She's FINALLY HERE!!!

Welcome our little princess-

RILEY RYOKO CAMILLERI
February 24, 2009
12:46 pm
6 lbs, 6 oz
19 inches
Born at Mission Hospital in Mission Viejo

Look at all that hair!!

2 more days..

The LONGEST 2 days of my life!! And 3 more days until my birthday.. of course that couldn't have come any quicker, LOL! Riley will finally be here on Tuesday- my C Section is scheduled for 12pm.. I have literally been in bed sleeping for the past two days, doing absolutely nothing. I do have a few more loads of laundry to do before Tuesday, some quick errands to run, etc.. but for the most part trying to relax as much as possible! Can't wait to meet you, Riley!!

You're Going WHERE?

AAHHHH.. just my luck. Joey and I had another Dr. appointment today. She's still breech. We doubled checked with the Dr. about the date of the C Section, because he had to schedule it with the hospital.. turns out that he just remembered he's going on VACATION on the 25th!! =( Sucks, I really thought it would be neat to have her on my Bday, but one day off is still crazy.. and at least it's one day earlier that I don't have to wait..haha.

On the flip side, some bad news today.. the doctor noticed that my blood pressure was way higher than normal today.. so he sent us straight to the lab for some blood work.. he thinks I might have something called "Toxemia" or something, pregnancy induced hypertension.. or "pre eclampsyia". I have to go back on Friday morning for some more monitoring.. if it's still too high, we might have to deliver on Friday! All of this is going waaay too fast all of a sudden!

Riley is... Frank?

It's actually a BOY!! No, just kidding. Well, Riley isn't Frank persay, but she is Frank Breech. Joey and I had a Dr. appointment last week at 36 weeks for our last ultrasound to check the weight and position of the baby. We had a little bit of disappointing news to find out that Riley is actually breeched. =/ The doctor told us that because I'm so far along, it is highly unlikely that she will be able to turn in the next few weeks before delivery, so we had to schedule an elective C-Section.

Frank Breech

I definitely was looking forward to the experience of child birth.. but, oh well. I have been able to find some of the positive things about this scheduled C Section thing. I get to sacrifice my "you know what" ;) (I know they say it goes back, but it could never be the same.. haha) I know exactly when she'll be born (Joey and I chose my birthday, February 25th.. what a great birthday present, huh?) and I won't ever have to experience the pains of labor. =) (that's probably the best one!)

So it looks like she'll be here a little earlier than expected.. so Joey and I have spent the last week getting the house ready, washing all the clothes, blankets, etc. Outrageous shopping trips to Babies R Us for last minute things we need.. and trying to get as much sleep as possible! I have one last Dr. appointment tomorrow before the big day.. hope everything goes well- and we'll keep everyone posted!

9 days and counting!!!

Baby Shower

It was finally our turn for our Baby Shower! I haven't had time to post in a while.. Thanks to Joey's sister Theresa for all her hard work putting everything together for us.. and to my Mom and sister Kristin for helping set everything up!

Thanks to everyone that came to celebrate our special day, we had a blast!!

It's a good think my sister Traci is a picture person like I am.. I had to steal these from her! Thanks for everything!


February 8, 2009

Our autographed belly pic that Joey took of me (35 weeks)

The famous King's Hawaiian Paradise Cake.. MY FAVORITE!

My niece Lexi and I

The ADORABLE diaper cake my sister Traci hand-made us.. so cute I don't dare to open it, ever!

Tree set up a little onsie decorating table.. some people were pretty creative!

All of our wonderful gifts

Joey and I.. I think the weight gain is catching up to me! =/ lol.