2 Months!!

Wow! So I have been a MAJOR slacker on the blogging lately! There just doesnt seem there is enough time in the day to do everything, especially since I have been back to work. So, for some updates..Isla turned 2 months on March 28th and is getting to be such a big girl! Her 2 month appointment was on April 1 and she weighed 10.3lbs and is 23 inches long. That is the 79th % for height; thank goodness she didnt get my genes for that. I have to wear 4inch heels just to feel normal :)

Isla now smiles all the time and makes all sorts of noises. She defintely knows us now and reacts to our voices and smiles and "talks" back to us. Shr still hates tummy time, so we havent practiced rolling over very much lately, but it will come on its own I am sure.



Last Sunday we celebrated Easter at Oma and Opa's house and had a nice dinner. Isla loved her bunny ears! I also got to finally put her in the outfit I bought at BabyGap way back in January! It looked so cute, but was still just a little big, but that's ok...she can wear it all Spring! All in all, we are doing very well!!

Family Time Today on a Beautiful Day!

Bathtime!!

This morning we gave Isla a bath and she has done a complete 180 with regards to bathtime. She loves them now!! If anyone remembers...she wasnt too fond of baths a little while ago...red faced and screams of bloody murder! Now though, she likes to kick her feet around in the water and I think she actually smiled today :)
Isla also spent the night at Oma and Opa's and mom and dad enjoyed a little sleepytime last night. It was great! We had a really nice time at a friend's 30th birthday party and Isla got to have a sleepover. Oma said she was "perfect" and slept 6 straight hours!! Maybe she should spend the night more often..hahaha!!

Time is Flying!

I cannot believe that Isla turned one month old on Sunday! Time is sure flying by! Isla also had her one month check up yesterday and she did GREAT! I was so curious to see how weight she gained and was so happy. She left the hospital at 6 lbs, 4 oz and yesterday she weighed 8 lbs, 7 oz! What a little chunkey monkey! Everything else went really well...I am just dreading her 2 month check up when she has to get shots :( I will not enjoy that day :(

We also went on a long walk today b/c the sun fianlly decided to come out and play. We went all along First Beach and saw all the seagulls and the pretty water and up Memorial Blvd, then vistited Daddy at work. It was a great time and I got some exercise! I have to get these preggo pounds off asap! Anything I can do before I am cleared to really exercise is a plus! Here is a picture of Isla when we stopped at Cliff Walk so she could see the water. I cannot wait until the weather is better, so we can go on more walks and have fun at the beach!

An alien kidnapped my child!

I dont know if an alien came and switched babies with me or she is playing mind games on me, but last night Isla slept through the whole night!!! She fell asleep at 11pm and woke up at 7am!! This is unbelievable! I dont want to jinx it, but I hope this isnt a one time thing for us :)

HALLELUJAH!!!

I had a horrible sleep Wednesday nite. Isla was very fussy and woke up pretty much every hour and at 3am we went and tried to get some sleep in the living room. She was super cranky all day and only stopped crying when she was eating. We are thinking this may be her 4 week growth spurt. Pat came over last nite to say hi and give us a little relief and must have put a magical spell on her because last nite, she went to bed at 10pm, woke up once at 2am to eat, then we all slept until 6:30am!!! What a great nite of sleep..I feel so refreshed!! Let's keep this going honeybee!!

Daddy showing Isla how to rollover

Here we go!


Step 1


Step 2


Yay!!!


Oh man...that was hard!

Thug and his girl...

Isla's 2nd week

Isla is now 2 1/2 weeks old and she celebrated her first Valentine's Day yesterday.(thanks again to Sarah for her adorable Valentine's onesie!) We had a great day and went walking downtown yesterday, but it was just a little too cold. She cannot wait until summer comes!! (me too!!) We are also still waiting until all this snow is gone, so we can take walks around the neighborhood everyday. Then we had a nice Valentine's day dinner over Oma and Opa's house.
Isla is doing very well this week; I havent weighed her this week, but I can tell she is getting bigger by the day and am pretty sure she is very close to her birth weight by now. I have found that she loves to take "tours" around the house when she is cranky or fussy. She basically just likes to move around alot and she is defintely much happier when she is held by mommy or daddy. She still is a little fussy when bedtime comes, but the past three nights, she has slept for four straight hours in one stretch! Woo hoo!

