As of yesterday, Mireya has found her voice! She babbles and coos all the time now. Jason and I have even heard her squeal with delight a couple of times. That’s definitely our favorite thing. We put a video up of her talking. Here’s the link: Mireya Discussing Her Day. She’s so cute!!! Every day she seems to have more and more to say. I think she might be talkative like me.

I just need to post about how much I love my baby girl, Mireya! She is so beautiful and I am so lucky to be her father. I still can’t believe that I am a dad!

Mireya is growing so fast. She is over 10 pounds now! Soon she will be twice the weight she was when she was born. She is such a wiggly one. She is also trying to talk so much now!

I love you, Mireya, and hope that you have a great life, of which your mother and I can provide for you.

Mireya is starting to lose her baby hair! Oh no! I kissed the top of Mireya’s head yesterday and got a mouth full of fuzz. I wasn’t too worried though until I bathed her. After washing her hair she looks like a balding middle-aged man! Why do babies lose the hair they were born with? Ahh, I just looked it up. It’s called telogen effluvium. Whew, at least I know it’s normal and it will all grow back. Her hair might even grow back in curly like mine. We’ll see…

Jason and I have gotten changing diapers down to a science. At least that’s what we thought until yesterday. Who knew that a tiny little baby could make such a horrible mess? We certainly didn’t and we weren’t expecting it, so it came as quite a shock. You can tell Jason is still trying to figure out what just happened by the look on his face in the photographs. I couldn’t stop laughing. I’m just so glad that it didn’t happen when I was changing her.

Jason thought he was in for a routine diaper change when things went horribly wrong…  View disaster photos here.

I can’t believe I’m a mommy. I have never experienced anything so amazing, beautiful, and rewarding. Mireya is incredible. I have loved her since the day I found out I was pregnant, but I didn’t understand how all encompassing this feeling of love would be until I held her in my arms for the first time. I love her more than I have ever loved anyone and I would do anything for her.

Baby girl, when you read this one day, I hope you know how much I love you. However, I know that you won’t truly understand until you have a child of your own. Then you’ll get to experience the same miracle I am now living every day. I love you and thank you for being my baby.

Mireya was born on March 5th, 2010 at 11:21 pm! She was 6 pounds 5 ounces and 19 3/4 inches in length. She has her daddy’s face and her mommy’s long fingers and funny feet.

They started the induction at about 11:30 that morning. After hours and hours of not really progressing much and continually turning up the dose of Pitocin I finally got to the right dose and things really got moving. At a little after 11:00 pm I started pushing and I pushed through about 8 contractions and she was born. I couldn’t believe she was finally in my arms!

She has been quite healthy other than some jaundice. She was under Bili lights at the hospital and here at home for a few days. It’s slowly beginning to go away now. The only other issue was her heart rate dropping with each contraction during labor. They gave me oxygen and I got her out as quickly as possible, so it didn’t cause any problems. It did worry us both sick though.

She is incredibly beautiful and amazing. She is so tiny and I am so thrilled to be her mother. I can’t wait to see more of her personality as she grows. She already does so many cute things and I have taken more pictures since she was born than I have in the last 10 years combined. She is a wonderful addition to our little family and such a joy. I love you baby Mireya!

I can’t believe it! I went to the OB yesterday and he is going to induce me this Friday! Our little girl is going to be in my arms sometime in the next few days. I am so excited, so nervous and so ready! Jason was in shock after the doctor told us. He asked, “Do you mean this Friday? Two days from now?” Yep honey, she’s coming!

We are pretty much 100% prepared and we just have to try and get some sleep tonight. I didn’t sleep well last night, so I doubt it will be any easier tonight. Jason’s so excited that I doubt he’ll sleep much either.

It’s going to be so strange to have her here in my arms instead of in my belly. I’m not sure quite how to feel yet. I love you baby girl. Go easy on me…

It’s done, it’s done, it’s finally done! It took us about 6 weeks, which may not seem like that long to anyone else, but it was an eternity to us. We painted, put up a chair rail, made 5,000 trips to Home Depot, painted some more, built furniture and finally decorated. We thought it would be easy, but when you’re a perfectionist like me, it’s not. We are both so pleased with the way it turned out. It couldn’t be any more perfect! We love how it’s nice and girly with the different shades of pink and somewhat earthy with the browns and greens.

Here’s a preview:

Check out all the photos here: Mireya’s Nursery Photos

Last Wednesday we had our final ultrasound. Mireya is getting so big! She’s measuring 5 pounds 8 ounces now. The ultrasound tech did all her measurements and she’s perfect. While she was doing the measurements she stopped and pointed out Mireya’s hair. Hair! It looked like it was long and it was floating around in the amniotic fluid. I couldn’t believe how much it looked like she has! Later, just to show us how cute she was, she grabbed hold of her little foot with her hand. She is so cute! (Do I sound like I’m going to be a mom who brags nonstop? I’ll be the lady in the grocery store who whips out her wallet, unfolds thirty pictures of her baby and tells a five minute story about each one.)

She also dropped again the day before the ultrasound and now she’s absolutely as far down as she can get. Even my mother-in-law noticed how far she’s dropped. I think she’s ready to be here and that’s finally ok. Dr. Gonzales said that I am fine to deliver anytime between now and 39 weeks. I can’t believe I’m going to have a baby girl in my arms in the next four weeks! He also said that I didn’t have any of the issues due to the Factor V Leiden that he expected me to have. I say that it’s all due to the Lovenox.

The final countdown starts now. See you soon Mireya!

Jason and I have been so excited to get the baby nursery all set up. We wanted to wait until after both of the baby showers, but we couldn’t! We went ahead and ordered all of the crib bedding and some matching decor. Then we realized that we really needed the crib and crib mattress for the bedding to go on, so we bought those too! We set the crib up yesterday and not only is it gorgeous, but it was a snap! It definitely wasn’t as much of an IQ test as I think the car seat might turn out to be. The only weird thing about the crib was a tag on the side reading, “The minimum age of the intended user shall not be less than 15 months.” Does that mean we can’t put her in it until she is over a year old? I guess it’s a good thing we planned on getting a bassinet.

We won’t get the crib bedding and decor until Thursday, but even just having the crib makes everything more real. I can’t believe we’re so close!