A Very Memorable Father's Day!!

This is definitely a Father's Day to go down in the books and "the best Father's Day I could ask for" as put by Lucas. My wonderful husband is now the father of two and I must say that Grayson and Ella Grace are so lucky to have him!! Spending Father's Day in the hospital having our baby girl was such a blessing and one we'll never forget!!

Grayson was excited to give Daddy his gifts and gladly helped him open them!!

I think this sweet girl is happy to be in her Daddy's arms, hence her first little smile!!!

So thankful for Lucas and the wonderful man he is!!!

I'm also thankful for my Dad who we were lucky enough to spend Father's day with as well!!! He is such a wonderful grandfather and couldn't be loved more by Grayson and Ella Grace!!!!

We also want to wish a very Happy Father's Day to Grandpa Mackanos who couldn't be here with us, but is in our thoughts on this day. We can't wait for him to meet Ella Grace in a couple months!!

Our children are so fortunate to have such wonderful role models in their lives!!!

Ella Grace's Arrival!!

Saturday morning we arrived at the hospital at 10 am for our scheduled c-section and immediately got settled into our room.  Once they told us what room we were in and we started walking that way, we quickly noticed that it was the same exact room we had for Grayson's birth, room 1509. 

A good sign for sure!!

The nurse came in and started prepping me for surgery and Daddy got his scrubs to wear. Everything was so calm, peaceful and relaxed, which was nice!! 

I must say Daddy looked very handsome in his scrubs. He should've considered being a surgeon!!!

Once everything was ready, they wheeled me into the operating room and started to give me the spinal to make me numb. Daddy had to wait outside and this was probably the hardest part for me. Seeing all of the "tools" in the operating room and watching everyone prepping was difficult. Soon after getting my spinal I was began getting numb and nervous!! The sweet anesthesiologist sat by my side and calmed me down, which definitely helped! Soon after they let Daddy come into the operating room and sit by my side and everything started. In just minutes we would see our baby girl. 

17 minutes to be exact!!!

They pulled her out and we instantly heard that strong cry!! She definitely has a set of lungs on her!!! We were amazed at how small she was and how close to her big brothers weight at birth she was!!  He was born at 6lbs, 8oz and she was 6lbs, 10 oz. They were both exactly 19 inches long.

 It was love at first sight and Daddy and I both started crying looking at our baby girl for the very first time! She looked so much like her big brother and she was beautiful!!!

  The rest of the surgery went by quick and was rather easy except for some bad chest pains that I had during the last 30 minutes. It was right at 1pm that we were wheeled out of the operating room and back into our familiar hospital room. There I got to hold my sweet baby girl for the first time and begin feeding her! 

We were a proud Mommy and Daddy for sure!!! We instantly bonded with our beautiful blessing and had a couple hours of quiet time, just the three of us!!! It was so peaceful and exactly what we needed!!! At this point Mommy was still numb and would end up being numb until about 9 that night.

At 4pm Ella Grace's big brother arrived with Nana and Pop Pop and to say he was excited was an understatement. He's been waiting on her arrival for months and he just kept saying "that's my sister!" He's definitely one proud big brother and wanted to hold her, "pet" her and give her lots of kisses.

Nana and Pop Pop were also thrilled to finally meet her and hold her.

Grayson also received a special gift from Ella Grace! He loved it and immediately started taking pictures of his baby sister!!

This was such a special day for our family and we are so thankful for the blessing God has given us!!!!

Introducing...

Our beautiful blessing...

Ella Grace

born June 15th at 12:17pm

6lbs 10oz, 19 inches

We are in love!!!

Today's the Day!!!

Today is the day we will meet our sweet baby girl, Ella Grace!! We are scheduled for a c-section at noon and I am over the moon excited to finally get to hold her in my arms!! We've been counting down the days for the past 9 months and the day has finally come!! I am a little nervous and praying all goes well!!

Here's one last picture of my belly before we head to the hospital!!

And one last photo of our family of three!! We are thrilled to soon become a family of four!!!

Thanking God for our family and for our beautiful blessing, Ella Grace!!!

Grayson's First Trip to the Movies!!

To celebrate Grayson's half birthday, we met some friends at a local movie theater for their free kids summer movie special!! I was a little worried to say the least because Grayson has never been to the movies before and he really doesn't sit very long at home when watching TV, but I wanted to give it a shot and I thought it was the perfect time since it was a free movie!!

Low and behold he lasted through  the entire movie, "Despicable Me"!!! He did so good and I was so proud of him and shocked at the same time!!

Mommy got him some popcorn and brought some other snacks and he sat still and munched while watching the big screen!

I'm so glad I was able to get a couple photos on my phone to document this special occasion!!!