Sarah Elizabeth

December 23, 2009

Morning of my induction.

Rob and I were getting ready to leave the house and head to the hospital.

It was 645am.

In the hospital gown all ready to go!

7 1/2 hours after arriving at the hospital Sarah Elizabeth is finally born.

Weight: 8lbs 3oz

19 1/2 inches long

Proud Daddy to three little girls.

Sarah after her bath.

My nurses, mid-wife, an OB Doctor and all the staff at the hospital were wonderful.

I was able to go home less than 24 hours after delivery,

so Sarah and I could be with the rest of the family on Christmas.

Snow in the UK!

Jenna and Meghan enjoying the snow!

Jenna's snow worm!

Nessie (the neighbors dog) is checking out the girls playing.

The neighborhood!

We have had about 6 inches of snow since Thursday evening and it looks like we may not be finished getting it. The girls started out their winter break a day early due to the snow. I have to say I love snow much more than cold rain. The girls have really enjoyed playing outside, warming up with some hot chocolate then heading back out for some more snow fun. I hope some of the snow will still be around when my parents arrive middle of next week...but not enough to mess up traffic or flights.

39 weeks

39 weeks!!!

I never thought I would make it this far....but it looks like I was wrong!!

I had a doctor appointment earlier this week and my body has not started getting ready for labor. I was hoping to get my membranes stripped, but my cervix hasn't softened or thinned....we think I was about 1cm dilated, but the mid-wife couldn't check me completely.

My next doctor appointment is Dec 22nd...so we will see;)

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Ballet recital

The girls had a Winter Ballet recital on Thursday evening. They did two dances....a spanish dance and one from the Nutcracker.

Meghan and Jenna both love to dance! Meghan is very comfortable dancing in front of people but Jenna is a little more hesitant with the dance moves.

They both did awesome!

The girls dance class and the older girls together in their spanish attire.

Meghan and Jenna with two of their friends after dancing.

creative child

I had to post this picture. Meghan made a shirt out of her scarf!! I wouldn't let her wear it out of the house, but very cute that she came up with the idea on her own.

I bet you can count her ribs!!! She is my little skinny-mini;)

Jenna wanted to get on the picture action too. She is wearing her undershirt and tights....she did have on additional clothing for school today;)

38 weeks

I'm 38 weeks pregnant today and I'm feeling some pain!!!! Not bad pain, but I have been having contractions since early yesterday morning...but nothing too painful, long or worth a trip to the hospital. I am hoping the pain gets longer and harder..which I never thought I would be saying, but that just means she would be arriving sooner than later!!

I hope my next post update on my pregnancy is a delivery one;)

Santa time

The girls and I were out shopping the other day and we ran into Santa at the Bxtra. Jenna was so excited to see him! She went right up to him and told him all the things she wanted for Christmas. Meghan decided she would pass on seeing him and she just hung out with me until Jenna was finished. Santa asked Jenna what her sister wanted for Christmas and Jenna told him she didn't know.

The girls both wrote a letter to Santa so I don't think Meghan was too worried about Santa not getting her list of wants. After we walked away from Santa, Meghan said...."you know that wasn't really Santa?". She is 7 and I'm not sure when kids find out who Santa really is....

I do have to say there really are Santa's in the world....Toys for Tots, the Angel tree kids and the shoe boxes collected by the churches.

I hope you all have a wonderful holiday season and remember the reason for the season!