Little Miss Ruthie Claire!!!

Little Miss Ruthie Claire has been a joy! We love her so much. She is a very content little girl! Her appetite is great and nursing is going really good! To sum her up…..she is SWEET! That is the word we are constantly using to describe her. This mama has no complaints. Even in the midst of waking up for nighttime feedings, my attitude is that of thankfulness and joy.

The c-section went relatively smooth and I’m bouncing back really quickly from surgery. This third time around has definitely been a lot easier than the previous c-sections. I’m so thankful for that.

Kaylyn is such a big helper. She is in love with Ruthie. Both, Kaylyn and Laney Rae, can’t stop kissing her. Its precious to watch. The first thing Laney Rae does when she wakes up from sleeping is look for Ruthie. In her raspy scratchy voice, Laney Rae talks so sweet to Ruthie.

Besides our car dying on the way home from the hospital in the Chick-fil-a drive thru, we’ve had a pretty smooth transition. I’ll have to save that story for another post. If I type that whole thing up, I might bust a stitch! At the time, it wasn’t funny in the least. But looking back, its completely hilarious and sit-com worthy!

We are beyond blessed to have family near by. Kaylyn stayed with her cousins, Honey, and Uncle Aaron while we were in the hospital. Laney Rae stayed with her Tio, Tia, and cousin Ava. My mom and grandpa (yes, Ruthie’s great-grandpa!) has been here with us helping us get situated and keeping the older girls happy!

Jason and I feel very blessed to have three precious girls in our home. We can’t wait to see who Ruthie becomes! We treasure these newborn days because we know that it will be gone in the blink of an eye.

Thank you for your prayers, notes, and encouragement! Here are some pictures during our stay at the hospital.

Jason and I before Ruthie was born

Ruthie making her debut!

Ruthie and the eye goo

Two proud parents!

Mama and Ruthie (pay no attention to what's going on behind the blue curtain)

Jason and his girls- the first time KK and Laney Rae held Ruthie.

Proud big sister!

Look at this face!

Daddy and Ruthie!

Mama and Ruthie!

Getting ready to go home

Ruthie is here!!!!!

Thanks for your prayers. They were felt!!!!

Ruthie Claire was born May 22 at 8:02 am. She weighs 7 lbs 11 oz and was 19 3/4 inches long!

We are doing excellent! The delivery was a smooth as possible. Nursing and recovery are going well too!

I'm blogging from my phone so I don't have pics to put up yet! We will be home soon and will post some then.

Ruthie is beautiful in every way! We feel so blessed and thankful.

Today is the last day.......

that I'm a mother of two girls.

Tomorrow, I will be a mother of three girls. That is hard to imagine and soak in. Nonetheless, we are so excited to meet Ruthie Claire bright and early in the morning.

This pregnancy has flown by. Its been absolutely wonderful and has confirmed in both Jason and I that we will at least go one more round after this......if not more. Our family is definitely not done growing.

Please pray for our c-section delivery tomorrow morning. Pray that we will be fully submitted to our mighty God and His control. He knows the plans of all our days. So pray that we will trust in that. Pray that Ruthie Claire will be protected from beginning to end. Pray for protection over me as well. Another huge area of prayer is for nursing to go well.

The recovery isn't always easy, but its well worth it. We get to meet our new baby girl and bring her home changed forever. Our family simply will not look the same after tomorrow.

Sweet Ruthie,

I will see you face to face tomorrow for the first time my precious girl. I can't wait to touch your tiny face, hands, and feet and inspect your every crevice. My pregnancy has been a sweet time of renewal in my walk with Christ. He has shown me so much of Himself while you've been bouncing and hiccuping within my belly. I've slowed down more, enjoyed life more, clung more to Jesus, and have grown more than any other time in my life.

Your sisters and your daddy are so excited to meet you and hold you.

We already love you so much!

We already can't imagine life without you.

See you in the morning sweet girl.

Mommy loves you.

Belly Shot- 7 days left

Its a bit ridiculous that the last time I took a belly photo was 13 weeks! And here we are 7 days prior to Ruthie coming, and I finally decide to take my next photo. Its never to late to update I guess!

I kept telling myself that the next time I looked cute, I'll have Jason snap one of me.....but the cuteness never came apparently.

We were cleaning the yard and bathing the girls in the yard yesterday evening. I had the genius idea of snapping my maternity photo. Doesn't that just scream photo shoot???? Ha! There was no cute or make-up involved in this photo! But, at this stage in the game, I'm super laid back and just ready for our sweet Ruthie to come. There's no time to be picky that's for sure.

I'm kind of in shock at how laid back I've become.

Did you read that I bathed my girls in the front yard? This is the way to go! Thank God for living in the country. Jason and I were enjoying watching the girls swim and play in the front yard. Then I realized the next step in our night time routine was the bath.

I thought it would have been silly for the girls to relocate to a different tub of water when they were already sitting in one. I went in and got the soap and towels. The rest is history. One pool for soakin'- the one with bubbles. One pool for rinsin'- the one without bubbles. Awesome!

Update Schmupdate

Yes. Its about time!

We still don't have internet at our house on my computer since we've moved its located after the new addition was complete. We've filed this what would be a normal task to most in the "CFT Folder".

Have you heard of it?

Its called "Country Folk Time". We discovered this time zone phenom upon moving to the country. Nothing happens quickly around here. NOTHING! I am not exagerating.

