She's 1!

Set your clocks…at 7:42 pm Blakely will be exactly 1 Year.  ( a long pause as my eyes are burning from the tears trying to force their way out!)

All I can do is shake my head in disbelief. You know what they say, "time flies when your having fun?" WRONG! time flies when you have 3 kids…(but here's a little secret...it's pretty fun having three kids) Ryan and I may occasionally look at each other in confusion to how we got to this point? But we wouldn't have it any other way…final answer.

Blakely has made me a believer in "things happen for a reason"  if you've been pregnant and don't believe in God…you're dumb.   And if you are a man who has witnessed his children being born…and you don't believe in God…you're dumber.

Thanksgiving 2 years ago, Tate was 8 months and still nursing.  He became suddenly and without reason uninterested in feeding.  One week later I was feeling horrible…stomach ache and tired.   Another week passed by and I wasn't feeling any better and decided to give up nursing Tate, he wasn't interested and I didn't feel well.  That weekend Ryan went to Wal Mart for me to get pepto and a pregnancy test (as a joke)  As we both laughed at [the joke] and then it sunk in that maybe I should take the test. But on the way to the bathroom, I kept saying "I'm not…so it's not a big deal…cuz I CAN'T be pregnant…it's not possible!"  I repeated that to myself as I took the test and got chills when I saw that test INSTANTLY turn 2 lines and pink.  No waiting 3 minutes.  So I took the second test in the box…AHHH CRAP!  My chills turned into complete and utter disbelief!

I had just sold all our baby stuff…we were pretty set on the fact we were dunzo with having kids...I had JUST HAD A BABY 6 months ago…

Just when you think you have your life figured out…just when you think you know exactly what you want out of life…just when you think you're all the happier you can get…just when you think you're done.


You're not.

20 weeks…It's a Girl!

38 weeks…

 31 weeks

The pregnancy went pretty smooth, although I did become a regular at the triage…my third trimester was just rough on me physically and my blood pressure was high.  Which is why I got induced 11 days early.  Our original due date was July 21st…yeah that's wasn't happening.

Ryan and I went in early (5am) on the 10th and had IV drama and Pitocin drama and breaking the water drama and Doctor drama…here's the blog post if you need reviewing: http://www.thelafrenzfamily.blogspot.com/2012_07_01_archive.html

But after 3 pushes…she was here.  Our house full of boys now had a girl.  and we ALL fell in love this tiny little baby.


-She's spunky…likes to bob her head and break dance to music
-She LOUD!  yells and grunts!
-She eats ANYTHING you put in front of her…EXCEPT baked beans…she will not eat them
-She has taken 4 steps, at any moment she's going to figure it out.
-Drinks 3 6-8 oz bottles a day of whole milk…warm please.
-Sleeps from 7:30pm-7am: 9am-11am: 1:30pm-4pm
-Wears 18-24 month clothes, size 4/5 diapers and size 4/5 shoe
-Bounces on her tush and squishes her noise when she's happy
-5 1/2 teeth on top and 2 1/2 on bottom
-Likes to carry toys in her mouth and crawl around…like a puppy.
-Loves water and dunks her head in the water…she dunks her head in the dog bowl
-If she hears any of the following songs, she stops whatever she is doing for a dance break.  She claps her hands and dances: Wagon Wheel, Boys Round Here, Cruise
-Likes to sit in chairs and swing her feet
-Still loves her pacifier and blankey
-Gets mad when Ryan doesn't pick her up FIRST when he gets home! She whines and slaps her legs.
-Likes to crawl over the boys
-likes to play amongst larger blankets or a pile of clothes
-crawls up stairs

She loved the beach

 Kickin back in the pool

 Whatever the boys are doing…she is doing

Outfit I made for her

Riley LOVES his sister