Introducing Kelsey Diane Mota

Last picture as a family of 3

Preston patiently waiting to meet his sister

Preston got a Big Brother sticker and bracelet

Here she is! Miss Kelsey Diane

Happy Momma



Proud Daddy



Excited Big Brother

Introductions

Kelsey's Grandmothers and Big Brother

Our family of 4!!

Sweet Girl

Nana's 1st time holding Kelsey

Mimis 1st time holding Kelsey

Papas 1st time holding Kelsey

Mimi and Papa

Nana showing off her grandbaby

Big brother holding Sister for the 1st time

Aunt Steph meeting Kels

Aunt Steph and Kelsey (Uncle Gene was there too, just no pics for some reason)

My Push present from my amazing hubby

1st Bath

Snuggle Bug

Such a beautiful girl

Already wrapped around her finger

Daddy's Girl

Little Angel

Lovey for Sister from Preston

Her Hero Came to Rescue her from the Hospital

Ready to go home!

Preston and Daddy carrying her to the car!

The morning of February 18, 2014, Stephen, Preston, my mom and I woke up early to head to the hospital. After many days of contractions and much anticipation, we finally had made it to the day of my scheduled induction. We arrived at the hospital at 7am and before I knew it, I was checked in and laying in a hospital bed ready to meet our sweet baby girl. We did have some time to sneak in a few pics before her arrival of Preston waiting patiently and my "BIG belly" as Preston liked to call it. But it wasn't long before things began moving very quickly, just as things did with Preston's delivery. The doctor came in and I was already dialated to a 4 before they even began the meds. Once they started the medsd, the doc came in and broke my water, a little while later I got my epidural. Had time for a couple of quick visitors (Stephen's parents, my mom and Preston) before the doctor came back. When he came in to check on me he said the baby was "sunny side up" meaning she was facing the wrong way and we needed her to turn before I could start pushing. He said the nurse would reposition me to get the baby to move and he would be back in about an hour to check on me. About 5 mins after he left, before I had been repositioned, I told the nurse I thought this baby was coming! She said, "I never doubt my momma's, so I will check you even though the doc just did." Well, I was right! She checked and said, yip, she's turned on her own and she's coming! She called the doc back and said, "She's ready to push, send Dr. MacDonald back in. And, you may want to tell him to walk fast!" He arrived and said, "I was just here!" haha we all got a good laugh and then the show began! It didn't take long and at 12:52pm our lives changed forever! We met our precious little baby girl! Kelsey Diane Mota was born weighing 7lbs 8oz and was 19 3/4" long. Preston came in with Nana to meet his baby sister and went running down the hall to the rest of the family in the waiting room yelling, "she's here, she's here! Baby sister is here!" I hear it was a pretty cute little moment. It was a magical day! We are so incredibly blessed and so in love with our sweet little girl! Life is good!!

Happy Valentine's Day

We had a wonderful Valentine's Day this year! Nana was in town awaiting baby Kelsey's arrival, so we all got to celebrate together! We started the day with heart shaped muffins, strawberries and bananas. Preston received Valentine treats from Mimi/Papa, Aunt Steph and Uncle Gene and on Valentine's Day morning he got treats from both Nana and Mom and Dad. Kelsey even got a Valentine from Nana. I received some beautiful flowers from my honey too. It was a holiday filled with sweet surprises! After we went through all the goodies, Nana, Preston and I decided to make some Valentine's. We had fun painting and coming up with some creative Valentine's for daddy. That afternoon we all went up to Preston's school for his Valentine's party. We all had a good time going through his Valentine's from his little friends and sharing in his celebration. For dinner we ordered yummy Cavalli's and headed home to eat as a family. After a fun filled day we said a little prayer that baby Kelsey would make her appearance soon! We were all getting anxious!

Stephen's Birthday

There was lots of anticipation for Stephen's birthday this year. We weren't sure if he'd be sharing a birthday with miss Kelsey or not. We had the option of inducing on Stephen's birthday, but decided that she would probably want her own special day if given the choice, so we held out. We went to dinner at Mi Cocina with Stephen's family and my mom and sweet Preston. I had contractions all the way there, so we were all convinced she was going to make her appearance that night. Luckily she held off and we enjoyed a wonderful dinner as a family and then headed back to our new house for cake and gifts. It's always fun to celebrate the love of my life! Here's to another great year!!

