Three Months Old

Lucia is sooo sweet! She's smiling all the time and talking up a storm :) Lots of gurgles and rasberries. Mama thinks she'll be getting a tooth in the next few weeks, and she's growing like a weed. She'll grab a toy now and mouth it, and loves sitting up like a big girl. All of her siblings fawn over her and fight over who gets to hold her. Toby is especially loving and is very helpful to mom & dad. We are so blessed to have her in the family!

Lucia is 1 month old!

She is wonderful, sleeping well, eating good and just such a precious blessing! Enjoying her immensly :)

Happy Newborn Days

Lucia Bella-our homebirth story

Well, Lucia finally decided it was time to join the family....and she wasn't wasting any time! Monday was a long, draining day for me, so I went to bed around 9:30pm. I was a little crampy the whole night, but nothing major, and slept fairly well. Then at 5am I woke up from a dream with an intense contraction. Then another came 2 minutes later....and another and another. We called the midwife at 5:15 to tell her they were coming pretty quickly, because she has an hour drive. Now keep in mind, Sophia and Jude were both about 8hr labors. All of the sudden the contractions were one on top of the other, and I knew I was in transition. I got out of the tub and to the bed, and told Frank she was coming. He tried to reassure me that she wasn't....and I quickly informed him I knew what a baby in the birth canal feels like! She was born at 5:53am, caught by her daddy before the midwife arrived! We are both recovering wonderfully, and are happy to be taken care of by daddy :) Lucia Bella Cardinale: 7lbs 11oz, 20.5". XOs!!