Aleta Deanne Romney

We finally had our beautiful baby girl!! Aleta Deanne Romney was born on December 16, 2011 at 8:00 in the morning! She weighed 7 pounds, 7 ounces and measured 20 3/4 inches long. She is beautiful, and we are already in love with her!

We had a little scare about an hour after her birth when I started hemorrhaging, but we eventually got everything under control. Thankfully, I am doing very well now and even feel pretty good! I will post more details of Aleta's birth story and all of the "excitement" later when I am not so tired. But to keep you all satisfied until then, here are some photos of our beautiful little girl!

Still Pregnant...

Well I'm a day away from my due date, and we still haven't had this baby! I was really hoping that I would have gone into labor by now, but no such luck!

I was spoiled with Naomi. She came exactly when I wanted her to. I had planned on having everything ready for my long-term substitute at work a week before my due date, just in case. So I finished everything for him on a Friday, 9 days before I was due. I went home and had a nice, relaxing weekend with Jacob. On Sunday afternoon, we went to the park and then went for a walk. I showered and got ready for work the next day (just in case), left a note on Jacob's facebook page telling him to make the baby come because I didn't want to go to work, and then I woke up at 3 am with contractions! It was perfect.

But this baby is apparently not as eager to be born as Naomi was. I've been telling her to come out for about a week now, but she is just not listening! I wouldn't be in such a hurry to have this baby except that I've had a lot of pain with the end of this pregnancy, and it hasn't been too fun. I felt fine at the end of my pregnancy with Naomi. As I mentioned earlier, Jacob and I went to the park the day before she was born. We played on the swings, went for a long walk, and then went home and did something else that couples sometimes do if they want to stimulate labor (if you catch my drift...). (Side note: We weren't trying to stimulate labor with the day's activities, but we were happy that it happened!) This time around, I hurt so much I can barely move. It feels a lot like how I felt after giving birth to Naomi. Walking, sitting up, sitting down, standing up, rolling over in bed, getting in or out of the car, putting on shoes.... everything brings pain. I sneezed today and thought I was going to die. So going for a long walk or anything else that requires movement is definitely out.

I have a doctor's appointment tomorrow, and my doctor told me last week that we will schedule a date for induction at tomorrow' appointment. I really want to avoid being induced unless it's absolutely necessary, so I am hoping this baby will come on her own before then!

I will end this post with a picture of Naomi... we took her to see Santa today for the first time! Bass Pro Shops gives you a free 4x6 photo of your child with Santa, which is AWESOME. There was no way I was spending 20 bucks on a photo package at the mall just so Naomi could sit on Santa's lap! And Naomi didn't scream and cry like Jacob and I expected her to! We didn't get a smile from her because she wouldn't let us take out her pacifier, but for this year, I am just happy that she wasn't crying!

Baby Names

As of the 13th of this month, I am in the third trimester of my pregnancy! This pregnancy feels like it's going by much more quickly than the last one--I think it's because I have Naomi to keep me distracted and busy. I'm at the point now where I am extremely uncomfortable all of the time and every inch of me hurts, but I much prefer this pain & discomfort over the nausea and vomiting I had just two months ago.

Jacob and I still haven't decided on a name for this little girl! Jacob claims that we have, but he just gave in to the name I wanted because he didn't want to think about it anymore. Jacob has always wanted the name Aurora... like in Sleeping Beauty... and although I think it is beautiful, I can't get past the Disney reference. I'm afraid that everyone will think of Sleeping Beauty as soon as they hear it and that she'll get made fun of. If I ever give in and let Jacob use the name for one of our daughers, we have picked the middle name Noelle to go with it--Aurora Noelle. But as of right now, I want to find a name that we are both really happy with.

I've always wanted to name a daughter Aleta. It's my middle name, and I've always loved it. I think it's pretty and unique, but not unique enough that it's weird (like all of the "unique" things celebrities are naming their kids these days). Jacob didn't like it, but I guess he got tired of me looking at baby name websites and asking him, "What about Diana?", or "Do you like the name Megan?". (I really do love the name Diana, by the way, but we could never use Megan--it's the name of a girl or two that Jacob once dated/kissed.) At any rate, he finally gave in and said we could use Aleta, so we came up with the midde name Deanne (which is the name of one of Jacob's aunts, who I just think is awesome, and we had our wedding reception at her home!). So the closest we've come to agreeing on a baby name is Aleta Deanne, but I really want to find a name that Jacob loves as much as I do. We've got 3 months!