Winding Down...

The three of us our winding down after a long exciting day. The whole day has been a wonderful and exhausting experience. We are excited about what the future holds for our family. Much love to all and good night. Oh and for you keeping track out there I am beating mel in canasta...

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He is here!!

It has been an exciting morning and now it is nap time!! William Roland was born 9/1/2011 @ 10:19am cst. He weights 7 pounds 2 ounces and measures 19 inches. Both mom and baby are doing great just a little wore out from the days events. We are excited to start this new chapter in our lives. Thanks for all the love and well wishes!!

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Water Broke! Will is on his way!

Emily would laugh so hard. Without wanting to jinx myself, I have been truly lucky so far. My water broke before any contractions. When the contractions came they were pretty light. We headed to the hospital, got an epidural and now I'm lying in bed reading a magazine. We're just waiting to be told when to push. Not bad at all I'd say! Famous last words from the woman who isn't through it all yet, right?

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Lookin' good

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At the hospital!!!!

I woke up this morning at 12:30am to find that I was sleeping alone!! I called for melanie and no answer. I got up and found her downstairs timing out her contractions. She had been up for an hour and didn't tell me!! We called the doctors office and they told us to head to the hospital. Packed up the car and headed here. Melanie is currently in her sexy hospital gown going thru a bunch of questions. I will keep u informed!! Much love... oh and I am only freaking out a little bit.

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Grandma Gwen's Visit to Help with Will's Room!

Grandma Gwen visited last weekend.  She got to see my big belly.  She also helped us with the crib bumpers that didn't quite fit our crib.  We sewed straps on to hold the bumpers up and extended the edges with velcro to give a snug fit.  The crib is all set now for Will's arrival.  Thank you Grandma Gwen for all your help!! 

 I know, I'm awful.....I don't even provide a chair :)  Grandma is tough, she can handle it!

We tried to take a video of Will kicking around in my stomach but he refused to move once the tape was rolling.  We'll try to catch him on video before he pops out.  :)

Will's Growth

01-18-2011  Will at 6 weeks old.  He is just a little white dot in there somewhere.  Your guess is as good as ours :)

2011-03-03  Will at 12 weeks old.  This is when we were told with 90% probability that he was going to be a boy.  Boy and Girls both still have their genitals outside of their bodies at this point. 

04-11-2011 Will at 18 weeks old.  We find out with 100% certainty that Will is going to be a boy!

And me at 18 weeks:

2011-04-30  At 20 weeks, we got Will's crib from Grandpa Billy and Grandma Rose.  Here we are assembling it.  My belly is still pretty small.

2011-05-20  At 22.5 weeks, we went to Raleigh, NC for our first baby shower (posted pics in first blog posting).  Here is a pic of us at the tractor show.  Yep....same outfit from 2 weeks prior but fitting much tighter :)

2011-05-30  At 24 weeks, we decided to paint Will's room.  Then while we were at it, we painted the whole house!

2011-07-02  At 29 weeks, we had Will's second baby shower in Little Rock.  My belly is starting to really show now!

2011-07-24  At 33 weeks:

2011-08-06  At 35 weeks:

2011-08-12  At 36 weeks during Grandma Gwen's visit to TX:

2011-08-29 At 39 weeks: