London's baby blessing

We traveled to Utah over Labor Day weekend to see family and friends and to bless London. It was such a special day. Dave gave a beautiful blessing and London looked absolutely beautiful. We got a few pictures with London but I wish I would have gotten some with just her. London happened to poop all over her blessing dress right after sacrament meeting (she had a blow out stage of life) so we snapped a few pictures and then changed her.

We had so many people that came to support London on her big day and we are grateful to everyone that came. Once again I wish I would have taken more pictures of everyone and the luncheon...what was I thinking? Oh well. After the blessing we headed across the street to a pavillion for a luncheon.

Also Labor day weekend is pretty big in my home town, so we were able to spend time with family, go to the parade, have a yummy boil, and enjoy our time. Here are the pictures we did happen to get of the blessing.

One Month....Time flies!!

I cannot believe London is a month old already!! She is so much fun. We have been trying to adjust to the lack of sleep but wouldn't ask for anything else! Just wanted to share a few facts and things about Miss London that I love at one month old.

~Mommy and Daddy call you Lou Lou and you respond well to your name and nickname.

~You sleep in your swing because your crib isn't set up yet and you don't love the portacrib.

~You have to have your left arm kept out of your blanket when we wrap you up or you squirm and cry til its out.

~You just recently started sleeping from 9:30-5 and mommy hopes it stays that way.

~You have an overactive gag reflex.

~You love to look at the light coming in through windows or the color on the TV.

~You are sometimes ticklish on your feet but other times like them to be rubbed.

~You love to stretch.

~I love your hair. I how it is curly when it is wet and how when it is straight it just wants to stand up all over the place!

~I love how you hold my hand or my shirt when you nurse.

~I love your smile...sometimes you do it when we talk to you but mostly just when your falling to sleep.

~I love how you grunt.

~I love your cute little toes and how you kick your feet when you are hungry.

~I love it when you stick out your tongue.

~I love your cute outie belly button...don't know if it will stay that way, but I love it!

~I love your dimples.

~I love the facial expressions you make with your eyebrows.

~I love that you like to snuggle!!

~I love how you are so content when you take a bath. You love the water!

~I love that you like to nurse. It truly is a special bonding time between us!

~I love YOU!!

Dave and I had some pictures taken by our good friend when London was 3 weeks old. They turned out so cute! So sorry for the overload but I love so many of them!

London Ina Robbins

Annoucing the birth of London Ina Robbins.

Born July 28, 2010 at 7:13pm. She weighed 6lbs 13 oz and 19 inches long. She is absolutely beautiful and we feel so blessed to have her in our lives.

A little background on the birth. I went to the hospital Tuesday night (the 27th) at 10:00pm to be induced. When we got there we thought the pitocin would be start or my water would be broke or something of the sort to induce labor. I was checked first and was still only dilated to about a 2 and 70-80% effaced. The nurse told us that she was going to put something called a cervadil in to help me thin out the rest of the way and hopefully make my labor progress. She said it had to stay in for 12 hours and would maybe cause some cramping but basically I would be able to just sleep through the night and have lunch the next day before they started the pitocin. The cervidil was put in around 11pm and immediately I started contracting. Lets just say it was not the easy sleepful night she had explained. Baby's heartbeat sped up because of the immediate stress so I was pumped full of fluids pretty quick to help calm her. London's heartbeat came back down but I was in lots of pain. There wasn't much they could give me to help so I had quit the rough night. The next morning around 10am my water broke so they took the cervidil out to get me started. I talked the nurse into letting me get the epideral before the pitocin because the contractions I was already having were already enough pain and the pitocin would make them 4 times stronger. She agreed and went to get the nurse anesthetist. However, there were 2 emergencies c-sections going on that he was stuck in and the anesthesiologist was stuck in surgery. After waiting in much pain for 2 and a half hours I finally got my epideral between 3 and 3:30. Let me tell you that it was night and day after that. Epiderals are AMAZING! The nurse checked me before starting the pitocin and I was a 4 from my water breaking. The pitocin was started and she said she would come back and check me again in 2 hours. I slept those two hours...crazy I know. My contractions were coming in 4-5 times harder than before, and I was asleep!! Really epiderals are amazing! The nurse ended up coming in back in and checking me around 6. I was hoping I had atleast progressed to a 6. She checked and with a big shock on her face said, "Oh wow, you are a 9!" She told me to let her know when I started feeling pressure and she would come back and we could start pushing. It was probably only 20-30 minutes later that she was back to start pushing. She started the pushing with me before my doctor came in....I probably ended up pushing for 40 minutes total and our little angel was born. Dave and my mom were both in the room with me to help me through and that moment was amazing!! London was put up on my chest before she was taken to be weighed and cleaned and she was so calm and beautiful! I feel so blessed!! I never knew I could have so much love for someone so quickly!

New Baby bump pic and trying to be creative

So I have another pic of my bump I have been meaning to post. It was taken about a week and a half ago. I was just a little over 38 weeks. Now I am due TOMORROW!! However, I don't know if she is ready to come?? I do have a day set to be induced but I am not going to post it because I still want to hear everyones guesses for when she will come.




Also, since we are moving the nursery has not been set up yet, but I have still been trying to get all the stuff together for it. I am doing pink, green, and black. The crib bedding I ended up finding is pink and black though so I needed to be creative with ways to add green to the room. I decided one way would be with a lamp so I made one, and heres the result! Do you love it?

Time to put in your guess

Ok...so I am only 5 days away from my due date and figured it was time to hear from everyone else about when they think London will make her appearance. Please include date, time, weight, and length. We couldn't be more excited!! I will have to come up with some cute prize for the winner! Can't wait to hear what everyone thinks!

The past three months

Ok so it has been a really long time since we have posted. What has happened since our last post?

-We celebrated Dave's 28th birthday in March

-We went to Utah over Easter and was able to be together with all of my family for the first time ever!!

-We went to Disneyland (of course) in April....it was kind of our last hoorah with our season passes since they expired the first of June and we wanted to go before I was too big and pregnant

-We celebrated my 24th birthday in April (wow that seems so much older than 23)

-We went to Utah a few times in May but after the last trip over memorial day weekend we decided no more until after the baby. I was 32 weeks pregnant at the time...the 5 hour car ride both ways was too much and the altitude in utah made my feet swell up like bricks!

-We put an offer in on a home but are kind of in limbo of whether or not we will get it. It is a short sale (which take a long time) and our lease is up in July and I am due in July. We are a little stressed about the situation right now but are positive everything will work out!

-We celebrated our 5 year anniversary. Wow, time flies! I cannot believe that we have been married for 5 years. We didn't do much on the day of because of our opposite work schedules, but we did go out to dinner that weekend. I am so excited for many more great years with Dave!

I am now 35 weeks pregnant...crazy!!! We are so excited for Baby London to get here! It has definitely heated up in Vegas and when I am not working I am at the pool trying to stay cool. Dave's still at Costco and has not started back up at school since his appendix incidence. Dave has actually decided to change directions in career goals and is now studying to take the LSAT. I am excited for him and just want him to be happy with whatever he decides to pursue. I will continue to work full time until the baby comes or until my body lets me. I finally took another baby bump picture at 34 weeks that I will post below. We will try and get updated more often, especially after Baby London joins our family!!!

Me at 34 weeks

We are having a.....

GIRL!!

We are so excited! It was so fun to be able to see our little girl on the ultrasound this morning! She kept opening her mouth and sticking out her tongue, it was so cute!