Sneak Preview

Yesterday Bella had a newborn shoot with Jessie Salas Photography. 
It is definitely a skill and requires a lot of patience to pose babies into sleepy positions. Mommy calls Jessie the baby whisper and highly recommends her!  Bella cooperated and stayed asleep most of the shoot.  Jessie posted the sneak peek below.  More to come...

K's classroom has been reading Where the Wild Things Are. To get into the spirit of the book, the teachers painted the faces of the children. Mommy was pretty surprised K was up for it since she has major OCD, but K seemed really excited to show Daddy her face when he picked her up.

Mommy might have spoke a little too soon when she said K was not jealous of Bella. K has been waking up in the middle of the night still (less frequent but still once). A couple times, K walked in and Mommy was nursing Bella and K wanted Mommy to hold her instead and asked Mommy to put Bella down. K will also cling onto Mommy's leg during the day when Mommy is holding Bella, but K does really love her sister. When she gets home from school, she rushes to say hi to her sister and give her a big kiss and hug.

One Week Old Birthday!

On Monday, Bella turned one week old! Hope maternity leave doesn't go by too fast! Mommy is loving every minute of her bonding time with B.

Happy Lunar New Year

Bella was born year of the snake. She was 4 days shy of being born a horse baby. At K's school her classroom practiced saying "Gung Hay Fat Choy." She said the phrase in a very silly voice.
 

Mommy asked her to say it nicely in her normal voice.


Lion dancers performed for K's school. K told Mommy she was scared and had to sit on Teacher J's lap and the lion ate lettuce and had big eyelashes.


Hope everyone had a Happy New Year! May 2014 bring happiness, good health and good fortune!

Visit With the Doc

Two days after Bella was born she had her first visit with Dr. Mason. Bella's stats for this visit:
Weight- 6 pounds, 9 ounces
Height-19.5 inches
Head circumference: 13.3 inches

 Bella did not like being weighed one bit.

She also got her first sponge bath at home and protested that as well.

She preferred to be wrapped up in her towel instead.

It's been very rare for Bella to open her eyes. Mommy was able to capture this moment. Every since she got home she has slept at least 20 hours a day except for feedings. Dr. Mason said to enjoy this honeymoon phase for the time being.

Mommy was unsure if K would be jealous when Bella arrived home, but no signs of jealousy so far.  K is so smitten over her sister. She always wants to lay her head on top of Bella to show her affection.

She also wants to kiss her all the time. She even brought over her doll's blanket to make sure Bella was warm enough.

Isabella Has Arrived!

Mommy's water broke on Sunday at 11:20 pm. Since her water didn't break the first time, she was unsure what it felt like. Daddy called the doctor and the doctor asked Mommy to come in to test and make sure. Sure enough the water had punctured, but Mommy was not dilated. Contractions did not start until 5 hours later.  As the contractions became more intense, Mommy wanted an epidural right away! Mommy progressed to 3 cm, 6 cm and needed some potocin to move things along even further. She reached 10 cm fairly quickly after and pushed for 30 minutes and Isabella entered the world. Mommy couldn't believe how much faster and easier delivery was compared to the first.

Isabella "Bella" Grace

January 27, 2014

6 pounds, 11 ounces

18.5 inches

1:03 pm

And so much hair!

Dr. Diaz delivered both K and Bella.

It was love at first sight!

 Big Sister K was really excited to come visit her new sibling at the hospital. She got a sticker that said "I'm special to be a big sister!"  When she got to the hospital she asked to touch Bella right away.

Bella spoiled K by giving her many gifts.

K asked to hold Bella. She is such a proud and happy big sister. She told all her friends the next day at school about Bella.

Mommy knows K will protect and love her new sibling.

Bella's first bath. It must be nice to be pampered.

Bella getting her weight checked. She lost 7 ounces, but will probably gain it back in a couple of weeks.

She passed her hearing test. The equipment used for testing changed from two years ago. The baby wore big headphones instead and did not need to have wires plugged to her head.

All buckled up and ready to go home. Mommy is looking forward to seeing the bond and love between the two sisters develop. Mommy is so in love with her family of 4!