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It pays to be named Amy: Baby Pool Winners!

Amy — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 21:18:00 +0000

I guess the trick to winning the baby pool was to be named Amy! I'm happy to announce the winners of our Lemaniak Baby Pool! We collected $65 in the entries, so each of the payouts will be $32.50!

For the closest date and time guess, Amy C (a co-worker of mine) won with the only guess on March 14th at 3:15 pm. I find it pretty strange that she was exactly off by 12 hours too, nice job Amy!!

For the closest weight and length, Amy L (my sister-in-law) won with the closest guess of 7 lbs, 3 oz. (birth weight was 7 lbs 1 oz) and with the length of 18.3". Congrats, Amy!

Thanks for playing everyone, it was a lot of fun to see all of the different guesses that came in!

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Bailey Marie Lemaniak is Here!

Amy — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 14:39:00 +0000

Tonight will mark one week since I went in to labor and had our little girl. I feel bad that I haven't had a chance to post ANYTHING on here yet about it, but I'm sure you all understand.

Our sweet Bailey Marie arrive very early Saturday morning at 3:15 am. She weighed 7 lbs and 1 oz and was 19 1/4" long. We are all getting settled in at home and I'm going to be writing up my birth story here shortly. But first, here are some photos from her arrival that I wanted to share.

The 3 of us after delivery.

Our sweet girl!

She looks pretty much exactly like her big brother, just a more petite version!

Cute little baby feet

One VERY proud big brother

Daddy's girl

More to come soon (I hope!)

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Update: Baby Pool!!

Amy — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 20:38:00 +0000

Wow, it's been so much fun to see all of the guesses that have come in for the baby pool. It's not too late to get in on the fun! If you'd like to join in, go here to fill out the form. You can pay your entry either via PayPal by sending your payment to amylemaniak@gmail.com or by giving us the money the next time we see you (which will hopefully be very soon!) If you're not up for gambling, you can still get in on the fun of guessing, you just won't be eligible to win the $$$$ if you're the closest! Right now we have 17 guesses in the running and they are ranging from those that love me (and guessed in the next few days) to those that want me to suffer (and guessed into late next week). Also, everyone was kind enough to not guess that I was going to have some sort of ginormous baby (hopefully that will end up being the case!).

We're going to close the pool at midnight on Thursday, March 12th. I have a doctor's appointment the next day which will likely have a major update associated with it, so it's only fair to close it before then. After it's closed, I'll put up the results so we can all sit and watch and wait to see who the two big winners will be!

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Baby Update and Other Ramblings

Amy — Sat, 07 Mar 2009 15:14:00 +0000

So, here's a brief update on Miss Bailey. I had my 39 week appointment yesterday and let's just say (I don't want to gross you all out too much) that I'm to the point of "progression" that when I was like this with Ty, I was well into labor and in the hospital. The good news about that is, I have less work to do once I do go into labor and that means it "should" be that much shorter! Yay!

I have one more week left at work, next Friday is my last "planned" day. My next Dr.'s appt is next Friday, when I will be 2 days shy of my due date. My awesome Dr. did say that if I made it that far, then we would pick an induction date a few days into the following week, so somewhere around the 16th through the 18th. I'm just REALLY happy to have an end in sight. That at least in the next week and a half, we WILL have this baby here!

I've pretty much convinced myself that it will come down to an induction, but my Dr. seems to think that I'll go on my own before my next appointment, so stay close, it could be any time now. I'm having a lot of contractions, but they really aren't amounting to much of a pattern or pain, so until they do, we can't get too excited.

I honestly wouldn't mind if she waits a few more days anyway. Ty had a nasty cold all of last weekend and surprise, surprise, guess who got it! So, I'm congested as all get out and feel like crap. And frankly, I can't even imagine how miserable labor would be feeling like this, so I'm happy for her to hold off a while longer.

So, that's about it for now. When the time does come, I'll probably be able to update easiest through Twitter which feeds to Facebook, so check there for updates!

Of course no post would be complete without a photo or two, so here are some that Ty let me take last weekend. I was practicing after my last photography class last week and playing with my new reflector I got. I really tried to get good focus on his eyes and make sure they were nice and sharp, I was pretty happy with how these turned out (despite the fact he was really uncooperative and in his jammies, but you take what you can get, right?!)

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Baby Shower!

Amy — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 20:44:00 +0000

My fabulous friend, Sally, hosted a baby shower a couple of weekends ago for me. It was small and intimate and so much fun! We really didn't need too many things this time around, but I somehow got lucky enough to get all of the things I really wanted to get for this baby, so thanks everyone!!

Here are a few pics. My sister took them, and maybe I should bring her with me to the photography workshop I'm going to in June! LOL

New bathtub, it's so adorable and I can't wait to use it. My aunt Karla wrapped it in this adorable towel with the pink feather boas! Too cute!

New crib acquarium. We LOVED this thing when Ty was a baby, he would play with it for quite a while after he'd wake up in the morning, which meant a few more minutes of shut eye for us!

SO excited to use the Bjorn this time around. We had a cheapie carrier with Ty and used it quite a bit, so I know this one will get even more use and it's SO COMFY!!

"If Mommy Says No...Ask Grandma" onesie from my mom.

