Our Life... Just the Begining

whats new!

2011-09-07T22:54:00.000-07:00

it has been a long time since ive updated anything. so much has happened. alyssa is such a smart little girl. sheb is two years old now. we had a big alice in wonderland birthday party. she is truely loved by many. lets see whats new...

she is talking so much. saying complete three word phrases like i dont know, i dont want it, i love you, im hungry, and so much more.

she spends time reading books.. she tries to read them at least.. shes counting to ten. she starting to know her colors, purple and green. she has those two down.

we have alyssa in day care which i think is helping her a whole lot.

we have had an issue with her biting other students but i think we fixed that because she says to me teacher said no biting. i think its kind of funny the way she says that.

no more bottle either.. yay i stopped that about two months ago. she is strictly using zippy cups now. she sleeps in her own room too.

loving life with my little princess @ this time and i wouldnt have it any other wayy.

Walking >>>>>Already :)

2010-02-06T13:30:00.000-08:00

WOw my baby is walking!!!!!

YUP YUP She is walking it started Last sunday officially. She had taken a few steps before but now its full into effect. I am so happy! She is not even 10 months yet. I truly have a smart baby. They just grow sooo fast.

ChrismaS 2009

2010-01-18T18:31:00.000-08:00

Merry Christmas Alyssa. She had a blast opening all her presents. =)

More On Alyssa

2010-01-18T17:48:00.000-08:00

Here are a few pictures of alyssa during Thanksgiving 2009. She was spending time with her family. Below are pictures of Alyssa wearing her turkey outfit sitting with her grandpa.

I love this picture! Alyssa sleeping with her booty up in the air. She really fell asleep like this. :)

Mama and Alyssa: Thanksgiving 2009

Happy New Year

2010-01-14T20:03:00.000-08:00

Happy New Year!

Where to start... The last time i blogged was October 7th and so much has happened since then. Alyssa is now 9 Months old. The last 3 months my little girl has grown up so fast... I cannot believe it.

She started crawling at 6 months. It just sort of happened. One day she just decided "LETS GO!" :)

Halloween was fun. Alyssa was a little lamb. She looked adorable too! I just loved her costume. Thanks grandma Griffin. =)

She also has her two bottom teeth. She got those between 7-8 months. She now likes to eat table food. She thinks she's grown! Thanksgiving and Christmas came and went. She loved it! Opening presents and spending time with the family was so fun. Alyssa actually sat and opened presents. I was totally amazed.

Oh yes and she is stading by herself now. Yes she is! I am so shocked that its happening NOW! My baby is 9 months old and she is standing on her own. . . She will walk soon I know it.

Lets see what else is new ... We also had our trip to Las Vegas for our cousin Bri's 15th Birthday /4095-celebration. She looked adorable.

So big so fast

2009-10-07T17:57:00.000-07:00

So much has happened, and I've been so busy that I have not had the time to write about our beautiful little girl... so whats new? ALYSSA IS A LITTLE BRAT!!!! just kidding but she is getting so fussy lately, maybe because she is teething. She is going to be 6 months in three days and she is a handful, big time. Alyssa loves her baby food. She loves peaches, sweet potatoes, green peas, and banana. I've given her all kinds but those are by far her favorites.

Alyssa loves her daddy. oh my goodness she LOVES her daddy so much. Example, when I come home she sees me okay and i pick her up, that's about it. But when daddy gets home, she practically goes half crazy she sees him and tries to stand up and go to him. Alyssa can't even crawl yet, but she acts as if she wants to run to him. Its adorable.

What else is new:

She makes lots and lots of noises, she is a screamer. LOL
She said mama last month on sept. 26th
She has her first trip to the emergency room. she has a fever of 102.9 we were so scared!

but now she is healthy and super happy!

