Well, Baby Girl still hasn't decided to come out yet. E has just made too good of a home for her. Truthfully, I'm hoping she waits until at least tomorrow to start because I woke up today feeling horrible. I think the anticipation and lack of sleep is just getting to me.
We do have more guesses to add though:
Aunt Deb - Sunday, April 3. Weight: 8 lbs. 8 oz.
Lindsey D. - Monday, April 4. Weight: 8 lbs. 6 oz.
Shannon - Tuesday, April 5 at 10:40pm. Weight: 7 lbs. 15 oz.
Bonnie - Friday, April 8. Weight: 7 lbs. 5 oz. 20"
Thursday, March 31, 2011
Wednesday, March 30, 2011
Day 356
In the spirit of March Madness (and perhaps because his bracket is doing so poorly) Bryan decided at staff meeting yesterday that we all needed to place our bets as to when Baby Girl will be born.
So...here we go, Baby Girl will be born:
*Trisha - Wednesday, March 30 at 8:57pm. Weight: 7 lbs, 8 oz.
*Beth - Friday, April 1. Weight: 7 lbs. 14 oz, 20 inches
*Ben - Friday, April 1 at 1:35am. Weight: 10 lbs. 4 oz. (Ben is mean by the way...)
*Brenda - Friday, April 1 at 4:00am. Weight: 7 lbs. 3 oz.
*Marcia - Sat., April 2 at 3:00am. Weight: 7 lbs. 4 oz
*Linda - Sat., April 2 at 8:47pm. Weight: 6 lbs. 13 oz.
*Mom - Sunday, April 3 (I think she want her born on their anniversary). Weight: 7 lbs. 6 oz.
*Rick - Tuesday, April 5. Weight: 7 lbs. 1 oz.
*Dan - Thursday, April 7. Weight: 8 lbs. 2 oz.
*Bryan - Sat., April 9. Weight: 7 lbs. 12 oz. (Hopefully he is as bad at guessing this as he was at his basketball bracket). :)
If anyone else wants to put their vote in let me know soon!
So...here we go, Baby Girl will be born:
*Trisha - Wednesday, March 30 at 8:57pm. Weight: 7 lbs, 8 oz.
*Beth - Friday, April 1. Weight: 7 lbs. 14 oz, 20 inches
*Ben - Friday, April 1 at 1:35am. Weight: 10 lbs. 4 oz. (Ben is mean by the way...)
*Brenda - Friday, April 1 at 4:00am. Weight: 7 lbs. 3 oz.
*Marcia - Sat., April 2 at 3:00am. Weight: 7 lbs. 4 oz
*Linda - Sat., April 2 at 8:47pm. Weight: 6 lbs. 13 oz.
*Mom - Sunday, April 3 (I think she want her born on their anniversary). Weight: 7 lbs. 6 oz.
*Rick - Tuesday, April 5. Weight: 7 lbs. 1 oz.
*Dan - Thursday, April 7. Weight: 8 lbs. 2 oz.
*Bryan - Sat., April 9. Weight: 7 lbs. 12 oz. (Hopefully he is as bad at guessing this as he was at his basketball bracket). :)
If anyone else wants to put their vote in let me know soon!
Monday, March 28, 2011
Thursday, March 24, 2011
Day 350
Why has it been so hard for me these last few weeks of waiting?
I will give you a couple reasons:
1). I can't listen to my body...I can't tell how Baby Girl is doing, or if it seems close. I have to wait for a phone call (and that is fine...it is just harder). There is progress though...E is dilated one cm already!
2). After years of waiting we are finally getting close to having a child and my arms are literally aching to hold her...
3). I'm afraid that I will wake up one day and find out my dream of being a parent is just that...a dream.
So bear with me as we near the end.
On a side note:
My cousin Carrie had her baby girl yesterday! I can't wait to see pictures and celebrate with her.
Also, two other women from my Bible study are due this week....I'm hoping we all have our babies on the same day. :)
Monday, March 21, 2011
Day 347
We have had a very busy weekend. Friday night Dan and I went to pick out our glider. For those of you who don't know this is like a rocking chair but better. Perfect for those early morning feedings. The nursery is nearly complete now...as you can see in the pictures below.
Dan still needs to install the closet doors....but at least this way you can see how many clothes she has! These have all been washed and are ready to go! I need to hang a couple more pictures or shelves...but other than that I am pretty happy with how it turned out.
It is so crazy to me how close it is. We meet with our birthparents last night (also, because I'm sick of typing and formulating sentences around "our birthmother/father," I will call our birthmother "E" and our birthfather "L"). E is getting very uncomfortable and her back is just killing her. We are all hoping that baby girl comes sooner, rather than later. Actually, I was hoping that this past weekend's "super moon" (http://science.nasa.gov/science-news/science-at-nasa/2011/16mar_supermoon/) would suck Baby Girl out. No such luck though.
