Arie Grace 2 weeks

It is so hard to believe that little miss is already 2 weeks old! These last two weeks have absolutely flown by, we have enjoyed every sleep deprived moment of it! Each day she does something new and it is so exciting seeing her change everyday! We are so blessed to have such a beautiful little girl.

Arie had her first photo shoot on Wednesday-one of many in sure! Our friend Jason took the pictures for us, he is so talented and has such a great eye for capturing life, he really captured Arie's personality. She was wide awake the whole time and didn't fuss until the end! She likes having all the attention I think! Thanks so much Jason for doing this, we will treasure these forever!

We also had our two week doctor appointment today, Arie is doing fabulously! The doctor said our goal was to have her back to her birth weight since she lost weight in the beginning. She actually surpassed her birth weight and weighed 6 lbs 13 oz! The doctor was so pleased with her weight gain and how she was doing, she said she is perfect! Well I always thought so but I'm biased, it was nice to hear it from the doctor as well!

Here are a few of the pictures that Jason took (JM Wright Photography)hope you enjoy them as much as we do!

Just an Arie update!

Well Joel went back to work today :( It was a hard night and a hard morning thinking of him not being here with Arie and me today. I definitely had a little break down last night about it. I wish he could have 13 weeks off with me and Arie!!!! We are still trying to get into some sort of a routine-way harder than we thought! Little Miss Arie is a night owl! She sleeps all day and by 11:00 m she is WIDE awake and there is no tricking her into going to bed! Hopefully she will grow out of that soon and we can get her to bed at a decent hour! Here are a few more pictures of our little babe!

We spent Mother's Day with my parents who drove up from Brainerd and Joel's family, it was a great first Mother's Day filled with lots of family and yummy food! I hope all the fabulous mother's in my life had a great day-love you all!

Week in review

It's hard to believe that Arie is one week old already! The past week has flown by, we are just trying to get settled in and get into the swing of things with a brand new baby! Arie has had a busy week, she went shopping for the first time, went out to lunch with mom, dad and grandma Diane, had a bath, went to the doctor, met my co-workers and lots of new friends and family!

Welcome Arie Grace

Our first family photo!


On April 29th we welcomed to the world our Arie Grace Speral! She was born at 2:18 pm weighing 6 pounds 11 ounces and 20 inches long! Labor was good and went very fast, a total of 6 hours and 1 hour and 18 minutes of pushing and she was here!!!!
She is very healthy and doing great! We are just getting settled and trying to get used to each other-she is so sweet and we just love to watch her all day-we can't even remember life without her and wonder what we did to pass the time! She is so much fun and we look forward to all of her milestones! Joel is a great dad, I love seeing him with her, I tear up when I see the way he looks at her and talks to her, she has him wrapped around her little that's for sure!

Chucky Cheese with Olivia

We took our neice Olivia to Chucky Cheese Saturday afternoon after months of her asking Uncle Joel to take her. That place is crazy! Joel and Olivia had a great time playing all the games and collecting tickets, Joel was a big kid and it was fun to see him and Olivia having such a great time-I enjoyed watching them, cheering them on and taking pictures. I did play one game of ski ball, Chucky Cheese when you are 9 months preggy is interesting let me tell you! We finished the day with ice cream from McDonalds and then a nice nap for me!

Counting down the days..........

Just a quick update for everyone-39 weeks, well almost 40 now as I am getting to posting this. We are still waiting anxiously waiting her arrival...I have been hopeing she would come this weekend, but she seems to be in no hurry! We have another appointent on Wednesday, my due date and we will see what the Dr. says...here is some pics of the big ole baby bump!

Lisa and Mike's Baby Shower

BABY BOOM!


The Girls


Momma and Daddy to be!

Saturday afternoon we spent the day outside at the Netland's celebrating Lisa and Mike and their little girl on the way May 23rd. It was the most beautiful day to BBQ and catch up. It was a joint shower so the "men" were there too-not partaking in any of the baby shower events but drinking beer and playing some intense games of bags-they did stop long enough to eat with us! It was a great day and we are so happy for Lisa and Mike and can't wait to meet their little girl and for them to move back to Fargo this summer!!!