She's Here

 

Lily Anne Romney

 

 We are just smitten!!!!!

More details to come

 

 

 

 

Last Night of Pregnancy

Here I am 40 Weeks pregnant and about to meet my baby girl.

We had our appointment today and all looked good. I am almost dialated to a

4 and effaced 80% so Doc thinks I am well off to get induced.

So it was real easy to say "yes lets get this baby out!"

So tomorrow at 7 am we report to the hospital. They will break my water first

and then see if labor will start on its own. After awhile if I havnt they will start a small dose of pitocin. I have not been worried about labor this whole pregnancy, but now I am starting to get a little

nervous. But I am mostly pretty giddy. I dont know how I am going to sleep tonight!

 

Here are some highlights of my pregnancy.

 

 

I found the whole IVF process very exciting!

I didnt hate giving myself shots for 2 months because the idea of it leading to

a pregnancy was so exciting!

I had my hard days of being worried it wouldnt work, but I also felt a lot of peace!

 

The moment I found out I was pregnant after a negative test turned possitive!:)

Thank goodness Ben looked in the trash can!

 

The first time we saw blob baby and saw the flickering heartbeat.

This little thing was only 6 weeks along and already had so much going on.

 

Finding out baby was a Lily, not a Rhett

 

 

Decorating Lily's room

 

Having a belly.

I really enjoyed this until about 34 weeks.

Then it sucked!!!!

 

Doing a 3d ultrasound of Lily.

It is so amazing to see them look like 'real babies!

It is so worth the $100 bucks and I plan on doing it with all my babies.

 

 

 

My very first baby shower

 

And last but not least, having my due date around Christmas.

It was always so fun to say she was due Christmas.

We decided that she is our Christmas clearance baby!!!!

 

Not gonna lie, the last month was really hard and I

have been very uncomfortable so I am ready to have this girl out!

But, I say my pregnancy was a very good one!

So happy prayers are answered!

Happy to be an almost mommy!!!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



The Book of Lily

My mother is one of the funniest women that I know!!!

She is clever and witty and is always making me laugh.

She keeps journals and writes about us kids and the way she does it is so funny.

I think she needs to write books because she would be a wonderful author and her books

would be hilarious!!!

Her latest thing is The Book of Lily, which is actually

for my brother on his mission and everyday she adds a new funny picture

with scripture writing.

 

I just have to share her amazingness!!!

 

 

(I thought I would edit this one for the blog,

but I just think its too perfect! LOL)

 

 

 

I cant wait for more funny things to come out of that crazy head of hers!!!

LOVE HER!

(and she insists on sleeping in our basement on a pad in her own little cave!)

See, she is crazy...but hilarious!

 

 

 



Stars

26 new stars are in the Heavens today!

 

 

My heart is broken by the shooting today and the innocent lives

that were taken! May God be with there families.

I am thankful to know that families are forever and that these families will be

reunited with there loved ones.

 



And Now We Wait

Another week down and another week closer to having Lily in our arms!

Its hard because really, she could come anyday or she could come 3 weeks from now if she goes late.

So I'm in limbo!

I really really want her to come before Christmas.

There really isnt anything new or exciting to report. I'm still here, still uncomfortable

and still pregnant.

Hehe

 

At my last appointment my Dr said Lily's head was really really far down

and I am efazed by like 70%, but I am only dialated to a 1 1/2.

He said he thinks she will come before Christmas, so we shall see.

My mom is coming in about a week to keep me occupied and to be here for sure when I go

into labor, unless I go into labor within these next few days, which I doubt will happen.

Either way, I know that its so soon and I am just getting so excited!

I still have anxiety about her and I talked to my Dr and he said I can go on meds when

I am breastfeeding so I am really happy about that.

Right now all my anxiety is foccused on Lily being safe, and I know that

when she comes, my anxiety will switch to something new. Its just the way my brain

has always functioned. I think being on a good medication will help

me from not having those ruminating thoughts going around 24/7! It sure helped me in high school.

Thats all folks. My next appointment is Thursday and hopefully it will be my last.

Everyone keep your fingers crossed that she comes before Christmas!

 



Its Beggining to Look A Lot Like Christmas

Even though I am in my last few weeks of pregnancy and very uncomfortable, I'm really

glad I decorated for Christmas. We are not going anywhere this year except hopefully the

hospital, so having the house decorated keeps the Christmas spirit alive!

 

Our 4 ft Christmas Tree. I think its adorable and there

was no way we were going to clean up the mess of a big tree

when we have a brand new baby!

I also kept the ornements to a minimum

Our Stockings

 

 

 

I did the collage on my walls that I have been wanting

to do for a long time!

I put Christmas Cards in some of the slots for the season.

 

I am so excited for Christmas because it means I will either have my

Little Lily

or be very very close to it!

HAPPY HAPPY JOY JOY!



37 Weeks

Here I am, 37 weeks, full term and pretty miserable!!!!

I can honestly say that my pregnancy glow is officially gone.

I enjoyed it while I had it, but now I just want Lily out and in my arms.

Reasons why my glow is gone....

