A Couple Cute Pics

Dylan rarely has his eyes open so I thought I'd take a picture while he was awake!

This is how he usually is when I take his picture=)

New Pictures

Here are some new photos of Dylan. He had his first check up on Monday and the doc said he is doing really well. He weighed 7lbs 13 oz...guess he likes to eat!

Sucking his thumb

Little Football Star
First Bath

Hanging out with Dad

Snoozing

It's a Boy!

Dylan Elijah has arrived!

January 13, 2010

6:29 pm

7lbs 14 oz

20 in

Labor and delivery went extremely quick and both of us are doing well. We're all back home as a happy family and everyone is adjusting pretty well. Everyone got some sleep last night...our first night home with Dylan. The kids adore him and are very attentive when he cries or makes any kind of noise.

Thanks again for all your thoughts and prayers!

Baby Update

Looks like my baby ticker has run out of ticks! I didn't think I would go really early but I never imagined I would be sitting around still pregnant on my due date either! And imagine if they had left me at my original DD of January 2nd...I would have had an induction by now=)

I have an ultrasound appointment to check my fluids and a non-stress test tomorrow morning. As long as everything looks fine, we wait some more. If no baby makes his or her appearance by next Tuesday (the 19th) then we schedule an induction. At that point, I'm fine with one because it is more medically necessary than having one today would have been. Thanks again for your continued thoughts and prayers!

No Induction After All

I cancelled my induction for Tuesday. I woke up this morning and didn't really feel at peace with the whole idea when there was no medical reason and I wasn't overdue yet. I was doing it for selfish reasons...I'm uncomfortable and I want to be done with a pregnant belly and, let's face it, I really want to meet this new little person but forcing my body to do something it's not ready to do isn't a good idea. Thanks again for your continued thoughts and prayers.

An Update

I had a doctor's appointment this morning and made arrangements to be induced on Tuesday...my due date. They don't normally schedule inductions unless there are issues or you are at least a week overdue but my midwife doesn't think it will be a long and drawn out induction (like with Ainsley) because of it being the 4th kiddo, so she put me on the calendar. I'm to call at 7:30 am and see if they can take me then or later-it all depends on how many emergency c-sections or already laboring moms they have in attendance at that time.

I'm hoping now that I "know" when it's going to happen, I can "relax" and I will go into labor on my own sometime between now and then. I'm just very anxious to meet this little person!

Thanks to everyone who has offered to help with the kids and anything else they can...you guys are great! We are so blessed by your kindness. I will keep everyone posted if anything happens before Tuesday or I'll post that morning to let you all know when I'm going in! Thanks for all your thoughts and prayers!