Lily

After taking about 50 horrible pictures I got a few decent shots of Lily. Here is the little lady.

I had the best weekend! Neil and I went on a date to this cute mansion downtown turned into a museum. There wasn't anything famous, the highlight of the tour was a painting by El Greco's son, but I had a great time. The husband was a collector of just about anything you could collect, china birds, paintings, china, and anything that involved eagles. One of the little benches was apparently stolen from Buckingham Palace, it is stamped on the bottom "property of Buckingham Palace." There was a little reception room with fruit, cheese, and treats. The grounds were fun too, there was a french garden and an english garden. We were on the "twlight tour" so it was nice and cool for our exploring. They have concerts there and I would love to go to one! (hint hint Neil.)
Anyway my dad wanted some pictures of the kids so here we go.

Yes, I am alive

So with the arrival of baby number three it has been a bit crazy! Long story short I have been on the sick side of things (on the up side being sick made me loose 32 pounds in two and 1/2 weeks) but I still have 2 1/2 more weeks of physical restriction. No mopping, no sweeping, no vacuuming, no lifting anything heavier then the baby (John particularly hates that one) and I can only go up stairs once a day. But the end is in sight- waahooo! Here are some pictures I took before Lily was born.

In this beauty Neil and I told Grace she had to stay in her room for nap time. Notice how her feet are still in the room to avoid being disobedient.

Here is Grace in action practicing her jumping.

I have been playing beauty parlor with G and here she is in her granny curlers.
And here is the little man of the house. I have more to put up later of his first professional hair cut :)

This is pretty much the most flattering picture of my children ever so I thought it should be published. Note that grace stole the lettuce off my plate to eat instead of her fries and chicken nuggets.

Introducing Lily!

Lily Jeanine Larson
March 28, 2011
10:54 AM
8 lbs 4oz
19 1/2 inches long

Note to self-

Must stop reading Southern set literature the food descriptions are too much for me. They trigger massive food cravings! While reading Saving Cee Cee Honeycutt (which I loved btw) I could not get cinnamon rolls out of my mind and then I had to have a full roast dinner complete with homemade rolls after finishing Finding Salvation at the Dairy Queen (just a so so story) and I went on a biscuit binge while reading The Help. So for now I am cutting you off Southern writers, with your delectable descriptions and vivid images. I'll see you again after I drop some baby weight.

Beauty Find

I tried dry shampoo today and I love it! I had been reading about it in magazines for a while and then my hair dresser said my highlights would last way longer if I only shampooed every other day. However being blond that looks gross super quick! The dry shampoo completely solved the problem and it smells great and it cut down my getting ready time significantly. So to sum things up hurray for dry shampoo.

Thankful Thursday- Drugs Edition

Tuesday night I got a head ache. I mean a really bad, I can't even sleep, Grace if you don't stop making noise I will die breed. I slept on and off thinking one of these times I would wake up and it would be gone. Well morning came and the head ache was still going strong but now it felt like I had been punched in the right eye and my brow bone was broken. Weird, right? So I called my ob just to be sure I wasn't having a seizure- I just saw a House episode where someone's pupil blows from a seizure and I did not want that happening. I left a message with the nurse and they called me back really fast. I told them I was going to try just laying down. The nurse said ok but told me to head to labor and delivery if the headache didn't go away. Well about fifteen minutes after I got off the phone the sight in my right eye went all blurry and pain started shooting down the back of my head and into my neck. This seemed bad so I dropped the kids off at a friend's and headed to the hospital. Thinking back maybe I shouldn't have been driving around half blind but Neil was still out of town. The doctor was worried the headache could be from high blood pressure which can be a sign of pre-eclamsia (sp?). I was pretty sure I didn't have that since my pregnant blood pressure is better then most people's normal bp according to my doctor and I didn't have any swelling but better safe then dead. So after three hours of tests and fetal monitoring and waiting for the results I was free to go but my head was still exploding and yes I was waiting in a room, with the lights off, wearing my sunglasses. It turns out I had a full blown migraine of death. The doctor said to take one dose of super strength Excedrin and drink something with caffeine in it. I painfully made my way to the drug store and took the medicine right away. Let me tell you what that Excedrin is AMAZING. Before I took it I couldn't even move my head without getting dizzy and suddenly I started feeling like a sane person again. I was worried at the hospital they would think I was crazy because they had to ask me a bunch of questions twice, lets just say my mental clarity was not good. The pills lasted all the way until this afternoon and now I am sipping a cherry coke to counter off any monkey business. My family is strictly anti caffeine but my mom gave me her "ok" since it is medicinal :) The only draw back was my usually caffeine free system wasn't quite ready for such a powerful jolt and sleep has been evading me and I have been a bit nauseous. But yes, I am extremely thankful for Excedrin and the fact that I do not get chronic migraines. Those things are death and I now have a new found empathy for all migraine sufferers. BTW the doctor and the nurse said the baby looks great/perfect and I am also very very very grateful for that. Monday at 10 o'clock I will finally get to meet this brand new little baby and I just can't wait!