Lila's Bday and Easter

Fair warning: I'm really behind on posting photos, so there are a lot of them in this post.

Lila's birthday was pretty low-key. We went out to lunch with my and Roman's families to celebrate. I have started a tradition of making her her own little homemade birthday cake. Last year it was somewhat of a problem because I made sugar-cookie frosting instead of cake frosting--teach me to READ the recipe well before making it. This year I made the cake in a hurry, so it was a little crooked, but the cakes tasted good and that's all that matters right?

Lila got a bunch of great birthday gifts! Her big gift from us was a Radio Flyer Steer & Stroll Trike. She hasn't figured out how to pedal or steer yet, but there's a handle on the back that allows mom or dad to steer for her while you push. Pretty neat!

Easter was VERY uneventful. We went to church in the morning and then went to my mom's house and ate her leftover food. The Easter Bunny left Lila Easter baskets at home and at Grana Nana's house, and Jett even got one too!

Baby Jett is doing well, he was up to 9 lbs at two weeks old! There are a couple pictures of him in the mix. A friend of mine from my moms' group took some fantastic pictures of Jett when he was only 9 or 10 days old and I will post some of them when she gets done editing them.



My moms' group had an Easter egg hunt. Lila wasn't really sure what to do at first, but once she figured out there was candy in the eggs she caught on fast. Only problem was, she wanted to look inside each egg as she picked them up. Made for slow going!



Daddy pushing Lila on one of the trikes at the church where we had the Easter egg hunt



Lila and her friend Isabel. Isabel is in Lila's class on Thursdays at school.



We dyed some Easter eggs at home one afternoon







Baby Jett all warm and cozy

Daddy and Lila on her bday

Lila's homemade bday cake. Mommy baked it, Daddy decorated it. You can't tell from the photo, but the frosting decoration is little paisleys with her name in them. She loves "buggerflies" so Daddy found some to put on the cake.

Uncle Jett, Baby Jett, and Auntie Carolyn

Milk coma

Smile!

First bite of cake

On her new trike



Jett and Lila's Easter baskets made by Grana Nana....I mean the Easter Bunny

Lila and her Easter basket at home

Things from her basket

Lila turned two on Saturday

It seems crazy to me that it's been two years since Lila was born. It seems particularly strange to think about it having just had another baby. Below are photos of my baby from the last two years. I can't believe how big she is....sniff sniff.








23 months




22 months




21 months

21 months

Xmas 2008, 20 months

My little ladybug, 18 months

16 months

14 months

13 months

Her 1st bday party

My punky 10 month old



"Reading" at 8 months

My sweet pea in a pod, 6 months

Rice cereal mess, 4 months

Such a big girl, 4 months

First smiles, 6 weeks old

Newborn Lila

Baby Jett

Jett Roman Ayd Anguiano was born Friday, March 27th, 2009 at 9:08pm, weighing 8lbs 6oz. Quite a few people have asked about his name. Jett is my step-dad's brother's name, and I'd always liked it. Roman and I had talked about the name when we first found out we were pregnant. Then when after Hurricane Ike Jett and his wife Carolyn offered to let us all come to San Antonio to stay with them as they'd just moved back there and into a new house. Luckily for us, Jett is a wonderful guy as we were afraid we might not like him and then the name would be ruined--just kidding Jett!! We added Ayd, my maiden name, in honor of my dad who passed away a couple weeks before baby Jett was born. For those of you who are interested, here's the story of his birth. For the rest of you, or those who've heard this already, scroll down to the photo.

I went to the doctor Friday afternoon and she said I was four centimeters dilated. She did something OBs call "stripping your membranes", which can accelerate the onset of labor. I'll spare you the details, but needless to say, it worked. I started having contractions about 1pm and having REAL contractions around 4:30. All the while, Roman came home from work, my mom came to get Lila, and we had to pack for the hospital. The doula came over about 5:30 and by 6:00 we left for the hospital ride--a 45+ minute ride.....in rush hour traffic.....having contractions! It was NOT a good ride for me. We got to the hospital at 7pm and I was 7cm dilated.

Luckily were able to get a room with a jacuzzi tub. I spent some time in the tub, but when the midwife checked me I was still only 7cm. My doctor was at a big function downtown so she sent one of the midwives from her practice to check on me. Since I wanted to try to go through labor without getting any medication, I had specifically asked she send one of the midwives to deliver the baby if she couldn't be there. Our doula and the midwife thought if I were to get out of the tub and be more upright, perhaps my water would break and I'd continue to dilate. That's what we did, but it didn't help, so the midwife ended up breaking my water around 8:30. That did the trick and shortly thereafter I was ready to push. He came out really quickly, and thank God as I was starting to wear down and contemplate pain medication. Because of my bad back, I was feeling the contractions both in the front and back. It was actually my back that hurt the worst.

