Patience Required

We had our weekly doctor appointment on Monday and I'm still not dilated, but I am almost completely effaced. So, that means that Dr. Junge is moving my due date back to the original calculated due date of January 3rd!

They moved my due date up to December 23rd after our first ultrasound which indicated our little one was bigger than normal. Dr. Junge said that we would just wait and see towards the end which date it would be...we would either be having a normal sized baby on the 23rd....or a little bigger baby around the 3rd. Well, looks like the latter is what we are planning on now!

We go back next Monday, the 29th, to check my progress, and then we will likely go to the hospital later that week for a non-stress test. That will check to make sure the placenta is still doing it's job. Based on that, we'll have a new plan. Unless of course, I go into labor this week!

So, it's a waiting game now! Matt and I are planning a "just us" Christmas! We will miss our families tons, but it is nice to have a lot of downtime before our lives get very, very busy. Something tells us that in a few weeks we will wish we had more of these days... :-)

So, our plans for Christmas are as follows:
1. Cook a huge dinner
2. Watch a lot of football
3. Go to the movies (twice - there's a lot of good movies out)
4. Sleep a lot!

Hope you have a wonderful Christmas and we'll update soon on our progress!!

Waiting for our Christmas Present...

Matt and I snapped a family Christmas picture this weekend. Our due date is coming up on the 23rd....so we are hoping there will be another family picture taken before Christmas!

We hope that you and your family have a wonderful Christmas and we can't wait to share our good news soon!!

Merry Christmas!!

Two Down, One to go!

My two good friends, Mindy and Kate, just recently had their babies. Kate and Mike had Aidan Michael on November 1st, and Mindy and Buford had Penelope Keefe on December 4th. It was great to have two other ladies to share this experience with!

And then there was one! Matt and I are getting very ready. We are packing our bags for the hospital and finishing off little projects around the house that we know we will never do after the baby comes. :-)

Here's a few pictures from Mindy's hospital room!

Matt and I with Penelope




Mindy and Buford with thier new little girl:





Kate, Mindy and I. It's my turn next! :-)

The Nursery is Done!

We finished off the Nursery over Thanksgiving with the help of our families who came up to visit us over the holiday! Here are a few pictures!

It's A Boy!

July 23rd, 2008 was a very special day - it's was Lisa's birthday, but more importantly, it was our first ultrasound. Our little one was 17 weeks along at the time and we were able to tell we were expecting a boy.

This Ultrasound showed that our little one not only looked like his dad - but was already taking after him - he was measuring bigger than normal...so they moved up my due date from January 3rd to December 23rd!

Week 17 Ultrasound Pictures:

He looks like he is sucking his thumb...

Yes, it is definately a boy!

I think this one looks exactly like Matt...I can see it - can you?


We had one more ultrasound at 29 Weeks. We didn't get as many pictures because he was so much bigger. Here is our best one. (I think he still looks just like Matt)

Catch Up!

Welcome to our new blog! We will be updating this with pictures of our our growing family! Let's play a little catch up first since we are starting this blog when Lisa is already 37 weeks pregnant!

We got pregnant in April and we are due December 23rd! Here's some shots of Lisa's belly showing the growth of our little one - a son!

14 Weeks

26 Weeks

31 Weeks

36 Weeks