Days past...

We celebrated Christmas at my sisters house with games for everyone...below is a picture of a cute game I think is called Rudolph the Red Nose Reindeer that my sister U'i did. And a shmorgas board of presents for all.

Enjoyed a PCC night with the family while my brother and nephew were visiting.

Gil entered yet another car show and walked away with 3rd place.

Tried to take our own pictures for a Christmas card this year. We had a few ok ones but I was
to lazy to actually download and print them out. A decision I regret. I'll just have to make one

for myself.

Bought a "flocked" tree this year. It is beautiful but is also quite messy.

Discovered a new and fun game to play with my family...Qwirkle!

Celebrated Halloween with my ODST Man, dinosaur and baby Ava!

Celebrated Dezi's 4th birthday at the pool with my family and at Chuck E. Cheese with Gil's family.

Happy New Year everyone!

Here's to hoping this new year will be even better than the last!

Welcoming our princess...

Little Miss Ava...

Our baby girl that we've been waiting for what seems like forever has finally joined our family.
These are little facts about her and some of my thoughts. Some of the pictures are sideways.

I can't turn them right side up so you'll just have to turn your head. Sorry!

I've also tried to fill the huge gaps with little tid bits...

1. Her name: Ava (A name we've had picked out since before we knew what Dezi was)
Kairi (A name that Gil picked)
Kaulalani (Family name meaning: Heavenly strands woven together)
Deliz

Stats:

September 22, 2011
4:53 am
6 pounds 14 ounces
19.5 inches

2. Giving birth to her was a lot harder than Dezi. Although hers was shorter. Both were natural.

3. She was rosy red all over and had a small pink bruise (I called it a bruise) over her left eyelid.

4. She was perfect in the hospital.

5. As soon as she came home she was a crier, and spitter-upper.

6. We found out she was colic and has acid reflux.

7. Which explains why she has to be held 24/7 unless you wanted to hear her cry.

8. Yes she was born with all that hair! Which I have had fun putting bows and bands in already!


9. The first month was absolutely the hardest!

10. Chances are if she's not being held, she's not happy.

11. She is getting better about not crying so much.

12. I can talk to her in the mornings now and she will smile and coo.....

then it just goes down hill from there.

13. She doesn't mind being in her swing so much now, as long as it moves.

14. When she sleeps her right hand is always up by her face.

15. She sleeps almost through the night now. Nothing consistent. I keep trying though.

16. She doesn't take naps during the day. Unless I'm holding her, which is probably only about 30 minutes or so.

17. If I'm lucky she'll sleep in her swing...as long as it's moving.

18. Getting pictures of her not crying is rare. And when they happen of course I ONLY have my phone to catch it.

19. She eats about every two hours with my milk and three with formula.

20. As of right now she doesn't care for her brother much. Hopefully soon that will change.

21. She loves being warm and having her blankets wrapped around her.

22. She now sucks on her bottom lip like a pacifier.

23. She loves looking at lights and the wall words above our bed.

MY SWEET ANGEL!

Who said labor was hard work?...

Well who ever it was, was right!

Warning: this is my pregnancy labor story so feel free to skip this post if it's not your cup of...blog! :)

It all started on a typical early Thursday morning. I got up as usual to take my early morning peepee at around 2:15am. This was totally a routine thing my body did every night at the same time. But as usual (and I don't know exactly why) I used the bathroom with out turning on any lights. I do however turn them on when I go to wash my hands. And boy did I get a BIG surprise!

I'm in the dark walking toward my sink area. I flip the switch...... turn around......and there it is. Staring at me with no care in the world. It watched me walk right pass him and was laughing that he might get away. A BIG B-52 dirty brown, poky legged, antenna swirling cockroach!!! I gasped loud, eyes wide open and feet frozen to the ground for a couple of seconds. Then I woke up my wonderful exterminating husband to handle his business. Whew...thank goodness he is dead. But now the real work begins.

After the cockroach was killed and I was able to calm myself down, my contractions started at 2:30am. They aren't sore at all but are coming consistently 10 min. apart. This is when my doctor told me to go into the hospital. Mind you I was walking around at 5 cm since Tuesday. I wanted to make sure they were consistent enough to go to the hospital so I timed them for about 45min. We then grab bags, pack up Dezi (I did a quick spruce up) and off to my sisters house to drop him off. We left her house at about 3:30 and got to Queens just before 4am. At this time my contractions were painful.

We park in the garage (I didn't want Gil getting lost again), walk to the hospital, go through security, get to the room, I change, they check me and say "Oh your 7-8 cm." and then start to get everything ready. In the mean time my family comes (Dad, mom and sisters) and is trying to help me get through the really bad contractions that I was having. I didn't want the epidural so screaming was my other option. I have to say I did do ok. Way better than when I was in labor with Dezi.

