Pieces of Us

Notes on the Bean

     Jillian is growing and changing so quickly lately.  Suddenly her body seems heavy when I carry her.  I weighed her on the Wii Fit and she is up to 22 lbs. Her little face even has chub on it now! With this growth also comes other new skills like climbing.  This has not been as great as it sounds.  The other day I went to check on her in her room and she wasn't there.  Suddenly I felt her pat my head...from the TOP bunk.  I removed the ladder right away because she is a hyper girl and bounces around crazy.  I know she would launch herself not unlike what she did today off of Ginny's bed which is thankfully much closer to the ground.

    Last night she was very fussy.  She has had one eye tooth come in but three more are poking just under the skin surface.  I heard her crying a lot so even though it was late I decided to get her up.  We sat on the couch in the dark (if I put lights on she gets too wild) and she looked at me and shrugged her shoulders and said, "A hug?"  Well. Of course my dear!  Then she leaned in and gave me a kiss and said 'I Yuh You".  I was so glad that even though i have a cold and was very tired I spent that time with her.  It is so fleeting. The dark room didn't work because she climbed down and scampered off to retrieve the ice cream scoop and bring it to me followed by all the baby spoons in the house which she then began banging on the fireplace screen. After that she raced down the hall screaming for AJ and Ginny and I almost had to restrain her.

    Another advancement in her skills is singing. She doesn't make real words but when she hears a song she babblesings for the longest time and moves her hands and arms to the music. It is very endearing.  She LOVES music. TV and movies don't really interest her in the least.  She can't sit still that long. Her cuddliness is non existent right now and I do miss nursing her to sleep.  She only wants to nurse sitting next to me on the couch now, I will spare you the details!

    It's been a lot of fun to see all of the kids interact with her and help to teach her things.  She sure knows how to move herself up in the pecking order.  In fact I think she has made her way to the top.

Happy St. Patrick's Day

10 days postpartum

Maddy took some pics of me and Jillian 10 days postpartum.

All of them together!

Our little one is here!

Jillian Clementine Munoz was born on 2-28-2008 at 2:28 a.m. That's a lot of two's and eight's! She weighed 6 lbs 6oz, she is a teensy little peanut! She looks exactly like her sister Genevieve.  All the kids are in love with her already.

Trying to look at the fun side of still being pregnant.

I took all the kids out to exchange some things, buy  toaster and have lunch.  It was kind of fun when people would see me in all my massive glory, 5 kids in tow and they would ask, "How much longer?"
"Oh I was due last Thursday." I would say and the looks on their faces!  It was hilarious.  It was like they thought I might explode right there.  "Why are you even out?" they would ask.
Well gee, I can't exactly just sit around going nuts!  And besides our toaster died this morning and we really NEED a toaster around here. On another positive note I had to exchange some baseball pants for the girls and the new ones were cheaper so we got $30 dollars back...enough for lunch for all of us at Chick-Fil-A.

Some more trivia for you because I was well...bored.

-Out of the last 10 years I have spent 198 weeks pregnant.  That is 49 months.
- When this baby comes that is 6 babies in less than 10 years. eek!
- If you add in the time spent nursing it makes it 87 months pregnant or nursing in the last 10 years.
-By the time Bean is out of diapers I will have changed around...36000 diapers.

My midwife says that it's my calling and I think she's right because I have enjoyed every stage of it.

This is officially the most pregnant I have ever been..

so in honor of that some interesting baby facts.

• The longest pregnancy on record was 375 days instead of the normal 280
• The largest baby ever born weighed 23.12lb
• The smallest surviving baby weighed 8.6 ounces
• The most premature baby to survive was born at 21 weeks
• The most children born to one woman was 69!
• The largest order multiples to have at least one survive is 8 (octuplets)
• The oldest woman to give birth was 67

I have to laugh...

because so many of us thought Bean would be here by now!  Feel free to go and amend your guesses or make a second (or third) one!

Nothing Yet

But each day moves us closer to the goal. ;)

New update

No baby yet.  My labor has started strong two nights in a row and then completely stopped.  This Bean just isn't ready to come yet. LOL.
I am feeling fine with it and not minding that he/she isn't here because I can catch up on some sleep.