Baby #3 - Week 14

Weight +3lb
Inches  +3in
Cravings - Burgers and watermelon
Dislike - Waking up ugh

I feel like I am growing really really fast this time around. I already look like I ate a big meal and there is a bump there, I wonder what I'll look like in 10 or 20 weeks, yikes. I also feel heavier, my knees have started hurting and my sciatica is already acting up. I guess carrying 2 toddlers and being pregnant may do more damage than I thought haha. It's not too bad though, I am just taking extra precautions to protect my knees and my back. 

I am still super tired. I just want to sleep!!! I don't know if it is because Ant has been having a few bad nights lately, or of it is because of pregnancy, or both. In any case I am exhausted ALL the time, ALL THE TIME. I also threw up this week more than usual, but I know that'll stop soon, it's fine. 

I am having a really hard time finding motivation to get ready, I'll shower and get dressed but there isn't much thought into what I am wearing and doing my hair and putting makeup on seem like terrible ideas. I wish I would just do it so I look better throughout the weeks, but it's just not happening right now. 

We still haven't gone to the doctor, but started all the process to get me insured again. So I should be able to make an appointment soon enough.

Baby #3 - Week 13

Well here we go again....

Weight 3lb
Inches  2in
Cravings - Burgers
Dislike - Nothing in particular

Taking pictures with two toddlers isn't easy but it is fun!!! We took a bit starting the pictures but here we are at week 13. I am so tired all the time I really think I could fall asleep anywhere, anytime. I am nauseous too but it's really not bad at all, so far I've thrown up 3 or 4 times total. 

We still haven't gone to the doctor but I am pretty sure my estimations are right and our due date is December 5th so we are anticipating a baby mid-December with the way things go around here. We have started talking to the girls about the baby. Emi has no idea what we are talking about, Ant points at my belly and tells me there is a baby there, and then points at hers and says the same thing ha. 

We are so excited! 

We are adding an act to the circus

One more baby!!! We are so excited to add another baby to our life. We love our family and we love being parents so the news are thrilling and fun for us. I can't get over how beautiful my family is, I can't get over how blessed I am. We have crazy days, rough days, but every night we go to bed and think "this is a good life." God is good and he has been faithful to His promises to us. We know the journey has just begun and we are looking forward to what is ahead while enjoying today.

Baby # 3 we can't wait to meet you and see what kind of fun you add to the Luehmann Circus.

Photo Cred: The incredibly talented, has never taken a bad pic, Alexandra Marie. I honestly don't think she could have done a better job, she exceeded our expectations yet again. We love love love Alex! 

Baby L #2 - Week 51

Emi's skinis still not doing great. It really doesn't seem to bother her but it is really dry and I don't like it. Aquaphor does seem to be helping but I am trying essential oils more. We will give it a couple more weeks and see. Her and Antonella have been playing more and more together, Antonella is very defensive of her and often tells me Emi is her sister if I am correcting some behaviour. It's adorable. Emi is such a sweet baby, in the mornings when she wakes up she likes to snuggle with me and usually stares at me and smiles, it's really one of my favorite times, it feels like time stopped for her and I to fall more in love.

Baby L #2 - Week 50

Emi has been talking a little bit more. She says mama, papa, no, food and titi and more gibberish she repeats that I am still trying to figure out. She's generally happy and smiley but if she's hungry she gets cranky fast, same if she's tired. She does two 2hr naps at 10am and 3pm and is pretty good about her schedule. She takes her shoes off always and loves baths.

Baby L #2 - Week 49

We finally were able to talk to the doctor about Emi's skin. It is mild eczema, they suggested we get Aquaphor so that we did, we will see. She is still very very attached to me, which I love and also sometimes don't love ha. It is not easy to have a baby constantly expect you to hold her when you have a toddler and a life, but we are learning together to deal with it all. She eats a lot and nurses a lot too, I am not sure I'll be able to wean in 2 and a half months. We will see.

Babu L #2- Week 40

This week we officially took out the 9-12 months clothes and all the 6-9 months clothes were put away. Emi tries to take steps here and there, and she takes one and falls but has never done more than that. She is such a happy baby. She now knows how to crawl up and down the stairs, and if she can see me she is happy crawling for hours at a time, she loves exploring and playing with different things.

