Welcome to the world Beautiful angel!

Tuesday May 12, 2009 at 5:06pm (pacific time) we welcomed our sweet little Adah Mae into the world! After what seemed like the longest labor in the world (I won't go into detail)! I was however induced on Monday afternoon. Adah weighed in at 8lbs 6.9oz and 21inches long! She is a big girl for being exactly 1 week early!

Needless to say Josh and I are EXHAUSTED! We got discharged from the hospital today and are enjoying being home but are also very nervous.....it was so comforting in the hospital....Josh learned and did so much for our little girl due to the fact that there were several complications for the little lady and myself...ended with me being on bedrest until last night.

We love her to death and couldn't be more excited! We are so thankful for all the prayers...calls...emails...comments...etc! We can't stop thanking God enough for our little girl!

By popular demand here are a few pictures to share...hope you enjoy! I will have more time to update later since my mom will be getting here tomorrow...thank goodness....Josh and I are pooped!


Sweet Adah dramatically relaxing with daddy at home!

Sleeping at home with mommy!

more sleeping with mommy....

more sleeping with mommy...Josh kept thinking she was cute.....

The car ride home...she wasn't a fan of the carseat at all...she cried herself to sleep!

Going home!

Going home outfit. from her great grandma...she looked like a little marshmellow

In the hospital

Her little head with a lotta hair...ready for her bows!

Looks like we don't have a "set" date..

Just wanted to update real quick...don't really have much to say other than the doctor is a liar.  Just joking.  I love my doctor but unfortunately we will not be meeting the little peanut this week unless she decides so.  Since I have been doing as the doctor says and actually laying down and resting, my blood pressure has gone back down to normal...which means he will not be inducing me!  I know what you are all going to say...."it's a good thing"..." she will come when she is ready"...."not much longer now"....etc.  but at this point it is not what you want to hear when you have been on bedrest and told each week that next week is go time and then you go in that week and are told nope.  Just a little frustrating!    Anyway...looks like we will just have to wait now until little ms. stubborn decides that she is ready to meet the world.  

Here is to hoping this labor/dilating process happens faster and sooner than later!  We are now exactly 2 weeks from the "due date" that the doc claims he won't let me go past....we will see if he is telling the truth or not!  I'm hoping we don't have to find out if he is!

Looks like we have a date....maybe

I had another appointment yesterday and he ran some more tests on me....he did a nonstress/stress test on the baby to see how her heart, movement was....she passed with flying colors so that is really good.  He also said that I am 2 cm dialated...which is okay....but I could stay like that for weeks.  Anyway, I go to the hospital on Thursday night for a nonstress/stress test monitoring and blood pressure monitoring to see how she does in comparison to what my blood pressure is.  My doctor said that if my blood pressure stays up while I am laying down at the hospital that he may go ahead and come in and induce me.....but thats not too likely.  I go back to see him at his office on Monday and then he said that he is 99% sure he is going to induce me on Wednesday because I will be 38 weeks then and that there is really no real benefit to the baby after 38 weeks other than getting bigger and she doesn't need any help in that department.  He is just hoping that I will dialate to at least a 3 before wednesday so that it will be easier on me.  

In my crafty news...I made 2 more tutus yesterday....they are super cute and multi colored!  I will post pictures once Josh can sit down long enough to upload the pictures for me....I know how to...I just haven't done it with the new camera so I don't want to mess it up...it is way too high tech and is Josh's little baby so I'll let him handle that.

The guessing game has officially come to a close.  I will live the link up so that you can see what the guesses are but no changing your guess ( and yes I will know....I get notified).  Once she is officially here and I get a chance I will let you know who wins and they will get their prize!

Hoping the doctor sticks with his date of next Wednesday!

Craft fun for a pregnant girl on bedrest......

I have been looking for crafty things to do to keep me busy while I am suppose to be laying down.....I make bows but there are only so many bows you can make.....I have always loved little baby tutus.....I have been looking up how to make them and even looked at books at the craft store and finally decided that I wanted to make at least one.  This afternoon on our way home from looking at our maternity pictures we stopped by the store to pick up the supplies for me to begin.  I got enough to make at least 3-4....I was suppose to wait and start tomorrow while Josh is at school...but I just couldn't wait...and Josh was such a great helper!  I made this first one in newborn size and I made it to match the little knit hat that Kristin made me!  Oh and I added a black with white stitching ribbon to the hat and absolutely LOVE the way it turned out so the tutu is light pink and black!  I am so excited about them and I can't wait for Adah to get here so that I can put her in them and take her picture!  Let me know what you think!

Here is the front of both the hat and the tutu!

 This is the back of both....the tutu ties with a pink satin bow!