I'm A Little Jayhawk..

Red and blue.
Here is my beak and my yellow shoes.
When I watch my team play hear me shout
Rock Chalk Jayhawk - Go KU!At least that's what he would be singing if he could talk!

Smiley

So I wish he actually knew what he was doing, but I was lucky enough to catch a pic of him smiling in his sleep since that's the only time he does. I also have some more pics from the past week - click here to view them.

Welcome Benjamin Daniel!

Benjamin Daniel was born May 21, 2009, at 5:02pm. He weighed in at 7 lb 6 oz and was 19-3/4 inches long. He has big, bright eyes when he's awake, but he's started to hit a sleep como lately. Here are some pics and I'll post more later as I'm sure I'll have plenty more!

End in Sight Looking Dim...

So much for my last post and thinking there's an end in sight. That's looking bleaker with each passing day. Dr. appt yesterday basically said I'm about where I've been for the past few weeks which was a little depressing and I had to set up another appointment for my actual due date at which time I was told we could set up an induction date. I guess that's the only promising thing at this point. I've apparently already been raising a stubborn kid (wonder where he gets that from!) and I can only hope he proves me wrong. One thing I have to say is I have more respect for pregnant women who go all the way to or even past their due date. I have no idea how they can do it and handle all the uncomfortableness that comes along with it. I swear - there should be something on the market that can help women at this stage. If I'm able to come up with something that kick starts labor (only after 38 weeks of course so I don't get sued), I would be a millionaire! I'll let you know how my scheming goes the next few days before I hold my dr's office hostage on wednesday (I figured I can try to force them to let me have the boy that day instead of going past my due date).

Just a waiting game now!

Well, I'm finally at 36 weeks and now I'm starting to realize there is an end in sight. I'm definitely starting to feel the aches and pains and hoping the last 4 weeks goes by in the blink of an eye, but I'm pretty sure my impatience will make it feel like an eternity.

We have everything ready for his arrival so now it's just a waiting game. Let's hope he's as impatient as me and comes early :)

More Baby Pics!

That's right, even though he's not born yet we have more pics. These are just two of the bunch. So far he weighs in at approximately 4 lbs 10 oz and is growing hair on the top of his head. Everything looks good and he should be (hopefully) coming into the world fairly close to his due date.

The top pic is a profile with his head in the lower right and his hand above his eye. The lower one is a head on pic of his face and chubby cheeks.

I can't wait to finally meet him.

First Shower!!!

Last Saturday was my first shower and it was perfect!! My cousin Katy along with my sister's Amy, Lara and Cindy hosted it. I'd also like to thank Mary Kaye and Lyndsey for helping out as well. The food and cake were very tasty - of course that could just be my hightened appetite and sweet tooth, but I know I wasn't the only one that enjoyed it!

We received lots of wonderful things, most items were large ones from my registry, but the few I received that weren't I'm sure I will get plenty of use of and wish I would've thought to add them in the first place!

I'd really like to thank my sisters for giving us the carseat/stroller as that is highly necessary and my parents for giving us the highchair. I know we won't use that one for a little bit, but will definetly wear it in a few months after he's born. Also, my Aunt Mary Kaye gave us the video monitor! Brian is very excited to play with this and a few other items we received (sensory thermometer, baseball outfits for baby, and animal books just to name a few). We received lots of bath stuff, bottles & feeding items, clothing, blankets and even the bouncy chair (thanks Michelle!).

As for the baby - all seems to be well and I'm at 30 weeks currently so only 10 more to go!!! I'm getting really excited that it's getting closer and receiving all the baby items is really helping making me feel more at ease that we will have everything we need to provide for the little guy. Now it's just a countdown!