Baby P

I know this is a lot overdue, and I will do much better at posting in the future. As most of you already know, Baby P has finally arrived. Lainey Wilson Peschka came into the world on at 6:18 p.m. on April 10th happy and healthy. She was 8 pounds 4 ounces and 19 1/2 inches long. I know I should have posted long before now, but it's been an adjustment to a new schedule and caring for another little person who is completely dependent on you for everything. Lainey is now 3 1/2 months old and as cute as can be! She's rolling over tons and babbling to everyone! She has a great time with all her new friends and seems to be adjusting well to her new surroundings at daycare. I probably had the most issues adjusting, but it gets a little easier everyday.

There's so much that has transpired in the last three months it's hard to catch up on every event. So far in Lainey's first few months of life she's seen three weddings, two graduations (one being her daddy from KU with his MBA), went to DC on an airplane to visit her Aunt Stephie and Aunt Kiwi and had numerous trips back to see Mema and Pappo and Grandma & Grandpa Peschka. At her Aunt Kelv's wedding she was very honored to accept a position as "Special Guest!" Pretty much Lainey showed up to the wedding and got loved on the entire time, that was the duty of the Special Guest.

The first picture is Lainey when she was first born...I believe she was 3 days old. She really wanted to sport her KU hat after winning the National Championship - she told me ;) She is six weeks old in the swimming suit picture. We needed to get her a swimsuit for her trip to DC because Steph and Brian have a pool in their backyard. She didn't swim, but she looked cute hanging out by the pool with us anyway!

I will do better about posting Lainey's new developments and events in the future. Now that I'm back into a routine it will be better...I think :-)

Baby P is almost here!

I know it's been awhile since I've posted, sorry! The first picture is from the 3rd week of March and the second picture is from today. I've been going to my weekly visits now since I was 36 weeks and the doctor doesn't really have any exciting news other than I'm at about 2 cm and very "soft" (whatever that means). He says I just need some contractions to start kicking in for me to go into labor....that's so exciting and scary! I'm hoping after the KU game tonight I'll be so rowled up that the baby wants to see what all the commotion is about! If for some reason the baby decides to not come out on his/her own, the doctor is going to induce me on Thursday morning (the 10th). I really didn't want to be induced, but the doctor will be out of town the following week and I didn't want a stranger delivering Baby P! It's hard to believe that the baby is almost here and we FINALLY get to see if it's a boy or a girl! Ryan thinks girl, I think boy. We still don't have names picked out so maybe we'll be looking to the white pages for advice....who knows! Hope this finds you all doing well and I will post pictures next week of our new arrival!! One more thing........ROCK CHALK JAYHAWK!!!

Baby P's Room.

Ok, for some reason, the picture size won't cooperate, so here's the best I could do. Of course the picture of Ryan and I putting the crib together would be the only one that ended up the right size :) Hopefully you can see the bedding good enough to see the cute little fishes. We decided not to paint the room until the baby gets here. It was hard to get a picture of the entire room, so on the other side of the crib sets the dresser and rocking chair. The room looks sort of plain right now, but still turned out very cute!

Pictures

I can't get my pictures of the shower and Baby P's room to download off my camera. I have not forgotten to post, I'm just running into some "technical difficulties." I know some of you are patiently waiting (Molly), so I wanted to justify my delay :-) I hope to figure this out soon!

Happy Valantine's Day @----"-----

Happy Valentine's Day! This weekend mom is coming into town to help us with the baby's room! I'm so excited to finally get started! The furniture finally came in, so now we need to paint and relocate Ryan's "office." His stuff is getting moved to the basement which I don't think he's happy about, but Baby P has priority :) It will be great to have mom's help with all of this. She's really great at this sort of stuff. I'll post pictures of the nursery progress so everyone can see what Baby P's room will look like!

I'm starting to get a little freaked about the delivery....fear of the unknown. Thank goodness for Katy (co-worker). She's brought to my attention that now is a good time to pack a bag for the hospital, write down a list of people to call when Baby P gets here, and to have a plan just in case something happens at work. The funny thing is, she doesn't have any kids and she is the one keeping me in check with this stuff! If I didn't have the help and advice of friends and family I would be so clueless.

Yesterday I called 911 on accident at work! I was trying to dial a 913 area code and my finger slipped and hit 1 too many times. The receptionist immediately sent me an email with the subject "Did you call 911?!?! Are you having the baby?!?! Your phone says emergency!!" Oops.

I have Baby P's first shower on Sunday....we're very excited! I'll post fun pictures from that as well next week. Again, Happy Valentine's Day!

Amber

A Massage Today!

Today I'm going to get a pregnancy massage and I couldn't be more excited! Recently I'm struggling with sleep due to all this extra baby weight, so this massage comes at just the right time :)

When I went to the doctor right after Christmas he wasn't very happy with me. I gained a little too much weight for him I guess, but dad gum it was the holidays! So, I decided to be better and eat more fruits and veggies. The doctor was very proud of me at my next visit - I didn't gain any unnecessary weight! I was proud of me too, so I celebrated with a big bowl of ice cream.

Baby P is starting to move a whole lot now. It feels so weird and like my stomach is having spasms! He/she is kicking me even as I type this. Ryan finally felt the baby move, I'm not sure he knew what to think. He looked at me and said, "You're doing that!" When I finally showed him otherwise he was kinda weirded out :)

More in a couple weeks unless something exciting comes up - Later!

Story for Aunt Kiwi

It's funny I don't feel "that" big until I see a picture of myself and realize how big my belly actually is! Anyway, Aunt Kiwi wants me to share this story.... When we were home over Christmas she wanted to see if she could feel the baby move, so she had her hands on my stomach for a little while. She tried pushing and poking my tummy a little to make Baby P move with no success. She then decided to lay her head on my stomach in hopes to maybe hear something instead. Well, Baby P didn't like that too much and within a few seconds kicked her in the head :) Aunt Kiwi's comment, "You little sh--!"
I'm starting to feel more and more movement everyday which is both fun and weird. I only have 11 more weeks to go, so my doctor visits are now every 2 weeks instead of once a month. I'm getting a little freaked out now that we're closer to meeting the baby. I don't think any books or advice can really prepare me for what to expect. I'll keep reading anyway! Happy Friday!