5 months Tomorrow

2009-09-09T18:41:00.000-07:00

My little monkey is turning 5 months tomorrow and so much has happened. she is such a big girl now and boy does she have a personality of her own. She loves to grab things. EVERYTHING around her she reaches for. She is also very observant; when people are talking she looks them as if she is listening and understand what they are saying. Suddenly, there is a sound behind her and her head turns to see what it is. Did I mention she LOVES to GRAB.

Here she is reaching out to grab her bubba's beard. Boy does she love that!

Here she is reaching for the TV remote. She is so much like her daddy. lol

Alyssa is also sitting down with out any help. At first she started to, but she would tip over it was too funny, but now she is really good and she sits all by her little self.

such a happy baby all smiles all the time.

Hot summer naked baby is tottaly the way to go. =o)

Here she is in a beautiful brown dress looking super cute for church on Sunday going with grandma Griffin.

4 months old

2009-08-12T21:11:00.000-07:00

My baby is now 4 months, yey!
She went to her doctor's appointment and basically everything went well. She is now officially a big girl and can begin solid baby food... she can eat cereal, veggies and fruits. Alyssa is now 14 pounds 1 ounce and 25 inches long. She is in the 78th percentile in height/length and 63 percentile in weight. She is still above average, but I kinda thought she would weigh more since she is eating so much lately.

So, just like last time Alyssa got her shots 2 on one leg and 2 on the other and 1 by mouth. Also, just like her last sset of shots when she was 2 months, alyssa got a fever. :(

I tried to prevent it but it did not work out the way i hoped. The next day at 6am Alyssa woke up with a fever of 100.5 I was so worried that I ended up staying home from work. Thank God I did because her fever got worse. By 2pm it was up to 101.3 and by then I freaked out, We ended uo buying her some medicine Motrin for infants. That definitly worked. by 6:30p she was back to normal. yey!

So, today was a very busy day. I took Alyssa to the sitter because I had to go to work today. Alyssa had ate 4 ounces at 4am, so her next feeding was suppose to be at 8am but she was not feeling well and skipped that feeding. She ate at 11:30 about 2 ounces but spit up all of it, then she just kept throwing up like 2 more times. Jason and I got so worried that we left work, picked her up from the sitter and took her to the doctor. Well the outcome was that Alyssa has a viral infection stomach flue.

MY POOR BABY IS SICK!

Now she can't eat any food and has to drink that yucky pedialyte. Now she is hungry and I cant feed her any milk. That sucks. I feel helpless and when she cries I don't know how to make her feel better. Jason is being a wonderful daddy. He is good at soothing her and helping calm her down when she is fussing.

I want my baby to be back to normal, back to being the happy little baby that she is always.

happiest baby in the world =)

2009-07-26T09:12:00.001-07:00

Love that smile baby! Alyssa is truely the happiest baby in the world! Yes you are!!!! =) Going to the sitter and she's all smiles such a purrrty lil mama's.... I LOVE YOU ALYSSA!!!

Even when its hot and shes talking and laughing. Here she is in her crib having a ball!

Playing with daddy! Alyssa is all smiles and giggles.
And of course her knew hobby..... SUCKING HER TOES> lol =)

Watching you grow is the best gift ever.
I'm So glad you are a healthy baby and fun loving one too. Mommy loves you with all her heart baby.

Alyssa is 3 months!!!

2009-07-17T20:32:00.000-07:00

Alyssa is 3 months now and cuter than ever. Here are some updates on what she's been up to...

She has a set schedule now. Alyssa wakes up usually around 5-7am days vary. She eats every 4 hours about 4-6 ounces. around 8pm she gets her bath which calms and cools her down from the hot summer day. She drinks her last bottle arounnd 8:30-9:30 depends. She quickly falls asleep when she finishes her bottle. She is such a great baby because she sleeps until 5-7am.. What a wonderful little girl we have.

Yes sometimes Alyssa can get a little fussy. like all babies she cries but i know i got it down. There are only two reasons why Alyssa cries. 1 being she is hungry but that cry is more like a whine. The 2nd cry is when she is tired and sleepy. She will actually cry until i give her the infamous pacificer and hold her till she falls asleep. This usually doesnt take long she is out in less than 5 minutes. When she is hungry and sleepy (usually happens at night time) all i have to do is prepare her bottle and she quites down, drinks her bottle and goes to sleep... and she practically sleeps through the night. Good baby.

