An inventory of life

I have been back at work for two and a half weeks now! How time flies when you are busy!
Trevor is in Georgia for Pathfinder school, and Rebekah is spending some time with her paternal grandparents while I am working. Danika is spending lots of quality time with Aunt Pauline, Lissa and TiTi. I dislike that I am not spending lots of time with my girls, but we don't really have much of a choice until Trevor comes home.
There is lots to be done around the house... primarily inventorying all of the girls clothing, and organizing it into bins for storage. Who knew that such small people required so much stuff!
Work is getting a little hectic this week due to upcoming inventory on Friday... yay for being at the store at 6am! I am getting back into the swing of things there, and definitely getting back in shape!
Bekah is starting to walk more on her own now, but nothing too new on that. Still just a few steps here and there... hopefully by the time she gets home she will be walking well by herself! Danika is sleeping through most of the night now, but not enough that I am okay with putting her and Rebekah in the same room yet!
After a long day of Danika being cranky (I think she is going through a growth spurt!) and trying to get some housework done, I am exhausted!  Danika and I are watching Enchanted on the Disney Channel, and then heading to bed.
Have a great week everyone!

Back to work!

The past few weeks have been pretty uneventful. We spent a few days at the beach over a long Memorial Day weekend with our girls, and Trevor's brother and his girlfriend. We visited with some family members, so that they could meet Danika, and see Rebekah for the first time in a while. We had a nice, relaxing time but it is good to be back.

Next on the agenda for us is Trevor heading to Georgia for a few weeks to attend an Army school, and I will be heading back to work. It is hard to believe that 6 weeks have almost passed since I had Danika!

Time to get back to mommyhood!

Awful, Beautiful Life

Wow, it has certainly been a while since I have updated! Now that I have a quiet moment to myself, I am slowly getting caught up on all of the things that need to be done. Firstly, our newest addition, Danika Zoey, is almost a month old already! She was born on April 25, 2011 at 8.26am, weighing 6lbs 5oz, and measuring 19 inches long. We stayed in the hospital for 4 days, due to me having a blood transfusion... that wasn't so much fun!

Now that we are all settled in at home, Danika is a very laid-back baby. She doesn't really fuss unless she needs fed or changed, and doesn't get too mad when Bekah attempts to squish her! Bekah is adapting very well to having her sister home... she likes to give her hugs and kisses. She also attempts to share her toys with her, and occasionally her food!

The house has fallen into complete disarray, with Trevor working a lot to make up for me not working. It seems as though there is twice as much laundry to do with only one extra person in the house! My day starts early, getting the baby fed, pumping so she has bottles for the day, getting her dressed, then getting Bekah up, dressed, and fed. Followed by laundry, feedings, pumpings, lots of diapers, naps, and making meals. Sometimes I have Pauline or Dani here to help, but I'm doing a lot of alone time right now too. I am still not supposed to lift Bekah or drive, but hey, we can't always help it! We stay home most of the time, since getting both of the girls packed up to go out is quite a hassle.

Bekah is still not walking by herself... she is quite a chatterbox though. She is so busy telling everyone about her day that she doesn't have time to figure out how to walk! She can scale the furniture very quickly, and will take a few steps by herself to get to something or someone nearby that she wants.

As I sit in my living room, with my sleeping newborn daughter next to me, and my sleeping almost 14 month old upstairs, I wonder where the past 2 years have gone. We have gotten married and had 2 beautiful little girls. We have changed jobs, and moved houses. We have gotten a dog, and given him to our parents. So many things have changed. But at the end of the day, despite all of the craziness, I wouldn't trade this life for anything. We have a beautiful family, a roof over our heads, food on the table, clothes on our backs, and all the love we need. We both have jobs, which not everyone can say. Yes, our schedules clash a lot, and we don't get to see each other as much as we may like, or spend as much time together as a family as we want to, but we still have each other. We haven't had to put the girls in daycare yet, and we have some great friends who are willing to help out at a moments notice. I have a great sister, who will drop what she is doing to come and help me with the girls if I need her. We have a great life and I wouldn't change a thing (except maybe have a bigger house and a maid!!!!)

