Milo's tummy time ♫

Tummy time♥

He's holding his head up higher!  Building a strong neck.

Baby Milo♥ Photoshoot @ the Hospital

I think most Hospitals offer a professional photographer to photograph your newborn.

I loved the results we got with Luka so yes, we did it again!

My only regret is that we passed on this when we had Kai...I wish I had photos taken for him too.

Milo is 2 days old in these photos.

病院で撮っていただいた写真です。

産後2日目です。

Babyちゃん@ 20 weeks ♥♥♥

Lotsa kicking ♥

you can really see the face here!

So excited to meet the baby ♥

う～ ママ限界です。。。

うひょ～！来月産まれるけどもう限界です。身体が。。。

ソファーで寝ているところを撮られてしまいました！

o boy....i'm at my limit.

my belly is just way too big and heavy!  i'm pretty sure baby #2 will be bigger than when Kai was born...

最近漫画・コミックにハマっているカイです。

スポンジボブとスヌーピーのコミック買ってあげました。

Kai just loves to look through comic books.

i think the drawings are fun to look at!  i got him a spongebob and a snoopy comic book!

who knew??

it's a....

another BOY!!

Kai is going to have a baby brother♥

sounds like this house is about to get crazier...!!

なんと二人目も男の子です！

カイに弟ができてうれしいね♥　一緒に遊んで楽しいお家になりそう！

（ママはこれから大変になりそうだけど、頑張ろう！）

お散歩。すっかり秋になってます。

そしてオハイオから荷物が！

これはもしかしてカイへの誕生日プレゼント？

and Kai got a BIG package from Ohio...!

I bet it's a birthday gift from Grandpa♥

tummy kicking...!

I call this one the "ey! umbilical cord get outta the way!"

and more kicking♥

10.21.2011 Kai is finally here♥

Kai Theodore Showecker is here♥

finally, on 10.21.11 he has arrived!

his original due date was 10.17---but of course he decided to chill in my belly a few days longer.

so i started contractions on Saturday the 15th...mild but annoying enough.

finally after 3 days of having contractions i went to the hospital.

i was "observed" for about 5 hours before i got sent home for "false" labor.

ugh!

well the next day i went back to the hospital and it was the real deal.

my whole plan was to go all natural--no drugs, no pain meds.

i was doing good for about 16 hours. i was dilated 7cm and the pain was just horrid!

it was the worse pain ever...omg. i had to ask for an epidural :(

when i finally got to the point of pushing, i pushed for about 3 hours and he wasn't coming out.

why?? his head was too big to pass through my pelvic bone!

so in the end, i had to get a c-section. i cried because it wasn't my plan... and i was really scared.

it's major surgery...

but James was with me the whole time and he came out at 9:59 am weighing 7lbs 9oz.

21 inches long and screaming like no other!

i stayed in the hospital for another 3 days for recovery...wow, it was so painful.

i'm just now finally starting to feel better. i can walk around more but still can't lift heavy things.

all in all, it was a crazy experience. but the nurses were suuuuper nice and they've been great!

and Kai was all worth it♥♥

it's papa james!

nursing! didnt' think i could but i've started producing milk!

auntie erika♥

here's Kai's first pillow i made for him

*yawn*

he loves to be swaddled! we call him Burrito

and his first car ride home!

Julie's handmade blanket came in handy and he loves it!