*sigh*

Just a preview =)

So, our little pride and joy is finally here and we are so in love!!!  Never have I thought I could love something so much!  We can just stare at her all day long!  We love to cuddle with her and just hold her!  We are all doing well and adjusting!  We were discharged from the hospital yesterday so today was our first full day at home!  We had our first pediatric appointment this afternoon and Iris is doing great!  She gained about 1/2 a pound in a day =)  She went from 6 lbs 3 oz down to 5 lbs and 13 oz when we were discharged and today was 6 lbs and 6 oz. Needless to say, my milk finally came in and Iris is addicted!!!  She prefers to nurse about every hour!  I love after she nurses b/c then she's in a milk coma and is just adorable!!!

Here's some pictures of our baby girl!

Kangaroo Care

in the hospital bassinette

in her cocoon

smiling!!

Daddy loves his baby girl

Iris on her way home from the Hospital

We're home!!!

Birth story coming soon!!

Iris is here!!!

After a 14 hr labor and an emergency c-section, we welcomed Iris Grace to the world!!!!
At 7:15pm she was born! 6.4 lbs and 19 1/4 inches long!!! We're doing great and will post pictures soon!!! She is the best baby! So sweet and precious!!!

More 39 week pictures and our Date night!

On Friday, despite the pain, we decided to go out one last time!  We figured that Friday was our last night free to spend together before Iris arrives since I had to work the whole weekend!  

Look at my little basketball =)

For dinner we went to Dirty Franks downtown.  It's a hot dog palace and was super yummy!

Pictures from google =)

I ate mine too fast to take a picture haha

I got the Chicago (tomatoes, onions, relish, mustard) with onion rings and cole slaw and Doug got a coney dog with some very yummy fries!!

Afterwards, we headed to Baby R Us to buy the car seat base for my car!

While walking around, I started to get some contractions and I swear I was going into labor!  So we quickly bought what we needed and headed to Target.  I figured we better get milk and last minute things since I figured I was heading to the hospital that night!  Then our last thing on our list was "sleepy Kittens" book for Iris.  So, we headed to Barnes and Nobles to get it.  This book is in the movie Despicable Me and it's so cute!  We just had to have it for Iris.

So, we bought it and headed home!  The contractions were still irregular and far apart but I was so hoping they would come strong!

THEY DID NOT!

Eventually by the morning, no more contractions and still none!

So, it looks like I'm working the weekend haha

Each day, I think it's going to be "the day" but sadly it is not.  We are getting so anxious and every time I feel a "pain" I get excited only to have it go away *lol*

But it's been nice to have a few more days of quietness and freedom!!!  

Today, we are 4 days away from our due date!!!!

39 weeks

Boy have the past few days been difficult!  I have started to feel very uncomfortable and having lower back pain and a lot of pressure and burning pain in my pelvis.  It was so bad yesterday at work that I only lasted 4 1/2 hrs. I was lucky to be able to leave quickly to get home and relax.  My patients (who I have had the past 3 days) were noticing that I wasn't doing so well so I ended up taking the rest of the day off!  I was curious to see if I would be going into labor but have not yet!

We had our 39 week OB appointment this morning!  I told our OB about the pain and discomfort so we were all anxious to see if I had progressed and I had!  My cervix is FINALLY thinning and I'm 50% effaced!  I'm still only 1 cm dilated but she said she's more concerned about my pelvis thinning than me actually dilating!  The head is still down and has dropped more so that is great as well!  We talked what the next step is.  She is hopeful that I will go any day now but she said she wanted to wait until I'm past my due date to do any induction.  She is scheduling us for around the 13th if I haven't had Iris yet.  She doesn't want me going way past my due date.  We'll find out the exact date at our next appointment (April 8th).  But we are all hoping that I go on my own way before then!  I left the appointment feeling a little deflated!  I was hoping for better news (more dilation) and was hoping she would induce me a lot sooner but I have to be patient and know that she's doing what is best for Iris at the moment!

I gained 3 lbs this past week (must be from all the cake I have been eating this week haha) and that gives me a grand total of 19 lbs!!!  Not bad!  She also measured Iris with her hands and think she's 6 lbs now and will probably be about 6.5 or 6.6 come delivery!!!!  She's doing great and measuring well!!!!  We're so thankful for a healthy baby girl and pregnancy!

Tonight, despite me feeling so painful, we are going to hit up Baby R Us to buy the car seat base for my car and try to WALK WALK WALK to see if we can induce labor!  I'm making Doug take me Jeni's for some ice cream and just enjoy our potentially last date night out before Iris arrives!!!

Here's a 39 week picture that Doug took yesterday from my phone!  

Mom wanted me to send her one to see if I have dropped!  

I hope to get a better one tonight!

Ok Iris, the sun is shinning and there is no longer snow on the ground!

You can come out now!

You have some very impatient nana's that want to meet you along with your ever so anxious mom and dad!