My Birthday

This year my birthday kind-of snuck up on me! We've been so busy getting the house ready, moving in and preparing for baby I hadn't even really thought about my birthday! Never-the-less, my wonderful husband still outdid himslef planning a fun dinner with his family at Ernesto's, sending me beautiful flowers at work (they've literally smelled up our entire floor, so beautiful), getting some super fun gifts including a wine club memebership (I think I've made myself clear that I am ready for some wine after this baby arrives) and new cowboy boots and somehow finding time to get a cake! He is the BEST! We had a great evening with family and I got spoiled with all kinds of wonderful gifts. Another special evening celebrating another wonderful year! =)

Making Valentine's with My Sweet Boy!

Since Valentine's Day is around the corner and we aren't quite sure when baby Kelsey is going to arrive, I wanted to spend some time making Valentine's with Preston for his class. Preston is really into super heros these days, so we decided to make little lollipops with super hero capes that say, "Have a SUPER Valentine's Day!" Preston had fun cutting the capes out with me and gluing on the super hero logos. We made little Batman and Superman lollipops. It was a good time for the both of us. I love getting to share in these moments with my sweet boy!

Preparing for Kelsey

Well, after a lot of stress and meetings with our builder, we finally closed on our house! I wasn't sure if we were going to be in the house before sweet Kelsey made her arrival, but lucky for us, she held on a bit so we could be fully prepared for her. We got moved in last weekend and were able to get her little nursery set up. I still have to get things put on the walls, but at least she has a room now with furniture! =) Her walls are light grey and we have pink chandalier patterned bedding. I just love how it came together. Thanks Nana for all of the nursery stuff! Our little girl is all set!! Preston even went through his toys and created a box of "baby toys" for baby sister. He was pretty cute about the whole thing! Such a big boy! She is getting bigger too! Our doctor is estimating that she will be the exact same weight as Preston 6lbs 12oz at birth. We will know soon. We have been debating when to schedule our induction. We could induce as early as Feb 13th, but that is Stephen's birthday and we think she will want her own special day. So then we discussed the 14th, but thats Valentine's Day, so not sure she would want that either! We had decided on the 17th, but our doc was booked that day, so we are now officially scheduled for February 18th at 7:30am (unless she decides to come early). We can't wait to meet our little bundle! Only 10 more days and we will be a family of 4! Can't wait!! Here are some pics of our last sonogram and her nursery. We are ready!!

Celebrating 9 Years

It's hard to believe that its been 9 years since I married the man of my dreams! I have to say that these 9 years have truly been a dream come true. I am so incredibly blessed to get to spend this amazing journey we call life with my very best friend! And what a fun journey its been so far! I can't wait to see what the next few years have in store for us! Here is a glipse at the beautiful flowers Stephen sent me at work, he always does such a great job! I am the luckiest girl in the world! Thank you for being my husband Stephen Mota, you make my every dream come true! I can't wait to spend the rest of my life with you!

Surprise Shower!

A couple of weeks ago Stephen's parents had us over for dinner. Little did I know, they had a special little shower for sweet Kelsey planned. Stephen's family got together for dinner, had a sweet cake, cute girlie decorations and lot's of fun gifts! It was a special dinner with family to celebrate our sweet baby girl! So nice to be surrounded by so many wonderful people as we get closer to welcoming our baby girl into this world! Feeling truly blessed!

Happy New Year!

We brought in the new year with friends and family. We started the evening with a fun family dinner date with the Zannikos'. We met Z, Nikki and Charlie at Raffain for a deliciously filling dinner and mocktails for us two preggo girls. After dinner we all went over to Steph and Gene's to watch the Aggies win the Chick-fil-a Bowl, Whoop! And to ring in the new year! Preston always has a blast at Aunt Steph and Uncle Gene's, so he ran his little heart out and absolutely loved the horns, hats and other fun accessories Aunt Steph bought for the party. After the fun count down we did a little karaoke, spent some more time with family and then headed home for some much needed sleep! New Year's Day was relaxing! We slept in, spent the beautiful day at the park with Preston and ordered Black Eyed Pea for dinner takeout so we got our good luck for the year! It was a fun New Years!

We are very excited to see what 2014 has in store for us! We know that we will be moving into our new house and welcoming our sweet baby girl this year! Two things that we are very excited about! We should be moving into the house at the end of January (hopefully before our girlie girl arrives)! 2014 will be the year of Kelsey! We've decided to name our baby girl Kelsey Diane Mota. Kelsey is a name that we both really liked. We had a list of baby girl names and Kelsey kept rising to the top. After lots of back and forth, we decided that Kelsey was the name for our precious new addition! Diane is my mothers middle name. We wanted to have a family name as her middle name like we do with Preston (George after Stephen and his dad) and since my momma is so special, we decided to name Kelsey after her. So, we will be thrilled to introduce the world to Kelsey Diane Mota next month!