I'm so excited, and nervous, and scared, all in one package. I know I should be getting as much sleep as possible right now but I keep thinking that the phone is going to ring in the middle of the night and we'll have to spring into action. Already this child is wrecking havoc on my sleep schedule. :)
Tonight is my shower thrown by the high school/college girls and their leaders. I'll try to post pics of that and my other showers....if baby girl doesn't come before then!!!
Dan still needs to install the closet doors....but at least this way you can see how many clothes she has! These have all been washed and are ready to go! I need to hang a couple more pictures or shelves...but other than that I am pretty happy with how it turned out.
It is so crazy to me how close it is. We meet with our birthparents last night (also, because I'm sick of typing and formulating sentences around "our birthmother/father," I will call our birthmother "E" and our birthfather "L"). E is getting very uncomfortable and her back is just killing her. We are all hoping that baby girl comes sooner, rather than later. Actually, I was hoping that this past weekend's "super moon" (http://science.nasa.gov/science-news/science-at-nasa/2011/16mar_supermoon/) would suck Baby Girl out. No such luck though.
I'm so excited, and nervous, and scared, all in one package. I know I should be getting as much sleep as possible right now but I keep thinking that the phone is going to ring in the middle of the night and we'll have to spring into action. Already this child is wrecking havoc on my sleep schedule. :)
Tonight is my shower thrown by the high school/college girls and their leaders. I'll try to post pics of that and my other showers....if baby girl doesn't come before then!!!
Thursday, March 17, 2011
Day 343
Phew! Not too much longer to go! Baby girl could be born any day now. I can hardly believe that I will be a mom soon! After waiting for such a long time, after so many dashed hopes and dreams, it is finally happening!!!
I talked to our birth mother last night and she said that Baby Girl is happy and healthy (and perfect...which, given our birthparents, isn’t a surprise). Although Baby Girl seems to be trying to stretch out her ‘home’ as much as possible. Our poor birthmother...she is a very petite person and now that Baby Girl has grown to a larger size it is getting pretty hard on her back (if you could all say a prayer for her that would be great).
Dan and I got the car seat this weekend and are going to get a car seat tech to install it later this week or early next week...and...the nursery is nearly ready. After two wonderful showers, two weeks in a row we are almost prepared! We really only need a couple more things before we are set (glider, burp clothes, and everyday onesies). I swear, this child has more clothes than I do already! Can we say SPOILED!!!
What is really sweet is that the high school and college girls at our church want to throw me a shower. How sweet is that? I know you hear (read) this all the time from me, but we are so very blessed and this child is already soooo loved. I can’t wait to see and hold her!
FYI – Two people were able to guess Baby Girl’s name...only one guessed it off of Dan’s silly (and confusing) riddle last week. Good job Dave & Tim!!!
I talked to our birth mother last night and she said that Baby Girl is happy and healthy (and perfect...which, given our birthparents, isn’t a surprise). Although Baby Girl seems to be trying to stretch out her ‘home’ as much as possible. Our poor birthmother...she is a very petite person and now that Baby Girl has grown to a larger size it is getting pretty hard on her back (if you could all say a prayer for her that would be great).
Dan and I got the car seat this weekend and are going to get a car seat tech to install it later this week or early next week...and...the nursery is nearly ready. After two wonderful showers, two weeks in a row we are almost prepared! We really only need a couple more things before we are set (glider, burp clothes, and everyday onesies). I swear, this child has more clothes than I do already! Can we say SPOILED!!!
What is really sweet is that the high school and college girls at our church want to throw me a shower. How sweet is that? I know you hear (read) this all the time from me, but we are so very blessed and this child is already soooo loved. I can’t wait to see and hold her!
FYI – Two people were able to guess Baby Girl’s name...only one guessed it off of Dan’s silly (and confusing) riddle last week. Good job Dave & Tim!!!
Thursday, March 10, 2011
Husband Guest Blog #2
So guest blogger Dan is back. It is only 3 ½ weeks away from baby girl’s due date. Everyone wants to know what her name will be. Now, Trisha probably doesn’t want to give more clues, however, there has been a massive security breach and a bunch of people have discovered her name. No one really guessed it except for Tim, but games are fun so I will give more clues. A person could easily discover the name by reading the following:
A woman had six necklaces. Each necklace has a pink bead at the beginning of each string. The women worked at a zoo with six pairs of giraffes. Now each of these necklaces belonged to one of the pairs of giraffes, but she could not figure out which was which so she asked the grizzled old janitor who had worked there for years. The man replied, “Show ‘em the first bead in the sequence, but remember to start with the first paira giraffes.”
Couldn’t be clearer.
A woman had six necklaces. Each necklace has a pink bead at the beginning of each string. The women worked at a zoo with six pairs of giraffes. Now each of these necklaces belonged to one of the pairs of giraffes, but she could not figure out which was which so she asked the grizzled old janitor who had worked there for years. The man replied, “Show ‘em the first bead in the sequence, but remember to start with the first paira giraffes.”
Couldn’t be clearer.
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