Leah's Perfect Nursery

After much waiting, I finally got to see Leah's nursery and it was far better than I could have even imagined! So much thought and love was put into this room by Leah's Auntie Nikki and it will be the perfect room for her to grow up in.

We can't thank Auntie Nikki and Auntie Chas enough for doing this as a surprise for Leah and Mommy. Everytime I go in and look at it I just love it more and more. I keep noticing something new that was made or bought for her. Nikki was sure a busy girl making all these awesome crafts. This truly is the perfect room for her and I know Leah loves it because she slept so well in her crib the first night we were home!!

Here was the before.

And the after:

With a full closet of clothes already!

Isn't it awesome?!? Nikki you amaze me, really you should do this for a living!! Thank you - it meant so much to me and it will always be remembered as special surprise done for Leah.

Coming Home

Mommy and Leah were doing great by Saturday night, so we got to go home. We were really ready to get home, meet Ziggy and sleep in our own beds! 

Leah screamed in the car seat for the first 10 minutes, but then decided it wasn't so bad.

Slept the whole way home.

Ziggy isn't sure what he thinks fo Leah yet. He comes over when she cries but besides that doesn't really giver her much attention. We know he loves her already though and he is going to be great with her.

Sleeping in her own bed.

Hospital Visitors

Thanks to everyone who came to visit Leah in the hosptial. She is so loved by so many people already. What a lucky girl!

I missed pictures with Jeremy and Healther and Shanda! But thank you guys so much for coming too. It really meant a lot to us!

Labor Day - Friday

Leah's Birthday 1/27/12: If there is one word I would use to describe labor it would be painful. However, it is true what everyone says that once the baby comes out, you forget all the pain and realized what a miracle you just experienced.

Friday morning I went into the hospital about 7 a.m. About 8:30 a.m. my midwife broke my water and then it all started... Contractions started to come consistantly every 3 minutes almost right away and didn't stop until birth at 5:32 p.m. - 9 hours later. I went in not sure if I wanted to get an epidural or not but thought I will take it one contraction at a time and see how it goes. It was hard but by time I got checked at about 4 p.m. and was 6-7, I just decided I was going to do this without one. After that thing went pertty quick. I was complete at 5 p.m., had a half hour of pushing, and she was here! 

I have to give so much thanks to my wonderful husband who was a rock. I honestly could not have done it without him! Somehow he always knew the right thing to do to make me be able to get through it. I also had the most amazing nurses! I didn't get a picture with Mary but thank you to Mary and Trisha for being my labor nurses and putting up with me for 9 hours!  

With Denise (my Midwife, who is wonderful)

With Trisha

With Jamie

Leah getting checked out

Thank you so much Daddy, you are amazing!!

I honestly couldn't be happier with how the day went resulting in this healthy, beautiful little girl. But, I am really glad that the labor part it is over! :-)

It's a GIRL!!!!

Mommy and daddy couldn't be happy to annouce the birth of Leah Marie Dschaak

Born January 27th, 2012 at 5:32 p.m.

Weight: 7 lbs 15 oz

Length: 20 inches



Mommy, Daddy and Leah are all doing great! Thank you everyone for your support and kind words today. Will add more pictures/stories soon!!

Welcome to the world Leah, we are so lucky to have you!!

Last Belly Photo

The last shot of my huge belly!

41 weeks and 1 day

Happy Birthday Dad/Grandpa C!

Happy Birthday to our great Dad/Grandpa C. Baby D is so glad to have you as a Grandpa and can't wait to come play toys with you! Too bad baby didn't decide to share your b-day either. We hope you have a wonderful day!

Love you!

Happy Birthday Mom/Grandma D!

Happy Birthday to our amazing Mom/Grandma D! Hope you have a wonderful day. We can't wait for you to come to visit us and meet Baby D!!! We are anxiously waiting for you; only 4 more days!!

Love you!

3rd Trimester

Well, hopefully this baby will decide to come out soon. But here's what happened in the final months of Baby D's pregnancy:

• I've been really lucky as I'm almost 40 weeks and am still comfortable
• Sleep = a bit challenging.  Every 2-3 hour bathroom breaks during the night don't make for a very good night's sleep (poor Chad and Ziggy too)
• Baby D is a kicker! I could definitely tell when baby was getting stronger because those 'cute' kicks began to hurt
• Baby has lots of hiccups. I usually feel hiccups at least once a day
• The nursery is complete but has only been seen by Nikki, Chas and Chad. I am SUPER excited to see the room!!! Chad changed the lock on the door and hid the key; so even if I've been tempted, I haven't been able to look. I am curious though; I did test the handle a couple of times to just make sure it was locked :-)
• I have still been lazy! - that's been a constant throughout this pregnancy
• Luckily my hubby has been awesome! I haven't felt any nesting but I think he has as he's been such a huge helper in the cooking/cleaning department
• 8 p.m. is usually the baby's most active time. I like to just sit in my chair at that time and watch my stomach change shapes. It really is amazing to watch.

All in all, a great pregnancy - now it's just time for a healthy baby and we are all set!

How Sweet..

Look at this gift made by Paige. How sweet is this?!? I think someone is excited for her new cousin to come!

Happy Birthday Mom/Grandma C!

Happy Birthday to our wonderful mother! Doesn't look like Baby D will be sharing your birthday as far as I can tell from this day so far... but he/she can't wait to meet you and celebrate!!!

Love you!

Thank You!

Thank you to my awesome co-workers who made this cute diaper cake...

and gave Baby D all these goodies...

Thank you everyone! You guys are great!!!!

We'll miss you Kujo

 

Here's to a full and happy life spent with two people that provided you with everything a dog could want....and then some.

You will be missed.

(This blog post was copied from The Wixo Blog) 

But our house feels the same way!

Ziggy lost his best friend:

And Kujo you definitely will be missed!