Alyssa also LOVES to suck on her two fingers. she has her hands in her mouth 24 hours a day. She even has them in her mouth when im bathing her. lol Adorable.

Today, when I was changing her diper, Alyssa grabbed her feet. This is a first. Yey!!!! It was so cute she was playing with her feet and of course i had to take a picture. She still has not put them in her mouth =) but she is reaching out for them.

She reaches out for things now. I place a toy infront of her or her pacificer infront of her and she gets super excited and she tries to reach out for it, I've noticed and my mother in law has noticed too that she usually grabs things with her left hand. She tells me that Alyssa has a stronger grip with her left hand than with her right. Who knows maybe alyssa will be a lefty like her mommy!!!

Happy 4th of JULY!!!!

2009-07-07T19:43:00.000-07:00

For the 4th of July we took ALyssa to Knotts Berry Farm. She's young yes but she had a good time. I guess. lol We took lotts of pictures so that when she gets older she can look back and see how little she was when she met snoopy. =)

It was one last fun thing that we got to do before I returned to work.

Yes today was my 1st day back to work. I was excited to return to work but at the same time saddend that I had to leave my little one. Jason was watching her so I didn't have anything to worry about but still. The fact of leaving her for a whole day is something I was not looking foward to. I missed her so much.

Everytime someone at work said welcome back and asked me about the baby I blabbed on about all the cute little things she does.

She is not a thumb sucker but she does stick her index and middle finger in her mouth and sucks like theres no tomorrow. Its the cutest thing in the world. I Love it!

She also has the cutest smile ever. I love taking her a bath too. Alyssa you love the water mama!

When I take you a bath you kick and kick splashing the water with your little feet, that makes you smile. =)

"Alyssa Mommy loves you so much and you are growing so fast I know that you love me too and that you know im your mommy. Even when I am not there to watch you know that I am thinking of you every minute of the day."

Rock on baby! =)

Happy 4th of July!!!!

Happy B-day to Mommy!

2009-07-01T21:13:00.000-07:00

Today is my birthday! yey! Im now 24 years old. I spent the day with my little bunny. She was so cute. I put together her bouncer and she loves it! It was like my present for her on my birthday. lol My friend Adriana gave it to us for the baby shower and now Alyssa is big enough to sit and play. SHE LOVES IT and seeing her enjoy herself in it was a wonderful Birthday present for me! :)

Still growing! :)

2009-06-29T08:52:00.000-07:00

Whats new with Alyssa .... lots of stuff! She is getting so big now and I am a very proud mommy. Lately she has been going to bed around 10pm and doesnt wake up till 5:30 or 6am. I love it~!

She is also eating more. 5-6 ounces per feeding.

I love her so much!

Next week I am going back to work. I kinda have mixed feelings about it. I want to go back because of the money.... im in desperate need of some new clothes. I start my internship as a teacher this September so I definitly need some professional clothes that fit nicely and that I look good in. :)

At the same time I don't want to return to work because I don't want to leave my baby. I want to be with her every second of the day. . . what if she does something new like crawl, say her first word, or do something hilarious that I would find so adorable.

I guess all First time mommy's go through this but ive spent the last 2 1/2 months taking care of my baby all day everyday, but now i have to give her to someone else for at least 8 hours of the day. Its just so difficult hopefully I dont cry. lol :)

Well, Alyssa has been smiling non-stop for weeks now but I have not been able to capture her smiling in a picture.... UNTIL NOW!!!! YEY!

She is so beautiful. 2 months 2 weeks and 5 days and every day is still unbelievable. :)

Ear piercing day

2009-06-14T16:11:00.000-07:00

Alyssa got her ears pierced yesterday. She looks so cute although she did not enjoy it much the outcome was perfect.

