She's Here!!!

Sophia Grace was born on Sunday, December 6th (before the due date!). She weighed 6.65 lbs and was 19 1/2 inches long.

We are doing amazing! Settling in and getting used to a new schedule. Josh and I are totally in love of course, and we think she may be the cutest kid ever. :) It has been overwhelming at times, but I am sooo thankful for our sweet little girl! We have had a lot of help from family. Next week may be a different story since we'll be "on our own". lol But Sophi is such a good baby. Our biggest challenge has been getting her to stay awake long enough to eat.

Baby news and a final belly pic (also known as irony)

I wrote this post on Saturday - I'm not really sure why it didn't get added, but I'm adding it now for the pure irony that after I typed this I went to bed and my water broke in the early morning. Plus, I like looking at the huge belly that is not there any longer!



39 weeks. If you compare to my last picture (about 6 weeks ago) I am a little proud that I am not even more huge. You know, because I have so much control over all of this. lol

This week has been interesting. My sinuses decided to go crazy on Monday and I have pretty much had a cold all week. (One more reason I am soooo grateful to be off work right now.) So now I am torn between wanting to go into labor as soon as possible and wanting to be able to breathe when I'm there.

Things are not exactly quiet. We have been staying busy - finishing Christmas shopping, buying last minute things we need for the baby, the laundry that never ends, a variety of doctor appointments.

I had my latest check-up yesterday and the doctor said I am between 2 & 3 centimeters and 75% effaced! I can finally tell that the baby has dropped as well. I am really surprised because I expected to be so much more uncomfortable than I am, I didn't think things were moving along. I'm starting to get my hopes up that she will be here before (or on) her due date! But just in case not, they went ahead and scheduled me for an induction on December 16th. It's so nice to have an definite end in mind.

Maternity Photo Session

So, Emily took these amazing photos about 4 weeks ago. I've taken a while to put them on here, but check out my Facebook page for the entire group. I've never had so much fun being in pictures before. :)