35 weeks!

I'm sure I will be saying this every week but 35 weeks pregnant sounds a little scary! This pregnancy has gone by so fast!! I can't believe in 5 weeks (or less) we will be seeing our little girl! So many things have changed within the past two weeks. First off, we decided on a name....

Gabriella Marie and Ella for short.

Her name has been a toss up for some time. However, Tyler has stood by this name and finally after testing out the name with our last name it clicked and was perfect. We picked Marie because we wanted to represent our mother's, who are very important to us. My mother in law's name is Maria and my mom's middle name is Maria (my grandma's name is Maria as well). However, Tyler and I didn't like the sound of Gabriella Maria. So we changed it to Marie.

Now, that the name was finally picked we have been able to work on her nursery. Hopefully in a few days we should be able to post lots of pictures of her nursery!

We had our hospital tour last week and it was such a great experience. The hospital is GORGEOUS! It was just remodeled and the rooms are beautiful! I was so pleased with where we will be bringing Gabriella into this world. Ty was very good throughout the tour and loved seeing all of the rooms and talk about the baby. It was nice because they were very attentive towards him and made sure he was interested throughout the whole tour. Although, he was a little bummed that she wasn't coming right there. I guess we got his hopes up a little lol

The diaper bag is fully packed! It has been 4 years since I have had a newborn so I completely forgot everything that needs to go inside. Ty is so easy now and all I bring are snacks for him and we are set. So because I couldnt remember what to put in one I had to go on multiple websites to make sure we had everything and look up different tips.

I wanted to make sure we have everything done by the 2nd of April. Sounds a little ridiculous to get everything done so early but Ty was early and we were not prepared at all. We didn't even have the car seat in the car or ready at all for him to come. Luckily, I am not nearly as busy as I was with him so I am very fortunate to get all of this done early. Just in case, Ella decides to make her arrival early! So now that I am 35 weeks, I thought it would be acceptable to install the car seat base. Then, I wanted to make sure the car seat fit in well (it does) and it looks so cute :) While putting the car seat in, the canopy part was completely covering the car seat and Ty said, "Mommy, you need to lift it up. She can't see me. She wants to see me cause she loves me." It was sooo cute! This little boy is so excited for his little sister.

Now, the stuff we need to do. I need to pack my hospital bag, pack Tyler's hospital bag (which is just some toiletries, snacks and cash) and Ty's overnight bag. Most likely, when I go into labor we will be dropping him off at my parents since they live so close so we want to make sure he has all of the essentials! Luckily, we live so close to the hospital so if we forget anything it won't be too difficult to go home and get it. And basically that's it. Hopefully... lol

"Love you like a love song baby...."

Ty is IN LOVE with Selena Gomez. Everytime he sees a picture of her he will scream, "That's my girl." We were grocery shopping and there were Selena Gomez Go-gurts from her show Wizards of Waverly Place. Of course, we had to get them because he was just so excited. But now, we have 7 left with the male characters on them that he refuses to eat. Why aren't they being eaten?? Because Ty says they aren't his girl....

This is also his favorite song

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EgT_us6AsDg&ob=av2e

Ohhh, my little boy and his first crush :)

Just Wait?

This made me cry. I can completely relate to this. As young parents, Tyler and I always hear from people about how hard it is to raise children. We have experienced the toddler tantrums, stitches, hopsital visits but we have also experienced such amazing joy and happiness. Luckily, we are in this together and no matter what joy or challenge our kids bring to our lives, we will face it as a family!

This was beautiful. Hope you enjoy it as much as I did!

http://katiewetherbee.wordpress.com/2012/02/06/joy-or-just-wait/

33 weeks!!!

We now have 7 more weeks until we see our beautiful baby girl. We are about 92.5% sure we have her name picked out. She is one active little girl and it is the most amazing feeling when she moves. I am absolutely LOVING pregnancy! I am very grateful to have such an amazing husband who has been so incredibly helpful with everything. He loves to hear the weekly emails I get which inform us about what is happening with our little girl. He LOVES picking out clothes. I cannot wait to see how he is with her.

Last Saturday we had Ty's sibling class. Once he got over his fear of the baby doll (that's another story... thanks mom lol) he was so gentle. He changed the diaper, dressed her and sang her little songs. He is SO excited to have his little sister. Everytime we go to the store he loves to tell people that mommy has his little sister in her tummy. This is such a fun age to have another one because he is very aware of the fact he is having a sibling. He loves to look into her room and tell me that she is taking such a long time. He likes to lay in the rocking chair and show me how he will rock her when she cries. I am so amazed at what a loving and caring little boy he is.

We have exactly 49 days left! How exciting!!!