HELLO!!!!! its the last day of 2010!! Im so ready to start the new year. I have decided to start my blog back up again. It will come in handy for our friends and family that live far away to keep up on whats going on with the little evie girl.

im a mommy!

and im very very happy about it! :)

I cant even begin to describe the last 3 months. They have gone so fast and have been filled with so many wonderful moments. Little Evelyn is awesome! I know every mom says this, but i really do have the coolest baby on the planet. I feel so honored that everything worked out so well. I had some very scary moments in my pregnancy, but every time i look at her little face I totally seem to forget all the awful stuff i went through.

So, evie will be 4 months old next week! She is 13 pounds! She is smiling so much and her little personality is starting to show! Shes a goofy baby, which doesnt really suprise me. Now when we make eye contact,or she sees me walk in the room, she will smile so big! I love going into the nursery in the mornings and seeing her light up when she sees me for the first time of the day. Its probably my favorite thing! She is starting to do that lovely jumping thing..everytime we hold her she wants to stand up on our legs and jump. We got her a jumperoo for christmas and shes slowly getting the hang of it. i only keep her in a few minutes at a time right now cuz shes still so little. She really is growing fast!

I know i havent been here to blog in so long, that i went stragight from being on bedrest to having this 4 month old baby. I will recap a bit by talking about the birth a bit! :)

Evelyn's birth was wonderful! She totally knew that was the day she was coming out!we arrived at the hospital that morning, checked in and I immediately started having contractions! It was absolutely insanely crazy! She was coming out that day...csection or not! I was very nervous...i dont think ive ever been so nervous. They couldnt give me any drugs to calm my nerves so i just had to wait it out. They eventually got my ivs in ( after many attempts) and i prayed with my family. They wheeled me back to the operating room/delivery room where i layed on this tiny table...i felt so huge on the little table! They attempted to put the catheter in before they put me to sleep, but that didnt work so well.I was beyond frustrated and very very nervous. I was at my breaking point and my dr knew it. I remember saying with a very stern voice " please...i just need to go to sleep and have this baby...now!" my dr immediately said, "okay, lets do this" and i was out! The next thing i remember is waking up in recovery to the sound of my nurse telling me i had a beautiful baby girl. Im so glad those were the first words i heard! My dr said i might not remember much, and i guess i was out for about an hour after she was born, but once i woke up and was able to see her...i remember everything!

Her eyes were HUGE! She was so alert, just looking around at everything and everyone. She made intense eye contact and still does. I was able to hold her and look at her with mike and our family. I have an awesome video of mike seeing her for the first time..sigh,it melts my heart. I thought that i might miss out on her birth, but having a general c section birth was exactly what i needed. I dont feel like i missed anything important. All i missed was seeing her come out of my who-ha, which obviously i did just fine without. There were no issues with bonding or a lack of love at first sight. Even though she was out of my body for an hour before i got to see her, once we saw eachother we just knew.

So now we are all settling in to our lives as a family of 3. It only took her a month before she was sleeping 8 hours at night! She eats well and cries when shes really upset. Overall, shes a really happy healthy baby! Im so so thankful!

Our christmas was great and we are spending new years together. She is currently napping in her pack n play while mommy sips coffee and spends some time on the computer.

i will keep this updated more regularly now. im sure she will continue to do hundreds of cute things that i, being a proud mommy will HAVE to document ;)

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
love,
the brewers!