Isabelle Piper Powell

SHE'S HERE!!!

Isabelle Piper Powell was born January 12th 2010 at 2:56 p.m.

She weighed 7 pounds 15 ounces

and was 20 inches long.

Isabelle arrived on Tuesday January 12th. She was 6 days early according to her due date, but I'm glad she didn't wait any longer. She was only a ounce off of being 8 pounds so she was pretty good sized. She's absolutely beautiful! She has her daddy's nose and her grandpa Quinn's forehead. Her hands and feet are pretty good size too, she's definitely Jason's daughter. We were all surprised when she came out a with hair. Okay, so she doesn't have a lot of hair but I was pretty sure she was going to be bald. Her hair also has some wave to it which I love. I just hope it doesn't all fall out, I know wishful thinking right?? Oh well a girl can dream.

We're all home from the hospital now and Isabelle's done pretty well. Her second night home was a rough one, she got up every hour :( . Last night she did really well though and I'm guessing it has a lot to do with my milk finally coming in.

It's crazy how fast you fall in love! Jason and I are loving every minute of being parents. We find ourselves starring at her in amazement a lot of the time. She's so beautiful and perfect it truly is amazing.

okay, Here's some pictures of our little girl.

Here she is right after birth, she's getting checked out by the doctors

Here's she is with her eyes open

Here she is with Daddy.

And here she is in her going home outfit!

Video of Jason making her smile

The Nursery

THE NURSERY IS FINALLY DONE!!!

And with only 9 days till Isabelle's due date. The room is Beautiful, its exactly what I wanted. When I first decided what I wanted the nursery to look like I had no idea it could look this good. Thank you to everyone that helped me with the nursery and a HUGE THANK YOU to my DAD!!! He spent so much time over here putting up bead board, molding, furniture. Without his help I don't think it would have gotten done. Thank you daddy for all your help and keeping me company while Jason was out of town picking up the twin airplane. Now all we're waiting on is Isabelle's arrival. I now feel ready for her to come! :)

OK so without further ado here's some pictures.

The Closet door

The Crib

Picture of the valance my mother-in-law made to match the crib bedding

There's a close up of the picture frames hanging on the wall above the crib, One day they have our first family pictures.

Here's the Crib with the beautiful bedding my mother-in-law made, isn't it pretty?

Here's the Hutch in front of the one pink wall in the room.

Update!

Well Christmas has come and gone. Jason and I enjoyed our Christmas holiday. We're both just like little kids, neither one of us could sleep very well Christmas eve and so we ended up getting out of bed at 6 am to open presents. Jason bought me a beautiful necklace and I bought him a nice video game. We spent most of our day on Christmas running to different houses and enjoying the time we had with family. I wish I had thought to bring our camera. I have no pictures of Christmas 2009 :(

Can you believe we've started a NEW YEAR! I can't believe we're in 2010 already. When I found out I was pregnant and that we were going to have a 2010 baby I thought that sounded pretty far way but now we're in 2010. Time has flown by and I cant believe I'm going to be a mom. We did enjoy our New Years Eve with my parents and Jeff and Sue. We spent the night playing the game "Smart Ass" and we all found out how smart Jason is since he beat us all every game. We also decided that we need to have Jeff and Sue over more often, they're hilarious!

Jason and I were also able to get a lot of stuff done over our holiday break. Luck for us our company actually closes down from Christmas Eve til after New years Day. I spent most of that time picking up odds and ends of stuff we still needed for Isabelle and we spent a few days finishing the nursery. I'll do a whole other post devoted to the nursery because I want to post pictures and I need to properly thank my Dad for all his hard work. Any way its hard to come back to work after having a week and a half off but at least I know I get to take 8 weeks off after Isabelle decided to make her arrival (when ever that will be).

Well I thought I would update everyone on our holiday fun and how things are going at our house. I hope everyone else had an awesome holiday as well.

How Rude!

So in my last post I talked a little about my pregnancy pet peeves. If you read the post you know that my pet peeve is people making stupid comments about how my face is filling out or how I waddle now. When I told my mom the comments people where making she laughed and then told me I should write them down. So here's one I got from a male co-worker yesterday that I thought I would share.

Co-worker: How much longer do you have?
Me: about 5 weeks
Co-worker: Oh, my wife never got fat like you.
Me: you mean big?
Co-worker: Call it whatever you want.

In his defense his wife never went full term with either one of their kids but still, you don't tell someone they're fat!! I wanted to throat punch him. Instead I just glared at him and walked away.

