LATELY

I can't believe it's been about 5 1/2 months since we last posted. Wow! A lot has happened. And I won't even know where to begin.

Kimara is 6 months already and has 2 bottom teeth. She absolutely adores her big sister. She wants to follow her around the house and cries when she is moved away from her.
She cries even when I put Kiralie in time out for "not being nice".
She loves to eat and play. She is just an absolute joy.

Kiralie is also growing in wits by the minute. I can't make a mistake past her. She is smarter than everyone in the world. She loves her baby sister so much that, sometimes I think her love will suffocate the baby. So now, she thinks, "suffocate" means give more love.
She was hugging Kimara so tight at church on time I told her that, it was enough. And she said " I love her! I want to suffocate her".

The girls are so spoiled by daddy. He lets them get their way all the time. Even Kimara is learning the trick. I don't know how he combines work and family life. All I can say is that, we are so blessed to have him in our lives. He is doing a great job.

Been busy myself with home, trying to set up my online business and my online Co-Op. Business looks very promising and the coop is doing well. We order stuff almost every other week. And I love my online group members. I love the fact that, they are trusting of me enough to trust me with their hard earned money. And i love taking absolutely good care of them.
I've made some great friends and met some amazing women.

Above all, I'm lucky to have been blessed with an amazing family. I don't know how one person can be blessed so much. We have our days where we don't get along. But at the end of the day, there is "love at home".

March in Pictures

being taken care of in the ER.She was wide awake and alert

bonding with daddy

grandma time

my friend Nancy came to visit from Cali and she was able to see the baby

going home!

big sis Kiralie finally showing interest in Baby sis Kimara

her first bath at home!

taking good care of her baby sis

Kimara's Birth story

It's been a while since we updated this blog. It's been very crazy in the Parcell household. Trying to adjust to our new roles and enjoying our newest addition. So to start things off again, we will share our birth story and then post pictures. Enjoy :/

Woke up around 1:45am to contractions about 15 minutes apart. Decided to go back to sleep and time it. Timed it for about 30 minutes and decided to get in the tub because they were getting a little intense. By then, they had become about 6 minutes apart. Was in the tub for about 10 minutes and realized it wasn't working. So Tim suggested we go to the hospital. By then, contractions were on top of each other. So it was hard to move. We were able to get me downstairs but I just couldn't move. I knew we weren't going to make it to the hospital so I told Tim to call 911. While he was on the phone with dispatch, I had the urge to push. By then, I was creaming my lungs out. I didn't want to but my body started doing it and so my water came gushing out everywhere. By this time, Tim was being coached into what to do to deliver the baby. I tried o breath through the next couple of contractions. About 3 minutes after broke, EMT's came rushing in. As they got me ready to go, baby had already started crowning. They tried to encourage me to hold it to get to the hospital since it was about 10 minutes away. I tried, but my body just wouldn't listen. Baby was born about 4 minutes before we got to the hospital. There was a team waiting at the ER for us. So EMT handed us over. Thankfully, there was no tearing and baby was doing well and ready to nurse. After a little bit of pitocin, placenta was delivered. Everything happened in 2- 2 1/2 hours I think. And so fast. I didn't think I was going to progress that fast since I was only 3cm dilated and about 50% effaced the day before. But I'm glad I was able to have my natural birth. Even though it wasn't the way we planned it. And by the way, we were scheduled to come in at 7:30am to be induced that morning. Kimara Grace-Serwah Parcell came at around 4:55am at 39+6. she was due 3/10/2012