Blessing the babe...

This past Sunday we blessed Katy B. We were very lucky to have both the Larsons and the Rosas together again for a little family reunion. Katy's blessing went really well, though she lost her little white shoes right before the blessing and lost her best friend paci during the blessing. I'd also like to thank Rebecca for writing down her blessing, something that I failed to think about until the blessing had already begun!!

It was so much fun to have some of our family here for the special occasion. We miss our family so much already!! Anyway, here are a few (or maybe a little more than a few) pics from this past weekend: (sorry about the red eyes, forgot to put camera on red eye reduction)

I love this curious little face!

Crackin' a little smile

Mommy Lisa, Katy, and daddy Andrew

Not quite sure what the babe is doing here...

Mommy and Katy-you can tell Katy is getting hungry in this picture

Daddy with a very hungry girl

Grandpa Stevie, Katy, and grandma Jojo

Grandpa Marty, Katy, and grandma Gina

Aunt Christina and Emily

And here are a few other random photos from the past couple of weeks:

One Month!!

Yesterday was Katy's Monthday!! It's hard to believe that she is already one month old, and she is growing so fast. She's not exactly the skinny little bird she was when we brought her home anymore, it's so sad how big she's grown already. When we got home from the hospital she was 7 lbs. 2 oz. and now she's a whopping 8 lbs. 13 oz.!! Ever since she figured the eating thing out, she's been all about it. She has developed a lovely double chin, and chubby cheeks and thighs. We love our little Katy B!!!

Some of her favorite things to do are:

• EAT every 3-4 hours
• Take a warm bath and have her hair washed with shampoo - she also loves to have her head put under the faucet to rinse off the shampoo!
• Scream bloody murder when she's tired and ready to be put down for her nap
• Read stories and stare at the pictures
• Burp as loud as an adult and spit up on her clothes, our clothes, the couch, bed, etc.
• Dance around the living room with her daddy while listening to Jack Johnson radio
• Suck vigorously on her best friend... paci
• Give big kisses to mommy and daddy
• Stare at the blue birdie on her mobile in her swing (she really goes out of her way to do this, she tilts her head so far back to see it, it looks painful)

And here are some of the most recent pictures we've taken: (The fuzzy ones are from Andrew's iphone, but we still think they're cute : )

The above pics were both Monthday pics

Our little family

She'll grow into the hat...

Nakee picture after bathtime

She la, la, loves her paci

Katy trying to eat the sheet after I stole her best friend paci

All wet!!

Andrew took both of these on his Iphone trying to make her look as gross and huge as possible by emphasizing her double chin and large cheks. He was pretty successful, she looks about like a blimp!!

"I'm going to eat you!!"

We love our Katy B. and are so excited for all of her grandparents and aunt Emily and Christina to come out next weekend for her blessing!!

Labor Story

Katy Briet Larson was born on Wednesday, May 27 at 4:27 p.m. Here is how she made it here... On Tuesday, May 26, Andrew and I arrived at the hospital to start the induction (I was 4 days overdue, and my insurance was changing at the end of May, so I needed to be induced so that my wonderful COBRA health insurance from being a teacher covered the labor and hospital stay.) Around 10:00 p.m. I got a folley catheter to get me a little more dilated so that they would be able to start the pitocin first thing in the morning. That night we slept pretty well (about as well as you can sleep with nurses poking and prodding you all night.)

Wednesday morning at 7 a.m. they started pumping that wonderful pitocin through me. By 9 I was having contractions about 2 to 2 1/2 minutes apart that were lasting from 1 to 1 1/2 minutes... I was not getting much of a break, but at this point, the contractions were no big deal. Well that didn't last long...by about 11 the contractions were pretty stinkin' intense and I was checked at 11:30 and was at a 7. I immediately asked for my epidural, which unfortunately took an hour and fifteen minutes to get to me. By 12:45 I was at an 8 and was sooo glad when the epidural arrived. After the epidural was given, I felt pretty good for about 10 minutes, and then it started to wear off and I was feeling some intense contractions again. So the nurse upped my dose of the epidural.

