Welcome to the World Bean!
 

I'm so sad I missed all the NSD festivities! It looks like you guys had a lot of fun. Things have been super crazy around here adjusting to life as a family of four and house hunting at the same time... but I wanted to take a second and let you know that Bean aka Dante was born last Thursday and is thriving. My recovery has taken a little longer than anticipated, but I'm finally feeling human again. Anyway, there are plenty more baby photos to come when I have the time to start scrapping again, but in the mean time... here are a couple to tide you over!! :wub::wub::wub:

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he's cute :) congratulations!!

SO Sweet! Congrats!

Awww, welcome to the world little bean!!!! Congratulations to you and your family. So glad to hear you are healing well. Praying that you'll continue your healing and find your new mama groove once again! :wub:

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*I do not want a baby* *I do not want a baby* and repeat *I do not want a baby* *I do not want a baby*

Lol, he's so adorable (those squishy cheeks and big baby yawns!) he's giving me baby fever! Congratulations to you and your family! Looks like big brother is already smitten!

CONGRATULATIONS!!

Congratulations, Karli-Marie!! He is absolutely precious!!!

ROFL!! I'm waaaaaaayyyyyyy past the baby phase, but I had a nightmare the other night that I was preggers. YIKES! Medical miracle time! :p

Thanks for sharing pics Karli - he's beautiful! And you have a beautiful family!

Congratulations! He is soooo adorable! Super sweet pics and I'm glad you all are doing well!

Omgoodness....he is just so precious! Love all the pics!

Look at you! Congratulations!!

Haha yes I am past my baby days too -- well not that I'm not physically capable but it's kinda hard when your other half isn't. Hehehe...we had the hubs snipped after Aubrey so we didn't have any oopses and stuck to our 2 kid plan!

The funny thing is that I'm the exact age (37) my mom was when she became a grandma for the first time! Now that's something I can't imagine!

Yes, David was snipped & I'm post-menopausal, so not happening.

I was 35 when Connor was born... I'm quite a bit older than a lot of his friend's moms.

My mom was 40 when she became a grandma. LOL! My oldest was 13 when I was 40!! :p

Oh, Karli...he is just precious! Congratulations!

My mom was 47 when she had her last child. I was 24 when he was born. I watched my mom give birth. LOL! My baby brother graduates from high school this year and has plans to enter the fire academy here.

How gorgeous. Congratulations!

Congratulations! Precious!

He's beautiful! Congrats!

Oh what a beautiful baby. Congratulations to you and your family.

Oh my so precious. Congrats!!!!

Congratulations! He is adorable!
When my daughter was born 11.5 years ago, her nickname was Bean.

OH my! All the adorableness here!
Congratulations, Karli-Marie! Dante is a lovely name and he is so cute!

I had a dream a few nights ago, where I was in an obgyn appointment with my mom. The doc told me that, I have a boy, I am ready to pop any time I want the C-Section and that I should try to not gain any more weight, coz I am way over.
I was so mad that I told my mom I want a different obgyn that will let me to give birth naturally, as soon as we got out of the door.
That was a scary dream :huh:

aww congrats! He's so precious!!

Congratulations! He's adorable!!

Thanks everyone!!

Wow, Carrie!! I could not even imagine having a baby at 47. My last was at 35 and I'm the oldest mom among his friends! My youngest is graduating HS at the end of the month, too. Congrats to your brother!!

LOL!! I think our subconscious is working on us, Sherly!! :D

How are you feeling, Karli-Marie? Have you been able to rest?

Congrats KM! I've been loving your photos on FB! ... and totally missed this thread! I'm so happy for your family!

My mom had me just months before turning 40 and I had my last at 43! It took me 10 years to convince my hubby that 3 was the magic number. I'm on the older end, but the area I live doesn't have many young mothers and I frequently see other parents my age (or close enough where it doesn't seem like a huge age gap). Most of my friends didn't start their families until after 35 and many even waited until they were in their 40's.

How precious! Congratulations!!!

So sweet! Congratulations!! I hope babe is settling in & that you’re able get some sleep.

I was 39 when I had my youngest. I’m def on the older side of the parents where we currently live, but couldn’t care less 💖

I have several friends who started having kids later in life.
My mom was a super young mom (she had me at 18). She was always younger than all the other moms.

Congrats! He is adorable!

Right?! I can't imagine that either. She loves being a mom. She has seven children and always wanted eight so she almost made it there. LOL!

I admire people who can raise that many kids! I could barely raise my 3! LOL! :blink:

Well, things were going pretty well for almost two weeks and then Bean spiked a fever and we ended up in the ER. They admitted us to the hospital and ran a ton of tests. It was absolutely the hardest couple days of my life :crying: My sweet boy was so brave and I take solace that he'll never remember what he had to go through. I'm not a cryer, but I am still super hormonal and I seriously cried for like 12 hours straight.

He has a UTI which likely caused the fever, and we have to follow up with a urologist for a possible urinary reflux issue that is fairly common, but can lead to kidney issues.

Thankfully we're home now and can start settling back into a routine.

Big hugs! That is so hard! I'm so glad they found the likely cause and it's something that is treatable! My middle guy had a fever when he was a month old and was hospitalized for a week, so I know exactly what it feels like. So terrible! I hope everything goes well with his urology follow up! :wub:

Thanks Sheri! I'm so sorry you had to go through that as well :wub:, truly heartbreaking.

Poor little guy and poor mama!!! :wub: I'm sorry you've gone through this. I hope that the urologist finds that it's something very easily treated and will not lead to anything else.
Thinkings about you & praying for you {{big hugs!!}}

So sweet! Congratulations!!

Beautiful family! Congrats!
Glad you are all home and doing better. Hope your little one gets over the infection soon.

OMG he is soo super cute! Congratulations!!

How are you doing, Karli-Marie?

Hugs! Sick kids in the hospital are really tough on Mom. Hope you’re both recovering now!


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We're doing much better! Thanks for asking :wub:

On Thursday we had one last procedure done... it was no fun, but now we have an answer and a clean bill of health. :thumbup:

I actually think the entire experience was harder on me than it was on him. He's so strong and resilient. I am so happy that we can put this behind us.

I'm so glad you're all doing much better!! :wub: I think in some ways, it is harder on us as moms. At least he won't remember it!