my yearly update

My what a difference a year can make:) You know how I said a couple posts ago that one day I would get better at posting? You don't? Possibly because that post was written like a year ago but hey who's counting?

In my last entry I poured out my heart describing how deeply my heart yearned for a baby. Little did I know that almost exactly a month later God would answer that prayer:)
On November 1st the Hubster and I officially began "trying" for baby number 2.

On December 1st (a year ago yesterday) I took a test. It was positive.

 I knew before I knew really because I had every symptom I had ever read including leaking boobies. (I did mention before I was over sharing right?:)) I hadn't nursed in well over a year so this was abnormal to say the least.
I went to church that day and sang in the praise team and had the biggest grin on my face no one knew but Andrew and we decided to wait to announce it till Christmas day.

This is how we did it
First I told my parents ( I will write about that in my next post)
Then Christmas morning we got on Skype with Andrew's family and I had Hailey in a shirt I made that said "big sister" I told them Hailey wanted to show them what she got for Christmas and had her get up closer to the camera so they could see her shirt:) After that and a few select phone calls we announced it to the world by posting this picture on facebook

along with a clever little poem that went something like
"Better then packages ribbons and bows are ten little fingers and ten little toes..."
It's so weird knowing that this was a little less then a year ago. It feels like it just happened and yet I feel like she has always been a part of my life. I am so smitten with my sweet little lady. :)
 My pregnancy was pretty hard. Again I will get into that in another post but the birth couldn't have been more amazing. And now the happiest little girl on the planet has taken a very predominant place in my heart and life.

Skylar Nicole Cuevas was born on August 20 2013. She weighed 8.03 lbs and was 20 1/4 inches long. It was a water birth at home and she was born in the caul.

I will write out my birth story and share pics from my pregnancy next but at least I got this thing "SOMEWHAT updated;)"
Now I am going to attempt to sleep... ha