Where Oh Where Has My Baby Gone!?

I can't believe how fast Harper is growing up! It feels like she's gone from 0 to 60 in the last month or so. She is crawling up a storm, sitting herself up, pulling up on everything, and she's working on 4 teeth! One is mostly in, but all 4 of her front have broken through. She loves to walk if someone is holding her hands. Harper will also sometimes wave hello or goodbye to us. I feel like if I blink I'm going to miss something new! 

She's still a Momma's girl ;) and a big snuggle bug :) She can say Mom, but she only says it when she's grumpy or can't see me. 

I'm so proud of my little girl and how big she is getting :)

Grateful

I'm so very grateful we are all okay.

We went to where our car is being kept to grab the remote for our garage door this afternoon. This was the first time I had seen it since. It was so dark when the accident happened, and I was entirely more concerned about Harper to try to get a good look at it. But being able to see it during the day was crazy.

I'm grateful for a properly installed car seat,  for air bags, for the amount of protection the car provided us, and that no one was seriously hurt.

On a bit of a lighter note,  shopping for cars kinda sucks. But I am so glad to be getting rid of that thing. It's been nothing but an accident magnet for us since we bought it.

6 Months Old and Some Other Things

Harper is 6 months old today!
Time sure does fly. She's such a great little girl. Our bathroom scale said this morning she was 17lbs! I'm hoping for a little more accurate result at her check up on Friday :) She is almost sitting up by herself,  and she's been sticking her buns up in the air! She may be crawling soon!  Still no teeth though.

She loves watching the dog, Baby Einstein, playing in her walker, rolling over, looking at pictures of herself, our Wednesdays with Grandma, playing peekaboo, and playing video games with Daddy.

She doesn't like getting ready for bed,  being in her car seat, and eating real food.

It's been a little crazy around our house lately.

James had to have a root canal last Monday, and the pain medication made him very loopy. So I had two babies to take care of over that weekend.

Then, we had family pictures done on Thursday last week and on our way home,  we got in a car accident. Thank goodness we were all completely fine, but our car is totaled and we've been starting the process of buying a new car. We are so blessed to have such great family that's supporting us through this process.

Anyway, here are some of the pictures we've taken and a sample of our family photos :)

#MomLife

Things have been a little crazy around our house these days.

We've moved out of our apartment and into our first home in Queen Creek/San Tan Valley. We've still got one or two boxes to take care of, but for the most part, we're settled pretty well :)

Harper is getting so big now :) She will be 5 months on Saturday and time sure flies when you're having fun!  She loves to stand up, is quite the giggle machine, and will put anything in her mouth within arms reach :) I'm pretty sure I see two little teeth about to pop through her little gums any day now. She is almost sleeping through the night, and only gets up once around 4 or 5am. She is also quite the Momma's girl. She's always got to have tabs on where I am.

We also have a furry addition to our family :) His name is Luke, and he is a 3 month old Siberian Husky. He is such a crazy little dog. He loves stuffed toys with squeakers, playing at the dog park, and getting into trouble.

Harper Malulani Kukuihui'ipo Kahalewai

We went to our regular Monday appointment at the OB's office for our growth ultrasound, where we found out she was breech and that if she wasn't turned, either manually or on her own, we would be having a scheduled c-secton a week before her due date. 

But someone had another plan of her own...

Around 1:30 am on Tuesday morning, I woke up to my water breaking in my sleep. To be honest, I had the hardest time figuring out what was going on at the moment. I woke up, and all I knew was I was peeing, and I could not stop. I was racking my brain to try to figure out what was happening and why, and after a little longer than I'd care to admit, I realized it had broken, and that I should probably call James to let him know we needed to head to the hospital. 

After frantically shuffling around our apartment trying to pack our bags for the hospital, we finally got to labor and delivery to find out that she was in fact still breech and the on call anesthesiologist was a stickler about having not eaten for at least eight hours before I'd be allowed to have my c-section. 

So after waiting in triage inside of Labor and Delivery for a few hours, they finally took James and I back for surgery. I was so quickly disoriented and itchy from the medication they had given me, that before I knew it, Harper was born. 

Harper Malulani Kukuihui'ipo Kahalewai was born at 9:59 am on October 22nd. She was 5lbs and 14oz and 19in long. 

Words cannot express how happy this little blessing has made me. Although she was a little earlier than expected, I wouldn't want anything else. Becoming a mother has been the greatest thing that's ever happened to me. And I wouldn't change it for the world.

Baby H Update!!

So we had another ultrasound this morning, and not to our surprise, she didn't cooperate with the ultrasound lady. She was facing my back the entire time, so we couldn't even see her little face. She was not having it at all, I mean, it was at 7am, but I think she could have at least given us something ;)

We did find out that she is breech, and almost 37 weeks she more than likely isn't going to flip around. Which I'm a little bummed, and quite stressed about. From what we were told, there is a way to manually try to flip her around, but it'd be really painful for me, and could cause my water to break, which would get her here even earlier than planned. And to top it all off, there was only a 30% chance it would work, she could still flip back around afterwards, and we'd be doing it next Tuesday. Not a happy Momma. 

So I should be getting a call later this week to schedule a C-Section for a week before my due date. Which they would have scheduled even if they did try to flip her. So it's hard for me to want to try to flip her, just because my doctor hasn't given me much confidence that its going to work.

Its kinda funny, I was completely fine with the idea when I thought I had a choice, but now that I don't really feel like I have one, I really don't want to do it. But I will deal with it if I don't have to be pregnant any more haha :)

So in 3 weeks (more like 2) we will be meeting our little girl!!! Not necessarily how I thought we would, but still meeting her regardless :) 

6 Weeks Left!!

I can't believe there are only six weeks until our little girl is here!! Maybe even less ;) 

We are getting so excited for her to be here already. We can't wait to just snuggle Baby H all the time :) It has been soo tempting to just run out and get everything that she is going to need, it's been hard for me to wait until the shower next Saturday. But we will have everything we need soon enough. 

We were lucky enough to be given a crib by a family friend of my parents who were in my ward growing up. Such a big load off of our plate. We just need to wait to have the space to set it up :) hopefully we will be moving into a house when our lease is up in February. If not hopefully just a bigger apartment :) 

We have another ultrasound at 36 weeks to see how big she's gotten, and for my doctor to decide if I need to be induced early or have a c-section. 

A few weeks ago when I took my glucose tests, I didn't pass them just by a few points. Which has been a bummer, but not totally miserable, just a lot more meal planning then I'm used to. Luckily they haven't had to put me on any medicine for it yet, just changing how I eat has managed it pretty well so far. Luckily only a few more weeks of this too haha :)