I cannot believe that it has been an entire year since my last blog post! To be honest, after having Penelope I was considering whether I wanted to keep my blog or not. Not only that, but with two kids, I felt as if I had little to no time to write in my blog and when I did have time I chose to play video games instead. Oh boy! I decided however, that I will write in it occasionally even if it's just to write my thoughts and even if I get little to no views. After all, I did do this blog for myself, and if someone finds something interesting, well they are most welcome! Anyways, as you may have noticed, Penelope is a year old now! She is such a chatty little girl and says little things like ball, look, daddy, papa (grandpa) and tries to copy whatever you say which of course translates to cute baby gibberish. She learned to walk a week before her birthday and loves playing with her brother and watching Baby Einstein videos. Her favorite foods are mandarin oranges and various types of meats and she loves to eat all of the time. I'm currently still nursing her and plan to wean her when she gets all of her teeth because getting bitten is probably the worst thing ever! To be quiet honest, I was a little disappointed in her birthday party. I guess it was because I didn't go all out like the way I did for Ben's first birthday party. Things just didn't go as my OCD brain has planned. And by that, I mean little things such as what party favors to the way things were set up. Let me not sound ungrateful and say it was horrible because it wasn't! I appreciate everything, from the cake my aunt made my little one to the help I received from my mom to make this little party happen, but I guess I just wanted my little girls first birthday to be BIG and extra special. Unlike Benjamin, who loved watching Yo Gabba Gabba and Sesame Street which helped inspire his Monster Bash birthday party, Penelope doesn't really like watching television. Which of course is a good thing, but made it harder for me to pick a theme for her birthday. So of course I decided to make it a mermaid theme! I bought her Birthday onesie from the Etsy shop LilStychesBoutique and her leggings from the Etsy shop FrecklesandFancy . Since we were on a tight budget, the only things I bought online were the tablet cloth (which is not pictured but had the cutest mermaid border), her piñata, gift boxes, birthday banner, blow up fish, and dangling sea decor. The rest of the decorations and party favors (which are not pictured), were bought at Dollar Tree! Such as the beach buckets I used to put snacks in, the paper plates with the sea turtles and dolphins, silverware, and balloons. My aunt loves making and decorating cakes so she decided to make Penelope's cake! I decided to make the centerpieces myself which didn't come out the way I expected but weren't to bad looking (I hope!). I bought the glass jars, sand, pebbles and other supplies from Dollar Tree as well and printed out the mermaid, seahorse and crab from the internet. Watching Finding Nemo was of course a must for an under the sea themed birthday! All and all, her little birthday party was a success and still cute! And on top of that, she will have many pictures of the beautiful memories we had of that day which make it all worth it. Now here is a photo countdown of my little Penelope. From a spunky little one year old, to a fresh little squishy newborn! <3
As most of you already know, if you follow me on Instagram or have me as a friend on Facebook, baby Penelope is finally here! In a couple of days she will be 4 months to be exact. I know it has been a while since my last blog post, but lets face it, having two babies is hard especially when you're a stay at home mommy with a boyfriend that works busy hours. I have finally got the hang of taking care of two kiddos and managed to sneak some time to write about Penelope! It all started Saturday, April 16th, 2016. I remember waking up with a sudden urge to seriously pee! Or so I thought. I tried to roll my pregnant self out of bed without losing control of my bladder, but no matter how hard I tried to not "pee", it just came out! Oh no, I thought, am I getting to that point in my pregnancy in which I can't even control when I pee?! I ran to the bathroom, did my business, and as I was washing my hands, I felt the fluid again. I just knew at this point, it wasn't pee, it was my "water"! It all felt too familiar as my water broke with Benjamin as well, but unlike Benjamin who was full term, Penelope was barely 35 weeks and 5 days. I was freaking out; I was home alone with Ben, my parents were at work, Alberto went to go fix his car, and to top it off, my cell phone wasn't working so I couldn't call anyone! As I made sure that I had everything packed up in the hospital bags, I was finally able to contact Alberto through Facebook messenger and he made it home as fast as he could! When I got to the hospital, I was already 2cm dilated and I wasn't feeling any contractions then. I was practically pain free until around 6pm where my contractions begin to get a lot worse, and on top of that I hadn't ate anything since Friday night. I was shaking uncontrollably that the nurse had to give me oxygen since Penny's heart rate was beginning to drop. I began to get anxiety and my shaking got worse! I was finally 5cm dilated and I decided to get the epidural so that I wouldn't be in too much pain later on. At around 10:30 pm they checked me again and I wasn't dilating so they gave me Pitocin to speed up my labor, and boy did it speed up! At 11pm I began to have pressure in my vagina, the pressure when you know you HAVE to push soon. I informed