A new life

It's been a while, I don't even know where to start! So much has changed since my last post. Everything has changed, I now have a new life.

On September 12th we welcomed our beautiful daughter, Sienna Noelle. She was 8 pounds, 2 ounces, 20 inches long and absolutely perfect. She came into this world with her eyes wide open. The moment I looked into her bright eyes, my life was changed forever. My heart instantly doubled in size to accommodate all of my love for her. I had never experienced something so beautiful as the moment I saw her in her Daddy's arms, with his lip quivering and tears dripping. It was then that I realized how amazingly blessed I am. It was no longer just the two of us, she completed our world in one instant.

Motherhood is more than wonderful. The love that a child brings to your life is unexplainable. Sienna has brought me even closer to her father than ever before, my love for him has once again changed. I now have a whole new kind of love for him, a deeper, closer, sweeter kind of love. I am crazy in love with my little family.

While she was in my belly I dreamed of her cute little fingers and pretty eyelashes, they are exactly as I pictured. She has her Dad's funny eyebrows and my pointed left ear. She grunts like an old man, always has her pinky pointed like a lady and she smirks to one side to show off her big dimple.

I've had many people ask me about Sienna's birth, I will share the story one day when I'm ready, just not now. The thought of putting that day into words and reliving it in my mind, still seems a bit overwhelming to me. From the moment she was born she was a fighter, she is so strong. Most importantly, she is healthy and happy. There is so much I can say about her. She seems so wise and everyday I learn so much from her. She is teaching me how to be a wonderful mother. Sienna is amazing, I am so honored to be her mother.

Baby Shower Eve

It's the day before our baby shower and we have a ton to do! I'm leaving the office early for a midwife appointment and I'm pretty excited about it. I think she is going to check Sienna's position and if I've started dilating yet. After our appointment we have to gather all of the baby shower items that have taken over the baby's room and bring them over to my uncle's house, where we're having the shower. We decided to rent a few tables and chairs, so once they are delivered we'll start setting everything up. After that, we have to rush home to make our favors, which is going to require help from 2 of our bestest friends and 2 microwaves... it's gonna be interesting!

I'm so excited for tomorrow! Bring on the hugs, kisses and belly rubs! Oh, and cake :)
Hope you all have a wonderful weekend!

This isn't the best picture but I wanted to show you how I spent my evening yesterday, putting together bags of cotton candy for the shower. It was a bit time consuming and very sticky but they turned out adorable! Yum!

Lego Skull

(Image: Choking Hazards)

Attention: Daddy's, Uncle's, Brother's... heck, anyone!

Check out a fun post over at ohdeedoh with instructions to construct a Lego skull!

Show your BUMP!

I was just informed that MY bump was featured on my very favorite baby blog! How amazing is that?! Check out Spearmint Baby to see the pictures and the rest of Shari's awesome posts... Mama's you are going to absolutely love her blog!

Tuesday's To-Do List

Baby Shower Prep...

On my lunch break:
-Buy; ribbon, toothpicks, drinks, candy

After work:
-Buy a ton of food
-Make room in the fridge for all of the food we buy
-Figure out how I'm going to make the baby shower favors
-Do a couple loads of laundry because I won't have time to the rest of the week
-Find a cute dress for me to wear to the shower... the belly outgrew all of my dresses :/
-Make the Hub get a haircut, he's got a pretty sweet afro at the moment

We have so much to do before Saturday, this week is going to fly by! Before we know it, it will be Baby Shower time! So exciting :) I can't wait to see all of our family and friends!