Kaitlynn Nicole is here!!

Kaitlynn Nicole was born via emergency c-section on Friday, March 21st at 10:49 pm. She weighed 7 lbs. 1 oz and was 19 inches long. We are absolutely in love with her and can't wait for everybody to meet her! We have been having a few issues, but hopefully we are getting it taken care of. She is now down to 5 lbs. 12 oz. and so we've had to start supplementing formula. I can't believe how much she has calmed down and how much happier she is since we started that routine just 4 hours ago. We have to go back tomorrow to get her jaundice level checked again but hopefully it will start going down now that she's getting more to eat and isn't so dehydrated. I'll share more info. later on about her delivery etc, but right now I just have a few min. to put up some pictures. I know that's the most important thing anyway!!

I'll put more pics up soon...time for another feeding!

37 week appt.

I went to see Dr. Cobbinah yesterday and I didn't really find out much! I told her that I had contractions off and on Tuesday and Wednesday and she said that was normal. She has my induction all set up for March 31st if we don't have a baby yet. She is going to be out of town all this next week so I'm actually hoping I don't have her then because I'd have to have another doctor.

I have had NO contractions or anything since Wednesday so I'd really rather hold out as close to the 31st as possible because then I'll only have to go back to school for 3 weeks at the end of the year. If I have her this week or next I'll have to do 4 weeks. I am so excited to meet her so it honestly doesn't matter when she comes at this point.

We're just getting so excited and I'm REALLY looking forward to having the next 8 days off for spring break to finish up baby stuff and most of all to be able to take naps and sit down when I want to without a room full of 8 year olds constantly wanting my attention!

Courtney!!

Here is Courtney...not even 24 hours old!

We went over to their house last night so that Matt could meet her. They are tired but doing pretty good! I think it was good for Matt to be able to talk to Dan and get a better idea of how things might go for us, too.

She was very alert while Matt was holding her. She kept staring right at him!

She is so adorable and seems to be a pretty good baby! I can't wait for Kaitlynn to be born so they can play together. I guess they'll just be doing a lot of laying around for awhile, though!

37 weeks/Dinner at the Lee's

Matt and I went over to Jo and Jarred's Saturday night for Jarred's famous enchiladas.
They were very yummy! Check out that HUGE 37 week belly!

Emma loves to touch my belly and talk to baby Kaitlynn. Last night she was saying
"Come out baby, come out baby!" It was really cute! She even gave Kaitlynn and
hug and kiss before we left!

We had a great time playing the Wii and with Emma. Her and
Matt have been good buddies lately!

I guess we are just in waiting mode now. One of my best friends, Dana is having her baby tomorrow. Yay!!! She getting induced at 6:00 am. so I'm hoping she will have had her so I can go up tomorrow night to visit. We can't wait to meet Courtney and Kaitlynn!

36 week update

I went back to see Dr. Cobbinah again today and she said that she thinks the baby will be on the bigger side, but not too big. Which is still not really what I wanted to hear! She said that if I haven't had her yet that they will induce me on March 31st. It's only a day before my due date, but at least we will know that we'll have a baby by then for sure. With Dana having her baby on Monday I was feeling like I have forever before we can have our baby, but now I feel like there is an end in sight! Even though I'm getting very frustrated with my swollen feet and ankles I am going to try my best in the next few weeks to enjoy being pregnant and feeling her move around. My goal is still to have her during my spring break around March 19th-20th. I'm hoping if I keep telling myself and Kaitlynn that is when we want to meet her that she will listen...I have a feeling she's going to be a lot more stubborn than that, though!

Pedicures/36 Week Update/Shower #4

Some of the teachers at my school decided it would be fun to go get pedicures done before Kristi and I have our babies. We did that on Sunday and it was so relaxing!

They even had a cake for us with our names spelled wrong!

Comparing our bellies!

Last Thursday I had my 4th and final shower at my school. We finally have pretty much everything we need!A bunch of the teachers even went together and bought our stroller. I was shocked! Matt has it all put together and ready to go!

I went this weekend to buy the rest of our items with gift cards that we had and I even put the swing together all by myself. Hopefully it won't fall apart when we put her in it!

I had an ultrasound done today and at first she said that she weighs 7 lbs. 4 oz. and my response was "RIGHT NOW!" Then she measured again later and the average of those came out to about 6 lbs. 13 oz. Obviously this is still just an estimate, but I don't think she's going to be teeny tiny. She said that she has short legs and a round body. In fact, the ultrasound tech lovingly called her a butterball turkey. I see my doctor on Wednesday so we'll see what she says.