Yay for the Good News!!!

Well, we made it!! James was born on December 4th at 7:45 pm. (Yes, that is 6 days late!) It went pretty well though. I was scheduled to be induced the next day, but he decided that he wanted to come earlier! I was glad that I went into labor because I really did not want to be induced. Anyway, we went in Thursday morning and everything was looking good. Then we hit about 6pm and I had not made any progress and my body stopped having contractions. The doctor looked at all of the different options and after 6 hours of no change he decided that we needed to do a C-section. It looks like I take after my mom in that my bones just won't move to fit a baby through. I was very dissapointed that we had to do that, but when the doctors were taking him out I felt very reassured. They said the cord was wrapped around his neck 2 times and that he was 10 lbs 2 ounces! We are just grateful that he is strong and healthy. I am recovering well now too. James is a little backwards with his slepping schedule--he sleeps all day and is awake all night!

Despite the long nights and soreness, it has been a wonderful adjustment to make in our lives. We just feel so grateful that we were blessed with this beautiful child. He has us all wrapped around his little fingers! We love him so much.

Here are some pictures and a video for your delight :)

Waiting....

Hello family and friends!

I thought I would write a little note for all of you who are wondering about the baby. I am now 4 days overdue and we are still waiting! We figure he is just so warm and cozy in there that he doesn't want to come out into this chilly world. I don't really blame him. I am still feeling great, although I am not at school--I am at home on pre-maternity leave doing fun things with my mom! I guess I can't really complain about that either! I do have to admit that as hard as it is to have this delayed, I am so grateful that I have made it this far. I know not everyone has the luxury of being pregnant and keeping the baby full term. We are counting our blessings. So keep checking...we will be posting pictures when we have some.

Two weeks and counting...

Kyle has wanted me to post some updated pregnant pictures. As I looking at them, I thought this was quite funny....the first is a picture of me a week and 3 days ago, and the second is me today wearing the same outfit (which is pretty much what I do since I have out grown all my maternity clothes). Side note: the sticker on my stomach is the sticker I got for voting. It was my first time and I was proud. (I know if you do the math I could have voted at the last election, but didn't--shame on me. I have learned my lesson.)

Well here are some pregnant pictures...for those of you who are missing out on the experience. :)

So...here are some pictures.

This is us at Tess and Kevin's wedding.

Starting a blog..with no guarentees

So I figured that I better start a blog...but truely, there are no guarentees that it will be interesting, witty, or entertaining. I figure once we have the baby I can use his cuteness to spice it up a bit, but in the meantime here we go.