Christmas on the Road, of Course

Well, we've been home for a couple weeks now but, phew... The holidays for my little family were absolutely crazy!! (Shocker, right?) Danny had two weeks off work, which was nice, so what did we do? We hit the road again. We made plans to visit four different cities and see as many people as possible... sadly, there were still so many we failed to see but there are only so many hours in a day and days in a week. Total drive time was 21 hours. 

Busy Bees

Life, for my little family has been crazy busy this fall/winter. Since fall, we have traveled to Texas to visit my sister and brother-in-law, Minnesota for Grandpa O'Neill's funeral, Memphis TN for a wedding, Cincinnati OH for a baby shower and Knoxville TN two different times... and all while still adjusting to life with a baby! Phew! At times, I thought I wasn't going to make it back out on the road to our next adventure, but God gave me a patient and strong husband to keep me sane. :)

"The Life" ... Just some thoughts

"You've got the life," Danny said to me yesterday. "I wish I didn't have to work and got to hold the baby all day long". He said it in a condescending tone but he was joking. "OH. MY. GOSH," was all I could get our at first. "You know what?! I wish I didn't have to work either! Instead my work is all hours of the day - I am always working!" I finally replied. We joke often about how different our daily obligations are so I wasn't shocked or offended, but it got me thinking.

One month, two month... Red fish, blue fish?

My sweet girl is 2 months, already! Sometimes, I think time is flying by - other times it seems as if sweet baby girl has been with us all along. Well, it may be hard to believe but before Stella was 2 months old she was only one month old. lol. I am clearly still adjusting to motherhood! Last month I had semi-prepared a post for her one month but I, then, ended up saving it as a draft and forgetting about it before finishing it. :-/ Oops! So today is really

Stella Grace O'Neill - The story of her arrival :)

Four weeks ago today I had my routine 38 week check up. Earlier during the week I had woken up around 3am with some strong back pain and cramps... I wasn't SURE but hopefully assumed these were the first signs of entering early labor. At my 37 week check up I was told I had dilated 2cm but that it wasn't really a sign that she was coming soon necessarily. I had these pains off and on all week and the anticipation of not knowing when she was coming was KILLING me! I was soo anxious to meet her.

Sweet Stella's Space

Clean, stocked and ready to go...errr... Kind of...

Well its been another month since my last posting and I don't even feel bad about it. Life has been sooo crazy here, for the O'Neill family! It all started with a smoke smell in our apartment. I had started smelling hints of cigarette smoke in our apartment a few weeks before we left for the beach. It wasn't super strong and I only smelled it sometimes so I figured it was just the neighbors and I tried airing out the place. When we first arrived at the beach and I opened up my luggage, I was surprised to find that my whole suitcase and all my clothes inside smelled like cigarettes! For two non-smokers, one with asthma and one being pregnant, I grew a little concerned.