Meet Monroe

Meet Monroe Aaron Ramsden

She was born on June 4th at 2:05 pm after an induction and about a five hour labor.

She weighed 7 lb 7 oz and was 19 in long.

She is my perfect princess and I honestly feel like my family is now complete.

The past five weeks have flown by with my family visiting and trying to adjust to being a family of five.

I feel like I am slowly starting to come out of the new mom fog so hopefully I will be back to more regular updates soon. 

The end (or beginning rather) is near!!!

The end is near!

It is 5:40 a.m. at my house and I can't sleep, again.

I was doong my nightly blog hopping and thought I would leave a little update.

I went to the Dr. this week for my 39 week check up (can I get a woot woot), and we decided to set an induction date. :)

I am over the moon excited to be almost done with being pregant- for all my wishing it was different- I HATE being pregnant, the only joy in my mind is the sweet bundle that you get in the end.

AND MY END IS NEAR!!!

We scheduled the induction for Monday morning at 5 AM...less than 48 hours from now people, we will get this ball rolling!

I can not wait to meet little Miss Monroe Aaron and finally have her here to love and cuddle.

I will try and update semi regularly...I said try people...

Baby Shower & Name Reveal (finally!!)

This past weekend was my baby shower.

I have been looking forward to it for several months now and it turned out so great!

Here are some pics in no kind of order...

Isn't this diaper cake adorable? It matches the colors in her room.



Me and my amazing shower hostesses- Brandi, Abby & Jen (minus Lindsey, because she was sick and my sis Teresa, not sure where she was for this pic)

Me and Sarah

Oh, did I mention Sarah's also pregnant..with TWINS... she looks amazing!

I am not a fan of shower games, so I suggested to my lovely hostesses that it might be fun to make bows instead... so we did!

My neice Miliani and all the bows we made.

Me & my neices

My sister Teresa & I

front view of the bow head

My sister in law Lisa & I, showing off our bumps

Me & Mother in law Jane & Sister in law Lisa

Lindsey made these awesome favors and delivered them even though she was too sick to join the shower.

Sugar & Spice Scrub party favors

cute decor

Great friends, Katherine & Michael

And just in case you haven't been paying attention throughout the pics,

our little Miss does have a name...

We finally decided her name will be

Monroe Aaron Ramsden

Monroe is a name that I fell in love with some time ago, and Aaron is after my brother that passed away a couple of years ago.

35 weeks

My sister and my hubby have brought it to my attention that I REALLY need to do some updating, so here goes.

I had a bunch of pics from my phone that I was going to upload and share but for some reason it's not letting me save them to the computer.

So Sorry.

I am 35 weeks today and am way more impatient about her impending arrival than I should be.

(I know I have five more weeks, you dont need to remind me)

Yesterday I started having contractions in the late afternoon and got my hopes up, turned out to be just Braxton Hicks :(.

We have been busy getting things ready for this little girl:

-my sister Teresa came and helped me clean out the closet in her room

-Mike has been refinishing the furniture

-and painting her room

-my shower is this weekend and I am super excited

-and Langston asks me every day if she is ready to come out yet (so cute)

and the best part is that I DO have pics of all of it, I just am having technical difficulties...

To be continued...after a little iphone education!



Fabric for baby girl's room

I finally found the 3rd fabric for the bedding...

It came in the mail to my sister's house yesterday and I am excited that the colors actually match. I was soooo nervous since I ordered it online.

Her and a friend are going to work on the bedding this week.

I am so excited to see it all come together!

Spring Cravings

I have been having some new spring cravings I thought I would share.

I am still craving Ice Water like CRAZY, which if you know me is crazy. I have super sensitive teeth and normally can't stand ice cold beverages.

Here is my solution-insulated plastic cup w/ straw (Just happened to get this snazy Starbucks one as a gift) now the cold doesn't directly hit my teeth...Genius!

Not to say that I am over my cravings of fresh fruit and veggies but I have definitely ventured out...to ice cream or Drumsticks rather. I could eat five a day (I won't, but I could!)

mmmm, just looking at this pic makes me want one...right now...

And at two days shy of 30 weeks pregnant, I am getting uncomfortable and hot! I know it's only March and I don't want to image May heat, I may break into a sweat just thinking about it. I think I may need a Maxi dress or two to help me through the home stretch...

I love this green color for spring...

Looks like comfort to me...in my favorite color

or this fun striped one.

I may have to run into Old Navy tonight and see what they have since their dresses happen to be on sale this week.

I love Spring and the beautiful weather it brings.

Pregnant Pains

I am fully aware that I am a huge baby when it comes to being pregnant.

I am not one of those women that love it- in fact, the only thing I even remotely like (ok, love) about being pregnant is the baby that I get at the end.

This being said, I have been in alot of pain lately which explains my lack of posts.

Sciatic nerve pain which to me is the worst. To find relief I must lay down (which makes it hard to be productive) or stand up (which doing for too long makes me dizy and lightheaded, another problem in itself).

So this weekend and for many days now I have been lying down as much as possible.

My poor hubby.

The weekend wasn't all bad, I did manage to register for my shower (FINALLY) and I snuck in a movie with some girls.

We saw The Hunger Games and I LOVED it!

here's hoping I can find at least some small relief soon...