At 9:08pm Jett made his entrance. I was able to reach down and catch him. The midwife or doula (I can't remember which) asked if it was a boy or girl. Roman and I turned him over together and said "IT'S A BOY!".

Second births are definitely much easier than first births. The recovery is much better without pain medication as well. I didn't have to get any stitches and was able to go take a shower shortly after Jett was born. Even my body felt so much better in the following days. I felt like my whole body hurt for days after Lila was born. This time I just had aches and pains, mostly associated with my back because of the labor, but really nothing else to complain about.

Jett had some respiratory issues when he was born that landed him in the NICU shortly after we got to our room. They think because he came out so fast after my water broke he wasn't squeezed enough by the contractions to get all the fluid out of his lungs. His face was also pretty bruised up, which they also think was because he came out so quickly. The repiratory issue cleared up, but then he developed a bad case of jaundice because of the bruising, which kept him in the NICU until Monday night.

This past week has been an adjustment for us all. Roman has been tending to Lila's needs and I to Jett's. Lila LOVES her little brother though. She wants to be near him, hold his hand, touch, and kiss him all the time. She is pretty rough though, so we have to watch her very carefully around him. While we were in the hospital my mom brought Lila to see us several times, so we could spend time with her and she could see Jett. Lila was calling Jett "baby Jesus" the entire time. She has a book about baby Jesus and I guess the names sounded too much alike. Lila was saying, "Mommy, touch baby Jesus" or "Daddy kissing baby Jesus". Quite the character our daughter!

We are beyond grateful to have a healthy baby boy. Below are a mix of pictures, mostly from the days we were in the hospital.


Right after Jett was born





Roman, our doula Jami, me, Jett and the midwife Dawn

Lila and Grana Nana got us some flowers for the house, and Lila colored us a picture to welcome us home

Must have been dreaming about something nice

12 days...

...until my due date. The last couple weeks have gone by pretty quickly. The baby has definitely dropped down in my belly. Sometimes it feels like there's a bowling ball pressing on my bladder, but other times it doesn't feel much different. It must depend on the baby's position. This Friday my doctor is going to do an ultrasound to check the level of my amniotic fluid and to try to measure the baby. At each visit they measure the size of my belly and the last couple times it's measured less than it normally would. She thinks that this is probably because the baby has been moving down, which causes the belly to seem smaller when they measure. She justs wants to do it as a precaution.

I've been feeling fine other than not sleeping very well, but that's pretty typical at this point in pregnancy. I've been going to be early to try to make up for it. Luckily since daylight savings Lila has been getting up later as well, so I get more sleep in the morning. It's a tradeoff though as now she's not going to be until later, but I think this is will be the best schedule for us when the baby comes. Roman is taking three separate, small trips this week to get loose ends tied up, so I'm hoping the baby doesn't decide it wants out yet. He won't be very far from home though, so if I were to go into labor he'd probably be able to make it back in time.

Lila continues to be a chatter box. She's definitely almost two--wanting to do things her way, wanting what she wants when she wants it, etc. Overall though, I'd say she'd pretty well-behaved. The time-out still continues to deter her (most of the time). I think she's going through, or has gone through, a growth spurt. She's taller and a little leaner than she was a couple months ago. And she's telling us she's "hungy, hungy" all the time. I'm not sure she really is, as sometimes she'll tell us after she's eaten a bunch of food. I'm guessing she's just learned the word gets her more food, and usually fun food, like crackers or apple sauce.

The baby's room is still not totally complete, but we're done with most of it. There are a couple things I'd like to do, but if they don't get done before he/she arrives it won't be the end of the world. My mom is going to come over this weekend and help us so we can get some of the little projects done around here. We need an extra set of hands to entertain Lila if we are to get anything done really.

I forgot something in the previous post about my dad. I wanted to say thank you to everyone who came to the funeral, called, sent cards, and for all nice sentiments we've received since he passed away. It really helps to know people care, and to hear stories and nice things about my dad. Thanks again to all of you!

Well, that's all for now. Recent pictures below. Unless I get ambitious, the next post will probably be after the baby arrives.


She put my sports bra and workout shorts on over her dress.



Grana Nana was leaving with Noli and Lila was trying to go with.

We rearranged the family room upstairs to make it more of a playroom. That's her blue and white tent you see on the left side of the photo.

The table and one chair I stained for Lila. The other chair is on the list to finish this weekend.

My cleaning lady

At my dad's house. My Uncle Pat got Lila these sunglasses the day we arrived in MN. She was obsessed with them, and still asks for her "sungasses" everytime we go for a walk. Most of the time they are on upside down, just like in the photo.

My Dad

I'm sure most of you reading this know that my dad passed away suddenly two weeks ago. I wanted to post some pictures of him.

I'll do a separate post with an update about Lila and our family.

Valentine's Day 1978, I was 5 months old.

August 1981, almost 4 years old

Papa and Lila (6 months)

June 2008 (Lila 14 months)