Ant and Emi are playing more and more together. Mostly Emi plays and Ant gets annoyed haha. But sometimes Ant plays too and it's cute. I love seeing them together.

Baby L #2 - Week 39

Emi caught a little bit of a cold while in Palm Springs for Thanksgiving. She is a trooper and is handling it great, but she's stuffed up and is hard to breathe. She absolutely loves the pool, started eating rice, noodles, quinoa and pretty much anything she can get in her hands. She is super fast crawling and gets up without any help from anybody. she says papa, mama and bye bye, and does it when we ask her too. If we make the hand motion for bye she says bye, and we are learning more sign language but just like Ant it is taking a little bit.

Baby L #2 - Week 36

My little happy baby. She has her two front teeth coming and still is happy as a clam. Loves bath time even when Antonella is ready to attack her with water and hugs and dangerous pats on the head. Still standing all the time and walking while holding onto objects. She really does love to snuggle and in the morning when she wakes up Caleb moves her to our bed, she nurses and then she just stares at me and plays with my face for 20-30 minutes.

She says mama and papa clearly. And she DOES NOT like it when I leave the room. The nursery at church is no fun right now because of separation anxiety. Thank goodness the nursery volunteers are amazing.

Ant is still learning how to love on her sister.

Baby L #2 - Week 25

Two bottom front teeth breaking through. She is back to sleeping from 8pm to 5am, which is lovely. And she got pretty good at sitting up, not crawling fully but doing a half crawl-half scoot thing.

Baby L #2 - Week 17

Emi has been sitting down for a few minutes. She is not sleeping well at all haha, waking up twice at night.

Baby L #2 - Week 16

Emi spent the week in Mexico, she was such a trooper just smiling through the long days and whining only when she was extremely exhausted. She is not sleeping so great, but there are nights that she sleeps the whole night, which is amazing. Hopefully she gets over that and goes back to having consistent good nights.

Baby L #2 - Week 7

Skin clearing up, baby acne almost all gone, a little bit of cradle cap. More awake time during the day. Sleeping 5-6 hrs at night.

To the big sister

Today there was a lot of crying in my house. Pregnancy hormones just ran rampant and tears came and went. 

After I put Antonella down for a nap and instructed her not to get out of bed because she was a big girl now, I realized indeed she had to be. Today was the last day in her life I was going to put her in her new exciting toddler bed as an only child. She will never again be the only Luehmann girl, and I cried. I cried because my baby is growing and I seem to miss most of it, and I cried because she's about to receive the most amazing gift one could be given, a best friend for life. 

I wrote to Antonella right before she was born here, and I will do a belly progression for Emiliana and share what I wrote to her. But I thought I needed to write to my first born today. 

Nothing could have prepared me for the last 18 months, no book, no movie, no story. Nobody could have ever explained the type of love I was going to feel for you. Everyday I seem to fall in love with you more and more, and unaware you do new things that make me realize you own such an enormous part of my heart, you can wreck it with just a smile. 

For 18 months I've looked down at you while you sleep and I've prayed for you. I've prayed for wisdom, I've prayed for a unique sensitivity to the Holy Spirit, I've prayed for you to see yourself through the Lord's eyes and not your own, I've prayed for a life full of adventures guided by His hand. And over and over and over again, my prayers turn to thanksgiving. I see your father standing next to me praying just as fervently for you and me, then I look back at you and every time without fail I tell God: THANK YOU! I don't deserve this but thank you! 

So my daughter; crazy, curious, rambunctious, wild daughter; I have enjoyed every second of us 3 being a family. I have loved getting to know you and learning everything about you. It has been an honor to parent you alongside Papa. And I cannot wait to see you as a big sister, I have no doubt you will be the most fun, most encouraging, most supportive, most incredible big sister. 

Antonella from now on it is 4 of us, you have to teach Emiliana our ways, you must show her all of our dance moves, secret bird calls, and weird words. You get to introduce her to papa's amazing grilled cheese sandwiches, and momma's ok food. From tomorrow on you will have in Emiliana the most incredible ally, the best of friends, and the most fun of partners. You will never have to feel alone because you will have a sister that will stand with you always, she will be able to read your mind, and know everything about you. You two will make everyone wish they had what you will have, and together you will take over the world and do all the Lord has sent to you do. 

I love you, momma. 

Baby # 2 - Week 18

Ultrasound!

Vacation 2013 - Day 2