Aubree Michelle meets Nathaniel Cruz

Aubree Michelle met her cousin Nathaniel Cruz this week. They are only five days apart in age and super cute. Cruz didn't feel like waking up for the occasion and of course, when Cruz was awake, Aubree was asleep. It was great that the family was able to meet both of the babies but I really wish it would have been under different circumstances. The only reason they met so soon was because we were at my grandfathers funeral. Although it was a sad occasion, it was nice to have 2 bundles of joy to distract everyone.

The Love of My Life

Wow, what a difference a baby makes! Our lives have changed for the better. I have heard people say that you can't imagine loving something so much and it is absolutely true. She melts our hearts every time we look at her!

Well, delivery was easier than I expected thanks to the most wonderful anesthesiologist and OB in the world. The recovery afterwards.......not so fun! After getting the epidural, I was immediately dilated to 7 cm and then 30 min later I was at 10 cm. It was all so crazy fast and chaotic. I pushed for approximately 11 min and before we knew it Aubree graced us with her presence at 1:29 pm on Oct 12th. We were discharged from the hospital on Wednesday the 14th to begin our new normal. Poor baby was a little jaundiced when we left the hospital and it only increased as the days went by. We were constantly taking her to the dr to get blood drawn. We found out today that the bilirubin levels are finally dropping so no more dr visits for a few weeks! I have to say.....she took it like a champ every time they stuck her. She didn't cry a single time!

Every minute we have been home has been a true joy for us. I could just stare at her for hours. I can already tell she is going to be a daddys girl. JD has turned out to be the best daddy ever! To see him with her you would think he was around babies his whole life!

Here are a few pictures of our first few weeks at home

Aubrees first bath. She was not a fan!

She loves being wrapped up in her Pooh towel

Me and my sweet baby girl

This is her most favorite place to be. She will instantly stop crying when JD puts her here.

Introducing Aubree Michelle Kesner

What a great day October 12th, 2009 has been. Aubree Michelle was born at 1:29pm weighing in at 6 lbs 8 oz and was 19 inches long. Both mom and baby are doing well. I will save all the details for Andee to share with you all, but I knew everyone would want to see pictures. It was truly an awesome day!!
Love,
AngelaAubree~

We are so thankful you are here! We love you so much already!

I thought this day would never come!

Its finally Sunday! We will be leaving for the hospital in about 30 minutes and according to Dr Reeves, we should have a baby by tomorrow. That is so weird!!!! JD is outside putting the car seat in the car and we both have been running around all weekend trying to get the house in order. The floors have all been finished thanks to JD and Micheal. I think we both were "nesting" yesterday so that everything would be perfect for when we bring home our new addition. We cleaned from top to bottom even after the cleaning lady came on Thursday!

The dogs are still inside but come Tuesday night they are officially outside dogs. I feel like a horrible dog mom but you gotta do what you gotta do right!

OK then.........off to have a baby!

Here is the final belly shot! Bye bye belly, hello baby!!

Aubree Update

JD and I went to the doctor today. When we left the appointment we were told to come back in a week to check my progression. We had a few questions and concerns so Dr Reeves said he would call me a little later on my cell phone. Well, by the time we got back home my phone was ringing. I had to potty (for the 5th time that morning) so JD answered it for me. I heard a few "yes sirs," "OK's," and "thank you's" and just figured that JD was on the phone with one of his customers. Well, he hung up and said "We have to be at the hospital Sunday night, we are gonna have a baby by Monday!" OMG! We always knew it was going to be soon but this put a whole new reality to it all. Of course I cried some happy tears then proceeded to scream "We're havin a baby!" You would have thought that we had just found out we were pregnant! I know it sounds weird but it ADM (as George Lopez would say)!