Here She is getting her lilttle ear lobes cleaned.

Here they are marking her ear where they will put the hole. She has no idea whats going on. :)
Hold still Alyssa. Ready..... 1...2...3 and Ouchhhhh....The little mami didn't enjoy this part. :(
But once we gave her the favorite binky she felt a whole lot better....see no more tears!

Good Baby You Slept Through the Night!

2009-06-12T21:42:00.001-07:00

Alyssa slept through the night last night yesterday. YEY!!! We put her to bed last night around 9:30-10pm. We always go to bed late like around 11 or 12. So anyway right before we went to bed Alyssa woke up aroun 11:50p and I thought great she's going to be up now. I made her a 2 ounce bottle and she was out after 1 ounce. lol
She slept until 6:00am. Yey! My baby slept through the night Hopefully it lasts.

Update!

2009-06-10T18:24:00.000-07:00

Today my baby is 2 months old. So much has happened and I know that I haven't posted in a while but being a mommy is a full time job. lol

Alyssa has been cooing and making lots of noises for a few weeks now.

Every morning she wakes up around 8am and is in the happiest mood ever. She smiles at me and its the cutest thing. It truely melts my heart. :)

This morning the same routine went on but this time when I talked back to her the way I usually do she started laughing. HER FIRST LAUGH! I didn't get it on video darn!

I was so happy! I thought about it and laughed to myself because today she got her 2 month old shots and she was not laughing anymore. My poor baby was not very happy.

Our memorial weekend

2009-05-29T15:40:00.000-07:00

During this memorial weekend we decided to go to

sacramento and introduce our little one to Jason's side of the family. It was a nice because it was not only Alyssa's first flight but mine too.

The trip over there was nice and I was not scared but coming back was not so nice because of the turbulene.

IT SCARED ME!!!

Anyway we made it safely home.

Everyone got to meet Alyssa. We also got to enjoy some of Tony's yummy bbq chicken and tri tip. hmmm hmmm!Everyone was very happy to meet Alyssa and commented that she looks like her daddy and Grandma Griffin, of course!

I think she looks more like her cousin Zyon.

We also met the newest member to our family. Little Joshua Dwayne Griffin, he is so cute and tiny.

So While we were there we had a bbq at the park and that was so fun we got to hang out with the whole family! Good time!

Jason and I ... True Love!

Grandma Griffin and Alyssa.
Jason and Alyssa at the park going for a walk.

Alyssa's first album

2009-05-19T18:01:00.001-07:00

Okay so I created this album on smilebox and I wanted to post it. Its a little late but still. These are some of the pictures I love!

Make a Smilebox scrapbook

Growing up so FAST!

2009-05-18T11:02:00.000-07:00

Alyssa is 5 weeks old and I feel that she has grown up so much since her birthday. She keeps her lil head up when I hold her and try to burp her or when I lay her down for Tummy Time she acts like she is ready to crawl. OMG! I love her so much but soon she will be off to colleges. =)

Since she turned a month I have taken her out to meet up with our school buddy Adriana. She says that you look like your daddy, Alyssa. Just like everyone else who meets you, she agrees that you have his little facial expressions.

Of course we had to take a picture. . . Duh!

Alyssa was wide awake in this picture. We had gone to Long Beach state to pick up my cap and gown because on May 28th WE ARE GRADUATING! YEY!

More of those pictures to come next week. I can't wait.
But for the mean time here are some other pictures of Baby Alyssa and what we did last week.

These are the ladies at work holding my baby. They too say she looks like daddy. OH GOSH!

We also visited Auntie Jenny and Cousin Romeo and thier doggies!

Look at Alyssa's face when she is looking at the doggies. lol thats so funny!

