My Naked Baby!

Makes you want to smother her in kisses! ;)

New pics of Giana ;)

Here are some pics we took outside this wkd with Giana. For some reason they look kind of blurry?? She is doing great though!! I'm still getting used to the crazy sleepless nights, but she is doing better and better! My Mom left this morning to fly home to MO. Sad!!! ;( She was my angel these past 2 weeks helping with absolutely everything and showing me the ropes in becoming a Mom. ;) And next week my sister Sarah comes to visit. Can't wait!

And yes, even more pics of my sweet Giana!

Giana in her pretty pink party dress! Look at the little feet sticking out at the end. Too sweet!
My Mom and I with Giana the evening we got to come home. Happy girls all around!

Lounging!

Once again, snoozing, but looking oh so cute!

How can you not fall in love with this face!!?? ;)

My little Giana

Taking a snooze

Just given her, her first sponge bath. All wrapped up in her towel.

Just perfect!

My Dad with Giana

Already dressing her up in little cutie dresses!

Giana pics!!!!! ;)

These are some pics from the hospital.
Mike being sweet love with his baby girl
Miss Giana Caroline

Our first family pic! Ignore my still swollen face!

My sweet baby girl

Mommy and Giana hanging

Giana Caroline Marciano has arrived!!!!!!!!!!

Well, last Saturday, our Baby Girl finally made her appearance! ;) Giana Caroline Marciano was born on Sat. August 15th at 2:56pm, weighing 6lbs, 11oz, 19 1/2 inches long. She is perfect in every way possible!!!!!!!!!
The labor with Giana was quite long though! We were induced on Friday morning with something called Cervadrol( i think), and it was quite slow movin! I started having contractions Fri. afternoon consistently, so they moved me back to labor and delivery, but then they slowed down. In the middle of the night I was in crazy pain with contractions, but still not dialated. My water broke around 3am, they gave me some pain medication, and I was a few cm. dialated at this point. By early morn, around 9am, I had my epidural and they were just waiting for the contractions to get closer.I pushed for about an hour before she came out. Unfortunately, I got a fever during the delivery, so for the duration of the hospital stay, she had to be kept in the nursery to be monitored and be given antibiotcs. But, she is healthy, healthy, and doing great!! And Monday night around 10pm, we FINALLY were able to come home!!!!!! Giana is my perfect little angel and I love every second of being with her!!!!! Mike and I are so, so excited our little girl has arrived and we have her home!! A big thank you goes out to my parents, who have been with us this past week! I truly do not know how I would have done it with out them!!!! They have helped out with everything and are lifesavers!!!!! And of course fabulous Grandparents to this first little grandbaby!!! Of course, I want to show some pics of her off!!!! The next posting will be pics, pics of our little Giana!!

Very Close to Meeting our Baby Girl!!!!!

So, this will most likely be my last entry before our Baby Girl arrives!!! ;) I went back to the dr. this morning and they had me on the contraction monitor. I was having small/medium contractions they said, and am on the verge on going into labor! YAY!!!!!!!! If nothing happens tonight on it's own, I will be admitted to the hospital at 7am tomorrow. They will start with inserting something called Certivrol(sp), which is supposed to jump start labor and soften my cervix more. So, hopefully it does the job asap!!! So, if all goes according to (my plans) ;) , we will be meeting our daughter tomorrow at some point! I will of course keep everyone updated as much as I can via text and post pics on here as soon as we can!!!!! Exciting times to come!!!!!!!

Mike's Beloved Garden ;)

So, Mike's summer love has been his garden. ;) And it's paying off!! All of a sudden there are a variety of veggies, etc coming out, with more to come. He's so funny with it. Always checking on it, watering it, looking for things to make it grow better. Below are a few pics of some of the things beginning to pop up.
Corn
Cherry tomatoes

Chile peppers

Squash

This is the one I'm most excited about- pumpkin!!

Short update

Well, went back to the dr on Thursday morning, hoping for some progess with our Baby Girl. Unfortunately, she must be super comfortable right now and isn't wanting to come and greet us yet. So, the dr says to come back on Monday afternoon and we'll most likely get a plan to induce me! AH! Obviously something could happen between now and then. We'll see!! I'll keep everyone updated! It's definitely been nice to have this week to get all my last minute errands run etc before our Baby Girl comes to meet us!! But, now I'm just super anxious and ready for her arrival!! As we speak, it's 4:40am and Baby Girl is not letting me sleep! So, I guess tomorrow might involve a bit of a nap.

Lucky Girl

So, this weekend I turned the big 30! AH!! Obviously it was pretty low key as our Baby Girl could be arriving at any time. But, Mike made it a great day for me! ;) When I woke up he had the whole downstairs area decorated, got us breakfast, and went above and beyond for gifts. I'm a lucky girl. ;) He got me this gorgeous necklace that represents us and our Baby Girl to come with 3 diamonds.. our family.. ;) We also went to dinner and movie. A fun day for sure!
I had another dr appt on Friday. My cervix is now soft( sorry if that TMI!!), but otherwise, everything else is the same. Except I had lost 4 lbs... crazy! I go back on Thursday, so hopefully some more progress then!! I officially had my last day at work on Friday! YAHOO! Doesn't feel like I'm off for 3 months yet......
The gorgeous necklace Mike got me!!
Some of the decorations Mike surprised me with