Midwife appt yesterday

Yesterday I had my first official appointment with my midwives. Paul, the girls and I had gone about a month ago to meet them and discuss our wishes for a homebirth. So today was my first appointment. The last time we went, one of my midwives had a special cookie with pink frosting that she gave to the girls... and this time she didn't realize I wasn't bringing the girls so she brought them another cookie. I thought it was so thoughtful and nice of her. We decided to split it instead, haha.

I did the normal pee thing, weight and blood pressure thing, they checked my fundal height, measuring 11 weeks. We did hear the heartbeat, for a brief second... the baby was hiding behind the placenta, so we mainly listened to the placenta beating away. Everything looked and sounded good.

The whole appointment took about an hour or so, spent time gabbing and stuff, I really like my midwives, they are so kind and friendly and really made me feel comfortable. I felt like I was talking to old friends.

And yes... we are having a homebirth. I'm excited and looking forward to it!

My big girl!

Lily started PRESCHOOL yesterday!! She did AWESOME! I am so proud of my big girl. She woke up right at 6am yelling, "I'm going to school NOW"... I asked if I could take a shower first and she told me I couldn't that we had to leave immediately. Somehow I did manage to get showered, dressed, get both the girls dressed and out the door and on time for school. YAY me. I've decided my mom didn't enroll me into preschool because she simply didn't want to get two young children out the door in the morning. My mom says I'm probably right. haha. Lily beelined it right into her classroom because they had a Mr. Potato head, and play-dough... and apparently you can win your way into my 3 year old's heart by providing those two items. I didn't even get a hug or a kiss goodbye. At least Julia still loves me. When I picked Lily up, her teachers said she did great. She was happy to see me, and I took the girls out to lunch to celebrate a great first day.

Here are some photos:



I'm having some trouble getting the photos to upload, so I'll try back later to add more.