Welcome Liliana!

I started to write a brief summery of Lily's birth, and then I realized it is impossible for me to summerize a birth story. They are all much to unique and life altering. So if you want to hear the story, call me..otherwise know that I went into labor on my own the night before I was scheduled to be induced, it was a difficult labor but we came out great with no c-section. YEAH!
Meet Liliana Pearl Travers. We also call her Lily for short. She is solid! Already over 9 pounds. Great baby, just loving her!!!

new territory

Fourth baby, first time overdue. My due date was yesterday. Waiting, wishing. Going to church yesterday was annoying. I lost track how many times i heard "you still haven't had that baby?"
Got some interesting hints on how to get the baby out including 'jump on a trampoline' and 'walk in really deep sand'. For the first time I am actually considering being induced. Scheduled for Wednesday morning. Still don't know if I can really go through with it. I feel like labor is so close that the induction would go fine, but I really hate the thought of being hooked up to all of the tubes and being a science project that the doctor gets to control instead of letting my body work it's magic. But UUUGH!

Nesting

I suppose most women go through some kind of nesting phase toward the end of their pregnancies. Usually involves, setting the nursery or cleaning the house really well. I was hit the "Pergrossi style" nesting phase which involves adding on a room to our home. We planned on doing it after we found out we were having another girl. Didn't think we would start until July, but the contractor called last Friday night and said, we can start Monday at 7:30 a.m. I've done enough home projects to know you take 'em when you can get 'em. So with less than a week before my due date we embarked on this. And my OB keeps trying to induce me early. FAT CHANCE DOC!

Cool Mom

I know it's easy for a blog to sound braggy, and that is not my intention here. Actually my intention is for my kids to look back, and despite how they feel about me when they are teens, they will think,"when we were little Mom did a lot of cool stuff with us!" So here is a "cool mom" day my kids (and I) probably wouldn't remember otherwise.



Jonah had a rock collecting project for school and despite our best efforts we just couldn't find any rocks in our whole neighborhood. WEIRD! So Wednesday after school I picked up the kids and went to McDonalds for an ice cream cone. If you know me well you know I DON"T DO McDONALDS so the kids were pumped. Then I let them play on the play structure there. (another rarity) Then we went to the beach to collect rocks. They were in shorts so I agreed to let then go in the water. YEA! Of course they all got soaked, but since I am such a cool mom, I let them just go in their clothes. They had a blast and i had fun watching them play so free and happy.

eew

Yesterday after the big kids went to school, Marea and I were hanging out front. We found a worm on the sidewalk that she played with for a while before we put it back in the dirt. Then we were removing snails from the flower beds. I washed my hands as soon as I walked in the door andcalled Marea over to do the same. She promptly approached the sink sucking her fingers. EEEW! I told her. You have worm and snail germs on your fingers! After we washed and dried her hands she told me:
Marea: I need a wet napkin
Me: but we just washed your hands
Marea: But I NEED IT!
Me: fine

After she got her wet paper towel she proceeded to wash her tongue.
Oh, well, I give her credit for trying.