my nurse and when she checked to see if I was dilating well, she gasped, "I feel her head!" she said, so she told me to start pushing as she called in my doctor to come in to deliver Penelope. I gave a good 5 pushes until I began to crown, and my doctor was still nowhere in sight! The baby nurses and nurse assistants came in to get everything prepped up, and suddenly, one nurse exclaimed in surprise "oh sh*t!". My nurse hurried towards me and literally caught Penelope in her arms! I wasn't even pushing at that point, the contractions did all the work! Penelope Micaela Gonzalez, born April 16th, 2016 at 11:27 pm, measuring 19.5 inches long and weighing in at 5 pounds 7 ounces! My little girl was born with a head full of hair but super tiny! I was sad that I wasn't able to hold her right away but I understood that they needed to go ahead and check her vitals and to make sure she was nice and healthy and that she could breath on her own. When I finally had her in my arms, I didn't want to let go! A week later I took Penny to her check up to see how her little premature body was doing. She seemed alright except that she looked yellow; jaundice. Ben had jaundice as well so I knew the drill: prick her foot, go home, put her in some sunlight and wait for the doctors phone call to see how her levels are. A couple hours later I got the call, "Her levels are at 22, take her to The Texas Children's Hospital as soon as possible". I was scared. Little Penny was in Phototherapy for a whole night. I never left her sight as daddy decided it was best to stay home with Ben. The next day we stayed so that they could monitor her and they finally discharged us the next day. 3 months later here she is! Penny is such a chatty little girl. She loves to smile and her favorite things so far are looking at fans, lights, rattles, and loves to nurse! Ben is still getting used to her but I know in the future they will be best friends! XOXO, ThaliaI have been meaning to post my monthly pregnancy update which is long overdue! I was going to post my 25 week update when I was about to turn 28 weeks pregnant but I figured, why not just wait after my 29 week check-up? Anyways, I have been beyond stressed and busy this past month and a half. With getting things ready for our new apartment, to getting things ready with the baby shower and the new baby. It has been rough! As I mentioned, I had my 25 week check up 4 weeks ago which included the fabulous glucose screening test! I have to admit, I was rather nervous to take the sugary drink. I hadn't been eating my best, and being overweight made me start to worry. On the day of my check up I had the worst anxiety! Please let me pass. Please let me pass! I remember thinking as I chugged down the sugary drink. After an hour of waiting, they drew my blood and I was off on my way home. The next couple of days were filled with anxiety for me. Do I have gestational diabetes? Is everything ok? Luckily, my tests came back normal and I was relieved to know that I in fact did not have gestational diabetes, but I did however, got diagnosed with anemia and was prescribed some pills to take with my prenatal vitamins. At my 29 week check up I began to get anxiety again! I haven't been feeling great since anemia gets you really exhausted. But of course, I let my hypochondria get the best of me and I was certain that I was getting preclampsia. My mom had preclampsia with my older sister so I had a feeling I would get it too. Thankfully, my blood pressure was great and I have no protein in my urine and little Penelope is doing fine. I don't know why lately I've been getting anxiety almost every single day. Is it the move? Preparing for a new baby? Both? All I know is that I need to relax. Which is something I'm working hard on! Let's Talk About Symptoms!
More About The Baby!By now, Penelope is the size of an acorn squash. And if you're like me and have no idea what that is and how big that is, she is roughly 15 inches long from head to heal. She is finally starting to store fat under her skin which is causing her to become more energetic and her bones are hardening more and more each day. Even though her brain and lungs are still developing day by day, she has a great chance of surviving if she decided to join the world already. As much as I'd like to meet you, stay in there a little longer babe! XOXO, ThaliaSo I've been a little behind on my blog posts, sorry about that! I am currently 23 weeks pregnant but went for my check up and ultrasound at 21 weeks. We were so excited to FINALLY find out the sex of the baby since last time it was a definite no-show with closed little legs. If you follow me on Instagram, Twitter, or have me as a friend on Facebook, you will definitely know that we are having A GIRL! It's insane how sometimes the motherly instinct comes out being correct. I remember with Benjamin I automatically knew I was going to have a boy and started buying boy stuff at around 9 weeks pregnant, surprising many people as to how could I possibly know what I was having. This time around, it was the exact same thing! I just knew I was going to have a girl although many family members predicted a boy. Mama bear just knows! Thinking about names for the baby was so difficult for us this time around. We went back to Benjamin's baby book to read the names we had liked then in hopes that we'd like one of them for the baby, but we didn't like any at all! One name we did like though was Penelope. This time around Alberto couldn't think of a middle name so I chose the entire name: Penelope Micaela Gonzalez! Micaela was chosen to honor my Great Grandma. <3 Let's Talk About Symptoms!
