A Sad Goodbye

We had to say goodbye to my Uncle Danny, Aunt Amanda and cousin Evan today. I did not seem to mind all that much. I just slept through all the packing, loading of the truck and even the goodbyes! There were plenty of tears from everyone else anyways! Maybe when I am a little older I will realize how sad it is not to have my Uncle Danny and his family in the same town as mine!

Just so you Uncle Danny and Aunt Amanda, I am getting very big while you are away! You won't even recognize when you come to visit in June! Oh, Faith misses you lot's! She calls you on the phone (pretend) all the time!

Hey, who turned out the lights!

My First Christmas!

Wow, my first Christmas went by so fast! I was born on the Friday before Christmas, sent home the next day (Saturday) and then all of our Christmas parties started on Sunday and went through Tuesday! The past few days have been a blur quite honestly! It's a little too much for this little one to take in!

Here I am wearing the dress that my big sister wore when she was my size! It was a bit bigger on me considering that I am a whole pound lighter than she was. Mommy and Daddy said that I did very well during the holidays but that they are ready for things to slow down now!

I'm Here!!!

I have made my grand entrance into this world! And, oh boy, was it grand! Mommy woke up on Friday morning, December 21st and started having really bad contractions at 7:00am every 30 seconds. I would give her little short breaks here and there but they mainly stayed every 30 seconds! After about 45 minutes Mommy told Daddy that maybe they should go ahead and prepare to go to the hospital. While Daddy was in the shower Mommy lost her plug and she told Daddy that she was now really sure that they should go to the hospital! On the way to the hospital Mommy and Daddy were supposed to drop Faith off at Uncle Timmy's and Aunt Kara's house so that she wouldn't have to wait long hours at the hospital. Well, Mommy didn't feel comfortable taking the extra time to drop Faith off because she was feeling a lot of pressure. About 3 minutes later I broke Mommy's water in the car! We arrived at the hospital at 8:40am and Daddy got Mommy upstairs. We were put in our room and they got Mommy in her gown and then they checked her and she was 8 cm dilated already! Well, the nurse tried to get a baby monitor on Mommy's belly when Mommy said that it felt like I was coming! Of course the nurse did not believe Mommy and told her to breath through it! Well, I had a different idea! The nurse turned to her computer and before you knew my head was laying on the bed! A doctor who was making rounds stepped in and saw what was happening and came to the rescue! She finished delivering me at 8:48am! Eight minutes from arrival time to birth time! I was very fast and officiant! Unfortunately my belly cord was wrapped around my neck when I came out and that explains the very purple face that I have in some of my pictures. After a minute or two on oxygen I started to get pink again! Mommy and me are doing great and I am so excited to have made my debut! I can't wait to meet all of you!

My Stats:

Birth Date: Friday, December 21st, 2007

Time of Birth: 8:48am

Weight at Birth: 7 lbs. 9 oz.

Length at Birth: 20 inches

39 Weeks

Me and Mommy have made it to 39 weeks! I still keep her busy with practice contractions all day every day! She says that she's pretty ready for them to be real ones now! We went to the doctor today and we are 2 cm dilated but my head is not very far down. The doctor said that she would not let us go 2 weeks overdue and actually recommended that we put our names on a induction waiting list for next week. There are 32 moms due next week and only two hospitals to take them all. The doctor said it will definitely be on a first come first serve basis! We are on the waiting list for next Wednesday or Thursday but this still does not guarantee my arrival, it's just a waiting list. We will keep you posted! Until then, Mommy and Daddy are going to try some of your run-of-the-mill home methods of getting me to come!

This tummy is all out of room!

38 Weeks

Today Mommy and me went to the doctor and everything is looking good. Mommy's blood pressure is great, she isn't swelling very much and she was most excited to learn that she was not Strep B positive this time. So now Mommy says that I can come as quickly as I want since we don't have to wait to get any antibiotics before I arrive! Mommy has been keeping me very busy this week while Daddy's been out of town. She is doing all sorts of cleaning and organizing so that everything is it's place when they bring me home! Well, I am not quite sure when I will choose to arrive but I will definitely let you know! Until then I will keep updating you on my progress!

37 Weeks

Well, I am 37 weeks old today! I am staying very active and rushing Mommy to bathroom every second that I get! Also, I am giving Mommy lot's of practice contractions day and night! We went to the doctor on Monday and they thought that I might have turned breech! Needless to say Mommy got a little worried! She didn't feel like I had turned but we got a sonogram anyways to make sure! I am not breech, just difficult! I am measuring about 1 1/2 to 2 weeks further along but some of that might have to do with the fact that I am surrounded in more fluid than my big sister was at this time. The normal count for fluid ranges from 5 to 20 and my Mommy's count is 21, so this means that we are on the high end. It's better to be on the higher end than the lower end! Mommy says that I need to stay in at least one more week because Daddy will out of town all next week and I am not allowed to come until he gets back!

These pictures were taken on Saturday after Daddy's company Christmas Party! I decided to give Mommy steady contractions every 4 to 6 minutes during the evening but she didn't seem to mind much!