It’s been 5 weeks since I gave birth to my new baby girl Natalia Ava.  She was born on January 27, 6.5 pounds, 19 inches long.  I thought by now I would have 5,000 photos of her —dang I was wrong!  My recovery was tough, and even tougher because I had two other little bunnies to pay attention to….  Natalia has been experiencing some colic issues, so I’ve had lots of sleepless nights!  I’m finally feeling back to normal now and am eager to get back to work and take those 5,000 pictures of Natalia that I envisioned.  Here are some photos I’ve taken of her so far.

Here is a photo of her just 4 days old:

Here I am holding Natalia for the first time –I swear she’s saying “mommy, is that you?!”

This is my gorgeous grandmother with her at the hospital.  My grandmother is amazing and every time I think of her I am overwhelmed with happiness that I have been blessed with such a wonderful “abuelita.”  She’s kind, humble, generous, caring, she loves to hug me, kiss me, and she reminds me every time I see her or on the phone how much she loves me.   She’s my mother’s, mother, and everything I just described about her is exactly who my mother is, and I am truly lucky to have them both.  My grandmother came to stay with me on week three, she did everything for me, she cooked, cleaned, insisted on serving me breakfast, cleaned out every kitchen drawer, reorganized them, cleaned out my pantry and organized it, I could go on and on….   She insisted I sit and just relax and hold Natalia and enjoy her.  Abuelita TE AMO CON TODO MI CORAZON!!!  

This is my beautiful mother with Natalia at the hospital –she’s also the bomb-diggity!  She’s as amazing as my grandmother is times 10! She took care of me on week two, she too did everything for me, and even served me breakfast in bed.  She also pointed out everything I was doing wrong with Natalia —haha, but those are mammas for ya!   I have two other sisters, and we are all having children at the same time, so my mother splits her self up in three all week long, and somehow manages to help us all.  Mom:  Daughters live by example and because you have been the true meaning of what a mother should be, I too will be the greatest mother to my girls, because that’s what you have taught me.   Thank you for being such an amazing mother, I feel so grateful, so blessed and so incredibly happy to call you my mother.

Here I am with my wonderful husband.  Yes I’m wearing make-up –isn’t that normal after giving birth?! and yes, I bring my own robe to the hospital cause I hate that ugly robe the hospital provides –don’t you do that too!?  hahaha! 

My family is now complete, I can officially say that the “Pregnancy chapter” in my life has come to an end.   My husband and I have decided ”FO SHOW” we are happy and content with our three bunnies, instead of the TEN we used to talk about having! Here are my three bunnies, Nevaeh, Natalia Ava and Julian, my kids gave me 5.2 seconds to take this photo and then they ran off –uggh! my son looks so upset, but it’s the only three shot I was able to get.  Dang it! Part two coming soon! 

Natalia Ava 2-3  weeks old.