Homeward bound

We'll be heading home today sometime after 11am! Granny and Poppy (Jesse's parents) are coming up to stay with us and Grandma Lesley (Sara's Mom) is close by in case we need anything so we're pretty excited.

We love to have visitors and we're anxious to show Cameron off, but please call first to make sure that we're not out on the town getting into trouble!

Day 2 in the books

Two days down, 6568 to go! Sara is feeling much better today and was up walking around without any problems...we got the green light to head home tomorrow and all 3 of us are excited to get to familiar surroundings. Although, I might panic the first time I try to hit the nurse button in the middle of the night and realize it's not there! Here's a few more pictures. The first is Cameron getting her 24 hour weigh-in and back in the comfortable surroundings of the swaddling blanket.

Cameron had a big day today - her first visit from the pediatrician, a hearing test, and numerous visits from the lactation specialist. Everything is looking great and she's much more willing to let us know when we've done something she doesn't like. The biggest thing so far is her hat. She likes to have it on so that she stays warm, but heaven help us when it starts to slide off and we have to pull it back down. That type of abuse on our part immediately gets us a scream that could put a Hitchcock movie to shame...even from a sound sleep!

Word in the halls is that we can expect Cam (not sure if I want to call her that, so let's give it a test run) to want to eat just about hourly tonight so I'm holding her as Sara builds up some much needed rest. It's some great Father-Daughter bonding. I've already explained to her why the new Husky receivers will make Jake Locker that much better and I sang her all the Neil Diamond songs that we just heard on American Idol. Plus, it's amazing how quickly I've learned to do everything with one hand....like writing this entry.

7 lbs 5 oz, 19.25 inches!

She's here! It was a little tougher than we hoped - ended up being an emergency c-section - but Mom and Cameron are both doing well and resting...finally.

Nothing real major was wrong, Sara just wasn't progressing past 8 cm and Cameron's heartbeat was a little erratic so they decided to get her out before anything started to go wrong. It all worked out in the end and we have a beautiful baby girl. Here's some pictures and I'll post more updates later.

Can't believe it's really happening!

Yesterday's contractions (seems weird to say that since we really haven't slept) were pretty sporadic, but just after 11pm on Sunday Sara started to feel the real ones for sure! The progressively got stonger and stronger so we left for the hospital at about 3am - No traffic! It's a good thing we left when we did because about 20 minutes after we got to the hospital Sara's water broke so there's no turning back now.

Sara just got an epidural and everying is looking great so far. Now that she's not in so much pain, she might be able to get some rest before all the really fun stuff starts. Stay tuned, but it looks like Cameron will be born on her due date!

Jesse

might be getting closer!!

Sara started feeling pretty strong contractions a few hours ago! They're still pretty random - sometimes 20 minutes apart, sometimes times shorter, sometimes pretty light, and sometimes pretty darn strong - so we're not sure if this is the real thing. We're heading out to walk up and down the block a few times to see if things keep progressing. Stay tuned....

waiting and waiting and waiting some more

Still no baby! Sara has been off of work all week and is actually more relaxed and happy than I've seen her in a few months. It's been a while since I've heard, "we don't have enough time to get everything done!!" Of course, that was always accompanied by a few tears, but no more! She's had plenty of time to get things organized in Cameron's room, watch a few chick flicks that I'm gald I don't have to watch now, and spend some QT with her sister, Kristen. She's a happy soon-to-be Mom, indeed.

According to experts such as the mail girl at Sara's office, the grocery store clerk, and our neighbor, Sara has really dropped so I'm sure it will be any day now. Also, the woman sitting next to Sara at the nail salon told her that a sure fire way to induce labor is to have her ankles massaged. She said that she did it the last month of her pregnancy and sure enough, she eventually went into labor. With expert advice like that, I'm amazed that Doctors still have jobs!

Stay tuned for more updates - the due date is Monday the 28th.

Jesse

twiddling our thumbs

Aunt Katie and Uncle Mark came up to see our new place and we quickly put them to work! Mark put together the cradle swing and Katie helped Sara organize and put away all the clothes. Although I'm not sure how much work actually got done - I heard a lot of "ooohhhhs" and "aaaahhhs" and "that is soooo cute" coming from the bedroom.

Sara seems to think that it's getting close to baby time. She woke up to some pretty strong BH contractions Saturday morning and she's been feeling pretty crampy all day today. She's done working now so all we have left to do is wait......