if it's because of the the rain OR because he didn't get himself to sleep until 9:45 last night. Probably a little of both. Anyway I just, real quick, wanted to post some pictures of Lily's room. It's basically done and I just love it!

Week 37 and counting......

We had our 37 week apt yesterday and all is well and good. We are finally "full term" so that is a great point to get too. Now if she is born she is ready. And we are ready when she is. I'm two centimeters and she is still head down. We think about 6 1/2 lbs. I feel like a bomb waiting to go off yet again. That is the only way that I can explain this part of pregnancy. You just never know when that first real contraction will start and you life will change once again. I hope sooner than later!

Henry is better. He has been out of sorts for about ummm two weeks. And it has been very very hard on us all. The past three days he has actually had a fever and felt just awful. This morning he woke up and didn't have one at all, thank you God. He is actually playing with his toys in the living room all by himself right now, which is great since one of the things he hasn't wanted to do is play by himself AT ALL! He also ate a great dinner last night and breakfast this morning, which is something he hasn't wanted to do either, eat. (except for goldfish!)

I feel sooo guilty these days about not being able to play with him like I would like to. I'm just sooo big and sooo tired. I know he can tell. Also, I'm not as comfy to cuddle with. And he lets me know. There is no good way to cuddle up on a huge belly although he will try for a while at a time.I will be glad when he can curl up in my lap and have room to be there again. I'm sure he will appreciate it too. Here he is coming home from a dinner at Ernesto's. Let's just say is was the worst restaurant experience ever, and I was so stressed out that I wanted to pull my hair out of my head. But now I look back and can't help but laugh. Anyway he really wanted to play with the straw to our drinks all night. (Actually he wanted to use the straw to play in the sweet tea) But anyway, he held onto it the whole way home. He still loves to have things in his mouth. He has moved on from socks to other things as you can see.

Sweet sick little guy in his jammies. He smiles even if it was the only smile that night. Oh yes, and he loves this cup. It is his daddy's coffee cup. Any chance he has he will get it and pretend to drink out of it. I told kyle when he is big enough to drink out of one we will have to get him his own, it makes him so happy!

And now, as you can see this is him today. Mr smiles and personality. We will see how the rest of the day goes, but I've learned you take it when you can get it.

36 week appointment

Yesterday we had our 36 week appointment. Everything still looks great. She is really low in my pelvis, hints ALL the pressure and discomfort. My strep test came back negative, which is such a praise!! And I only gained one pound so that is awesome. I am at a grand total of 29 pounds, and am sooooo proud of that. I know some women would NEVER post that. But, since I gained.... are you ready?........ 55-60 lbs with Henry. ( yes , I know you can gasp ) This time we are doing so good!!!
And we were talking about her weight and Dr. Nett still swears we are still talking about an average sized baby here. She thinks she only weighs around six pounds right now. I will just be amazed if she is 8 or under when she is born. If I'm still pregnant at my 39 week appointment we will do an ultra sound and get an estimated weight, but she isn't worried.
So there is Lily's update. I hope we get to meet her soon, I'm getting sooo antsy!

OH the snow!

Wow, it is snowing like crazy! We have about eight inches outside and over a foot in some snow drifts and it is still coming down like crazy. It is beautiful I just hope after it stops they can clear the roads up for tomorrow. It is sooo pretty though. Why oh why can't we get this kind of weather in Dec or Jan. when we want cold weather?

Here are some pictures of Henry's first real experience with pretty, powdery snow. He really loved it. We don't have any snow clothes for him since we really don't ever expect to get snow like this. So he didn't get to stay in it very long. But he did pitch quite a fit when he had to come in:)

And this is how being inside for a while can make anyone feel, esp. a board 14 month old!

Round Two!

I haven't been able to download pictures in a while. But now I can again so here is a update on how Henry had been doing.:)

OK these next three pictures are called my little boy looks JUST like his dad. Oh my goodness, I'm going to have to scan a pic. of Kyle at this age because they are almost identical. It almost surprised me when I looked at these on here.

In order to sweep and mop the kitchen I put in baby Einstein, which he doesn't get to watch very much TV during the day usually. He really liked it. He is standing in the top of his play table. The following pictures explain why the top is taken off and on the floor.

Lets see, here he is hanging on a baby gate, which in the following day he decided to try to climb and broke it in two.


Here he is pouting..... he uses this face a lot!

This is why I had to take apart the table. One minute he is sitting and then...

This is what he decided to do next. And over and over again. Not to mention how many times he fell out almost knocking himself out.

This is the teddy bear that he got from his Nonnie for Valentines day. He LOVES it. He wrestles it all the time. He loves on it too.

He is such a blessing to our lives. Evey day there is sunshine because of him. He is a mess, the most active little guy I have ever met. But I wouldn't have it any other way. Watch out Lily, your brother is crazy:)!

Round One!