Update on baby Alyssa

2009-05-14T19:12:00.000-07:00

When you first get pregnant and begin to tell people, besides congratulations, you usually hear the same line over and over again, "prepare for no more sleep." Well Alyssa is a really good baby she usually sleeps 4 hours and then wakes up for a feeding and then back to sleep she goes. BUT.. the other day I really understood what people were talking about. I mean I do miss sleeping my straight 8 hours but the other day Alyssa would just not go to sleep. OMG! She would fall asleep while I was holding her, but as soon as I would place her in her cradle she would wake up and act as if she was hungry but the thing is that she had just ate her 4 ounces. So I decided to give her 1 more ounce. She fell asleep in my arms but then as soon as I put her down in her cradle she would wake up again! ARGHHHH!!! I did not go to sleep until 2am and that was because I fell asleep with her in my arms. She was up by 4:30 to eat again and didnt go back to sleep till about 6am so I didnt really get any rest. She usually never does that I was surprised. Oh well thats what its like being a mommy. I kinda expected it but since she never did that to begin with I just figured that she would not be one of those babies.

Well that was me venting! lol

Mother's Day!

2009-05-11T13:15:00.000-07:00

Yesterday was mothers day and it could not have been better because it was also Alyssa's 1 month anniversary. =) We were planning on going to church in the morning but it took a little longer to get alyssa ready than i thought.

We decided to take Alyssa pictures at the mall and she was so cute. She did give the photographer a hard time so im not sure how the pictures turned out. She was kinda hungry and i had to wake her up to take the pictures so lets just say she was a little fussy.

After we left the picture place at the mall we drove to my inlaws house so that they could baby sit Alyssa because Jason planned a special dinner reservations at shenandoah's restaurant. I LOVED IT! very yummy food. Thanks babe you made my first mothers day very special.

outside the restaurant posing infront of the beautiful roses.

New pics!!

2009-05-06T21:22:00.000-07:00

I love this picture so much! I know everyone tells me that she looks like her daddy Jason but to me this picture truely proves it. There is a picture of Jason and I this past christmas and i think they are making the same expression. LOL! LOVE IT!!!! She was so tired you can see it in her eyes but she still posed for mommy! =)

Ha Ha her eyes kept getting lower and lower.

Until... she fell asleep. I love my baby!

I also took some other pictures with the cutest lil' green outfit that her auntie Jenny bought her. Gotta love the facial expressions... I just had to share them.

Don't you just love the her facial expression on this pic. She did not want to cooperate but mommy still got the picture and I love her little face. Its like she's saying "mommy are you serious with all these pictures."

Well until next time....

Alyssa baby your 3 weeks now!

2009-05-04T14:54:00.000-07:00

Wow my baby is getting so big. 3 weeks old and she can already hold her head up or at least she tries to. Its the cutest thing ever. I have been laying her on her tummy for tummy time so she can work out her little muscles.

I cannot believe that it has already been 3 weeks. Time is flying by so fast and soon I will need to go back to work. I DONT WANT TO LEAVE MY BABY! I know I still have 3 more weeks on and then an additional 6 weeks for bonding time that the state gives. I still feel that its not enough time and I don't know about leaving my baby with someone else. Well I still have till July 6th so im going to cherish all the time I have with her. I love my little baby!

Doing GREAT!

2009-04-30T16:57:00.001-07:00

Tomorrow will be 3 weeks since Alyssa was born and I'm recovering very well. I'm almost fully recovered and cant wait to spend some "quality time" with my hubby! The bleeding has subsided its practically like all stopped but im still going to wait the 6 weeks like the doctor advised. Since I had a slight tear, I don't want to risk anything happening. Can't Hardly wait though! LOL

Alyssa has done some really cute stuff too! Yesterday I was sitting on one side of the bed and went behind her and walked to the other side. I noticed that she turned her head towards me and her little eyes followed me. I walked to the other side again to see if it was a coinsidence. Nope I was right she kept following as I walked around the room =). I know its somthing so minimal but to me its a big deal because its a sign that she is growing so fast and observing everything around her. Pretty soon she will be crawling then walking and then leaving off to college. LOL It's just something I thought I would like to share.

