Hello World!

Well, my fake nesting and welcoming words must have worked because William is here! He was born July 23, 2008 a hefty 8 lbs 6 3/4 oz and a whopping 22inches long!

We went to the hospital Tuesday night, fully expecting to be told we should go back home, but we were admitted and William was born the next day at 12:52 pm. I loved having an epidural!!!!!!!!!!! The most painful part of the whole process was the nurse who missed my IV three times...and used the wrong gauge needle, and she missed drawing blood. Chad and I have determined that shift change is a bad time to need ANYTHING at the hospital! My second nurse and everyone after that was great! He even waited so that my doctor could be there to deliver him- Dr. Storck- the perfect name for a great OB.

His hair is a riot- everyone at Baptist Hospital where we delivered kept calling him the "rocker baby." Not to brag, but it is pretty cute. It looks like he has had it styled and the tips frosted- a real Music City baby.

Right now all he wants to do is be swaddled and held. He freaks out when you take it off, but wrap him up and he falls asleep or is content just lying there. It's nice, but it's really hard to type one handed. We are going to go for a little stroll today and check out the neighborhood...of course I'll post more pics soon :-)

Our trio is complete.

R-E-A-D-Y

Ok, now we've even put the carseat in the car- we are r-e-a-d-y. Hurry up baby William! He was so patient to wait on my good friend Polly (see pics of Polly below with me in paris as a "chaperone" last year..she needs her own blog because she's a travel guru) to return from Sweeden, now she's home, what is he waiting for??? I asked my nephew Eli (who's 3) when he thought baby William was coming and he said "probably Christmas day"..hmmmm......

I'm not sure if I posted this earlier or not, but our babysitter backed out on us- it was a strange situation. I have been frantically looking for someone and we've finally decided on someone- she's great, sweet, and only keeps one other baby (a 6mo old). I think it's going to be great. She lives about 5 minutes away and it's affordable!!!!- the second most important part! I think we've hit the jackpot!

The sewing room has been cleaned up and packed up- at least for a little while. Look at the link on my blog and you'll find a blog with great projects and great directions- thanks to Callie for sending it to me! (By the way, welcome to the blog world Callie :-) I finished William's last project- the yellow sleep sack-thing (I don't know what to call it- Chad doesn't like the word "gown") I'll wait and post a picture of him wearing it soon :-) And a quick picture of me and all of the belly. (How did it get sooo big???)....I must be crazy for posting this :-)

Maybe the next time I post it will be about a baby...... or me just still waiting for the baby to get here!

Still waiting...

Ok, ok, we know our due date isn't until Friday, but I feel like William should be here already! Mary Katherine even called today and her cousin is in labor- with a baby girl no less three weeks early- how is this fair??? Patience is not my strongsuit.



I decided to "fake nest" today to see if i could trick baby William into coming. Everyone says, "You'll know when they're on their way because you want to clean everything." Well I got out a stool and bucket of soapy water and cleaned the exterior of all the windows, edged the front walkway and sidewalk, pulled the weeds in the flowerbed, swept the kitchen and dining room, washed three loads of laundry, went to the bike shop and had the bike computer put on the stroller- still no baby! Agh! There's no tricking this baby!


Since there's no baby, I thought I would try to sew something for William. I decided he needed some of those "sleep sacks" to wear the first few weeks. It's hard to find "boy" knit fabric, but I scored some buttery yellow and some cute fabric with tugboats and crabs. Here's the final product. I did make it sort of backwards where the parts that overlap on the shoulders are in the back, but it'll still work. It's super soft! I'll make sure I get the yellow one correct- maybe I should monogram it in navy blue or a funky green...any thoughts?

PS- It's ten o'clock on Saturday night and Chad is downstairs watching the wonder pets...we are obviously ready for William- I hope I'm not still writing of all the ways I've been trying to trick the baby into appearing next Saturday night!

No news is ....well no news

Boooo! So we went to the doctor today- nothing, nope, nada, nowhere near ready. That's what she told us. UGH! I can't stand it! Oh well, I guess we'll keep on waiting. I read in a book that your baby needs to feel welcomed so Chad and I have been talking to him- like we drove by baby cows today and I pointed them out and said "If you were here you could see them too" We passed a construction looking thing- maybe a backhoe.." Oh William, doesn't that look like fun" See he's welcome to come into the world, now why won't he join us?

