He's here!

It's official! Our son, Tyler, is finally here! He was born November 28, 2010 at 8:17am. He was 8lbs 3oz and 20 1/2 inches long!

Our first family picture, just minutes after Tyler was born.

About 3 hours old, just staring at Mommy through the side of the incubator.

I'm so grateful to have such a wonderful family. I'm grateful for my husband, and all the love and support he gave me through this pregnancy and birth experience. And I'm grateful for my new son, who has captured my heart completely. I love them so much!

Christmas pictures

Here's HOPEFULLY the last pregnancy pictures for this baby! I'm 38 weeks along now, and I keep getting bigger. I have given up on trying to wear my own shirts, and have officially taken over Bear's selection. When I looked at this picture after Bear took it, I realized that I am literally HUGE! I know I'm getting big, but I don't really see myself like that until I look at a picture.

Here's our attempt at a family picture. My dog is a spaz, so it didn't really turn out as well as we had hoped. This was the best out of 5 or 6 tries, so we finally gave up.

We just decided to take a picture without the dog. It's probably the last picture of us until Tyler comes!

Merry Christmas everyone! In the next few weeks (hopefully days), we'll have a beautiful baby boy in our home to help up celebrate the Christmas holiday! Stay tuned for pictures and info on him when he arrives!

Finishing the nursery!

Finally, after mostly dismantling the crib, they finally got it in the bedroom. Then they had to bring all the pieces into the bedroom and put it back together.

I worked most of the day getting the rest of the room ready, so the crib was the last part. I really wanted Tyler to have a nursery, but it just isn't in the picture for our family right now. So, instead, he gets a corner of our bedroom. But I wanted to do the best I could to make it as "nursery" as possible. So here's the finished product! Well, almost finished. We're going to get some letters and spell Tyler's name on the wall, and of course, we have to add Tyler to the picture!! :) I'm so excited to have his room all ready for him to come home!

Moving the crib

Well, we finally attempted to get the crib moved into the bedroom. I thought that by taking it half apart, they'd be able to wedge it down the hallway. (We have this weird angular hallway/mixture of corners) So the boys took one side off and the matress springs.

Then they tried to fit it down the hallway.

Then it got stuck! Sooo... in the middle of the hallway, another side had to come off!

To be continued...

The final look

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And here's the finished product! Thank you everyone for all of your generosity! Richard and Jessica bought us the crib, Jamie gave us the crib mattress, my Grandma bought the crib sheet, and my Mom made the crib blanket! We chose not to have a "crib set", because I couldn't find a dinosaur one that wasn't freakishly creepy. :) Instead, we got the things we needed for the crib and pieced them together. I'm so excited! Now we just have to figure out how to get this into the bedroom... hmmm... that's an adventure for another day! :)

And that... is our latest adventures!!

Putting the crib together

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Last night, after Bear got home from work, we were able to put together Tyler's crib. We've been meaning to do it for quite awhile now, and just haven't. So last night, we pulled out the box and got started. Daisy wanted to help, and we tried to let her be involved, but it ended up being more of a circus trying to put together a crib around a curious dog. Haha!

The holidays are here!

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We're seeing the doctor every week now for my pregnancy. Tyler is still in the breech position, making a natural delivery almost impossible. At our 36 week appointment, the doctor told us she was going to go ahead and schedule a c-section for me. I was devestated. I really, really wanted to deliver naturally, and go through the whole "labor and delivery" process. I had a really hard day trying to come to terms with the change of plans. I kept reminding myself that it's the best option for Tyler. He's healthy and happy, just in the wrong position. It's best for him to be delivered by c-section, instead of risking his health to deliver normally.

It was a rough few days, but I have finally come to accept the c-section, and we're moving on with plans. I re-packed the hospital bag to take into account that we'll be staying at the hospital for a few more days. I'm trying to get our holiday thing together so I won't have to worry about it during those first weeks of recovery and new-mommy-ing.

Last night, I decided that Bear deserves at least one batch of homemade sugar cookies this holiday. So... off my 9 month pregnant self went to make cookies. Let me tell you... using a rolling pin is a whole new experience at 9 months pregnant! :) It was definately messy, but a few hours later, I had a double batch of sugar cookies made and cooling for when Bear got home from work.



This is what happens to your shirt when you're THAT pregnant and trying to make cookies. I had a huge flour spot on the front of my shirt. And this was AFTER I tried to dust it off! :)

We were also able to put our Christmas tree up last week. I know it's pretty early, but with the possibility that Tyler could come any day now, we wanted to be ready for Christmas. We even went and picked out a Christmas ornament this year. It's two snowmen holding a baby snowmen, and it says "Proud New Parents", with our names and the date.

To be continued...