Chelsea

Well... at 2:38pm yesterday my daughter officially made it to the real world.

18 3/4" long
5lbs. 12 oz.


Here are a few pics... Elaina is resting up in bed here, she'll be going home Monday morning most likely. I'll be camped up here for the weekend with Elaina & Chelsea.

Street Date

Yo...

I'm going to be a dad tomorrow.




Holy cow.

hold on baby

I made it through today.

yay me!

I just need to get through tomorrow.

This is stressful.

It's time!

I went in today for my weekly check up and it looks like we are going to be having our baby this Thursday! I'm 100% effaced and 1 cm dilated, so I can go into labor at any time now. My doctor decided to move my c-section to this Thursday instead of February 12th. I will be 37 weeks by Thursday and will not be considered preterm. They estimate the baby to be 5lbs 14oz right now, so we had to go out and buy preemie outfits! I really did not expect to be having our baby this soon! I'm freaking out!

36 weeks

We had our 36 week check up yesterday, and as I suspected, the baby is still feet down. Soooo.. my c-section is scheduled for Feb 12th.. 6 days before my original due date. The doctor estimates the baby will be about 7 to 7 1/2 lbs. I will have an ultrasound on Monday to check her size and to see if she's decided to move into position. I really don't think she's going to flip since she is running out of room. So if I don't go into labor before my scheduled c-section, we will be parents around 9am on Feb. 12th!

The Nursery is finished!

pediatrics

We just visited St. Charles County Pediatrics an hour ago... very nice place, impressive staff and facility. The doctor we chose seems awesome, and the office is pretty close to our house... definitely a plus. I feel comfortable with them. Now we just have to figure out the whole daycare thing for once Elaina has to return to work. We are getting close to the due date! Pretty exciting stuff....