Danielle

Danielle Denise Schramm

Born December 19, 2011 ~ 8:12am

7 lbs 5oz ~ 18 1/2" long

Big Sister Gabby

Big Sister Charley

There isn't any crazy story that goes along with the birth. Dani was a scheduled C-section. There was a point when we thought she would come early, I was having pre-labor pains, but then they went away around 37 weeks. But things went about the same as the other two c-sections. We were scheduled for 7:30am, so we had to be there at 6:15am. They were running a little late, and didn't leave for the surgery room until 7:45am, and we started shortly after that. Ben decided that he wanted to film this one. He even streamed it over his phone through a web cam and some of that family that wanted to was able to see it. Yes, I reluctantly agreed to letting him do this...as long as no one saw anything personal and it was just family! I am fully covered except my belly. Apparently I had a LOT of scar tissue from my previous c-sections, and it took a few minutes to actually get through it. But Dani was born at 8:12am! And she is perfect! She looks just like her sisters did when they were born, with lots of dark hair!

*For my own note: Dani was a very healthy baby. Most c-section babies have to have help with oxygen and have to be pumped of the fluids right after birth. And some times they wont cry right away because of it. But Dani didn't need any of it!

Because my body just ain't what it used to be, the recovery is a little bit more than the other births. I can already tell it will be a while before I am back to my normal self.

Schramma & Schrammpa were here to help with the girls, and brought them to the hospital to meet there new baby sister later that day. A few days after that, my family arrived. By the time I came home we had 8 extra people in our house. Some thought we were crazy, but it was actually fun. It was great to have so much help. But now every one is gone except my little sister. And I may keep her around for a few more days to help me get adjusted with 3 kids!

Today we were all kinda ready by 11:30am. I just have a few more days before school starts again where I need to have us all ready by 9am to get Charley to school on time....things are going to be interesting!

The Craziness that is Gabby

Woke up one morning to find Gabby wearing this little outfit over her PJ's. She's kind of a crazy little girl!

Potty Training.... Again!....

That is right folks, we are on our second try at getting Gabby potty trained. She beat me last time, but this time, I am winning! It took me a few days to not be frustrated with her. She was still having accidents, and not willing to go poo in the toilet. I didn't want to buy pull-ups this time, we went straight to panties.

The last few days have been great. She's been in panties all day and no accidents expect #2...which only happened every other day. However tonight we made a break through!! If you do not have kids yourself and have gone through the potty training process you will not understand the excitement I am feeling right now!....Gabby just went poo in the toilet!!!!!!!!!! We had already put them to bed, and Gabby came running in our room panicking and told us she needed to go potty. Sure enough, she went! #1 & #2

Oh Happy Day!!!

Count Down

Today we worked on a few craft projects....some can not be shown because they are Christmas presents. But here is one I can show you. It is our count down chain. We have listed on each link birthdays, who's coming that day, when baby sister comes, all the way to Christmas! There were just a few links that didn't have anything written on it. We are going to have a busy next few weeks. But we are all excited for everything that is happening, and we can't wait for all of our family to get here!

In other news, we started potty training Gabby again. I took a break a month or so back, and bought a big box of diapers from Costco. We only have a few more left, so we decided to try again. And things seem to be going slightly better. We only had one accident today!! We have 9 days until Danielle comes, I'm hoping she will be about done by then. ....crossing my fingers!