Introducing...

June Elizabeth born

Thursday, March 26th

at 1:46p.m.

7 lbs. 15 oz.

20 inches

It was a great labor/delivery. We have a healthy baby girl,

a sweet big brother,
...and one happy family!
(more pictures to come)

Ready for SISTER.

It is time for our little lady to arrive. The house is clean. The room is ready... (We are still deciding between four different names. Two of the names begin with a J so I figured what the heck, might as well decorate.)

We took our last picture as a family of three... Adam and I had a date night. We got a spa pedicure and went to dinner.Charlie is sleeping like a champ in his "big-boy" bed.

And we have been trying to spend some quality time with our buster-boy. Here he is in his new favorite accessory...

...at McDonald's with Daddy.

... at Disneyland with Alli and Zach.

...and Mommy and Daddy.

The belly keeps growing and I think baby girl is pretty content there. My bags are packed and we are READY, so hopefully she comes soon. (My mom thinks the baby is being stubborn like "someone else she knows," who could that be?) Next post...we will be a family of four!

Santa Ana Zoo.

We met up with Mandy, Travis and Brant at the Santa Ana Zoo yesterday. It was a nice distraction that took my mind off of waiting for this baby to come. Charlie and Brant had a ton of fun together. I think they enjoyed the carousel ride and time on the playground more than the animals. Brant looks like he is going to fly off the slide!

What do they say... a picture is worth a thousand words.

Thanks for a fun day Smith's!

Jiggity-Jig!!

I was just telling Adam this morning that it was too bad I was not in labor on St. Patty's Day; it would have been awesome to tell our baby girl that mommy's jig started labor and got her here! So, this is for all those of you who have requested the jig, only this time is the new and improved big belly version. I did not even bother having Adam video this, I did it while he was gone. He is SO mortified by it all... and I LOVE it!!!

A blast from the past...

I got SO swollen at the end of my pregnancy with Charlie. Maybe it was because the weather was warmer and I was teaching and on my feet all day. In reality, I think I just got lazy and parked my butt on the couch way too much. I am sure my legs did not get enough circulation, so as a result, my feet looked like blown up surgical gloves! Well, I have been doing much better this pregnancy with little to no swelling at all. HOWEVER... the other night my feet started to itch... I freaked out! The last time I had itchy feet was when this nasty picture was taken a few days before Charlie was born. My skin was so tight and stretched to the max that it became itchy. I have less than two weeks before this baby comes so hopefully my feet won't start to swell. The one random thing is my ear lobes have also been itching... maybe it's all in my head and I am just starting to go crazy! (I am sure Adam would agree with that statement!)

Buddies.

Time for a new post... this one goes out to Charlie's favorite buddy, Zachy-boy! Charlie LOVES his cousin Zachary. His face lights up every time Zach is around and Zach usually puts up with Charlie's crazy behavior. We were at a family get-together one time and Charlie was straddling Zachary and hitting him. Zach just took the blows and whimpered "Charlie, say your sorry," as Charlie just pounded away. I think these pictures were taken after a time-out when we made Charlie apologize for hitting Zach... once again. They do have lots of fun together too and despite all the hitting, Charlie simply adores sweet Zachy-boy!

Labor Pains.

On Tuesday, we surprised my mom and took her to Disneyland for her birthday. We had such a fun day! As we were leaving the park I sat down on a bench to rest with Charlie while my mom and Adam went into a store. I saw a lady sitting on the bench next to me who was obviously nine months pregnant. I smiled and said "I know how you feel!" She gave me a weird look of no you don't and leave me alone. Her husband was standing there too with a toddler in the stroller next to him. He kept looking at his watch. Then another family member walked up and asked, "How far apart are they?" They were timing her contractions!! Before I knew it the husband was running out of Disneyland to get the car and this pregnant lady was bent over, holding onto the stroller in serious pain. Oops! When I said "I know how you feel" I was referring to being tired after walking around Disneyland all day, not being in labor! I'm getting scared...

My Valentine!

Back when Adam and I were still dating, I made him this book for Valentine's Day. We were at the point in our relationship where we had not said I love you yet. So I titled the book: ...100 Reasons to Smile instead of: 100 Things I Love About You... cheesy, I know. Anyway, here are a few of the things about Adam that made, and still make me smile!

After our first Valentine's Day together I got a phone call from my mom. She was asking me about Adam and how I felt about him. In a sappy voice she said, "Are you in LOOOOVE?" What she did not know is Adam was sitting right next to me and could hear our entire conversation. I just giggled, and probably batted my eyelashes, and then said, "Let me call you back." Adam looked at me and said, "If my mom asked me if I was in LOVE do you know what I would tell her? ...YES!!" Then he proceeded to say I Love You and I did too!

After all these years (less than 4 actually) I love Adam more than ever. I do not show it like I should nor do I appreciate him like I should, but I do love everything about him. Yes, even his sports obsession! I love you Adam, Happy Valentine's Day!

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Twins...

My belly is officially bigger than Charlie-boy's! This picture is for the many who have requested a "belly shot." When I was pregnant with Charlie, Adam took a profile picture each month to capture the growth, more like girth, of my ever-growing body. Looking back at those pictures now, I ask myself "Why, oh why did I ever do that?" Well, this time around I have zero pictures being pregnant so I figured I would at least take one. We tried to get Charlie to mimic the pregnancy pose I was doing. What the picture does not show is Adam standing in front of Charlie bribing him with M&M's and telling him to place his hands on his bum and stand still. All I have to say is, there must be a lot of bribing going on in the Koch household for Charlie to get a belly like that!