 

1. I have Pupps, which is a rash you get on your belly

that doesnt go away until the baby is out. It hurts like a mother!

This rash started right after Thanksgiving. It is only around my belly button

and makes my stretch marks look red and horrible, and the itch is unbarable!!!

 

 

2. When Lily moves I can feel her down in my pelvis and it is very uncomfortable.

It is also uncomfortable when she is lopsided or is pushing on my side. I feel like

she is going to push right through my tight as a drum belly.

 

 

(not real picture but this is how I picture it)

 

3. My feet are so swollen and I cant wear my boots anymore. At least this just recently

happened adn not earlier. My rings still fit me so I'm glad about that.

Perks on swollen feet...pedicures!

 

4. My boobs hurt oh so very bad! And I know that its only going to get worse when I

start breastfeeding. I can hardly stand to lay on my side. They start to hurt

about ten minutes after I get dressed and I just want to rip off all my clothes!

Steamy I know!

So unless I am going out of the house, I am mostly in pajamas.

The plus side to my sore ladies is that they have grown at least 3 sizes!

Its awesome!!!

 

Me during pregnancy!

 

So other than these few complaints, life is still pretty awesome!

I just cant beleive that in 3 weeks I will be a mommy!

Its been a long time coming and I just cant wait!

 

Belly Bump Progress

10 weeks                                  15 weeks

20 weeks                                 24 weeks

 

28 weeks                                    30 weeks

34 weeks                      36 weeks

 

 

 

 

 

 

                                              

 

 

 

 



My new Toy!

For a long time I have wanted a new camera, but just didnt have the real push to get one.

I have had my little digital camera for 4 years when I went on my study abroad.

It has been a great convenient camera, but I wanted a nice one that takes fast, clear pictures.

Especially now that we are having a baby. Plus Ben and Rice are impossible to take pictures of because Ben will only smile for like 2 seconds and Rice will only look at you for 1!

So I needed a point and shoot that didnt have delays.
So for my Christmas present from my parents,they told me to get a camera.

How could I say no to that!!!

My sis in law Jen and mother in law helped me camera shop over Thanksgiving break.

I didnt really want a huge professional camera becuase I just didnt want to drag it around.

So finding a smaller camera that had the same kind of quality seemed rare.

But while we were looking Jen found my perfect camera!

 

 

Its a Sony Alpha Nex 5n.

It looks like a digital only bigger and the lense doesnt go inside the camera.

It has so many different settings and the response time is super super fast!

So now I can actually get pictures of Ben and Rice looking at me.

And I plan on taking thousands of pictures of Lily!

I still have yet to read the maual and figure out all the cool settings because

its like a foreign language to me...but if I can put together Lily's dresser(which was hell on earth)

 I can figure out how to use my high tech camera!

At first I didnt want to take it out of the box until Christmas...but I couldnt help myself and

just wanted to start playing with it. Plus I want it ready for when Lily comes.

My neice Lena was a great help and modeled wonderfully for me!

 

 

I didnt think to clean up her slobbery face...

but she is still SO CUTE!!!!!!!!

 

 

Sisters

 

These were mosty auto...but I was able to play with some settings.

I am excited to play with it some more and become a pro!

Dont worry...I am not planning on starting a mormon mom photography buisness!!!! LOL

 

 

 

 



Now and Then

Thanksgiving 2009

Thanksgiving 2012

 



 

I feel like Ben looks the same but I have changed a lot!

Its still weird to think that we have been married almost 3 years.

Sometimes I feel like we have been married a lot longer!

Cant wait for next Thanksgiving when Lily can be in the picture!

 

Itching to Redecorate!

Lately(as in the past few days) I have been itching to redecorate my house.

I want to add more pictures around the house because we really dont have any up.

I had so much fun decorating Lily's room and now I feel like I need to do something else.

I'm getting bored with the same big painting I have above our couch, and the kitchen needs something new on the walls. So I'm starting to brainstorm some ideas.

I am also getting excited to decorate for Christmas and this is the first year I have been thinking

about it before Thanksgiving. Usually I have no desire to even think about Christmas decorations until after Thanksgiving. But I am getting so excited and want to start now.

I think its because I need to have something occupy my time until Lily comes. Thank goodness

this week is Thanksgiving and we will be going to Missouri.

Yay for holidays!

 

This is kind of what I want to do in the living room.

 

 

 

 

 



Twilight Party

Last night the Law Wives (thats the only name I can think of for our group)

threw a Twilight Party. Now Im not a huge Twilight lover, I mean I love watching the movies

but I never read the books and never really had a desire too. But boy this party was so fun!

There was dinner, games and prizes and the host went all out on decorations.

I am sure she spent lots of $$$ on the party.

 

The dinner table had chess peices on the plates

                                             There were framed pictures of Bella and Edward
                                                                       all around the house

BLOOD

Dinner was so good

I contributed by bringing the saled.

It was a big hit thanks to this new Italian dressing that I am in LOVE  with.

 

They made us pregnant girls play the donut game.

 

These girls are awesome and I'm so glad to have so many

friends here in Topeka! It was a great night!