But, I HAD TO update today so I'm borrowing a computer and have uploaded some pictures to share.

Today is a special day. Its exactly 10 days before Ruthie Claire makes her debut into this world- if she stays put for 10 more days.

Ruthie is, indeed, still in my tummy.

We've been working like crazy people getting things moved around and put in place. Her room is officially DONE! Which is what I wanted to share with you today. I still need to put pics up of the rest of the house, but that can wait.

I can't believe that there are only 10 days left to enjoy this little one bouncing around in my tummy.

Soon, we will be enjoying her "coos" in her tiny infant voice.

We will get to smell her newness.

Laney Rae knows that there is a baby in mommy's tummy. I don't know if she knows how soon she will be here or that she is ever coming out. But, just about everyday Kaylyn asks me if I'm going to go to the hospital so Ruthie can be here.

I'm beyond excited to meet Ruthie! I have no idea what she is going to look like. I do know that she most likely will be bald since my other girls were and have a perfectly round head (one of the only perks of having a c-section:).

I've had the best pregnancy this time around. Its finally agreeing with me. I felt kind of yucky in the beginning. But, finishing well has blocked all of that out of my mind. Even now- 10 days away- I still don't feel entirely miserable. I'm so thankful for the blessing of an easy pregnancy.

Ruthie's room turned out better than I had ever dreamed or imagined.

This is the first "official" nursery that I've got to complete BEFORE the baby comes. Kaylyn came 5 weeks early and the day after I stopped working. Nesting didn't exist for me during her pregnancy. Laney Rae came when we had two bedrooms before the big remodel, so preperation for her consisted of a pack n play beside our bed in our room. There wasn't anything wrong with that. You gotta do what you gotta do! But, this time around I got to decorate a nursery!!!

My mom and sister spent THEIR Mother's Day, which also happens to be my sister's birthday, helping me organize Ruthie's clothes and room down to even washing and folding them. My sister is a genius at organizing and making things make sense- which doesn't easily happen in my life. I'm so blessed to have such great help!

On Monday, my super sweet and super talented friend, Holly (Holly Mathis Interiors- go see her precious nursery in the works!), came over and we finished Ruthie's room! She designed Ruthie's entire room and did an amazing job. She even gave us the precious crib bedding that her firstborn used. Did I mention she is sweet?

Holly is so good at taking what you having and using it to the fullest. We had the crib, the armoire, and the changing table in all of the other girls' rooms, but this time around she suggested that we paint and distress the matching armoire and changing table to add more character. The accessories mostly came from Holly. The Lord has truly gifted her!

The lovely brown chair in the photos was able to be purchased due to some incredibly generous friends and family. It's the most comfortable glider rocker!

My other super sweet friend Missy, who happens to be an extremely brilliant florist here in Brenham (Moosefeathers), came over yesterday while we put the finishing touches in the room to watch the kiddos- all 5 of them......feed them........water my yard.......mess with water hoses (I hate water hoses)..........put vinyl decals up all over the place in my house (I went a little crazy with these)..........dress all 5 children TWICE..........and who even knows what else. She could run a small village all by herself. The girl is efficient!

Thanks girls! I'm so thankful for you!

Okay, here are the pictures of Ruthie's room. These were taken by with my new mother's day present my thoughtful husband gave me. I've been wanting a good point-and-shoot to carry around in my purse and something less bulky than my SLRs. He bought me an AMAZING point-and-shoot camera for Mother's Day. If you are in the market for one, you should totally check out the Canon Powershot G10. It just came out, and I have nothing but great things to say about it! Its has lots of bells and whistles. Thanks Honey!

I still don't have a good belly shot pic! I need to get one of those!

Enjoy!

And now, the rest..........

Here are the rest of the pictures from our photo session with our two girls. I can't believe that in 7 weeks we will be saying,"our three girls." Crazy!

Its amazing how different these two are.

Kaylyn is the trendy, style-concious, poser.

Laney Rae is the light-hearted, free spirited, roamer.

Each of these two are special and wonderful in their own way.

When Kaylyn is dressed up like this, she is in her element and takes on the character of a beauty queen- a photographer's dream client!

When Laney Rae is wearing anything girlie or foofy, we laugh because she is SO good at making us laugh. She is a total HAM in front of the camera and desires to spend each moment making me laugh to the point of tears.

While it is still extremely difficult to get a good shot of them together, I think we made a little progress with this photo session.

We took our new pink chair to downtown Brenham and had fun! These pictures would not have been possible if Farmer Jason wasn't such a trooper. Thanks honey!

Enjoy!

So cute....I had to share!

I hit the streets of Warrenton and Round Top with dear friends and my hubby this past week- TWICE. I'm overwhelmed with creativity and all of the the things I've seen this week.

Our carpet is being installed this very moment! I'm one happy gal.

The last and remaining step for the house is the decorating process. My sweet friend, Holly, is coming over to help with this fun process! I can't wait.

There are lots of other things in store for this week as well that involve finishing touches.......

- finish landscaping the new flower beds that were put in.

- finish putting in our veggie garden and get the plants in the ground.

- finish container plants around the farm store.......that is almost complete!

In the meantime, I had to share this creative project with you guys! I love this blog. Its called "Out of the Crayon Box". Its creatively wonderful and filled with great ideas. They had pictures of this gem on their blog yesterday.

Before......an ordinary piece of old furniture.


After, a precious play kitchen! I love this!