More about the baby.By now, little Penny is about the size of a large pomegranate, or a carrot. At my 21 week check up she was already weighing in at 1 pound! Her brain and lungs are still developing and she can even taste some of the food I eat through the amniotic fluid that she swallows! She is also sleeping as much as a newborn by now, about 12-14 hours a day and can hear very much of the outside world by now. Hope she is used to Benjamin's tantrums and wails! Poor little Pea! XOXO, ThaliaAs I was sitting here drinking my hot chocolate after a nice day of Christmas shopping, I decided to go onto Skiphop.com to check out the diaper bags. I mean, I already know what diaper bag I want to get for when the baby gets here but we all love to go and look at things over and over again, right? As soon as I went to the website, I immediately skipped the diaper bag tab and went to the Clothes tab. I seriously had no idea that Skip Hop even made clothes! The last time I had gone the website was ages ago and it seemed that then they only had pajamas and raincoats. Now they have the most amazing baby layette! Clothes:My Absolutely favorite collections where the Starry-Chevron and the Petite Traingles for the baby. I love how the patterns are so simple yet adorable and they come in "girly" colors to "boy" colors to gender neutral colors! And of course lets not forget about Ben. Although they don't have a wide variety of clothes for toddlers, they have the cute Zoojamas and raincoats with all of their signature animals! My favorite one has always been the owl! Toys:This activity gym is one of Skip Hops newest activity gyms and I absolutely love it! I love how you can secure your phone at the top so that you can take pictures of your little one. You can also move the little "bridge" downwards so that your baby can practice some tummy time! I love that I feel like both Ben and the baby will love these toys! Even though Benjamin will be just a couple months short from turning 3, he still loves to explore all kinds of buttons and things that come apart. So maybe he'll teach the baby how to play with them! ;) Bedroom Essentials:If the title of my blog didn't show it enough, I'm sure by now you'll see that I have a slight obsession with owls! So when I came across this owl soother in the Nursery tab, I just knew it had to be in my wishlist for the baby! And of course for Ben, I loved this little nightlight! I seriously wish that I could buy almost everything from Skip Hop! I am utterly OBSESSED with everything that they come up with! I do hope that one day I can get everything from this wishlist for my babies.
xoxo, Thalia I am officially 14 weeks pregnant since November 17th! It's such a relief being in the second trimester as the chances of miscarriage drop significantly and if you're lucky, most of those dreadful first trimester symptoms are starting to diminish as well. I had my very first doctors appointment on November 17th and to my surprise I was very healthy! I actually had lost 2 pounds in my first trimester due to all the morning sickness and lack of appetite, but other than that the doc said everything was A-Ok and scheduled me for my first (ahem...second) ultrasound. I was packed with anxiety as I waited in the waiting room to have my ultrasound taken today. Was the baby growing fine? Is the baby healthy? Will I hear a heartbeat? I honestly don't even know why I was so nervous because I wasn't even this nervous with my ultrasounds with Ben. As a matter a fact, I was never nervous and was actually quite the opposite and was always so excited! After what seemed forever (it was actually just 15 minutes of waiting), they called my name and I hurried off to the ultrasound room with my mom and Ben. It was actually cute how the ultrasound tech remembered me and Ben through his 3d ultrasound! As I laid there with the ultrasound goo on my pelvis, I began to feel excited and a lot less anxious. How will the baby look like?! As soon as the ultrasound technician turned the screen for me to see, there he/she was. I couldn't believe just how big he/she had gotten. Everything was so well developed; the legs, the skull, the arms, the spine...everything looked perfect. It was amazing to me how different this baby's skull shape was compared to Benjamin's second ultrasound picture! Benjamin's skull looked really round with a pointy little chin just like his dad's. Meanwhile this little baby's skull looks fairly long, just like mine! The baby's heartbeat was also great. A whopping yet strong 148 bpm. After the ultrasound technician checked all of the vital organs and bones, I asked if it was possible to check the gender and she was delighted to show me, but of course little baby thought the complete opposite! The entire time he/she would have it's little legs criss-crossed and at one point even decided to cover it's little genitals with it's hand! Stubborn little baby! Although I didn't get to see the gender, I am very excited and happy to know that the little bun is baking just fine. Maybe we'll find out for my next appointment or when we go get a 3D ultrasound like Ben's. Let's talk about symptoms!
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I still can't believe that I'm about to have another baby! I remember whenever Benjamin was just a year old and he'd have his whiney days I'd say to myself, "nope, nope, nope. he is my first and last one!" and just a little over a year later, here I am! It's so exciting yet scary to think that our lives are going to change all over again! According to my LMP, I turned 12 weeks today. I'm almost done with my first trimester and boy was it a difficult one! Let's talk about symptoms:
What about the baby? Right now the baby is about the size of a plum from head to rump! His or her little fingers and toes are fully formed and no longer looked like little webbed pads. All of his or hers most critical systems are fully formed and if you could poke him or her, he/she would react in response! Little fingernails are starting to grow and it's little brain is developing at rapid speeds! I can't wait to see my little fruit at his or her's next doctor's appointment. Keep growing my dear! xoxo, Thalia |
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