Welcome Baby Gabe!!!

Well the boy has finally come. After struggling so long with a name we decided on Joseph Gabriel and will call him Gabe. He was 8lbs and 5oz and was 20 inches long. Everything went really well with the labor and wasn't nearly as bad as I expected. I think the epidural wore off towards the end so you might notice in one of the pictures after birth where I do not look too happy. It is because I was in A LOT of pain. It wasn't the labor part that was painful. I was more sore afterwards. Anyways our little boy is doing great for the most part. He has been tested 3 times for his biliruben level has been going up. (The poor guy had to keep getting poked in his foot) It got to be high enough where we are having to treat him with photo therapy. It is going ok and Gabe is doing really well with it. I was worried that he might be fussy because all he can wear is a diaper and has to be constantly in the light. We have to go get him tested again tomorrow. I hope it goes well. We love are little guy and so excited that he is a part of our family!!!

Arrival Of Baby Gabe!

Pumpkin Carving

Joe insisted he carve a mean face because that is how it is suppose to be. We had fun doing it though. He wanted to make sure we were able to carve the pumpkin before the baby came.

STILL a waiting game!!!

Well I am 39 and half weeks. My due date is on Friday and I still have no baby yet! I do not know went this little baby is going to come and I don't know how much longer I can REALLY wait. I shouldn't be so impatient because technically I have 4 days till he is "supposed" to come, but I have been so uncomfortable and feeling nauseated all the time. I went to the doctor today. He asked me, "How would you feel if you had to come to the doctor next week." ( this would be past my due date! I told him I would not be very happy and that I would be very uncomfortable. He then said that if the baby does not come by Friday he will try to induce me on the 28th. If he can't do it then it will definitely be by the 30th. So I guess that is some kind of good news. Well i don't even know if I would call it "good" but I can see the light at the end of the tunnel. He just said hopefully it will be this week and I am really hoping sometime soon!

So apparently I do not post enough pictures. Unfortunately these are the only pictures that I have at the moment. I think we might have some of the baby shower so I will try to post them. But this a picture of me at 37 and half weeks. Still no baby:( Hopefully sometimes this week!

Almost There...

So I officially have 3 weeks left of this pregnancy. Personally, I hope that I don't go that much longer. I am starting to get more uncomfortable and not sleeping as good as I wish AND I have dark circles under my eyes! I think that am just getting prepared for when the baby comes because I know I will not be sleeping anyways. I seems like that is how it is supposed to work out. Anyways I am excited but a bit nervous as well. I am sure it will be fine. Joe keeps asking me when this baby is going to come. I think he is ready! He is going to be such a great dad!
Things have been going well in the pregnancy as far as we know and the doctor. I have completed all my test and they have come out well. We are now just waiting for out little guy to come. I think we have almost everything we need to be prepared for his arrival. That is a BIG thanks for Joe's family in throwing a shower for me (and my brother- in law's wife who is due about 3 weeks after us). It helped us out a lot on getting things we did not have. We were able to get a lot of nice stuff. The whole family was able to come in and we were able to spend some time together. It is always nice to get to see them.
The only thing we don't have for the baby is a name. I have no idea what we are going to do about that. It is just something we can't agree on. I hope the little guy has one before he leaves the hospital. I hear it can be a real pain if you don't. So if anyone has any more suggestions for names feel free to let us know!

To be exact his is 36 weeks and 5 days.