Stuck like glue!

We are now no longer moving out of Lancaster! We figured a bunch of stuff out, and it is now possible for us to stay!! I will still be working full-time, and Trevor part-time and watching Bekah. I am relieved that I don't have to switch doctors so late in my pregnancy, so I will be delivering at Heart of Lancaster, in Lititz, as originally planned. We are re-arranging the house and doing a LOT of spring cleaning since we will probably be staying in this house until Trevor returns from his deployment in 2 years.

I am also super excited to start going through baby things, now that we aren't moving! It is only a matter of weeks now before Danika arrives... on Monday I will be 31 weeks, so we are in single digits!! Rebekah now has her top front 2 teeth, and there are more incoming!

We now have lots of cleaning up the house to do, so any help would be appreciated!

Moving, moving, moving...

Rebekah now has a mate to the tooth on the bottom, it feels like a few are dropping down on top. She is figuring out how to use them to tear apart food, and demolished a chicken finger at dinner tonight. She is pointing at everything, and is going through a phase where she wants to climb up onto anything. She is working on standing by herself, and is making some attempts at walking without our help. She can crawl with the speed of the race car and finds her way into trouble in about 3 seconds when left unattended.

We had a bit of a scare with Danika yesterday... I was having contractions. The doctor figured out what was causing them, and everything is taken care of for now! We are hoping she can wait at least 5 or 6 more weeks before making her grand appearance! I am being transferred to St. Luke's Obstetrics and Gynocology in Bethlehem, and will be delivering at St. Luke's hospital, also in Bethlehem.

Trevor is home packing all of our things up for the big move this weekend. We are anxious about this new step, and are interested to see what the future will bring. We have been stressing out about this for a while, and now that it is finally here, we can't wait to get it over with. I can't do too much work in my current condition, so I am mainly going to be supervising and keeping Bekah out of trouble.

If anyone would like our new address, just ask and I will send it to you!

Oh, and 'tis the season for Shamrock Shakes and Girl Scout Cookies... this is one happy pregnant woman!!!

Houston, We Have a Tooth!

Rebekah's first tooth broke through on February 10, 2011! It is one of the front bottom ones, and it looks like we will have a few more coming in the next few weeks.

On a completely unrelated note, we have done most of the work on getting our health insurance switched over, I found a new OBGYN office, and will hopefully be delivering at St. Luke's in Bethlehem.

The windshield on the truck has been replaced, and we have started packing. It is very exciting and frustrating at the same time!

This is Rebekah at only a few hours old... I love this picture! What kind of pictures would everyone like to see posted???

Love Is In The Air!

As we get into the month of February, there are a lot of changes on the horizon for our family. We are moving to Pen Argyl so Trevor can work for his parents and I can take some time away from work. Things are going to get very busy for us in the coming months with the arrival of Danika, and I could definitely use some time off before the craziness begins! We will be moving around the end of the month... if anyone would like the new address, just ask me! We have lots of organizing and packing to do over the next few weeks, lots of decisions to be made (what are we keeping, putting in storage, throwing out...), and lots of cleaning to do!

I can't believe we are in February of 2011 already... Rebekah is 10 months old! She is making an effort to stand by herself and can walk well with assistance. She still doesn't have any teeth, but we are hopeful that some will sprout soon! She has mastered drinking out of a straw and loves to sit at the table and eat and drink like a big girl.  She loves to climb up on people and make friends with just about anyone.

I am 28 weeks along in this pregnancy, and the baby has a strong heart rate. She is in the head-down position already and keeps trying to escape out through my left side! She had a pretty intense case of the hiccups today, which was quite comical. My blood pressure has lowered and I haven't started to swell yet, so we are hopeful that the pre-eclampsia will not return in full force this time. We have also decided to go ahead and try a VBAC since Bekah was delivered by c-section only due to fetal distress.

Between doctor's appointments, work, and Army classes for Trevor, we have a lot going on right now! Hopefully once we move, things will calm down a lot and we can spend some more time together as a family getting ready for the arrival of our new addition, which will probably happen some time in April.

Here is an old picture of Bekah from when she was little... she doesn't look anything like this anymore!!