ALyssa is 2 weeks now

2009-04-25T14:43:00.000-07:00

Yesterday Alyssa turned 2 weeks. She had her 1st doctors appt with Dr. Arlene Francisco Hugh. No shots yet but they did measure her and take her weight. She is now 9 pounds 4 oz and and 1/2 inch longer. My baby is growing so fast. Dr. Hugh says that she is in the 88 percentile and 83rd percentile for length and weight. She is so big and beautiful and she does the cutest little faces. I love her so much. I think she looks like me but at times she resembles her daddy. Every day she changes, and I don't know what imma do when I have to go back to work. I get so sad just thinking about it too!

Today Jason went back to work. I was depressed for the last two days thinking that I would feel lonely. I miss him being here. Its not that I can't do it on my own because I know I could but just having him here just in case something happens was really reassuring. He was a great help. When I needed to shower, or prepare her milk he would watch her. If she was sleepy or needed a little attention he was really good at putting her to sleep. Also if I was tired and wanted to rest he was hereso that I could rest while he took care of our little precious angel. Now he is at work and I miss him so much! My mom is here helping out with what she can which helps. Also writing about it kinda helps too. I'm venting! :)

Here are some updates:

Alyssa's umbilicord cord stump fell off on moday that was exactly 10 days.

She is also eating more. She is up to 4 oz bottles sometimes.

Doctor says she is a big baby maybe a b ball player. lol maybe!

1 Week Old

2009-04-17T19:45:00.000-07:00

Today my baby is 1 week old. I cant believe it! She is the most adorable little angel and does the cutest things, and to think its only been 1 week. WOW! Everything seems to be going well. She started eating very little like 1 ounce and then 2 and now she is up to 3 ounces every feeding about every 3 to 4 hours. She also makes the cutest face when she poops. :) LOL

I can not imagine life without her now, its like i love her so much and i've only known her for 1 week. It truely is amazing I cannot explain it. I now know what it means to be a mom and what that unconditional love that everyone talks about feels like.

Oh yes and Daddy Jason is very helpful. He helps feed her and change her diper too! Although we still need a little more practice in the diper changing area. :) He loves his lil mamas so much I can see it in his eyes when he looks at her. I love that about him. I know we have only been at it for ONE WEEK but he is going to be a great dad! (Ahhh tear tear). I gave him something that no one else has ever given him and it makes me so happy to see how much he enjoys having her around and how happy he is to be a daddy.

Lots of people have come to see her already too. She is so loved!

Great Grandma feeding her on the left and uncle Ricky with girlfriend on the right.

Alyssa Moriah Griffin is here!

2009-04-13T16:06:00.000-07:00

She's here, she's here!!!

On April 9th Jason and I went for a walk at the park (you know since they say it helps with labor and all). After our walk we came home and showered and went to bed. Around 3:45am I woke up and felt something inside my stomach make a gurgle sound, like when a person is hungry, and then a quick little pop sound followed. I turned over and it felt like I wet myself. I didn't know if it was the real thing until I moved a little more and a bigger gush came out. My water broke! ! !
I tried to wake up Jason, I said, "Babe my water broke wake up" (i had to say it like 2 times) lol. I got up and it just kept coming out more and more and more. We got our hospital bag, I changed into some clean pants and we were off to the hopital.

We needed to put gas so we stopped for that and headed straight to the hospital. I think Jason was more nervous than I was because he almost took the wrong freeway. :-)

We got to the hospital and were admitted around 4am. I was not experiencing any major contractions so around 6:45am they gave me pitocin and oh boy did that start the contractions.

Evey 3-5 minutes i was in agony. Thank God for my hunnie if he would not have been there I would have not made it through. Thanks Babe I love you so much and appreciate everything you did.

So about 10:20am I could not take it anymore! I had the nurse check me and I was 3cm dialated and 90 % effaced @ zero station. I had to get the epidural! After the epidural everything felt a whole lot better. By 2:45pm I was @ 9 cm and so glad because the nurse said that she was going to prepare everything and call the doctor so I can start pushing soon. I started pushing around 3:15p and after an hour.....

