1 Month Check-Up

Everything went great our Big girl had gained a little over two pounds since her birth weight of 7lbs 11oz and has grown 1.25 inches since her birth height.

The appointment went great. Her skin looks fantastic. Which is a huge improvement. We had taken her in Monday to get checked out and her baby acne was pretty bad but it has almost completely gone away. The dr was impressed with the quick turn around.

Everything looked great as far as her height,weight reflexes all that. He said she is really strong which I already knew :)

She did have to have some blood work done which involved a foot prick which she was not a fan of,but he eventually calmed down and all was right in the world again. She slept a for 4 hours after the appointment which was great. Her Honey was able to watch her so I could get a 3 hour nap. :) I feel like a new woman!!

Here are a few pics from her visit.

Time to shed those pounds!!!

I'm so excited to be able to start going back to the gym next week!! (Pending Dr approval this week) I have been itching to go since I found out I was pregnant! I miss all my classes and I'm really going to make an effort to start running. I don't know why I suck at it but I always opt to do classes over running.

Well here goes nothing.


Total Weight Gain w/pregnancy: 45 pounds

Total Weight Loss so far: 37 pounds

My goal is to lose all the baby weight plus another 27 pounds so from now til then I have 35 to go!!


I will make sure to post progression pics

One Month!!

I can't believe my baby girl is already one month old! This month has flown by! It has been full of love,laughter,tears,exhaustion,anxiety and so much more! All things that come with having a newborn. She is amazing and so strong already. She has been holding her head up since day one and has a grip that could really hurt someone. haha Let's not forget about those vocal chords. She likes to test out those bad boys regularly. I have multiple song choices that I like to sing to her and of course it depends on the mood, Lately it's been Momma Said by The Shirelles which I think she really enjoys. When she is screaming at the top of her lungs I choose to serenade her with Alicia Keys new song Girl On Fire..

Here enjoy a quick listen:

All in all we have had a great month. Being mom is definitely a full time job ,but I'm trying not to take for granted this time with her and remember that it won't be like this for long and before I know it she will be walking and talking.

Newborn Photo's

I loved being able to take my own newborn photos.. A little natural lighting, good camera, and the cutest little girl in the world. Set the stage for a fun little at home newborn session.

Here are a few~!

Introducing Violet Elizabeth!

Well we are introducing her a little late on here, but better late then never.

Violet Elizabeth was born December 21,2012 at 37weeks (and that's with Jan 8th as the due date Dr. Conrad actually had Jan 15th written down so really she was 36weeks 3 days) It was quite an eventful day, but she was just ready to come..


Here's the story:

We went for our 37 week check up on Thursday the 20th. Everything went great BP was a little high but they weren't worried. She was measuring 42 weeks already so the Dr said he would have to intervene around 38weeks since she was already measuring so big. He checked me and there was ZERO progress so he said we were cleared to go ahead and travel home for the holidays.

That night my Dad and oldest brother came into town and we had dinner and just relaxed around the house. Something felt a little off, but I never made anything of it. Well I woke up at 3am cramping miserably. I kept getting up to go to the bathroom but nothing was really happening.  So I just kept going back to bed and tossing and turning. I was so uncomfortable that I never went back to sleep. My other Brother(Josh) was traveling over night to Birmingham from Cleveland and decided to give me a call at 5am to tell me he was going to come to my house and catch up on some sleep because he was tired of driving. Luckily I was up and saw my phone light up and answered. Anyways, I didn't want to make a big deal out of the pain to my family so I moved to a spot on my couch and stayed there til they all left around 8 that morning. I was texting with my friend Heather and told her how I was feeling and told her that I was waiting on my Dr office to open so that I could call them. She insisted that I just go to labor and delivery but stubborn me decided to wait. I was waiting on a call back from my dr office when she showed up at my house and she could tell something was different. My face was blood red, probably from my high blood pressure. When my nurse called she of course told me to go to labor and delivery. I didn't panic. As a matter of fact I kept saying to heather its no big deal its probably nothing. She said maybe we should bring your bags just in case and I was like No its no biggee.. I even told Perry to stay at work and I would call him if it was anything serious.

We arrived at the hospital and they hooked me up to the monitors and started running a bunch of tests. I'll never forget a lot of things from this day , but this I will always remember.

Heather asked our nurse (Molly) "So what do you think?" and her response was " Well, I think we are gonna have a baby today!" Perry(who decided to go ahead and come up to the hospital) just starred at each other.  His response was "Like, Today?" hahaha It was a crazy time!


Here was our timeline of events:
3:00 am Started having period like cramps with some heartburn
9:00 Call the doctor and left message
9:30 Nurse called and said to go to labor and delivery to get checked out
9:50 Heather and I arrived at the hospital. Perry was right behind.
11:03 They told us they thought I was in early labor. They did blood work. Nurse said that she thought we would have a baby before Christmas.
11:46 I was checked and the nurse said I was 3cm dilated.
12:14 pm The nurse came back is and said, “we’re admitting you and your having a baby today.”
2:13 The pain started to get stronger.
3:05 asked for an epidural and was check 5-6cm
5:09 water broke
6:42 5-6cm
7:37 Perry text and said shes 6cm and there rotating you back a forth
8:10 7cm
8:20 Perry just text and said there going to check you in 20min and we might have a green light to start pushing
8:36 9cm 95% efaced
8:57 room closed
9:45 I got a text 7lbs 11oz 21”


I had a bad reaction to the epidural which wasn't fun and when it was time to start pushing I got sick and threw up a few times. Other than that everything went perfectly.


She was born on 12/21/12 at 9:37pm
7lbs 11oz and 21inches long


I'm so grateful she came when she did. If she would have waited til January 15th to come she would have been 12lbs and no telling how long! Haha