One week old

What a week!!!! Mike and I took our little Ayla out with us to lunch and then to Longs today and I am happy to say she slept through the entire outing. We had so much fun! Okay.....I'll let you in on the secret we fed her right before we left our house knowing we had a two hour window where she would sleep so we could get a little time to enjoy each other's company and pick up a few necessities. For those of you who don't know Mike he works a ton and when he told me he was taking off work until July 7th I was shocked and soooo happy! So it is really nice to be able to sleep in (sleeping in is relative these days), go out to lunch, and run errands during the day together with our little girl. I feel like I have a personal chauffeur as Ayla and I sit in the back while Mike (aka dad) drives us around. I could really start getting used to this. :)

Ayla May Allocco Born 7pound 1oz. on 6/18/08 at 6:46pm

This has been such an adventure. I am not sure how to put into words how amazing this little gift is...but I'll try. My labor went very well 7 hours which went by so fast and 3o minutes or so of pushing.I GOT THE EPIDURAL and I would recommend it to anyone. I attribute me having such a great experience to the fantastic staff and the epidural. I am still in awwww....it was like an out of body experience watching my little Ayla being born. Mike was there every step of the way. He really helped me with the pushing part. He told me that he planned to "coach me up" all through my pregnancy (even though I thought he would end up fainting) and he really did a great job of coaching me through. He was extremely motivating through his gentle touches to helping me breath and push. I invited my mom and mother-in-law Donna to be in the room with us, and I was so happy they could be a part of the birth. They both were taking pictures and video. I have to say we have a fantastic G rated birth video that shows just enough to make it special but something that you can share with friends and family and it is just 7 minutes long. It has been a wild 3 days!! Ayla is amazing and in my opinion just unbelievably BEAUTIFUL!! We are now working on getting our days and night figured out. Mike and I are taking shifts at night so we can each get about 4-5 hours of sleep and so far it is absolutely worth it.

Ayla's Room

Ayla's Room

What Type of Fruit are you??

You Are a Pear

You are independent, intelligent, and a free thinker. You can accomplish great things, especially when you do them on your own. You are direct, honest, and sometimes even a bit brutal. There's not much that gets in the way of you and your ambition. While you are hard nosed, you do have a much sweeter side to you. It takes times for you to soften toward someone, but once you do, you'll be their friend for life.

What Type of Fruit Are You?

Surprise Baby Shower

My office through a surprise baby shower for me yesterday. I can't remember the last time I was that surprised. I was heading out to lunch with a co-worker and she said my boss needed to talk with me before we left. I thought it was a bit strange that she needed me right away but I headed back into the office to find her. My co-worker then said that she was in the conference room, I walked in to a whole room full of people. I was like what are you doing in here right as they all screamed "surprise". Luckily I had my camera. I immediately pulled it out and got these shots. I opened up a whole bunch of wonderful gifts including some very cute clothes and then they took me to lunch. What a fun day!!! I am very lucky to work with such a great group of people. Thanks to you All!!! :)

GO Acura!!

I got a new car the other day, it has a lot of power and I LOVE it. This is one of the few times where I am driving and Mike is riding in the passanger seat.
The car is so cute, a dark gray exterior and light gray interior Acura TL. It really fits me. I wanted something that was fun to drive, safe and looks good. We seem to be Big time Acura lover's as Mike drives an Acura and so does his mom, dad, sister, and my brother.