Well we finally made it! Shelby was born at 7:34 pm on December 23rd 2009. She weighed 7 lbs 4 oz and was 19 inches. She took her sweet time getting here, but we are so excited to have her. She is really well mannered and loves to spend time being held. The good news is that she is not a real crier (for now) and can sleep through anything.
We are so thrilled with our Christmas present of a brand new baby. We hope everyone has a very Merry Christmas!
This is my official 36 week photo and I am so glad we are almost there! We had an ultrasound on the day this was taken and they told us our baby weighs 7 1/2 lbs. That made me a bit nervous because we still have a whole week to go. I have heard that they are often high on the weights they give, so I am definitely hoping this is the case for us. At this point, I am thrilled that tomorrow is my last day at work and that we go in on Tuesday morning to have this baby. I know it will be a long day and probably end up being a lot of waiting around, but we are excited to have the end in sight. We are just trying to get all the last minute things taken care of so we can relax and enjoy our last few days as a couple. Wish us luck - I am pretty sure we are going to need it Ü
We have exciting news! I have been scheduled for an induction on the 22nd of December. It seems so close and I feel like I have way to much to do before then, but at the same time I am ready for the baby to be here. The good news is that we are almost all ready for Christmas, the baby's nursery is ready, and we are both more than ready for some time off of work! Here are some pictures from the nursery:
We love how it turned out and are looking forward to having a baby to put in there!I am a huge fan of the Pioneer Woman and all of her yummy recipes! She recently published her cookbook and was going to be making a stop in SLC to sign books. Of course, I thought this would be a fun thing to do, so I headed to SLC to go and get my cookbook signed. The signing was convenient because Kelly had to be at traffic school that same night during roughly the same time at the Matheson Courthouse. I arrived about 40 minutes early and the line was already quite long! I got in line and was given a bookmark with a letter on it so I could get my book signed. After about 10 minutes they moved us into this art gallery next to the bookstore so she could talk, then she was going to go to the bookstore and sign books. There were a ton of people crammed in there and I don't think that everyone fit inside.
See that coat on the right hand side of the photo? That was the huge guy that was standing in front of me and would conveniently shift from side to side, basically ruining every picture I tried to take. I intentionally snapped a few of the back of his head to help him understand that he was ginormous and I couldn't see around him, but I am not sure he got the message. Anyway, Pioneer Woman finally came out and answered some questions for about 15-20 minutes. She was so down to earth and such a nice lady.
I ended up not getting my book signed. I didn't want to stand in line for 2 hours. I am really glad I went and heard her speak and I still have a cookbook full of yummy recipes. There were people there with bags full of her cookbooks for her to sign, so I am sure she appreciated having at least 1 less book to sign Ü
This is a picture of my big belly. Of course, this picture was taken 2+ weeks ago, so my belly is even bigger now! I can't believe that we are getting close to the part where we actually have a baby to take care of. I know many of you are thinking that at 30 weeks I am not really in the home stretch, but I really only have 5 or 6 six weeks to go. They will be taking me early - I just don't know how early. I think that is a good news, bad news thing. Good news because I am starting to get really uncomfortable and bad news because what if I don't feel ready???!!! I don't know if I will ever feel that way. We are getting close Ü
