Our little Chunky Monkey

Bram, Age: 2 Weeks

Abram did a great job gaining weight his first two weeks of life. He left the hospital at 7lb 5oz and at his appointment on Tuesday weighed in at 8lb 5oz! He is a good little eater!! Bram seems to have a bit of colic and has his crying jags, but we love him so much that we think he's cute even when he's crying. We just throw on the vacuum cleaner and it calms him down really quickly. Maybe he will like to vacuum when he gets older?

And the Winner is...

Brandy with a phenomenal guess that was just 5 minutes off baby's birth time!! He weighed in at 7lb 15 oz. More details to follow!

Ultrasound pics

Here are some pictures from our 41 Week Ultrasound as well as some past pics, Isn't he a cutie!
Our Baby's profile...looks like he is going to have some chubby cheeks!

The fuzzy while lines are the baby's hair! He definitely has a lot of it but since we don't know the angle this picture is at, he either has a cap of hair or the male patterned baldness hair that is above the ears and wraps around the back of the head! Let's hope for the cap!!

Baby likes to show off his feet....

Baby's big foot at 41 Weeks!

Baby's foot at 20 Weeks

Baby's foot at 17 weeks.

A Guessing Game

We had a long doctor's appointment today and learned that baby is not making any moves towards being born. We have an induction date scheduled for the latest they will let me go, January 21st. We are hoping and praying baby decides to be born before then as Pitocin doesn't have the best reputation. I am tired, I am crabby...feel sorry for Barry.

To make this time a little more interesting I have decided to start a poll. My original guess was that baby would be born on the 15th...looks like there isn't much chance of that happening. When do you think baby will be born? Post a comment with your guess between today and the 21st, if you want to add a time of day and weight go right ahead! Let's see who gets the closest!!

Sigh...

I think we may have offended our baby in some way and he is retaliating by not being born. As much as I love not being able to sleep, constant heartburn, the inability to move/walk/stand without pain, and just feeling overall miserable I really wish my child would decide to be born.

Class is over for the weekend. There is officially nothing else to wait for!

Ho Hum

Well, I have had a couple irregular contractions but other than that there is nothing else going on. I decided not to go to my practicum today because of the random contractions (and I feel like something resemling a whale). I have class all weekend so that should help pass the time...

Doctor's Appointment

I guess I am just feeling confused. I am upset because I am not progressing very much and I am upset because my doctor said that she won't let me go past January 22nd (two weeks from my due date). Apparently I want to both have my baby and not have my baby. Chalk it up to hormones I guess. I am basically worried that I won't go on my own and have to be induced which is going to complicate the process quite a bit. If you feel like praying for baby to come on his own before the 22nd I would appreciate it.

Good-Bye Due Date

Well, here we are bidding the due date good-bye. Good-bye due date. We had high hopes for you. But, we will move on...in hopes that tomorrow brings more contractions than today.

Which was zero by the way. Baby didn't even consider making today his birthday. Oh well. Many thanks to my friend Mandy for helping me get through the day a little quicker with a trip to Jamba Juice. Barry and I also went on the hospital tour again so we could get used to the labor and delivery area a little more. Now, we wait.

I have a dr. appt. tomorrow morning so I will post any updates after that.

Hello Due Date!

It is with great anticipation that we start this day! If our baby is anything like me he will decide to arrive on the 8th day of the month he is due, which is his due date, as it was mine in September of 77. My mom tells me that when she went into labor on her due date she thought, "no, this can't be it, no one has their baby on their due date!" Yet that was the day I was born. Come on little boy, follow in your mom's footsteps!! We are ready to meet you!!!

Baby's Room

Baby's room is now completely ready for him after my mom and I worked on it for a few days this week. I wish I could post pictures with my camera but we are still missing the cord that we need to do that. All the bedding is washed and on the crib and bassinet. We made and hung some pictures on the wall as well as a couple shelves, the quilt that we made, and a little music box that I had in my room growing up. I like to sit in his room and think about what it will be like when he is here!

We think baby is going to take his time getting here though. I am starting to efface (about 50%) and just barely starting to dilate. We (along with the dr.) think he will arrive after the 15th. Even though this was what I was originally planning for I am still feeling impatient! At the same time i am glad baby is taking his own time and developing as he needs to. The Dr. asked me if I wanted my membranes stripped at my appt yesterday. Even though I know I will not do that, it did sound tempting at the time... Never fear, I will not rush baby.

My mom was up here from New Year's day until yesterday helping us clean and get everything ready. We got so much done while she was here! I would like to nominate her as the Best Mom in the World!!