I did run some errands and picked up a bike computer for the stroller so I can clock our walks- avg speed, distance, my heart rate, etc. I think the nerd in me will like to keep up with the data. Mary katherine gave us a great car seat adapter for the stroller where the carrier just pops in until he's big enough to ride in the seat- we/ I love it! I'm going to get Chad to help me install the bike monitor tomorrow on the stroller...see his stroller is ready, why won't he come join us???

His nursery is as finished as it will be- until I decide what I want on the walls. Here are a few pictures. I've made a couple more pillows for the reading corner and he recieved lots of great books at showers...why won't he come chill in the reading corner and look at all of these great books????

Oh well.....

This past weekend...

Chad and I are eagerly awaiting the arrival of William. We are trying to do as much as possible before he gets here. Friday was my last day at Vanderbilt- I am now officially "under doctor's watch" which really just means I get to stay at home :-) I thought I'd be bored to death, but I've been pretty busy trying to go to lunch with different people, buying the last few things we "need"....more socks! If you know Chadwick at all you know why I HAD to have the Johnny's- aren't they adorable. And here's a pic of the CEO socks- they came in the mail and I can't wait to see William in them!!!! Hurry up and get here!!!! We go to the doctor tomorrow- keep your fingers crossed she's says it's almost time!!!!!

I "ran" into an old friend- Stephanie- from First Baptist Greenville on facebook last week. She's moved to Nashville. We went out to lunch Saturday with she and her fiance- another FBCer- Craig. They're getting married in August. It was great to see a face from home and to have a new friend in Nashville! And it gave me an excuse to go to Demo's- one of our favorite places to eat! Then dinner with Brian and Rebbecca Holiday Saturday night- another fun time- all this makes for a busy weekend and a tired Jennifer!

We went this weekend to Crockett Park Sunday night to see the finale of their summer concert series- one of my favorite bands- The Tams! The guy in the peach is one of the Tams- he had a hoard of kids that basically did the train behind him the entire time.

My friend Ashley and her fiance Arjun came out to see them too. All in all it was a good time. It rained all day so it was cool outside- for once!

This is one of my last shirts that doesn't have a stain on it somewhere. I think I'm going to invent a bump napkin. I put a napkin in my lap when I eat, but I drip above the napkin- it's so annoying. Only a few more days......

The mosquitoes think I'm extra sweet this year- and Chad too. We bought this kind of Off! because it's not supposed to be greasy- well it's not BUT you smell like the Apricot girl from Strawberry Shortcake- it's uncanny how much it smells like that doll- anyone remember her???? I imagine Sica will go out and purchase this immediately, everyone else will probably avoid it!

Now that I've got a little more free time I'll try to post more. The nursery is finished- maybe I'll get a little bit up tomorrow with pictures......

Last, but not least- a shout out to Baby Ian- one of William's little cousins. Now he's big boy Ian- he's 2, this is an old picture, but I thought it was cute. He's hamming it up with Grandmom!!!! We think he needs his own blog so we can keep up with him!

baby socks

So it's been a pretty busy day at work...well not eactly. Friday is my last day and I have nothing to do, I mean NOTHING. You'd think i'd be nice, however I am bored to death! I did find the cutest socks on amazon.com. Check them out.....
Baby socks are my favorite because they're soo tiny. Aren't these adorable- and they were on sale! Less than three weeks and we'll have pictures of baby William wearing his little loafers on the blog!

Chad thinks he's Lucas Roberts

I'm embarrassed to say that I'm a faithful viewer of Days of Our Lives- no wait, I'm pretty much obsessed with the show. I watched Biggest Loser because Sammy was the host- it's pitiful I know. It's Chad's Grandma's fault. I watched it at her house a few times and became hooked. I do tivo it so I can fast forward through most of the show- it takes me about 15 minutes to watch an hour long episode. Which leads me to the title of my post. Chad came home from playing music this weekend and he'd gone shopping. Let's just say that one of the shirts he bought was a little bit too small. He says it was the biggest one they had and it was only $2 so why not.....um, because you look like Lucas Roberts from Days of Our Lives when you wear it. He said the other color choices were too Simon Cowell (grays and blacks). The funny part is that it's a stretchy shirt that's made to be too tight around your biceps- he looks just like Lucas. I snapped a quick picture so you can see my hot man... my baby daddy....my Lucas Roberts or Lucas Horton, I think he's changed his name...... he only needs a mustache to be a body double for Lucas...creepy! Now if only I had a mansion and a lot of nice jewelry and fresh flowers all over the house.......