Our Sweet Girl

We are already smitten with our little Sydney, even if she does pretty much sleep most of the day. In fact, the hardest part so far is trying to wake her up so she can eat!

Our little family.

The proud daddy.

Just hanging out.

Spencer went back to school on Thursday, then he and my Mom came to the hospital later that afternoon to take us home. They got Sydney all dressed up (except for the fauxhawk- the nurses did that in the morning), then we signed the paperwork and headed home.

She looked so cute in her little outfit...

but she was totally swimming in her 0-3 month clothes :)

She looked so tiny in her car seat- we had to adjust the straps about 5 times to get them tight enough.

I felt silly being pushed out of the hospital in a wheelchair, but protocol is protocol. They also made us put a hat on her before we left, and the nurse found us this little yellow one that looked like a party hat.

It is so nice to be home where I don't have to worry about someone knocking on the door every 15 minutes to check on me or check on her, etc. Love those nurses, but boy is it nice to have some privacy.

Baby FINALLY Arrived

In an effort to help Suzy rest, I (Spencer) am posting. Anyway, Sydney (formerly known as Baby) was born at 7:01 pm, 11/04/08. She was 7 lbs 4 ounces, 20 inches long - and she just so happens to be really cute. Here are some pictures of post partum with Baby (Sydney):

Here she is fresh out of the womb.

With Suzy, after being cleaned up.

After the birth I (still Spencer) got to hold her, and she just looked up and stared at me. It was touching. Stay tuned for more updates.

Happy Halloween

Last night we went to a Halloween party. I had decided several days ago to be a Karate girl since I already had the outfit from a self-defense class I took at BYU. Plus it was the only thing on hand that fit over my belly. Spencer, however, decided about 2 hours before the party that he wanted to be "duct tape man." I told him I wanted nothing to do with putting this costume together, but somehow ended up getting stuck taping his whole upper body. I couldn't help but laugh at the final product:

Needless to say, he wasn't very mobile with 3.5 rolls of duct tape wrapped around him.

I had to drive to the party since he couldn't bend very well, and snapped this shot of him trying to get out of the car.

The whole gang.

Much to our dismay, I still haven't had any contractions. After my Dr. appointment yesterday, Spencer and I went for a super long walk (climbing hills, stairs, etc.). It didn't really do anything. I'm scheduled to be induced on Monday evening, so we'll definitely have a baby by Nov. 4! We went downtown and waited in line for 2 hours so we could vote this morning. Glad to have that out of the way!

SYDNEY COMING???

That's what I have on our calendar for today. Unfortunately the answer is no, she is not coming yet. We'll see what tomorrow brings!

We finally decorated our pumpkins last night! Remember how it took us like 4 hours last year? We were super speedy this time (comparatively)- done with cleaning, carving, and pumpkin seed cooking all within about 2 hours.

Every year Spencer finishes his pumpkin, then says he wants to do another one.

I started by scraping my pattern out like we did last year. It didn't light up very well, so I just ended up carving it all the way through.

Happy Halloween!

Skipping ahead to Christmas, I finished another decoupage project today. Can you tell I'm a little obsessed with it?

I have some ideas of how I can spice these up a bit. We'll see if I get to it!

Since She's Not Here Yet

We're trying really hard to be patient since the due date is tomorrow and I haven't felt a single contraction. I've been walking to try to get something going, but no luck so far. Here's a look at my gigantic 39 week belly-I'm waddling a bit more every day.

Our ultrasound about a week and a half ago revealed that despite measuring small from the outside, baby's actually kind of huge. They estimated that she weighed 7 lbs. 8 oz.! And they did confirm that we're having a girl, so that's one less thing to be anxious about.

I've been keeping busy by cleaning and doing craft projects, and we've got everything ready to carve pumpkins tonight.

We've been pushing this back for a few days now, so we'll see if it really happens. It's a funny feeling to not know if you'll be able to do something tomorrow because you might be having a baby.

Ok Baby, We're Ready

Well, at least we think we are. I'm pretty sure we've got all of the necessities, and with the recent addition of a rocking chair and a rug, her nursery is finally put together.

(I really do have a place for all of those diapers, I just haven't gotten to it yet.)

As a pregnancy update, I'm 38 weeks today! I went to the Dr. yesterday, and I'm (almost) dilated to 1 cm. Pretty sure I still haven't felt a single contraction. Baby is still measuring a bit small, so I'm going in for an ultrasound on Monday just to make sure everything is ok. I'm trying to not be too concerned since her heartbeat was strong and she's still very active. When I think that she could be here any day now, I'm filled mostly with excitement plus one little slight pang of terror. We're certainly in for a big change!

Just One Reason We Love the Fall

Spencer doesn't have class this week because of board reviews. Apparently he thought yesterday was a huge waste of time, so he ditched today. We had some errands to run, and also decided to visit Patterson's Farm for some fall fun and yummy treats.

We didn't get to pick apples when we went last year, so we were excited when we heard that the orchards across the street were open for picking. It only took us about 10 minutes to pick 6 lbs., and at less than $1.00/lb, we'll definitely be going back when these ones are gone!

Beautiful fall scenery + apples + kettlecorn + donuts = fun ride home.

Now I just need an awesome apple pie recipe!