Noelle Sharon 12/22/12

Miss Noelle Sharon joined us on 12/22/12 via C-Section (aka forced eviction!)  She was 8lbs 14oz 21.5 inches long and PERFECT!!!!  The night before she was born Gus and I finally decided to give her the middle name of Sharon after my Mom.  She was predicted to be about 7.5 lbs and when they pulled her out (and yes there is a great pic of that not posted of course) the Dr. was astonished at how big she was.  She exclaimed "almost 9 lbs, you hid that baby well!" 

 

Tay stayed the weekend at Ray and Christi's (thank you SO SO SO MUCH) and had the best time with Ryle.  Christi brought the boys by Saturday evening and Tay was more excited to see all his Grandparents than me or Noelle.  He was super hesitant and didn't want anything to do with her for a long time.  There was a TON of commotion in the room and we think that was overwhelming for him as well as meeting his new sister.  He came back the next day and was much better.  

Getting ready to go home on Christmas Eve!!! Gus's mom bought us this adorable outfit and I had to have Noelle wear it to go home in.  She looked so cute, hated the bow in the car seat (and still does) but I blame it on the head rest.  She wears them otherwise :)

Tay was ecstatic to pick us up and take Noelle home, he giggled and said "Hi Noelle" the whole way home.  He loves her so much!  We finally got a good pick of the 4 of us in the Nursery when we got home.

She is just the BEST baby and put herself on a wonderful schedule all by herself and only wakes up once at night to eat.  She is very easy going and smiles a ton showing us her cute little dimple.  Taylor thinks she is the most amazing thing and talks about her all the time.  His transition was amazing and he acts like she has always been there.  We are so in love with her!

Last Attempt to Walk Her Out!

We once again headed to Disney to walk this girl outta me, as you may know it didn't work but we had a BLAST as a family! We rode a few rides, saw the Disney Jr Live, and the Parade, and met Santa!  Taylor loved him!  Thank goodness we saw Santa there, I was waiting for Noelle's arrival to take the kids together but since she stuck around for too long this was the only visit.

 

 

Girl's Breakfast!

The Girls (yes Cait we are grown up girls!) came by for breakfast last weekend for some great food and lots of laughs! I stole pics from Becky -she was there but didn't land in front of the camera! Tay loved flirting with Bianca and stealing her food, little stinker! Can't wait to see you all again soon!

 

Wordless Wednesday

 

40 Weeks!

OK Baby Girl, its been TEN MONTHS, GET OUT!!!  Happy Due Date!

 

Wordless Wednesday

 

Small World

Trying to walk this baby outta me we headed to Dland last night and ate dinner and rode ONE ride!  It's ok because it was a great ride with Tay's new favorite thing "Chri is liiiiites!"  He calls the ones outside the house Daddy's Christmas lights, inside and the backyard are Mommy's and last night he got to see Mickey's!  He was so enthused that they were Mickey's, and pointed out all the colors to us.  We also got to see a bit of the Candlelight Processional  and I really want to go back to see more, it was so amazingly beautiful!

 

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Vincent is 4!

We had a blast at Vincent's 4th birthday party! Thanks a MILLION to Becky for another fabulous party and to Miss Beau for taking my munchkin under your arm and playing with him all day. He LOVED the car on the hill track and throwing a blue balloon up up and up!  It feels like last month I was visiting Beck in the hospital (bringing her wine of course) and holding little V for the 1st time, man time has flown by!  Love you lots Calagna's!

 

 

 

Noelle's Nursery

Well I wouldn't say it's "done" but it's ready for her!  I had to try the panorama feature on my cell to capture the whole thing, you get the idea...

The shadow box has one of my mom's outfits from the 40's and the background is the blanket she brought me home from the hospital in.

My kids little Library!  Tay loves to go in her room and lay on the floor and read books.  The alarm clock is only temporary...

The jam packed dresser/changing station!  The bassinet is only temporarily there too...

Our family bassinet that we have used for our entire Shafer family!  Tay was in it {here}and now it's all ready and girly for Noelle!

I LOVE her crib set!  The skirt is the prettiest part but it won't be in full effect until we drop the crib and can fluff it out, its a pink satin bubble!

 Ok baby girl we are ready for you!