As Good As It Gets

Hazel Leah's Birthday

Doug was an amazing labor coach.  Hazel was born about 2 minutes after this photo was taken.

He we are, a family of four.  Hazel was just born.  She is less than 1 minute old in this photo.  I love it, we all have our hands on our new baby girl.

Pa entertained Chloe or maybe it was Chloe entertaining Pa during the labor. 

First Smile caught on camera

Check out the dimple, Chloe has one on that cheek too.

Head-over-heels in Love

Hazel Leah is less than 48 hours old and we feel like she has been with us forever.  We already can't imagine life without her.  She is a very calm little gal so far and has only cried a few times.  Miss Chloe is over the moon about her baby sister "Fragile".  When she woke up this morning she yelled for Poppa and said "where is my baby sister, I need her". Chloe feels like such a big girl now.  It is kind of surreal, it seems like just yesterday that she was born.  Of course, I have completely fallen head-over-heels in love with Hazel.  She gets more and more beautiful every minute.  It is silly, but when I learned that I was pregnant again, I thought how could I ever love another child as much as I love Chloe?  Sure enough I love Hazel just the same.  I kiss her little head a million times a day and can't get enough of her baby smell.  I just want to inhale her little cheeks.  Doug and I are in heaven with our two little girls. 

Hazel Leah A.K.A Baby Fragile (that is what Chloe calls her)

Photo taken by Brook Rieman

Our Baby Girls

This morning at 1:14 a.m. our little Hazel Leah was born at home.  

She is a tiny gal just like her sis, weighing only 6 pounds and 6 ounces.  

Everything went well after 36 hours of labor!!!!! 

We will post more later, a little busy at the moment. 

Overwhelmed with excitement

Obviously I was so overwhelmed with excitement when I found this GORGEOUS dress at the Goodwill yesterday. I have been searching my whole life for a flowered dress that has a huge bow on the hip and a red scarf sewn to the shoulder. I also think it is very complimentary to my pregnant body. What luck!!!!!


Kidding, isn't this get-up hideous?

Uuuuum, yeah, this pretty much says it all

Doug-Boy-Rooster

This morning Chloe put her hand on my big ole' belly and said "Mommy when is the baby chicken going to come out? Let's name it Doug-Boy-Rooster".  I am thinking she may be a little surprised when she sees that she has a human baby brother or sister and not a Doug-Boy-Rooster sibling :)

I think she looks just like Doug-Boy in this photo, minus the dress and headband,,,,,, of course. 

One more post for the day

I couldn't resist posting this photo of Miss Chloe doing the mambo (her new favorite dance move).

Project Completed !!!!!

See what extreme insomnia can accomplish! My Mom and I started this project about a month ago. I have been dreaming up ideas for a new bedspread for awhile.  This is not what I had in mind, but you know how projects grow.  We decided to finally tackle yet ANOTHER one of my ventures and headed to Rader's Fabric Store in Danville (one of my favorite places to go) and began picking out samples to work with.  We actually made Austrian shades for our bedroom a few years ago from the same fabric, so I wanted to incorporate them into the new bedspread.  I picked out the blue and originally was only going to have one stripe down the side.  My mom suggested that I put a few flowers on the one corner and the rest is history.  We hand made all the flowers (they are called yo-yo's) and spent many a sleepless night hand stitching them on.  And for the bedskirt, lets just say that I am really good at using a seam ripper now.  My good ole Ma ended up finishing that up for me after my frustration got the best of me. I am especially proud of the throw pillows.  Doug can't quite see the point in them, but what else is to be expected. 

 

So, here she is, FINITO! 

Oh, these yo-yo's have started a whole throw pillow craze.  My mom has made several sets of pillows for friends and family. I will post some pics of them soon.

Still Patiently Waiting......................:)

My friend/#1 photog Brook sent me this photo she edited earlier today.  I love it, so I thought I should post it. 

Patiently Waiting

Photo taken by Brook Rieman

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