Bela Girl

Getting anxious for her to come! On Tuesday I was dilated to a 3 and 100% effaced and had my membranes stripped. So where is she?! :) If anything I've had less contractions.. I am sooo ready to be done and meet her! Any tips on how to get this going?!

Today I was having trouble staying positive and patient as I near the end of my pregnancy. It's like this switch goes off when your getting close and you're no longer able to just enjoy it anymore.. Well.. that and you do get tired of the back pain, peeing every 20 minutes, heaving a giant belly from side to side trying desperately to just fall asleep, being out of breath from walking up the stairs, not being able to bend over... I could keep going but... I'll stop. I'm just ready to have a functional body and energy level back again. ....BUT.. how amazing is it that I grew a baby inside me? There's a sweet, full term baby girl getting all ready to come out and meet us. It's amazing.. it never gets old. Benson changed everything for us, then Bela came along and changed everything again.... all for the better. I can't wait to bring another into our family, to be loved and adored by her brother and sister. At this point in my pregnancy with Bela I wa...

I hate when I go this long in between posts...then I don't know where to begin! We had a wonderful Christmas with lots of family time. My parents even got to be home from Brazil and spend a few days after christmas with us! Benson and Bela are growing up too fast.. I wish we could freeze them both in their current ages. Benson is creative, imaginative, funny, and all boy. He is a different super hero every hour of every day and is usually creating something with his art stuff. He would rather stay home and play all day than leave the house to go anywhere, including school. Bela is hilarious, sweet, smart, and full of personality. She comes up with the funniest things to say in her tiny little voice. She is mischievous and always getting into something she shouldn't be and then when she's found holds her little finger up to her lips and says, "shhh". She likes to dress up and 'get married' all the time like all her princess friends and like Rachel jus...