ALYSSA MORIAH GRIFFIN was born April 10, 2009 at 4:16pm weighing 8 pounds 10 ounces and measured 21 inches long. I needed a few stiches because I had a slight tear, but once they placed my baby girl on my arms the pain was nothing.

Our little angel arrived to this world and we are happier than we have ever been.

She is so cute and im so happy to have her in my life. I cannot imagine life without her and she has not been here no more than 3 days. I love her so much. I just love her, love her love her!

And so does everyone else.

Still Waiting

2009-04-09T20:25:00.000-07:00

We are still waiting and waiting and waiting. I have read plenty of blogs about women who have been induced and preffer that method and other blogs where women say they would have rather waited because its more painful. Now I don't know what I want to do. Im confused. I want Alyssa to come out already but Im afraid of an induction. I guess however it happens will be on Gods hands. Only he knows the plan ...

I have been feeling strong contractions today especially in the last hour. Ouch! Tomorrow I have an appointment with my OB for an NST so hopefully they can tell me some good news and I wont have to be induced. I just want to meet my little girl! Ya know! Hopefully this full moon myth has some truth to it. They say more babies are born on a full moon for whatever reason. Who knows all I know is that I can't wait to meet her.

Tomorrow should be the day?

2009-04-06T17:27:00.000-07:00

Okay so its been a few days since I've been on here and updated my info. I kinda wanted to wait a while because there hasn't been any changes. Alyssa is still in my tummy. she is stubborn just like her mommy and daddy.

To our little angel:
Hi baby...
mommy and daddy want to meet
you so bad but your due date is tomorrow and Dr. Kizner says
that I'm still 1cm,
which means that your little butt is probably not going
to come out by your due date.
Daddy talks to you almost every night and
tells you to hurry up and come
out, but you seem not to listen.
We love you
little mamas and we want you to
come out and introduce you to our family,
but if its not tomorrow its okay!
We love you anyways with all our heart. <3 id="SPELLING_ERROR_4" class="blsp-spelling-error">don't stay there for another 2 weeks. =)

So, today we had our doctors appt. Last week I was informed that I was 1 cm dialated. I wanted to go in and have Dr. Kizner (my OB) tell me that i've dialated to at least one more (hopefully 3-4 cm) but when i saw him today he said that I was still 1 cm. NO CHANGES! OMG!!!!! WTF. I have been feeling contractions that should have done something... right? Well I made up my mind to stop worrying about "when" its going to happen. Every night I wake up to pee and wonder if my water will break while I'm walking to the bathroom. hehehe :)
Every contraction I feel makes me wonder if this is it...but nothing. Im really hoping that today would be the day but in reality only God knows when this little mamas will come out. I hope and pray that all goes well during my delivery and when it happens it will happen.

If you come out today or tomorrow little angel as long as you are healthy and well that's all i ask for.

I cant wait till the day you come out and I can hold you in my arms and say that your mine.

I cant wait to whisper in your little ears how much I love you and how much we have waited for our arrival.

Mommy and daddy wish you were here already but its okay as long as you come out with five little toes on each foot and five little fingers on each hand, we will be more than happy. =)

False Alarm

2009-04-02T19:25:00.000-07:00

Okay, so since yesterdays incident with the whole mucus plug thingy everyone is concerned and wants me to get checked out. My mom and grandma believe that its a BIG sign and that I shouldn't take any risks and go to Labor and Delivery. I didn't want to go in yesterday since i've read about the mucus plug and it shouldn't be a big deal, so we decided to sleep on it and see what happens.
So Today, around 1:30 pm Jason came home and we got ready to go to the doctors office. Better to be safe than sorry. We drove to Long Beach Memorial and got checked it around 3:00pm. The Nurse's name was Janine. She was really nice! Very welcoming and explained everything. She even gave me some apple juice. Basically her diagnosis was that im still at 1 cm dialated but im 70 % effaced and im having contractions that are 7-8 minutes apart. She decided to send me home since it was too early and I was not in labor yet. :(
Of course we needed to take a picture for the album! :0)

