Please welcome Lily Grace Langthorn to the world!

When you make that life changing decision to expand your family, no one really tells you what to expect besides "it changes your life". Pregnancy in itself was an interesting experience that came full of its nice surprises! My mom booked her ticket to get to Hawaii on January 18th thinking that we would have a week or so to prepare and enjoy the island a little bit before baby got here. Boy were we wrong.

My Friday morning started off pretty normal, I had a few business meetings in town and then met up with my good friend Crystal to catch up before my Mom flew in and I had to go pick her up from the airport. I picked up Mom and we headed back to our side of the island to unpack and take it easy. We were going to go to the beach and have a nice dinner. About 10 minutes after we got home I went to go  pee. Right after I was done a gush soaked my pants. Instant thought "oh my god I just peed myself". I went through 9 1/2 months of pregnancy without this happening so I was very frustrated. I walk out to the living room and told Austin "Don't freak out but I either just peed myself or my water broke". His instant response is "oh you just peed yourself." So I wander upstairs to change clothes and sure enough it happens again. I've never been pregnant before so I have no idea what it feels like when your water breaks. I was honestly expecting the whole movie scene where a big gush of water comes out. Nope not quite. I sat down in the middle of the bathroom floor on a stack of beach towels with my ipad and my phone. I started googling and texting Courtney about when her water broke. I finally decide to call the midwife line at Tripler and ask them what I should do. She told me to come in of course so she could check me. Once I got up and tried to get dressed I realize this is the real deal folks. My water was definitely broken. Austin grabbed all the hospital bags, and my poor exhausted mother changed clothes again and we head to the hospital.

If you live in Hawaii and plan on having a baby I highly recommend the midwife program at Tripler. I had a very pleasant experience with all of them and you get seen much quicker than with the regular OB's.

To make a long story short we were admitted around 5:00 on Friday afternoon. Lily Grace arrived at 7:44 a.m. on Saturday January 19th. I opted out and took the epidural. I was on the fence about trying natural labor but lets just say my mind changed pretty fast once the real contractions started and she told me it could be a couple of days if we wanted to wait it out. No mam' I wanted the little princess out asap! She was 7 pounds and 5 oz. and looks like her daddy.

We were discharged from the hospital the next day, and the first week flew by to say the least. We had our first few parental scares but turns out Austin and I are the typical over worried new parents. We are very blessed that she is a healthy baby with 10 fingers and 10 toes. Here we are about the leave the hospital:

Its the rainy season here in Hawaii right now which means the surf is huge. Austin wanted to go see the big waves, so we decided to make Lily's first road trip to the north shore. (Don't freak out we kept her in our arms, out of the sun, and away from the sand)

She also got to see (or sleep through) her first north shore sunset... (no filter people this picture is legit)

Here are a few other highlights from Lily's first week of joining the outside world!

Precious Sleeping Lily

Pooping face Lily

Grumpy Face Lily

Our first play date!!! Court and Justin's twins are already 2 months old, but they were preemie so Lily is the same size as them :)

Future Aggie!

 

Cuddle time with Mommy :)

Well in the time it has taken me to write this blog its now time to go feed the tiny princess. You learn to maximize and become super efficient with your time, but the days still seem to fly by. Its definitely a life changer, but I couldn't imagine not having her now. She is absolute perfection.

Getting ready for Baby Lily Grace

Well we just had my 36 week appointment with my midwife at Tripler and the days of "just the two of us" are nearly over. Considering that Austin and I have been together since high school and married for 4 years already, you would think that it wouldn't be such a big deal to us but no matter how much I try to prepare myself it is still crazy to think that we are having a baby! The past 9 months in itself has been eye opening, I still look down at my stomach every day and can't believe that I am growing a little person in there.





Everyone keeps asking us "Are you ready?!" and the only thing I can respond with is that we are as ready as we will ever be. We are blessed to have terrific friends and family who threw two showers for us, one in Texas and one in Hawaii. They were definitely a huge help with stocking up on the baby necessities and goodies that we will be utilizing in the coming months! We have her nursery ready, she has a closet full of clothes, and we are stocked up on diapers.  I still don't think anything will actually fully set in until we are holding her in the hospital.




My official due date is January 30th, however she can come anytime after this next Wednesday the 9th and be considered full term. The hospital bags are packed, and Austin has a decent idea of where the labor and delivery is in the hospital! haha.  I don't think she plans on taking it easy on me at all and coming before my due date, however a girl can hope. The last month of pregnancy is pretty much miserable and I am looking forward to meeting our little princess. My mom gets here on the 18th of this month and will be here to help us through February. Considering Austin and I have no clue exactly what we are in for, Ivy decided to fly to us to help out. We are so thankful for this! :)

 Here are a few pictures of her nursery. The extra room upstairs in our house is pretty small so we didn't have a lot to work with. Austin painted and put up the white beadboard in her room. I am not a huge fan of pink so we decided to use more neutral colors. The sign above her crib is my favorite thing in her nursery. It was one of the first things I bought. My Nana used to sing that song to me when I was a little girl.

2012

Well back to the blogging world I come. I started one back in 2011 but failed to maintain it after Austin returned from his deployment. But I figured it is going to be a good idea to get back into the groove, especially with our first little one on the way. Living 4,000 miles away from our Texas family and friends can be tough sometimes, so hopefully this will bring us a little closer together. Along with our other friends are spread out all over the world!

Big Island Vacation July 2012

Wow! I can't believe 2012 has already passed. It was Austin and I's first year of being married while he was on shore duty. Its been nice to have him home and around all the time. No more submarine for a while. He has a much more steady work schedule, and it attached to the shipyard so there are no deployments. 

In February I started a new career path switching from my marketing and PR job into finance. Its nice to actually use my degree. I started working with a boutique financial firm based out of Newport Beach at their branch office in Honolulu. I absolutely love the job. I studied for a few months and took my tests for securities licenses and investment advisory. My official title is Financial Advisor, but that is a multifunctional role. I have gotten to meet fabulous new people and work with a lot of genuine faces. I look forward to the challenge and the future this career holds for me. 

In June we found out that we were expecting our first child! It wasn't a complete shock, but it definitely was news we both had to adjust to. Imagining ourselves as parents and being responsible for a little person is a whole new ball game. In August we found out it was a girl! (eek, Austin was sure it was a boy). I of course was immediately excited based on the fact alone that there is just no argument about little girl clothes being much cuter than little boy clothes. I think God new better than to start me off with a boy. We decided on the name Lily Grace. Short and sweet since our last name is so long. Lily was just about the only girl name that we could agree on so Lily it is. I am due January 30th, and we are both ready to meet our little girl. We know that its going to be a huge adjustment but we are ready to expand our family. I can't wait to see Austin as a dad, he is going to make the best father.

 Here are some shots from our maternity photos that we had taken when we were home in Texas this past November. Paige Meyer took them out in Brenham. We went home for two weeks in November since I couldn't fly past Dec. 15th. We got to see a lot of family and friends at our Texas baby shower, and even got to go see an Aggie Game! Whoop!