Our Baby Girl is here!!!

Well she's here and doing great! I started having real contractions today at about noon. We hesitated going to the hospital because I didn't want to be sent home, but about 2:15 my contractions got really strong and close together, so we figured it was time to go. I got to the hospital at 3pm and was dilated to 7cm. The nurses rushed around to get me all checked in and an epidural in me asap. After less then 10 minutes of pushing, our little bundle of joy arrived at 4:48pm. She weighs 7.14 lbs and is 20 inches long. She's got lots of light brown hair, 10 fingers, 10 toes, and is cuddly cute as can be!

Still Waiting...

Today I went into the Dr. again and he had some pretty good news for me. I am dilated to 2cm and 70% effaced. He said that he thought I would have the baby this weekend or at least by the beginning of next week, based on how much I had progressed from last visit. He also said to make an apt. for next week, but he doubted that I would still be pregnant by then. So we'll see. I don't know how some ladies make it to their due date and beyond without going crazy...I am ready to have this baby!!!

Just Waiting Around...

Yesterday I went into the Dr. to see how the baby was progressing toward being born. The Dr. said that I was only about 1cm dilated and that the baby still had a lot of moving down to do. The news was a little disappointing since at this time in my last pregnancy I was at 2cm and Whitney was born 4 days later. Maybe I'll make it til December after all. He also said that if I did go all the way to 40 weeks that the baby would be between 8-9 lbs...ouch!! But luckily he said that he would induce me if I wanted at 39 weeks, I hope I go on my own before then.

"Trick-or-Treat"

This year for Halloween we had Whitney be a witch and I was a skeleton along with our soon-to-be new baby girl. We got a late start at trick-or-treating because we decided to have Whitney be a witch at about 4pm today. By the time I got the supplies and put her costume together it was about 6pm. We went to the mall to trick-or-treat, but most of the stores were out of candy by the time we got there. On our way home we dropped by Brig's grandma's house and ended up trick-or-treating in her neighborhood. We only went to about ten houses but got a lot of candy and even a toothbrush! Whitney finally got the hang of it after a few houses and by the last house she even walked up to the door and got the candy herself. Maybe next year she'll be able to say "trick-or-treat" by herself.

My TRASH...Their TREASURE!!!

Yesterday, I finally had my garage sale. I've been planning to have one since last summer but just kept putting it off. All of you that have had a garage sale know that it's a lot of work...so at 8 months pregnant, I picked the perfect time to have mine. Ya, not really! I am still sore from bending and lifting. Anyway, as I was organizing all my stuff I was wondering if it was worth the trouble?! Would it be worth my time and effort? Would anybody even show up? Was it going to be too cold or rainy? Was it too late in the year?
All my questions were answered by the end of the day while I was feeling really good about myself and the effort I had put into every thing. My garage sale had been super successful. I made over 200 dollars on stuff that I never wanted to see again(especially after our recent move)!! It was mostly little things too. My most expensive item was a stroller that I sold for 50 bucks. So instead of donating the left over stuff, I am planning to have another garage sale in the spring after I accumulate more junk :) and not while I'm 8 months pregnant.