The Largaespadas

Our little guy has been with us for a month now, CRAZY! I wanted to share the story of his journey into the world and how our first few weeks have been. My due date of 1/20/2017 could almost not have come soon enough. I was trying to be patient and enjoy the last few days of it being just Steve and I but I was getting tired of being pregnant and was so excited and anxious to meet our little boy. I didn't want to induce labor because I wanted my body and the baby to let me know when they were ready for labor. During the last 2 weeks or so before my due date, I spent a lot of time walking, drinking red raspberry tea as well as getting a massage, pedicure, bouncing on a birthing ball and even acupuncture to encourage the little boy to not make me wait too long. At about 12:26am Thursday morning, the day before my due date, I was awoken with the start of contractions. I started timing them while I walked around the living room and cleaned to keep busy. If it was going to be time fo...

Oh, what a happy new year it is. I am so thankful for 2016. It flew by so so quickly, it's unbelievable. I have had several changes with my job, in positions, (same company, different location) but all for the better. All leading up to us welcoming our little boy into our lives. Steve got a promotion at his job and is set to graduate with his Bachelor's degree by the end of this year. We found out that we would be expanding our family in 2017 and everything (very thankfully) has gone relatively smoothly. I am set to go on leave the end of this week to try and relax and finish preparing for Baby Longsword's arrival in approximately  two and a half weeks. It still feels very unreal that our lives are going to be completely different so soon but I know it'll be our best adventure yet. We really have everything ready for our little one's arrival but there are still things around the house that I want to get done and be able to deep clean the house as well. My main g...