Labor started at about 12:00 last night. We are still at home- contractions are about 7 minutes apart. Baby will be here soon.... :)

Gretchen and Paul had their baby girl, Elsa Fern Holland on Monday. She was 8 pounds. We are so excited for them! I spoke with Gretchen this morning and she had a good labor and says the baby is beautiful. "She looks like and Eskimo baby," Gretchen says. I am so excited for our little ones to play together and I can't wait for them to visit in December. Congratulations, Gretchen and Paul!

No Baby Yet

The baby is running out of room!
We went in this morning, and looks like we might have some more days to go.... We have an appointment scheduled for Friday for fetal monitoring. Hopefully we will get to cancel it. It feels like I have been pregnant forever. Let's hope I don't make it to 42 weeks.

Awaiting Baby

I have been off work for two days and have been trying to keep myself occupied. I baked some coffee cake this morning and did a little cleaning and organizing. I am trying to enjoy the peace and quiet and the beautiful September weather we are having. Todd has been a wonderful husband. He has been making these last weeks very enjoyable for me and did not complain once last weekend when I dragged him all over to do last minute errands and preparations. I am thinking and dreaming of what I will say to our little one when we finally get to meet face to face. We are so excited.

39 weeks, 4 days

Baby Showers

We feel so lucky to have 3 baby showers for our little one! We received so many wonderful wishes and gifts. It was so much fun to prepare the baby's room and to unpack and organize all the gifts. We are now just awaiting the arrival of our little one.

Aunt Leah threw a beautiful shower at her house in Los Angeles on July 19th. Todd and I both came down from SF. Todd hung out with his brother while I enjoyed myself with family and friends. The weather was sunny and everyone had a lot of fun! It was a great turnout! Leah worked so hard to make the day special including cooking a delicious vegetarian menu. So many people traveled from far away to come to the shower. Todd's Mom, Pam, flew in from Arizona, Grandma Flo and Aunt Flo drove from Palm Springs, and Aunt Elena, Stephanie and Isobel drove from Santa Maria. Thanks Dalia for taking such great pictures! http://www.kodakgallery.com/I.jsp?c=gevql8b.6l14znz7&x=0&y=7orjlx&localeid=en_US

Todd's coworkers Elizabeth, Becky and Darci threw us a shower in Vacaville on July 24th. When I told my Mom that Todd's coworkers were throwing us a shower, she replied, "at the prison?" Luckily, no. We all met up at Chevys. It was a very hot day and there was so much traffic that it took me over 2 hours to get there! I felt a little embarrassed because I was a bit late. We played some fun games, ate yummy Mexican food and everyone else but me drank margaritas and beer! I was glad to get to meet many of Todd's coworkers.

Adrienne and Alli hosted a couples shower on August 9th at Adrienne and Kenneth's house. My parents were able to make it up for the event which was exciting for us. It was a typical chilly August day. We ate Italian food and drank wine.... Alli and Adrienne really outdid themselves and made it very special. Our camera ran out of batteries, so we did not get many pictures. I uploaded the few we did take on Shutterfly.

We have decided to start a blog for our family and friends so that we may document our life as new parents with a new baby. This should be an interesting learning experience for us (since we are both new at this whole blogging thing) and hopefully interesting for you to read. Keep checking for updates- I hope to have some pictures posted soon!