One Little Indian...

crying on the stage!

My two little turkeys

I really did not expect Lennox to react the way he did to his Thanksgiving program at school. He is normally a very outgoing little fellow. When he got on the stage, his lip poked out then he started crying and saying "MMAAAAMMMMAA!" ha. His teacher had to hold him for the rest of the program. :( I guess he has more of me in him than I thought.

Happenings

We made a fort in the living room. Has anyone else noticed that every picture I take has either a vacuum cleaner, a laundry basket, or a trash bag in the background! This time the vacuum had a purpose!

We read books

We played with "Hunty Dunty"

We played dress up with Amy

We took a little nap

talented friends

Didn't I mention that I had talented friends? Well, I have two that are very talented photographers. They are both wonderful so why not have both of them take pictures of Stella?! I thought it was a good plan.

Check Kristy out at http://kristysilbernagel.com/blog/2010/11/stella-slidell-la-newborn-photographer/ and my beautiful baby!

Check out DeAnna at www.deannahuntphotography.com

They both did an awesome job! Now the hard part... choosing photos to order!!

Handy work

Stella Rose

I am so lucky to have talented friends. My good friend DeAnna (DeAnna Hunt Photography) came to the hospital to meet Stella. Luckily she was still there when Lennox arrived to meet his sister. DeAnna captured one of the most priceless moments of my life. Lennox was so excited to see Stella (for about 30 seconds...).

Meme, Pop, and Stella

She has some crazy hair!

Lennox, meet Stella...

Grandparents

Not sure how Lennox feels about Papa holding this new baby...

Oh wait... here is how he feels about this whole situation!

Granny & Stella

Meme & Stella

Stella's Arrival

No baby yet...

October 25, 2010
Stella Rose Beech
7 lbs 2 oz
19 1/4"

We went in to be induced on Sunday night, October 24. I was 2-3 cm at the time. I didn't sleep at all at that night because of obvious reasons. The next morning the nurse came in and I was still 2-3 cm. She said the Cervadil didn't work... queue the water works! The cervadil didn't work when I had Lennox and I ended up having him about 44 hours after the whole induction process started. Emotionally, I was not ready to do that again. Fortunately, I was very wrong about how long it would take Stella to get here. My doctor broke my water about 8:30. At noon I asked for an epidural at 7 cm. I am not sure why I wanted to wait for the epidural but I almost waited too long this time. My epidural finally started working a little after 1 pm and Stella arrived at 1:38 pm. She had lots of hair and was so much smaller than I expected. She was the same length as Lennox but a pound and a half lighter! She has my nose I think and juicy lips that I love to kiss... we think she is just beautiful and we feel so blessed to have another healthy child.

When I compare Lennox's birth with Stella's birth, I cannot believe how much easier her's was for me. I had great nurses both times, an awesome doctor, the same hospital, but this time around was 100 times better. I will spare the details on the blog but I will just say that I had no idea how people could return to normal so quickly after having a baby... until now. I even went to Walmart by myself after a week and didn't even pass out! ha. With Lennox I couldn't fix a glass of water without breaking out in a cold sweat and having to sit down.