Eliza Claire is Born

Her teeny tiny little feet

Eliza came into the world at 37 weeks and 4 days, about 2 1/2 weeks early. I woke up thinking it might happen that day! I had contractions on and off, but nothing consistent. They ranged from 8-15 minutes. I could walk and they would get a little more intense. By 4-5pm, I was ready to drop the kids off at the in-laws. We were triaged around 6pm. I was admitted at 5cm and the contractions were definitely getting more intense and not so comfortable at all. I requested my epidural ASAP! By the time we got to our room, I was definitely not comfortable with my contractions getting longer and more intense and thankfully my anesthesiologist squeezed me in between two unplanned c-sections. He gave me a lot of extra boluses relieving my pain quickly. After that, it was smooth sailing! So, we are sitting there nice and comfy. I had quickly progressed to 6-7cm after the epidural. Matt spent some quiet time on his computer while I enjoyed some good old fashioned cable TV, ie HGTV and TLC. Around 9-9:30pm, the nurse comes in and says, I'm just going to check you. She's says, "Do you feel the urge to push?" Me, "NOPE!" She tells me, "You're ready and I can feel your baby right there." So she goes out to call the doc who is delivering the unexpected c-section in which our nurse can hear in the background, "Tell her to handle it." So, in about 15 minutes, the doc comes in and everyone bustles around us to get ready. She looks and says, "Oh, you can push whenever you want." I push once and out comes Eliza! It was so anticlimatic!

Despite how chubby her cheeks are, she only weighed 6 pounds, 15 ounces. Although that is the 2nd largest Besmer baby born around here!

Meet your Daddy!

Proud parents

Proud big siblings!

Violet loves to hold her baby sister

Meet Eliza Claire

What's more peaceful that a baby in the hospital?!

I love a sleeping baby

Tim Updates

What can I say about Tim? Tim is just three months shy of being 3 years old. He has finally started talking and the kid can talk!! He is using complete 4-5 word sentences and has quite the vocabulary. It's surprising that he talks so well and clearly. Although, Ashton keeps asking when is Tim going to talk "normal?" When I ask him what that means, he says, "You know, like clearly. Like we talk."

He loves, and I mean LOVES, balloons! He asks daily, "I go Dollar Store for balloons?" He has learned he needs to make good decisions (another word he has perfected) to get balloons there. Thank goodness for the cheapest and easiest bribe! He doesn't care for many other toys, just his balloons.

He loves his TV. His favorite shows right now are Curious George, Dora, and Caillou. This is usually how I can cook dinner is to put all the kids in front of the TV from 430-530pm!

Tim is definitely the big guy of the bunch. He is just shy of Violet's height and is probably 1-2 pounds heavier. He is already in 3T clothes. He is a slobbery, dirty guy. He loves to climb anything and everything, especially trees. I think he will be ready for gymnastics soon. He is a BIG Mama's boy and always runs to me for everything.

Violet

Wow! Is Violet almost 4 years old?!! She turns 4 next week. Both my Mom and Matt predict this baby is born on her birthday.

Let's see. What can I tell you about Miss Violet?! She is as prissy and girly as can be. She loves her dresses and picks her clothes daily. She loves bracelets and necklaces and anything that sparkles. She loves getting her hair fixed and nails painted. In fact, for her birthday, we have invited a couple of her friends for pedicures, pizza, and cupcakes!

Developmentally, she talks all the time! She is as dramatic as can be! She loves to color, draw, and attempts to write her name which is actually quite good. She has the letters but not in order. And she recently figured out how to do "e." Thanks daycare! She still hasn't decided if she is going to be left or right handed but I'm thinking left. How weird to have to lefties?! She loves to help in the kitchen when Mommy is cooking, and especially when baking! She is still on a training wheel bike but is getting stronger. She is in gymnastics and is really good at her backbends and is learning how to do cartwheels and she loves her ballet! Her first recital is next month so look out for that video!

37 weeks and counting

From Baby Besmer #4

So, IF I follow according to Violet's and Tim's birth, I could have this baby in less than a week!

Real Life Mess

So, a Moms Club friend reminded our photo club recently to make sure we don't only document the cute "perfect" pictures, but to also document our real life. Here is what my life looks like on a daily basis. Even despite the annoying "nesting" instinct to clean, this is what can happen in less than 15 minutes! Just remember it's clean underneath!

It was clean!

Ok, so maybe this didn't happen in 15 minutes!

This was just the start of trying to clean off my desk!

It always looks like this!

15 minutes flat!

36 weeks

36 weeks and counting. It's hard to believe in a couple weeks this baby will be here. If she follows the birth plan of Violet and Tim, it will only be 1 1/2 weeks! Wow! Too bad this baby interferes with my sleep already!

32 weeks

I'm actually 33 weeks now but here is what I looked like last week. I'm sure there isn't much difference. I did get a "bonus" ultrasound last week because I am "high-risk" because of my age. Everything was fine and the baby is measuring big at 4 pounds, 9 ounces already! Wow! So, once I hit the 37 week mark, I will be working hard to get this baby out! Let's just hope she isn't too much bigger than Tim was!