At about 1:30 the epidural was finally working and the doctor came in. I was at a 9, so he broke my water. Two hours later it was time to push, I pushed for exactly one hour, and Katy was here. She came out with not a peep, I kept asking the doctor, "Is she ok?" and he assured me that she was. Katy was 7 lbs. 13 oz. and 20 inches long. All in all, Andrew and I were very pleased with how well the labor went, and we are so grateful that Katy is happy (well, some of the time, haha) and healthy. Here are a few of our fav pics from the last 2 1/2 weeks:

The Waiting Game

So at this point I'm 40 weeks and 4 days along and no baby girl Larson!! I'm showing absolutely nnnooooo signs of labor and having nnnooo contractions. As you can see, my pregnancy ticker is a little confused as it was at 0 days left, and now it's starting to count up again, but it is one day off. The latest news is that my mommy is here from Chicago (yay) and that this little girl is posterior, head down, but facing the total wrong way unfortunately, which in my opinion is why she hasn't dropped and partly why I'm overdue. I hope and pray they will be able to turn her around or that by some miracle she will turn during labor as posterior babies can potentially cause some problems.

She's just chillin in there, loving up her life. Anyway, I have a doctors appointment first thing tomorrow morning and depending on how dilated I am, they will start a folley catheter on me tomorrow night, I'll stay in the hospital that night, and then first thing Wednesday morning they'll start pumping me full of pitocin to get my uterus to work!! If I'm already pretty dilated tomorrow morning, they'll forgoe the folley catheter Tuesday night and just start inducing Wednesday morning. Anyway, I'm glad to know that there is an end in sight and that end is just two days away! We are sooo excited for this day to finally come and to meet baby girl Larson!!! Here are my last prego pics at 40 weeks, 3 days...

Any Week Now...

3 1/2 weeks left to go until the due date of baby girl Larson!! This means starting on Thursday, I could have her at 37 weeks and she would be totally good to go. Unfortunately, I don't think she's coming any time soon, she seems to be content where she is and I'm just going to count on her coming close to on time. A few weeks ago at my doctor's appt. he said she was pretty small and he thinks if I go full term then she'll be about 7 lbs. which I am good with!!! However, I have grown A LOT in the past few weeks so we'll see about his guesstimation. Luckily if I go over my due date 4 days I will be induced because my COBRA health insurance ends May 31st (perfect timing, right?) so I need to be in and out of the hospital for sure by that date so it is covered by that amazing teacher insurance that I've had. So... the point is I will not be prego for more than 4 more weeks max!!!

We are getting so excited for her to come. She is moving like a crazy lady in there, is getting REALLY strong, and definitely thinks she can kick and poke and knee her way out of me! She still gets hiccups AT LEAST once a day, her max per day so far has been 4 times. I'm pretty sure she is still head down which means at this point (thank goodness) she's probably not about to turn. As far as names go, we seriously won't know until we meet her. We have a few in mind, but can't/won't decide until she's here. Andrew and I are both pretty stinkin' undecisive so the name thing should be pretty interesting... hopefully we'll figure it out not too long after she's here.

It's interesting how when you're prego everyone you see has the same first question for you: how are you feeling? Well, to answer that question I've felt totally normal/perfect/wonderful until about 1 week ago. Lately it is definitely hard to sleep, only because I have a constant back pain that never goes away. I guess I'm just getting prepared for her to come and keep me up all night!! But it's all good, I have seriously had THE EASIEST pregnancy, so I really have no complaints. Also, funny quick fact: Andrew has thrown on some sympathy pounds for me, I've gained 23 so far and he's gained 15!! I thought all that symphathy pound junk was just a myth, but I guess it really happens. Anyway, I'll stop blabbering and post a pic from today at 36 1/2 weeks...

Baby Shower & Andrew's B-day

A few weeks ago, we had my baby shower. It was truly perfect!! Thank you everyone for your thoughtful gifts and support. I'd especially like to thank Kristy, Meg, and Mel for putting so much time and effort into making it a wonderful day... I love you girls!! I'm so lucky to have such wonderful friends. Here are a few (or maybe more than a few!!) pics from the shower:

The beautiful decorations (notice the diaper cake that Kristy made), the presents, and the food!!

We played a crazy game where different candies were smooshed into diapers to look like poop...We had to guess which candy was in each diaper!

I love Erin's face in this one!!

Opening presents...

My mom flew in from Chicago and stayed for a couple of days

Melanie talks to baby Larson all the time...

Hannah's "prego belly"

Last week Andrew turned 28. We celbrated with ice cream cake, presents, and a movie. He doesn't look even close to 28...We both get 18 all the time, when people come to our door they ask "Is your mom or dad home?" Haha!