CeCe Pants

cece fianlly made it to her 9 month appointment! her last appointment was cancelled due to the level 3 snow emergency. 

this adorable babe is 10 months and 7 days today. she's gained about half a pound since her last well visit, so as you can see, shes right on track with hadley. teeny tiny.

she's crawling like crazy, of course, and walking along furniture, between furniture, and now squatting on her two feet. in no time miss caroline will be standing unassisted. way to go, girlfriend.

cece's favorite foods are ritz crackers, grillers, yogurt, applesauce, and anything off mom or dad's plates. and she is really looking forward to peanut butter soon.

our little lady does not enjoy the snow, or cold. she hates socks, shoes, coats, and cold. bummer for her, living in ohio. she is looking forward to spring soon.

but aren't we all?!?! it. is. cold. 

xoxo, al

20 week bumpdate

i am never very consistent with these, nor do i care to be. but here it is, this time:)

20 weeks!!

baby is the size of a mango

ultrasound said 12 ounces, we think

also, it did NOT tell us boy or girl...

i'm tired. that is about it. 

i like carbs and chicken.

baby is just starting to kick more. not sure i'd really even felt it up until like a week ago. 

well that's it for now, folks.

xoxo, al

CeCe is 5 months!!

i haven't had a chance to break out the big camera to get our monthly shots yet. but i totally missed month four while we were gone on our west coast trip. so i'm posting without that one special 5 month photo in the pink diaper on the special back drop. i'll get to that soon;)

hey! cece is five motnhs now! 23 weeks today. shes doing very well. just a few weeks ago, she weighed 14lbs 6oz, and was 24 inches tall. she's our growing girl!

our smiley girl is happy most all of the time. she cries the most when we leave the room, or if she accidentally becomes over hungry. 

she is sleeping through the night still, but wakes VERY early. how did we get a morning baby? hadley sure isn't.

this babe enjoys her excersaucer, and loves to slap at the little piano keys to make music. cece also mastered rolling over both front to back and back to front. however, she can only do this in one direction, and enjoys rolling from one side of the room to the other. then i turn her around and she goes back!

she just picked up on the rolling around all day thing this week. here she is!

cece enjoys baseball, long walks, rice cereal and her sister. she thinks she enjoys coffee like mama, but don't worry, she wound't actually know!

see? this is cece hoping for a drink of my white mocha right now.

and there you have it. cece in a nut shell. she's awesome. stayed tuned for more awesomeness on the blog soon.

xoxo, al

Baby g2

Given that CeCe is one month old today, I find it entirely appropriate to drop everything and take the time to introduce her to the blog!

Likely, if you read this blog, you've already been informed of Sweet Caroline's arrival, either by Facebook or intsagram, or even call or text. But here's the little story of our teeny new baby. 

And a few photos. 

On the 18th, I woke up to contractions around 2:30 am. After a couple hours, Joseph finally woke up enough to figure out something was up. 

We put the finishing touches on our hospital bags, showered, and dropped Hadley off at my sweet friend Marcy's house. 

Upon arrival to the maternity unit, I thought for sure I'd be sent home. After my long, long experience with Hadley, my expectations for this delivery were somewhat the same. 

But they kept me. I was so miserable that I didn't even have the energy to be upset my mom wasn't arriving until that evening. However, I was worrying about who would get her from the airport. When my friend Tammy volunteered a ride, we jumped on that;) 

Anyway. I was out of triage and into a labor room by 9. By 12 I had my epidural. And at 16:16, Caroline Claire Gilbuena made her appearance. We were so tired and relieved, and I was just ready for my mom and Hadley to arrive to meet her. 

This is all a long story short, and I am happy to share a birth story soon, I've had a lot of fellow moms and friends asking if I'll jump on the bandwagon and share. 

Now on to the last month of our life;)

Hadley was instantly in love with her little sister. Here's to hoping that lasts forever. 

My amazing friend Marcy hosted a baby shower for CeCe. It was orinigally scheduled for the 19th, but Cece's early arrival had us otherwise engaged. But this way, everyone got to meet her!

I don't know if you can tell, but my mom enjoyed her time here with us. Or rather, with them. 

Schlumpy baby visits Daddy at the office. 

CeCe goes to coffee. 

CeCe got her first bath. 

CeCe attended her first baseball game, at 9 days old. 

Miss tiny bum tried cloth diapers, three of four leaked. Will try again soon. 

CeCe got Daddy snuggles. 

CeCe got glasses. 

CeCe went to the zoo. 

CeCe went to Katie's birthday party. 

CeCe went to te beach. 

CeCe napped in our bed. 

CeCe held all our stuff while we played at the park. 

CeCe joined us for brunch. 

And now CeCe is alseep. 

You are all caught up. 

Thanks for stopping by! You can look forward to many more entertaining baby posts soon. 

Xoxo, al

Hospital bag must haves!

Welp, since we are down to less than four weeks to our due date, I thought I should finally cross off packing our bags from my to do list. 

As for most everything else, I turned to Pinterest for tips. I came across a few great lists and this photo list. 

I would have to say, since we've been to this circus before, there was really nothing earth shattering on any lists. But I like to follow lists, and check them off as I go. Especially when Joseph and maybe even my mom will be checking off items last minute. Like phone chargers, camera bag, etc. 

So, I've got out our matching Thirty-One Gifts duffles and the baby's new Thirty-One Gifts diaper bag (will post photos when I'm all done!) and started putting in the necessities. 

Now I am looking to you! What did you pack that you think I just have to throw in our bags? I love tips. Someone else always thinks of something I wouldn't have. 

I've got a prize for anyone who suggests an item that ends up in our bags! Just leave me a comment!

XOXO, Al