further proof that Patrick is definitely my son: he’s got my nose, my mouth, and my chubby cheeks. dontchya think?

Patrick is 13 days old today. he’s been home with us since Thursday evening. we took him to the pediatrician today for his 2-week check-up. he is doing GREAT!!!!! he weighs 9lbs. 0.3oz. he is now 21-1/4″ long. and he is 100% healthy!!!!!! we’ve been having fun with him. I could sit and watch him [...]

we are going to the hospital tonight at 8:00PM so that my induction can begin! I am EXCITED!!!!!!!!! hopefully sometime tomorrow I will have baby Patrick in my arms – I can’t wait!!!! thanks to all of you for the well-wishes, phone calls, emails, etc. I’ll be sure to keep you posted and watch out [...]

I go to the OB/GYN at 11:00AM today. we’re going to make a decision on inducing…I am SO ready to have this baby. I’m quite uncomfortable – it’s hard to sleep, move, breathe, walk. my belly is HUGE!!! I bet he’s going to be over 9 pounds. UGH!!! so, with any luck I won’t be [...]

my doctor wants to me to wait one more week before inducing. I’m only dilated another 1/2CM since last week, so there’s nothing to really to talk about. I’m definitely ready to have this baby, though! I’m glad I have the extra time to work, especially since the newspaper layout is nearly complete. Brenda dropped [...]

well, it’s one minute before June 11th and still no sign of Patrick arriving anytime soon. hmpf. I guess that it’s all working out well though, since I did just sign up for this huge newspaper layout project and the deadline for it is June 26th. I’ve been working on it nearly non-stop for the [...]

well I had another OB/GYN appointment this morning. I was there for over 2 hours. I am now dilated 2CM. she did an internal exam and was anything but gentle with the hopes of stimulating labor to start soon. she thinks the baby will definitely be here by this weekend. my blood pressure was elevated [...]

I had another OB/GYN visit this morning. my blood pressure was VERY good (120/70) so there’s no concern there. however, my 24-hour urine was slightly elevated so she’s going to have me do another one (most likely) after I see her next week. I’m a pro at that now! I go back to see her [...]

it sure has been HOT! we went to one of Scott’s friends houses yesterday for a little cookout and I managed to get some sun. at least I’ll have a little color on my upper body for those post-partum photos! I was SO hot after that and our apartment was roasting that I asked Scott [...]

I’ve been nesting. I’m OBSESSING about cleaning and organizing things. we bought two new computer desks yesterday that will be delivered Tuesday because I just can’t stand the way things currently are with my “half-a-desk” and Scott’s drafting table being used as his desk. I started doing the baby’s laundry last night – I did [...]