My mother in law crocheted some GORGEOUS stuff for her. Here are some booties that were part of a little set. I can't wait to put her in it!

Another gorgeous crocheted ensemble from Bev!

This is kind of funny. In January, my mom and sister and I went to Babies R Us to get all the things I needed for this time around. She got me my diaper bag that I wanted and said it was for my shower. Except, she wasn't going to let me have it until then! Well, of course I was not about to let that fly because I really wanted to get it packed and ready to go for the hospital. So I promised her I would bring it when I had my shower to show everyone so she didn't look cheap.

Thanks again for coming ladies. I had a blast and you all are so very generous!

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Her room is DONE!!

Amy — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 03:59:00 +0000

Ok, I have to say that I will be SO sad if this baby comes out a boy because I simply love how her room came out. It's simple, but still a little bit girly. I might add a few more touches here and there, but really don't want to invest into anymore pink stuff until we're sure and she's here in a few weeks. So, today the tall dresser finally arrived and I spent 2 1/2 hours putting it together tonight (thank goodness Ty went to the Wild game!) I think it's DONE and I LOVE it!!

Here it is!

Immediately to the right when you walk in.

Yay! The new dresser! It was totally worth the wait (can you tell how relieved I am that it shipped 2 weeks earlier than it was supposed to?)

The letters from eBay for her name came a week or so ago and I got the ribbon added on that matches the ribbon on the lamp.

Another corner of the room.

The pink frame on this dresser is from my sister. It says "Drives Boys Crazy" and she said she's going to put a picture of her and Bailey in there. LOL

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Lemaniak Baby Pool — Make your guesses!

Amy — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 16:21:00 +0000

I had a baby shower yesterday and it was brought up whether or not we're going to have a pool for this baby. It was fun with Ty because everyone was totally wrong since he was born so late, so I though, why not do it again?!

So, I've posted the instructions and info on the top right of the blog if you would like to take part in our baby pool. You can also enter from this post as well by filling out the form below or by going directly to the form here.

All of the instructions are included in the below form and the winners will be announced as soon as we are able to get our acts together after she is born! LOL

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Big Brother Shirt

Amy — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 17:26:00 +0000

Thanks to everyone that helped me choose a big brother shirt. Tony like #4 best, and based on all the responses, that’s what seemed to be the most “Ty” choice as well! So, it’s on it’s way to our house and I can’t wait until he’s able to wear it! Hopefully he’ll get lots of attention from it and it will make him feel a little more special since our girl will likely be getting a LOT of attention

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Big Brother

Amy — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 19:24:00 +0000

I need to get cracking and order a shirt for Ty for when Bailey arrives so that he can get some attention about being a big brother. So, CafePress was where I got his Big Brother To Be shirt that was a hit, so I'm back over there shopping for his new BB shirt to wear in a few weeks. There are just too many cute ones though and I can't decide which design to get. So, you all need to help me vote, k? Here are the ones I've narrowed it down to:

Big Bro (fun) Infant/Toddler T-Shirt
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Designed by The Birds & The Bees

the big brother Infant/Toddler T-Shirt
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Designed by Embrace: Let Yourself Shine

#3 - This has the design on both the front and the back

"I'm the big brother" Infant/Toddler T-Shirt
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Designed by Baby's First Site: Baby Geek Boutique

big brother baseball Infant/Toddler T-Shirt
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Designed by zoey's attic

I'm the Big Brother Infant/Toddler T-Shirt
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Designed by Baby T-Shirts & Novelty Maternity T-Shirts & Gifts

BB-LS Footprints Infant/Toddler T-Shirt

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You can vote in the comments, or I've set up a poll on the side of the blog too to vote. Thanks for your help!

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Baby Bailey’s Room — Almost done!

Amy — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 16:25:00 +0000

The last couple of weeks, we’ve (well, mostly I) have made a lot of progress on Miss Bailey’s room. We’re still waiting for the big dresser to arrive, but I hope it will be here around the first week of March, then we’ll be pretty much done I think other than odds and ends here and there.

I ordered wooden letters from eBay that should be here this week for her name, they will go on this wall above the crib. We LOVE the changing table/dresser that came. I of course had to put it together at 10 pm at night the day it came

Closeup of her bedding (we still haven’t washed it yet, b/c we’re afraid we will jinx her being a girl if we do, so my mom said she would come wash it after she’s born while we’re at the hospital!)

This chair is the greatest thing! It’s a medical lift chair that my grandpa had before he passed away. It has heat, massage and reclines and lifts up with the remote control as well. I can’t wait to use it! We did get a slipcover for it and I’m really happy with how it looks with it on (it was blue before).

I found this 2-sided ribbon and attached them to these frames from ebay. After she’s here, I’m planning to take some pics of her and put them in there instead. But for the time being, Tony thought it would be cute to make little layouts of her initials, so that’s what’s in there now.

One of the Uppercase Living expressions, this is the wall where the taller dresser will go.

Another little project, I put this ribbon along the trim of the lamp. The same ribbon will be used to hang the letters on the wall.

And, because they are just TOO adorable not to share, here are the headbands I got off of Etsy. LOVE them! One is in Plum, and the other is a gorgeous Lime Green color. They are from the PrettyBabyBowtique!

Thanks for looking!

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