YUCK! Mucus Plug

2009-04-01T15:50:00.000-07:00

Okay so today is kinda weird. I have been doing a lot of reading in regards to the pregnancy so that I can be well informed of any signs or symtoms. Well anyways. . . I think im loosing my mucus plug. I have read that it can come right before labor starts so im kinda excited and nervous at the same time. Any day now. =0)

Dr. Visit

2009-03-31T13:04:00.000-07:00

Today I went to see my OB. He basically told me that I am 1cm dialated and 60 % effaced. (meaning how much my cervix has thinned out). Wow 1cm! COME ON! Well its better than nothing. right ;0) He also made a prediction that the baby could be here soon probably FRIDAY! WHOOO HOO! Im nervous and scared but excited all at the same time. I've been feeling contractions all morning... they come and go so hopefully we will all see Alyssa soon! :0)

The Nursery

Here is her bedroom! We have finished the decorating and I'm so excited. Daddy painted the walls and help put the butterflies and flowers up on the walls as well as the borders. Thanks to both Grandma Griffin and Grandma Letty we have her room set up with all the essentials! :) Now hurry up Alyssa we want you here.

Ohhh what a scare!

2009-03-30T15:13:00.000-07:00

I had a scare yesterday because it was the first time that I felt like this baby is on her way soon. It was about 10:30p and Jason and I were watching some comedy show with Bill Cosby. It was really fun because he was talking about his wife and when she gave birth. I could not stop laughing. Well anyway I began to feel some sharp pains in my vagina that shot upward (Sorry TMI but it really hurt). after a few minutes a felt it again and my stomach was really hard too. I thought to myself OMG! this is it we need to go to the hospital.

So I told jason to get the phone number for Long beach memorial hospital Labor and delivery. I dont want to be one of those people that goes to the hospital and gets sent back home because its too early. We decided to wait it out. I drank some water and layed down. Hopefully that would help determine if what I was feeling was true labor or something else.
I went online and googled "sharp pains in vagina during pregnancy" and basically it said that it could mean the baby is ready to come out and my cervix is begining to dialate. If they were contractions It would be more painful and I would definitely know!

Well thats pretty much it. I didn't end up going to the hospital becuase the pains went away so I guess everything is okay and this little girl still wants to stay in there.

I just hope she comes out soon. Not wednesday since its April 1st and I dont want her to be a april fools baby. =) Any other day would be perfect!

From the begining...

2009-03-28T16:32:00.000-07:00

Hello everyone!

So this is our first pregnancy and our first child together. We are both very excited and can't wait until she joins us and blesses us with her cries, laughs, coos, poopy dipers and sleepless nights. :)

It all began August 3, 2008 when I took a pregnancy test since I was already a week late I figured if i was pregnant it should show. I took one and to our surprise it came out positive! I could not believe it. Two lines indicate that I wsa pregnant but one of the lines was so faint we decided to take a second one. As soon as we saw two lines on the second home pregnancy test we knew it... I was pregnant! :)

Time seemed to fly and our first doctors appt came sooner than we thought. It was Thursday, August 25, 2008. Jason and I were excited to find out how far along I was and when would be our due date. The OB said that our due date is April 7, 2009 which meant that I was 7 weeks and 6 days.

We also had our first ultra sound. She is so tiny I cant believe how tiny she was: just a little spec in the screen. :)

Even though I was happy I couldn't help but feel sick. Everything I ate made me sick to my stomach and this thing called morning sickness is more like everyday sickness because nothing stayed down. Some of my favorite foods like chicken wings and chili cheese fries became my enemy. YUCK :( This lasted until i was about 16 weeks.)

ITS A GIRL!!!!

17 weeks. 21 weeks. 29 weeks.

Wow.... how time flies only a few weeks and you can see the difference... really! :)