Our first 2 weeks

Our little Joselyn is already 2 weeks old (13 days to be exact)!! In the past 2 weeks, we've had A LOT of ups and downs...but we're getting the hang of things quickly. My family has been here to help and I don't know what we would have done without them. They kept meals coming, the house clean and laundry done while we were figuring out our new little family. Elise and Joshua got to meet their new cousin and they were both so very good with her. I am so very thankful to my sisters, their husbands and my mother for traveling all this way to help us through.

Joselyn is very sweet, she likes to be awake and looking around. Most of the time she is very content, but watch out if she is hungry, tired, or has a dirty diaper. Those are things she apparently has no patience for:)

My mom and her grandchildren... Elise 15months, Joselyn 1week, Joshua 23months

My mom and her newest granddaughter

Me and my sisters, and our babies:)

Jay and Joselyn. She LOVES her daddy and is rarely upset when he is holding her.

Uncle Ben introducing Joselyn and Joshua

Joselyn on her awesome quilt made for her by Auntie Jamie and Nana

Its not all fun and games here...sometimes we cry.

But mostly we're pretty happy :)

Before Auntie Jamie and Uncle Ben left, Uncle Ben helped Daddy put together Joselyn's crib...Joshua and I watched.

One must be fully prepared before beginning to assemble furniture

TA DA!!!!

She likes it!

Now that my sister Jamie and her fancy pants camera are gone, I will do my best to keep the pictures coming. I promise to find the time to take her picture in between all the feedings and diaper changes:)

Thank you for all of your support and congratulations. Although the emails, texts, and messages have not all been returned or answered, they have been received and are much appreciated:) We love you!!!

Introducing....

Joselyn Aurora Rivera arrived to us on February 15th at 11:45am. She weighed in at 7lbs 1oz and was 21inches long. She's perfect. It has taken me 4 days to get these pictures up, so I'm just going to let you look at the pictures for now and I'll write more later. Here is her first week of life with us... We love you and cant wait for everybody to meet our sweet baby girl.

Let the count down begin

OH my, we are really getting close now. We have officially begun a 10 day count down!!! I'm still feeling fairly well...most of the time. As of Saturday night, I have been having regular contractions, that are VERY slowly getting closer together. All day Sunday, they were 10-13minutes apart, today they are 7-9minutes apart. I am very thankful that they are not painful, more like when we were little and one of my sisters would sit on my chest and crush me a little:) My doctor is not concerned about the regular contractions since I've had no other signs of labor, so until my water breaks or the contractions are very painful... we wait, and count down until the 19Th! The baby is still very active, which is surprising given she cannot have much room in there, but she is persistent and finds a way to wiggle on a regular basis:)

And now...DRUM ROLL PLEASE.... 38 WEEKS PREGNANT!!!!

And yes, the waddling is getting much more pronounced:)

hindsight is 20/20...

Just to warn you, there are pictures of me in a bikini at the end of this post!
BUT FIRST, here are my week 37 belly pics:) This is where our little one likes to hang out, all on the right side of my body. We had a doctor appointment today and were told that her head is very low, her back is that bulge you see running up my ribs, and her butt is up under my sternum. She likes to stretch her back out and play the xylophone on my ribs!

Jay thinks my belly is a very convenient (and funny) shelf for his beer:) I don't think Sprout was as amused as a round of swift kicks followed this picture.

This was my snack... Jay gets ice cold beer, I get trail mix.

My baby belly:)

**** WARNING: BIKINI PICTURES OF A VERY PREGNANT ME TO FOLLOW******


I was looking at pictures of our trip to Jamaica the other day and came across the pictures of me in my bathing suit. I couldn't help but remembering how surprised I was, while we were there, that people constantly offered me drinks, or asked why I wasn't drinking, or why we went to bed early instead of attending casino night. I mean, I was CLEARLY pregnant! I was wearing maternity clothes for goodness sake! But now I realize that hindsight is, in fact, 20/20:)

Me at 4 1/2 months pregnant...

And the reason I now realize that nobody thought I was pregnant in Jamaica... because THIS is what pregnant looks like

Me at 8 1/2 months pregnant:)

36 Weeks!

So I'm 36 weeks pregnant right now! I had every intention of putting this post up at the beginning of the week, but didn't get belly pictures taken until last night. I'm feeling well and according to my doctor, everything is going well. Jay is convinced I will go into labor before my csection date, so made sure that I got our hospital bag packed:) Moe thinks she's going too.And this is what my belly looks like now:) I'm waddling these days, and my belly definitely feels heavy. All of this still feels very surreal, I can't believe we get to meet our daughter and see what she looks like in just 3 weeks!

I guess that's all for now! I'll try to be better in the next couple weeks with updates...if we make it that long:)

34 Weeks!!!

Hallelujah! The wallpaper border is down!!!! It was much harder and much more time consuming than either of us could even have imagined. But none of that matters anymore... BECAUSE ITS GONE!

Safety first:) Jay wouldn't let me in the room without a mask, which meant he had to wear one too.

Daddy working hard!

This is what Jay thinks of the whole process...

TA DA!!!!! So pretty and clean! And most importantly, no creepy circus monkeys dressed as clowns!

And now some belly pictures for you. 34 Weeks along!!! She is still very high, which is convenient for plate placement during dinner (since I can't eat and sit forward at the same time) but not so convenient for breathing. It makes me laugh that I get so short of breath just trying to get into bed:) She is still moving all the time, but is running out of room quickly, so her very hard and fast punches and kicks are more like Tai Chi these days. We can't wait to hold her...not much longer now!