35/35

Today is my 35/35! Which means that I'm at week 35 and have 35 more days until Isabelle's Due Date. I thought I would talk about all kinds of different pregnancy things.

What's the best thing about being pregnant? Hands down the best thing about being pregnant is feeling her move all around. Some days she goes crazy in there and its so fun to watch my stomach move.

what's the worst? All the pains. I had pretty bad sciatic pain since about week 12 that I've been seeing a chiropractor for. That pain is much better now but its been replaced by swelling hands and feet and some joint pain.

what's some of the crazy things you've heard about being pregnant? I find all the old wives tells to be pretty amusing. I don't think I've found one of them to be true thus far.

what's you're biggest pet peeve while pregnant? People say the weirdest things to pregnant women thinking its a compliment. Just the other day a lady who used to work with me came in and when she saw i was pregnant she said "Oh I thought you might be pregnant, your face has filled out." Not a compliment! Also, pregnant or not, no woman wants to hear "oh your waddling." I wanted to hit a guy at work who told me to "waddle faster" so I could get to the phone that was ringing. grrr.......

what didn't you expect about being pregnant? I kind of feel like there are all these "things" you don't find out until you're pregnant. Like how breastfeeding doesn't come natural for most babies and all sorts of "neat" information about giving birth. These are the kinds of things that people should know before they get pregnant but no one tells them until its to late. It all makes prefect sense, if I knew some of the information I know now I might have second guessed ever getting pregnant but dont worry I've heard a thousand times how its all "worth it in the end" and guess what I believe you!

What has surprised you about being pregnant? I have to say when people first found out I was pregnant they kept telling me "just wait until a stranger touches your belly." I don't think I've had one stranger touch me. Either people are getting better manners or I must walk around looking like I'm going to hit someone all the time because no stranger has ever attempted to touch me.

I think I'm also surprised/amazed at how my body works. Its the coolest thing to know that my body is set up to house this little baby. I'm amazing at how many things take place in a woman's body just to have the baby in there.

Well I honestly cant believe how fast time is going by. Everyone keeps asking if I'm done being pregnant and to be honest I'm really not ready yet. I'm going to miss feeling her move inside me and knowing that she's safe and with me 24/7. On the other hand, I cant wait to hold her and see what she looks like. I can't wait to share her with everyone either. I think after the holidays we'll be ready for her to come, I just need a few more weeks to finish up some odds and ends. 35 more days.. wow that seems close.

Baby Shower & 32 week Quiz

(Sorry I don't know how to turn the picture)

Last Wednesday, November 18th, My Mom, Sisters, Mother in Law, and Sister in Law threw me a baby shower! I was surprised at how many people came. It was so much fun seeing everyone, and opening all the gifts. Truly it was amazing to see how much our baby is loved before she even gets here. I'm so grateful for everyone who showed up to support us. I do have to say that I think the baby will be dressed quite well, at least until she's out grown all her 3 month clothing. :) Thank you everyone who helped with the baby shower. I know it was time consuming and probably a hassle but Jason and I appreciated all the effort put into it! I thought it turned out great and I cant wait for our daughter to get here so I can use all the stuff she got! :)

QUIZ
How far along: 32 Weeks
Total weight gain: ABOUT 25 lbs.
How much does baby weigh: I have no idea, somewhere around 3 lbs.
Maternity clothes: oh yes
Stretch marks: on my thighs :(
Sleep: I still wake up in the middle of the night to pee.
Best moment this week: Feeling her hands or feet Punch out on my stomach
Movement: She's a crazy mover
Food cravings: None really
Belly button in or out: Half & Half. the top half sticks out while the bottom half is still kind of in.
What I miss: My regular clothes.
What I'm looking forward to: putting up bead board and picture frames in the nursery.

I Hate Rules!!

We found a couple of weeks ago that the hospitals have changed there policy about visitors. They now will only allow 2 visitors at a time in your hospital room and Jason counts as a visitor. This rule sucks!!
I know that the rule is in affect to stop the spread of H1N1 to hospital patients but still...it sucks. I think i would be fine with the rule if Jason didn't count as a visitor. Since he does count that means only one other person can come into the room at a time. I really hope the hospital rethinks this policy before I have our little girl. I was looking forward to everyone coming and seeing her once she gets here. I guess if they don't change the rule, we'll just have to throw a "Coming Home" party for her so she can meet everyone.
Stupid H1N1!!!