I wish i had some other pictures to share, but unfortunately this is what we’ve been up to. At 8 days old sweet Adalaide came down with a really bad cold. A few days later we ended up in the ER at Children’s and found out that she has RSV {a respiratory virus that is really dangerous for babies, especially infants}. We’ve spent the better part of a week here at the hospital. There have been a few scary moments where her oxygen level dips dangerously low and nurses run in with the big oxygen mask and jostle her to take a deep breath. But, we’re really encouraged by the improvement she’s made in the last day. We are sharing a room with an 8 month old who has the same thing, and adalaide is recovering much quicker. The nurses can’t believe how well our tiny baby is doing, all things considered. We’ll be able to go home once she is breathing on her own for 24 hours, which we expect to happen in the next few days.

If I’m completely honest, I think I’m the one taking this all the hardest. My postpartum hormones are still out of whack, and i can’t even put into words how exhausted we are. Sleep is pretty much non-existent. And it’s been really hard to be quarantined from Finley. Even though i know she’s in great hands with her grandmas, it breaks my heart to think how confusing this must be for her.

I’ve got a love/hate thing going on with this place. It’s comforting to know that we are at the very best place to have a sick child. The nurses and doctors are so thorough it’s almost ridiculous. I swear that someone is coming in to take her vitals or monitor her every 15 minutes! But, I hate being here. I hate that i cant snuggle my baby whenever I want. I hate seeing her poked, prodded, and hooked up to all sorts of machines. I hate walking down the hall and seeing other sick little angels {most much worse off than ours}. I hate going to the cafeteria and making eye contact with other tired, tear stained eyes. Its just a place you really hope to avoid.

Thankfully, we know that our baby is improving every day. She WILL make it through this. In no time our family will all be together again and we can snuggle our girls till we’re blue in the face.

p.s. finley had us in the ER and hospital when she was 10 days old too. These girls, i tell ya.

sweet adalaide slept through her first doctors appointment

finley loves to snuggle with her sister

adalaide’s first bathsome pictures of her at 1 week old

We are so excited to share our newest addition, Adalaide May {7 lbs 14 oz, 20 in}. She is the most precious little thing, the perfect addition to our family. Finley adores her baby sister and loves to help out any way she can. We’ll post later with lots more pictures…

Tomorrow is the big day. We get to meet our baby girl!!! Even though we’ve had the date picked our for a while, it feels like the day has snuck up on us. I realized late this evening that we haven’t taken any belly pictures in quite a while, so we threw together a little photo op. We couldn’t find a room with decent lighting so forgive all the shadows and weird lighting.

And here I am getting some birthday loving from my family this morning.
Coffee, kisses, and a yummy breakfast made by my hubby. Great last day pregnant if you ask me.

I’ll be honest, we have not made much of a ta-da for this baby girl simply because we have been consumed with our remodel. Basically, our house is still in total disarray, and will most likely be until the very last second. I’ve been fighting my urge to nest like you wouldn’t believe, but I couldn’t take it any longer. I may or may not have gone a smidge crazy-pregnant-lady for a few minutes while I demanded that the baby’s dresser and the tub of newborn clothes be brought out of storage. Thankfully, my dear husband obliged and I had the most enjoyable afternoon organizing my baby’s clothes.
Also, I did a fun little craft project. My friend hillary has the most amazingly creative sister. Seriously, I want to copy everything she does. And I did just that with this pottery barn inspired flower mobile. She gave a little tutorial on her blog, and it was surprisingly easy {and much cheaper than the PB one}.
And speaking of hillary… she mentioned that she would be bringing her own snap front baby shirt to the hospital so that the baby can wear something other than the ugly hospital one they give you. Smart idea, huh. I ran right out and got a pack of my own to embellish.

how can you resist a darling little ruffle?

this little ditty has two rosettes.
and finally a monogram
Baby girl is set to arrive in two weeks. Two weeks!! Can you believe it?! I am so so so anxious to meet our little girl.

living right next door to an elementary school sure has it’s perks!

finley chose to make cupcakes to celebrate her potty training success! we’re so proud of her!!

my mom taught me how to sew a basic skirt. i’m not sure whether i should be happy that i now know how to make something so fun and easy or whether to be mad at her that she didn’t teach me this a long time ago!

And hopefully I can post a picture soon to show what Brian and our friend Corey worked on this weekend. It involved moving an insane amount of junk out of our slop room and laying a slate tile floor. I almost peed my pants in excitement when i saw it, because it looks so good, and also because I could hardly believe how stinking huge the room was once you got rid of all our junk.

thanks to all the random craigslisters who saved us a trip to the dump!

This last picture isn’t anything special, but i thought the story behind it was quite funny. Last week I laid down to snuggle with finley for a few minutes, and because i’m pregnant and can fall asleep at the drop of a hat, i fell asleep. i woke up to the click of the camera and looked up and saw….

brian standing on her bed. with the ginormous tripod set up. who does that?! isn’t he hilarious?

I think, well i know, that i desperately want to start preparing for our baby girl. but, the major remodel that’s taking place in 75% of our house is sort of keeping me from doing what i would normally want to be doing…you know, decorating the nursery, washing and putting away precious baby clothes, etc. Basically, since I can’t be doing that I think I’m going a little crazy and finding other ways to use that part of my brain. case in point, i decided that this weekend i needed to learn how to applique. Is that even the correct way to use the word? Shows how much i know about it. Anyway, i made finley a shirt, and i was pretty proud of how it turned out.

Until…

I showed the shirt to my dear husband. This is pretty much how it went:

me: look at what i made!
brian: chuckles
me: doesn’t it look like it could be store bought!
brian: what is it?
me: blank stare. what do you mean?
brian: is it a bird?
me: looking at the shirt trying to see how he could possibly see a bird. Ummmm, no!
brian: oh, is it snail?

*for the record, it is neither. I mean come on, even my 2 year old knew it was a flower.

**don’t feel bad if you thought it was a bird, snail, or something else altogether. next time i’ll stick with something less abstract.