The Princess Has Arrived

My tiny bundle I have carried since November has arrived. She is snuggled against me as I write this. She is so beautiful. Her arrival was something I will cherish for a lifetime. 

I wrote my last post while in labor and she was in my arms a few short hours later.

I do not like quiet I have to have something going on around me. Probably why I am not the biggest fan of nature and all that jazz. The TV noise didn't help. It annoyed me. Instead when I hit Stage 1 and Active Labor stage I turned on some music like the one above in the video and I called my friends. 

The water felt good but I had decided to change to chair and before Matthew had a chance to help me with the breathing I was pushing her out while standing up. My friends were hearing her birth and everything. I was amazed at how little pain I was in. I have always heard that laying on your back wasn't a good thing and now I completely agree. 

She was placed against me and Matthew came over there to look her and check on me as well. Her arrival was so peaceful. My niece thinks that fairies brought her. And perhaps they are right. I was talking to three fairies when I gave birth to Kate so just perhaps that is why. Plus I hear one of those fairies knows Tinker Bell personally, may one day she can help Kate believe in fairies. 

I know one of the gifts I have treasured was from Hunter herself. She gave me the files of Disney's Princess Lullabies and we have had it on repeat. Kate has been sung to, rock to, fed to, and held to these songs on repeat. It makes me feel like a princess myself. Hunter said it works amazingly with her tiny Luna and I see why now.

My tiny princess is in already loving books and fairytales. It makes me smile that us reading to her makes her content and stop crying. She just loves to stare at us. I blame Matthew and the three fairies for making this so magical, but I am not complaining. I love magical, sparkling memories. 

Royal Arrival

Here I sit looking at the mountains and feeling every contraction,

Yes I am in labor and blogging.

I am in the first stage of labor so don't worry. I am not dilated to 10 cm yet and the contractions are not strong but my water has broke. I have done this twice before so this isn't new to me at all. I love this miracle. My children are a blessing to me. I remember each time I have given birth before now.

The triplets, Bella, Edward, and Jake were born in a hospital but naturally. Yes I hurt for weeks after that one, but I survived and so did they. Jake was on the scrawny side and was very sickly. I know that he is in a better place and not hurting though.

With our little quarterback, AJ, well he was determined to steal the show from the beginning. He was born on the side of the road. We did spend a night in the hospital against my will. 

But little princess below is being born in home environment in TN. Which is where we are at right now. I have a birthing ball, water birth pool, a mattress on the ground and everything. I feel very confident in my decision of having a homebirth. 

I have her baby book ready and I have already written the pre little notes like what I have experienced in this pregnancy. I look forward to finishing up her book like I did with Bella's, Edward's, and AJ's. AJ isn't even a year old and here I am in labor which a lot of people are frowning on me at but I am not the first woman to have kids back to back and quite honestly, it's none of their business. My little family is safe and happy. 

I cannot wait to tell you all about the active arrival of Princess Katherine Ember. 

No Matter How Much Of A Man

... You Are When A Little Girl Wants To A Princess, You Spin Her Around Because She Is.

Where I am sitting at right now I can see Matthew spinning around my nieces, Avary, Frances, Zoey, and Khloie and my daughter, Bella. They are dressed up like princesses. He is bent over and actually dancing with them and they are loving it. 

I have to admit this is one of the reasons I married him. He loves Disney Princesses and he loves to treat girls as such as long as they act like it. He goes out of his way to treat me and my daughter like a princess and a queen. 

One of things that I just laugh at people about; I married Matthew for his money. Uh huh, right. Pretty sure my net worth is triple his. I earned mine, myself, pretty cheeks. He grins when people say he married me for my money. These are the people who have no idea about the behind scenes with us. Trust we will be happy to tell you but have a strong stomach.

Matthew proves to me every day that he wants to be with me and it's not about the money, sex or anything like that. It's the being called beautiful every day, it's having my breakfast picked out, it's him wanting my opinion on what he wears to work and it's him showing me his latest accomplishments in his new hobbies. That's when I know I have found the best man on the planet for me. 

And trust me right now I feel our next tiny princess dancing with him already and I told him such. He got misty eyed on me and knelt down and kissed her and then danced with me a few times around the room. Little Katherine daddy is twirling you too already. 

Keep On

Dating You Husband

Tonight was a blessing and I truly felt love and happiness from Matthew. We went on a date tonight. He did the whole asking and everything which made me giggle. That extra effort of really asking me to go on a date makes a world of difference. It shows he really wants to go out and that he cares about our relationship.

We got babysitters for my children and they were happy to go somewhere else instead of just hanging around home or Gene's house. We actually dressed up and then went out. It felt good. I bought a new maternity dress and some maternity stockings. I felt gorgeously drop dead sexy. I curled and waved my hair and I piled on the make-up (even though my 5 year old niece Avary told me I look better without make-up.) 

It honestly feels good to know I can still make his jaw drop. I know it's sort of vain, but it's good for a girl's morale to see their significant other with their jaw down and their eyes big because of how you look. Sure the look of endearing is amazing. But knowing you have that man sweating in his socks makes you feel like a bombshell. "Woah..." Plus knowing I have a small beach ball protruding from my middle section and he still thought I was "svelte" made me have a thousand mega watt smile. 

We haven't forgotten how much in love we are like a lot of couples who start thinking of their future of getting old or their families. We reminiscence a lot about how it was when we first met and how we were in the same locations a lot of the time and never really got to know each other. It always feels good to remember the beginning and we laugh at how nervous we were and how he thought for sure I was a lot younger than I was. Our car ride tonight consisted of us listening to old music. "Ignition" by R. Kelly anyone? 

I had know idea where we were eating. He wanted to surprise me so much so I decided to let him. Epiphany was where we ended up. I love the environment there and felt good to talk over good food. We talked about things with our careers. He intrigued me with his questions about my planner. I am way too excited about this planner. So while I was eating my scallops we got onto the discussion about our tiny princess who didn't have a name. We came up with a few but none that we really like. Little Katherine Ember will be here soon!

He drove down to the Riverwalk and he turned on his music on his phone and we danced by the water and laughed. It felt amazing. The baby was kicking and we were laughing, singing, and dancing. People complain too much during pregnancy. Get over yourself people have been having babies forever, you having one is nothing new. This is why I try to stay upbeat and refuse to lay around unless my midwife tells me to do so. And thank goodness she hasn't. So Matthew and I went dancing in the moonlight. We felt warm and bright and it was such a natural sight.