Ada's first two days

Chris and I thought it was VERY important for Alison to be the first person introduced to the new addition to our family. The moment that she came into recovery was just surreal....she saw the pink hat and said, "It's a girl" and she immediately wanted to know her name. I told her Ada and she said she liked it :) She immediately wanted to hold her and of course, we obliged! She is as her shirt says a "Rockstar Big Sister"!

Alison did get the privilege of telling her grandparents that we had another girl and her name was Ada! 

The proudest moment of my life so far!!!!---my cup runneth over with these two ladies! Yes, Alison does look exhausted (okay, so does momma) but the poor girl woke up at 5:45 am with excitement about the new baby!

Holding time for Alison

One proud papa....what can he say....He makes girls :)

Our first family shot....we are so happy and blessed!

Our little monkey

A little natural light to help with the jaundice

The look of complete concern on Alison's face just melts my heart! She is so caring and loving towards Ada! We are so blessed with a six year old girl that is loving, caring, and a heart of gold!

Ada---rockin' her pink bow hat compliments of nurse Tracy!

Ada's "Birth" Day Part I

Many of you know that my inductions with both Alison and Annie were not the most successful. Going into this baby both myself and my OB were very open in regards to birth options to bring this little babe into the world safely and efficiently. 

At my appt on Valentine's Day we decided that a slight drop in baby's heart rate, a slight increase in my Bp, and some overall anxiety/nerves meant it was time to bring baby out! So 2 hours later I was headed to the hospital.

After 8 hours of cytotec which is to help ripen the cervix and initiate some contractions, my body still wasn't cooperating very well, we decided a C-Section was in the best interest of everyone. So, at 6:45am on February 15th, 2013 we headed into the OR and had a baby 31 minutes later!!!!

Looking REAL good in my hair bonnet

The overall C-Section experience is pretty crazy and I'll save you all the details but I am so thankful that we decided to go that route. I mean 7 minutes into the procedure we had this angel.......

Ada Kathleen Bishop (pronounced A-duh)
7.2 pounds
21 inches long
7:16am

She did fantastic with the c-section and it was amazing to hear her little cry before she was officially out of my tummy! Chris got to announce her sex and we couldn't be more thrilled to have another little girl in our family!

Mommy's first chance at holding as we rolled to recovery! Take my breath away JOY!

This is my AMAZING OB....God definitely placed her in my life for a reason, she is a fantastic doctor and I pray that as a nurse I have impacted patient's lives the way she has impacted ours.

Hair wash time!!!

37 weeks pregnant and our baby has a nursery!

Well friends and family, baby time is getting near! We are beyond excited at our house....the belly is getting big and the nursery is officially complete!

37 weeks......I thought black was suppose to be slimming?!

This little lady is SO excited! I just know she's going to be a GREAT big sister!

We basically left the nursery the same as it was for Alison...we did some cleaning, paint touch-up, rearranging of furniture, and added a few new decorations. I am super happy with it and cannot wait to bring our new addition home to its room!

Rock-a-bye baby corner

Changing table

My Pinterest crayon art

Sleep tight little one

Part II December/Christmas 2012

The Barbie Cruise Ship from the Moren Family...thank you! Does anyone else notice the theme of 'Barbie, Barbie, Barbie' at my house this year?!

I think Daddy likes the Nerf gun that Alison got him.....Game on Daddy!

Admiring her gifts :)

Okay, I know this gift looks "dreadful" but it is something that she circled at least 100 times in the Wal-Mart ad this year, soooooooo Great Grandma to the rescue and bought it for her. It's a candy-making kit in the form of an alien autopsy...yummy right?! She says that it basically taste like "sugar water"---every mothers dream :)

So we headed to my parents on Dec. 29th to celebrate Christmas with my nieces....a very  proud Meme and Papa!!! Alison age 6, Izi age 6 (nearly 7), and Gabi age 10

Best Christmas photo of the three of us since none of us got out of our jammies on Christmas day!

The girls

They ended the day with sledding...I don't know who enjoys it more, Papa or the kids! They had such a great time!

Across the field

Our little snow bunnies!

and I rounded out (no pun intended) HA!! December being 32 weeks pregnant on Dec 31st....

December/Christmas 2012 Part I

Since I'm so far behind on posting this, I think it might be a two-parter :)

We started getting into the Holiday Season Thanksgiving weekend and put up our Snowman tree in the loft, this is one of Mommy's favorites!

We enjoyed wearing our Holiday-inspired clothing...thanks to www.trendysisters.com for this adorable outfit

We had breakfast with Santa on Dec. 1st, we had to get our request in early :) It was sponsored by the school and a fantastic program! Even though Santa did look about 40 years old?!

We hit up Christmas at the Zoo with friends on a warm December evening which means two things...1. no coats and 2. all of central Indiana had the same idea and it was quite busy!

Here is our tree for 2012...if you are Facebook friends with me you already know that trying to get this sucker straight ended up with Chris cussing and me with sap in my hair :) {insert singing...Happy Holidays...}

We were invited to a Hot Chocolate Christmas party and were surprised with ANOTHER visit from Santa!!!

Christmas Eve 2012

Throwing out our reindeer food

List-check, Milk-check, Treats-check.....okay, it's time to wait for the Big Guy