Isla's First Week

Isla was one week old yesterday and we have had a great week so far. It seems like we have had her forever, but also cant believe she is already more than a week old. We have been so lucky to have my mom and dad here all week helping us with her and the cooking, cleaning and just being here for us. Thank you! Let's see...what have we been up to this week. Isla has been opening her eyes more and more each day, which we love because she just looks so different with her eyes open and closed. She has LOTS of different faces that she makes from happy to sad to mad (she HATES to have her clothes changed) and the other day when she smiled we saw she had adorable dimples!! How cute!




Grandma and I also gave her her first bath at home today too. Everything went great, but again, she hates to be naked, but loves to be cuddled afterwards. Today, we also ventured outside and took Isla on her very first shopping trip to Old Navy. WOW...it sure takes a Long time to get her in her carseat, get the stroller in trunk, pack bags and get everything all together just for a short trip to the store!! It was worth it and I am sure she will love shopping in the future.



Isla has also been doing very well sleeping and eating. She eats about every 2 hours and sleeps alot during the days. At night, she does pretty well sleeping for about 2 hours, then she gets up to eat, then back to sleep. We are usually up by 7am for good, then we watch the Today Show together and take many naps during the day. Daddy is a SUPER Diaper changer (which I love) and has become a pro at it.

All in all, we are doing GREAT!

Isla is Here!!!!

She's Here! She's Here! Isla Elizabeth Driscoll was born on Thursday January 28, 2010 at 12:25pm. She weighed 7.2 lbs and was 19.5 inches long. She is BEAUTIFUL and was the talk of the birthing center :) She has the cutest little mouth and such long, beautiful fingers...everyone says she will grow up to be a piano player!! We cant tell if she looks like either Tim or I yet, but she sure is a CUTIE! We are sure that in a couple weeks her features will start to show and become even more precious :) We are all doing just great at home and she is the sweetest baby on the planet!

It's Go Time!

Well, today is the day...it's go time! We are headed to the hospital at 6:30am for the induction and I hope everything goes smoothly! Hopefully will have updates and pictures within the next couple of days. Wish us luck!

P.S...I got news that my backordered curtains for the nursery are in! YAY!!!!!!

Due Date Today

So, today is my official due date and....no baby! She is hiding, or maybe just primping so she can be extra pretty to come out later this week. Today was also my last day at work, thank goodness! I am ready to just relax and do nothing these final days on the couch until Thursday. I am still hoping that she waits until Thursday so I can 100% sure that my doctor Randy (yah...we're on a first name basis now) will be there. I know everyone wants to call and check up on me and keeps asking..."any baby yet?" but please be assured that I will let everyone know when she comes!

On another note, our good friends Tim and Alison just left for Hawaii for 2 weeks (soooo jealous) on Saturday, but before they left, they brought over tons of yummy food from Trader Joes and stocked our freezer so we would have lots of dinners ready and wont have to cook next week after Isla is here! I thought it was very nice of them and a really thoughtful gesture. Thank you guys again! Our freezer has never been so full (I already have eaten the Mac n Cheese!)

