First Few Days at Home...

Our first few days at home were pretty uneventful!

Alixander is enjoying himself sleeping and eating :)

He weighs 7lbs 11oz ( was 7lbs 7oz when we left the hospital)

The dogs love him and are very happy with him home.

They follow him everywhere!!

We took our first trip out today and Xander had fun

sleeping through the whole thing ;)

Tomorrow we are going to try a bath...should be interesting!

One Day Old

One day old!!!

Better Late Than Never....

Alixander has arrived!!! (1hour old)

Oct 11, 2008 at 5:36 p.m He weighed 7lbs 15oz He is 21.5 inches long.

He is absolutely perfect and we think he is the cutest baby in the world!!!

Thank you so much for all of your support and thoughts and we
are so excited that Alixander is blessed with such great friends and
family!

Doctor Appointment and Update...

We went to see the midwife today for our weekly appointment; we are 4 days overdue. She said that things are progressing but kind of slowly so far. We are hoping that by walking and with a few more days Xander will help the process along but not sure how long it will take. They've decided that if he is not here by Monday we will start the induction process.

They have a few methods we are going to try to try and start labor without drugs so if we have to go that route hopefully they work. May not be comfortable but we want to avoid drugs if at all possible. If that doesn't work the drugs are the only option besides a c-section. Please keep us in your thoughts and hopefully it all works out well. We are still hoping that baby will decide to come on his own.

We will keep everyone informed as we know more... In any event, we will have our baby here by Tuesday!!!

40 weeks...

Baby Alixander
is not here yet.
Unfortunately he
takes after
mommy's affinity
for being late!

They are expecting
him to weigh
just over 7lbs but
be very long!

We are (impatiently)
waiting for him to
decide when he would
like his birthday to be.

Everything is ready for
his arrival!

Outside Looking In....

"Photography is a way of feeling, of touching, of loving. What you have caught on film is captured forever... it remembers the little things, long after you have forgotten everything."

Here is the link to our 9 month pictures :) Josh and I got them done by a local photographer who was looking for people to model for his studio. He will also be doing Alixander's first pictures once he arrives. I think they turned out amazing, though I know I am biased :) We had a ton of fun doing them and having some of our pose ideas turn out just as good as the photographers :) We just wanted to share with all of you this part of our journey and the incredible talents of the photographer. :) Let us know what you think!!!

Go to... studiohphotography.net then click the Great Expectations picture. On the top right you will see a Proofs link, click that. The password to our pictures is Denniston. You do have to capitalize the D. Hope you enjoy them as much as we do!

~*~*~9.5 months~*~*~

38 Weeks today!!!

I know....its a little late but we have been so busy with school and work and getting ready for Alixander to come!

He is about 6.5lbs and 19" long

He has finally pushed out my belly button, I thought it would never happen!

He is considered full term and is allowed to arrive at any time :) All thats left is waiting for him to choose his birthday!

We technically have 15 days left!!!

Hurry up baby.... we cant wait to meet you!!!