The nurses kept calling my doctor but no answer. He tells me that his pager thing was on silent and didn't hear the vibration. His backup didn't come in time either so the resident doctor delivered me. He was quiet and quite frankly annoyed me because he was so quiet. He didn't really talk unless I asked him an outright question. I kept saying that I had to push because the pressure was coming on but they kept saying "no, don't push." After what seems like an eternity they finally give me the ok to push on my next contraction. So while the doctor is explaining to me what and how to push, I ask "Is there something there or is that her head I feel?" He looks at me (and in the video I see him barely put a finger inside) and says "Well, her head is right here but she's still in the sac so that's why your feeling so much pressure. The baby and the sac is putting pressure on you." He then tells me he's gonna pop it on the next contraction when I push. So on the next contraction I pushed two times and my little princess was born at 4:53am (though my mom will say it was 4:51) Sept. 22, 2011. Total labor was just shy of 2 1/2 hours.

We had already had a name picked out for our little girl and was so excited to finally meet her!

Ava Kairi Kaulalani Deliz

September 22, 2011

6 lbs. 14 oz. 19 inches long

and tons of hair!

I promise pictures will come. But for now you'll have to enjoy her on facebook!

32 weeks...

I'm 32 weeks pregnant and have 8 more to go.... "technically". Lately I have been face booking my frustrations on how I have felt with this pregnancy and though all is true I don't mean to be negative about this pregnancy. So I feel the urge to put down on virtual paper my excitement about this tiny princess that will join our family!

I am very grateful to have this opportunity to bring another life into this world and am over the moon that it is a girl! We both are. When she is not kicking or nudging my ribs and bladder I do enjoy feeling her move and squirm. We recently have pretty much finished her room so it has made it even more exciting for me. I traipse into her room and just look at it 50 times a day and imagine her laying in her crib or changing her on her pink polka dot changing table. I can't wait to smell that baby smell and see how incredibly small she will be. I can't wait to kiss all the little parts of her body and dress her in all the cute girly clothes.

Yes it has been a rough ride (and still continues) but at the end of the day, I would do it all again just to know that she will be a part of our family!

28 weeks...

So I'm a little over 28 weeks now and boy has it been an adventure so far. To commemorate this special occasion I've decided to list 28 things about my pregnancy that you may or may not know...

1. It's a GIRL! (And we couldn't be happier!)

2. My nausea is all gone. (The first 4 months were torturous)

3. I have a really bad sciatic nerve thing happening in my back, buttocks, and left leg...boy does that suck really bad.

4. Happy to report no stretch marks yet!

5. At every recent appointment I have measured 2 cm over what I should be.

6. At my last ultrasound which was this past Monday the nurse informed me that SHE is now
a 2lb. 10 oz. little bundle of Joy.

7. I've gained a total of 7lbs. this whole pregnancy (Which in my mind doesn't sound right
seeing as how I feel HUGE!)

8. In the beginning I lost about 9lbs.

9. We've already named HER.

10. It's a GIRL!! (And we couldn't be happier!)

11. She is such a mover and kicker. (Waaaay more than Dezi ever was)

12. I have braxton hicks everyday.

13. Sometimes I have actual contractions.

14. I think she looks like Dezi. (I know I can't really tell but their ultrasound pictures look the
same)

15. I still have no cravings.

16. I do have a sweet tooth though.

17. I failed my first gestational diabetes test...... miserably.

18. Took my second diabetes test and almost threw it up!

19. I'm still super, super tired!

20. It's a GIRL!! (And we couldn't be happier!)

21. She's starting to kick my ribs and stretch in opposite directions which really hurts
sometimes.

22. Dezi has been really loving to my belly and baby sister. (That's what he says..."I love your
belly and my baby sister.")

23. She LOVES to play kick ball with my bladder. (Don't ask how many accidents I've had)

24. My Due Date is October 1.

25. I'll probably give birth in September.

26. I am now seeing the doctor every two weeks.

27. I've had a couple of leg cramps...but luckily they haven't been bad.....yet.

28. Did I mention that it's a GIRL!! And we really couldn't be happier!!

Easter has come and gone...

But this is how it went...

This year I was so behind in getting ready for Easter which included Dezi's Easter basket from the Easter Bunny! I got up early Sunday morning and bought what they had left of certain goodies then told Gil to put the basket together while Dezi and I went to church. He did an amazing job! I thought it would be the typical throw everything in the basket because he won't know the difference anyway kind of gift. But he even surprised me. He drew with special markers a picture that said Happy Easter Dezi, then had the basket waiting at the first landing with a trail of eggs leading to it. Dezi was thrilled and shocked as you can see from the photo. It was the cutest reaction and all worth the last minute run around.

After sacrament we went to Grandma Deliz's house where he got an even bigger basket of goodies. I think the picture says it all!

He dyed eggs with his cousin Jeremiah. And some of the adults as well.

Then came the egg hunt. At first he was looking only for the ones that he dyed but then
gave up and started picking up all the eggs that he liked...with grandma's help. It was more
exciting for me to see him so elated this year and into everything! Next year I will have to
make even better.

At the end of the day he didn't get to many eggs but I'm okay with that. He had fun and that's all that really matters!

Happy Easter!