Happy BIRTH-day, Luke Joseph

What a BUSY week it was in my world.  It started on Wednesday when we went for a birth defect testing on Baby R.  Since we are using a Surrogate, we can't do the genetics testing that is usually able to be done which will also determine the sex of the Baby at 10 weeks.  So, it was basically just a detailed sonogram pretty much like what you get at 20 weeks.  It is called Nuclear Translucency Testing which has to be done between 10-14 weeks.  We pretty much got to know most of the results with the sonogram which showed everything to be great with the Baby and no signs of any birth defects.  We also got to hear the heartbeat which was the first time Jason heard it.  It was 171, which awesome! 

After the appointment, I had to rush to get Lily from my Sister so she could get her hair done and a pedicure before Luke's arrival.  We are keeping Lily until my Sister gets home with Luke and settled in.  On Thursday, my Sister went to work then came over to visit Lily.  So, we went to lunch at Bread Winners in Northpark (which was the worst service and food ever), then we went to my favorite store, Nordstrom.  I got Lily some Chucks!  She loves those things!!  For those that don't know what Chucks are, they are converse.  Then, we went to Build A Bear to get some surgery done on the bear I got her for Valentine's Day.  Once we finished up at the mall, we went over to Pottery Barn Kids to look at cribs.  I wanted to see how sturdy the one I want for Baby R was and it is perfect.  My Sister looked at the same one for Luke as well but in a different color.  Poor guy doesn't even have a room yet because my Sister doesn't want to give up the guest room where she will be sleeping with Luke.  After that, it was time for her to go home and get ready for Luke. 

She insisted on wearing them out of the store to be like LuLu.  I had mine on too!!  Oh, and the sunglasses she has on are actually for her Build A Bear!

So, here we are at Friday and it was time for the BIG day!!  Luke Joseph arrived February 28 at 9:01am weighing 6lbs 6ozs and was 19.5 inches long.  He is SO tiny and skinny!  No fat on him at all!!!  Lily woke up telling me we needed to get a Birthday cake for Baby Luke, so we got dressed and went to Whole Foods for a Birthday Cake for him.  Then we went to the Donut Shop for breakfast for Lily.  No, not for me!!  I was off to Starbucks for my Skinny Vanilla Latte.  On the way to the hospital with Lily, I got a call from the Doctor's office with the results of the testing and they said it was the lowest percentage possible for birth defects which was AWESOME news!!  Such a relief to hear and one less thing to worry about during all this!   When Lily and I got to the hospital, we went to the gift shop to get balloons for her and Luke.  She is OBSESSED with balloons and insisted on getting one! 

 

Here is the Little Diva ready to see Baby Luke!!  And yes, she did insist on wearing those sunglasses in the hospital!

 

Me holding Baby Luke for the first time!  He was about 4 hours old!

Lily singing to Happy "Dirthday" to Baby Luke!  (My Sister is going to kill me when she sees I posted a picture of her the day she gave birth!!  She had a C-Section so she had to stay in bed for 24 hours.)

Here we are at Monday.  Lily is completely exhausted from her BIG weekend at LuLu's were she gets away with pretty much anything!  So slept until 9:45, so I got some ME time!!  It made me realize that when I have Baby R I MUST get up VERY EARLY so I can have ME time for a bit before he or she wakes up every day.  I read one of my favorite blogs by Shay Shull and she said she wakes up at 4am everyday so that she can have her time in the morning to do her work, laundry or whatever she needs to do before her kids wake up.  I thought it was crazy to get up that early, but I totally see why she does it!  Smart Girl for sure!!!