Birthdays & Pledge of Allegiance

For my birthday yesterday we were all finishing dinner when out of nowhere Riley started saying the Pledge of Allegiance. Jarom got her to do it again so we could record it, it was so cute! It was a good b-day (despite the blur of it all through sleepless eyes), especially when my little girl sang to me.

Meet Ella Lucia Eberhard

Ella is finally here!! She was born Sunday, November 23rd at 12:54pm. She weighs 6lbs, 13oz and was 19 inches long. Tons of long dark wavy hair and possibly blue eyes, (hard to tell). The labor story is it's own insane story, so I'll spare the details. Let's just say I went from 4cm to 10cm an hour and a half! Anyway we are finally home and trying to get adjusted to having a family of four. Riley is somewhat excited, we're not sure since she hasn't had a nap in three days! I'm sure she'll get used to her soon. More to come...

Makeup 101

Hopefully this picture doesn't predict what kind of makeup she'll be wearing as a teenager ;) Riley did it all by herself, she was very proud. She's on her way to being a big girl...

Bronco Fans

So you would probably never guess that I live with a crazy Bronco fan ;) Well, unfortunately Jarom's influence has persuaded Riley to also join the crowd. Here are some cute pics of Riley & Jarom getting pumped up for the Broncos game today.

Not yet...

Wow, I got lots of phone calls & emails today, thank you. Today was big decision day and I am happy to say that I'm not having a baby today. We went and had our ultrasound and it turns out that our little girl gained an entire pound in just 1 week! She weighs 7 lbs already, her stomach is still really skinny (I was never surprised by that), her legs and arms are really long, and she's all cramped up in there somehow. Everything looks great and the Dr. predicted she may weigh about 7lbs 12oz by birth if she waits till Thanksgiving. Riley was 7lbs, 8oz so she may be even bigger. So luckily for us we still have two more weeks to prepare for our little Thanksgiving baby. Thank you all again for thinking and praying for us.

This is only her face you're looking at, it was fun to get one last look.

Riley's 3rd birthday

This year Riley had a little joint party with her friend Allie (who is 4 days younger). My gracious friend, Rebecca had it at her house so I wouldn't have to pick up the disaster that comes with having lots of 3 yr. olds at your house ;) It was a princess theme as you'll see from the pictures and Riley loved the attention. She got adorable gifts from everyone and even a homemade tutu and crown from our resident stylist of the stars, JoDee. Guess we'll sing Happy Birthday to her tomorrow too since it's her b-day on Veteran's Day, she's gonna start thinking birthdays are celebrated all week long!

Baby now or later

So I had another ultrasound this morning, I just hit 37 weeks. Looks like little girl is falling off the growth charts with her skinny stomach and little head, so we'll be heading to Tacoma for a Doppler flow study with a specialist next week. She measured in at 5 lbs. 13 oz, but since she's still pretty small in some measurements they want to make sure the placenta is still functioning the way it should. So the specialist may either say, induce now or everything's fine. Hopefully it's the latter because I'm still not quite ready for baby, especially during the week of Riley's b-day!!
So cross your fingers that she can wait a little longer than next week...