We were blessed with a healthy, beautiful baby boy last Tuesday, September 17th, 2013 at 3:05pm! He arrived one day prior to his due date and weighed 6 lbs, 0 oz and measured 19 inches long. He is doing great and we are so happy to have him here! The story ...I noticed some contractions once I got out of bed last Tuesday, but didn't think too much of it since I had been having intermittent contractions throughout the past week. I encouraged hubby to go to work and the children and I went about our normal day. Around 8 am I started to keep track of how far apart the contractions were and called my doctor's nurse around 10:00 to try to decipher if I was in early labor or not. She suggested that I monitor them for the next 30 minutes to an hour. I drank a bunch of water and sat on the couch to read stories to the children and 30 minutes passed without a contraction. At this point, I was convinced that this was false labor. My mother-in-law just happened to call mid-morning to check in with us and I reassured her that I probably wasn't in labor. Then my sister-in-law, who was our short-term childcare plan, called and I also reassured her that I probably wasn't in labor, and, if I was, I was certain we would have time to transport our kiddos to her house. Then I touched base with hubby just to let him know what was going on, but, told him to keep working. Thankfully, they were now working about 7 miles from home as opposed to 30+ minutes that they were in the morning. I was serving lunch to the kids and began to get frustrated that they weren't letting me focus during contractions. At one point, little girl said, "mom, I'm sorry you're so overwhelmed." It was at that point that I thought, "this must be the real thing" and called hubby again, but this time to ask him to come home. Hubby raced home and arranged for his sister and our nephews to come to our house. After a few more minutes, he also arranged for his dad and brother-in-law to come to our house, as they could arrive here sooner, which allowed us to hit the road for our 45-minute commute to the hospital. Then, he called my dad, and he jumped in his car and made his way to our house to watch the kids for the remainder of the day and the next. I remember thinking "what have I done ... all of these people are coming to our house to help us and this is probably false labor ... they are going to send us home!" To make a long story short, we checked in at patient registration at 2:30pm and baby boy was born at 3:05pm! It was a pretty intense 35 minutes, but oh-so worth it! Thanks be to God for such a tremendous blessing!
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Improvement #1:My brother is now married! We are thrilled to have a new sister-in-law/aunt and nephew/cousin! Little girl was the flower girl. The two weddings she was in this summer were major highlights for her! Improvement #2:House progress ... it has been really encouraging seeing these projects come together during the last few weeks. Thanks again to our folks for their help and hubby's oldest brother and his family who spent a Saturday helping. Improvement #3:Nesting! Six days until due date now and we are all very anxious to meet this little one. Here is what we've been doing to get ready ... Windows are washed (I know, kind of silly given our situation, but I feel better having it done!) and there are some freezer meals stashed away. Otherwise, getting ready has entailed taming our schedule and spending more time as a couple and family before we begin the exhaustingly wonderful adjustment to becoming a family of 5. I love the following excerpt from a Sunday School lesson commentary (Mark 10:13-16) that I saved from few years ago. I pull it out and read it from time to time for encouragment, and, in this case, in preparation for a new little baby to care for: "God looks down: down upon the needy, those unable to help themselves, the poor, the destitute, the baby unable to change his or her own dirty diaper. He
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