Nursery Progress

The nursery is almost done; we are just waiting on the curtains and I need to hang up lots of pictures and artwork. We wanted to go with green walls and accents of purple and I had to include some black & white too, as it is my favorite decorating theme! We didnt want too much pink, as we knew we would get tons of pink toys, clothes and accessories. Tim did all the painting and built the bookshelf himself too! I think it turned out great! He also re-finished the dresser, put up all new crown molding and added new drawer pulls to it and the crib and closet doors to match. I really cannot wait until we get the curtains up, but I had some disappointing news. I have been waiting for the curtains that match the bedding since December 6th (they are purple paisley/damask), but I just found out that they have pushed the backorder date even further back, now I wont see them til late February or early March, so I am thinking of going to Pier 1 this weekend and trying to find some new curtains. I am thinking white eyelet, but not sure if I have too much white already...dilemmas, dilemmas. I think I just need to get some pictures and art on the walls and everything will look complete!

Here is the chandelier we got from Ikea to add some glamour!


This is the bookshelf that Tim built! So handy.


Upclose shot of one of my favorite pictures of all time. I am also thinking of adding a B & W image of marilyn monroe or audrey hepburn. (I have basiclaly thrown a theme out the window for the room and just filling it with everything I like)


Here is the glider Mrs. Driscoll got for us! And there is Ellie, my stuffed elephant that I have had since I was 4


This is the crib/changing table combo we got. I love it and all the storage it has, especially b/c the closet in the nursery only has enough space for our clothes (Gotta love these old Newport homes with NO closetspace!)


A CUTE sign we got at the shower..I love it!


Here is the dresser that Tim re-finished..what a great job!


Finally, here is the mirror we just added a ribbon bow to...just need to get it up on the wall. I found one just like this is Target and they wanted $70!! We got the mirror for free and the ribbon was $2.97! What a steal.


So, here are both curtain options and I need some input! The purple ones I have already ordered and are on back order til end Feb. The other ones are simple white eyelet that i can have shipped asap, but I am not sure if that will be too much white in the room..Help me decide and leave a comment!

New Updates! New Updates! New Updates!

So, this morning I had my 39 week appointment and no new progess..sob sob..I was getting ready to walk out with my head hanging low, when my doctor asked if it was ok with me, that he penciled me in for an induction for next Thursday 1/28/10. I was like....uhh...YAH!! If I make it until then I will be 40 weeks and 3 days along and he said I am a very favorable candidate! So there is an end in sight! Woo hoo! I am actually hoping that I make it until the 28th b/c I will know for sure that he will be at the hospital. (I never knew before this that if your doctor you have been with for all this time isnt on call the day you go into the hospital, then you get some other guy you may have never met!!) I defintely want my doc there so I am pumped that we have it planned. This will also let me get up early, pack the bag, take a shower, etc and just feel prepared. (unless she decides to come out before the 28th!!!) 1/28/10 - I think it sounds like a good birthdy to me!

My addiction to shopping has not gone away

Today Tim and I took a nice walk downtown and popped in BabyGap. I fell in love with a whole line of baby clothes there..It is called Cherry Blossom collection and the prints are absolutely adorable...I couldnt keep my hands off all the pieces. Even though my love of shopping has died down while I am "larger", I think now it may be just re-routed to the baby! We finally decided that we would wait until the spring to see what new clothes we need for her; she has so many cute outfits now. Still cant resist how ADORABLE baby clothes are!

39 Weeks!!!!

Here is one of the very few pictures of my preggo belly. I have been a little camera shy, as I dont think this is my best "angle" lately :) Can't believe I am at 39 weeks already! I am READY to get this show on the road and hoping that next week is lucky for us. I am still at work everyday and dont plan on taking any maternity leave until the day I pop; I want to save all the time I can for when after she is here (I will only be able to take 7 weeks off) unless we win the lottery anytime soon!! My doctor told me that we can start talking about inductions at 41 weeks too, so I know there is an end on sight! I am still very nervous about going into the hospital, but I think that everything will be just fine (thank goodness for epidurals!) :)

First Ultrasound

Here is our first baby picture we have of the little girl to come. This was an ultrasound we had at 15 weeks. We just had another one at 37 weeks and it is amazing how much bigger she is! She practically took up the whole screen! We are patiently awaiting her arrival so we can have some real pictures to share.