We Made It Home

We made it home yesterday from the hospital. It's great having Maddie here with us. She's just so darn adorable. All I can say is thank goodness for Momo and Mop! They had food ready, cookies baked, and beer in the fridge. And yes, the Corona was everything I thought it would be after 41 long weeks! Maddie's doing great, but she does want to held ALL the time. We're pretty much happy to do that, but it does make for a long night. Momo came to the rescue this morning though and held her while we got some much needed sleep! Here are some more photos of our little angel.

Madeline Sinclair McPherson

Well we went for our 41 week check up, a milestone I was hoping we wouldn't reach, and everything checked out just fine, but my doctor insisted we induce and sent us over to be admitted to the hospital right then. John and I were a little floored and a lot nervous, but to the hospital we went. The doctor gave me a less than 50% chance of avoiding a C section, but about 24 hours after being admitted, Maddie finally came into the world without surgery. She was born on August 27, she weighed 8lbs, 9.5oz and she was 20.5" long. She's so cute and we love her so much already. Maddie is named after my Great Grandmother and she just so happened to arrive on John's grandmother's birthday. Here's some photos from her first 24 hours of life.

Sleeping after her 1st bath.

Big Yawn!

1st Photo with Dad about 15 minutes old.

Not the 1st photo with Mom, but one of my favorite moments.

40 weeks & 1 day

Soooo. I'm officially past my due date. I went to the doctor yesterday and there is still no sign of her making her entrance into the world. My doctor says that on average most first time moms go past their due date by 3 days, so here's hoping. However, if nothing happens in the next week, my next visit will be next Wednesday for a non-stress test to make sure the little darling is still getting enough blood and oxygen. Then.....we'll see. In the meantime, Momo and Mop are here keeping us entertained and acting as my walking buddies. Mom and I walked 4 miles this morning, so I'm doing my part, the baby needs to do hers!

39 Weeks.....

And still nothing! UGH! So, I had my 39 week check up and pretty much the only thing that came out of it was the fact that my doctor thinks I'll definitely go past my due date. How far past, who knows? One more week isn't so bad, but if I go two weeks past, that's THREE MORE WEEKS. Yikes! So, since I can't do anything else, I'm just trying to chill out and enjoy the peace and quiet for a little while longer. We've been relaxing and taking lots of naps......

Stocking up on those essential after delivery groceries......

The only thing left to do is to obsessively clean the house, but since I don't want to do that more than once, I'm putting that off for a little while yet.

New Table

Since we still have no baby to show off, I thought I'd let John have a little Blog time. With the help of one of our friends, John has started wood working. His first project was building us a new dining room table. Not too shabby for a first project! Next up, a matching bench so we can sit at it. :) In other news, I had my 38 week appointment today and everything is going good. I'm beginning to think she's entirely too comfy in there and may never come out. The end is near though, so I think I can make it.

Just Add Baby

Well, I can't really think of another thing that needs to be done to get ready for the baby. I'm sure there are things I can't think of or don't know about yet, but for now, I'm just very impatiently awaiting her arrival. So in order to entertain ourselves John and I are now wagering on her arrival day, weight and height. John has guessed August 17th, 8lbs, 2oz, and 19.5" long. My guess, August 21st, 7lbs 9oz, 21.5" long. Feel free to join in, there are actually valuable prizes and cash at stake.* Just a reminder, my actual due date is the 19th.

*The fine print: Must be present to win. :)

Summer Update

Not too much to report for our summer. Our biggest pasttime is counting down the days until the baby's here. I can't believe it's only 35 days away! However, I have a suspicion that she will come late, but I'm trying not to dwell on that. Let's see, we had everyone over on the 4th for a little water skiing and tubing...this is the only picture that I actually got of these activities as every time I came around with the camera, there was no action. We had a small fireworks extravaganza planned, but we got rained out. Some neighbors across the lake weren't deterred though, so we got to watch theirs.


The following week Emilee, Momo and the boys came for a visit on the way to Ohio. Cooper actually caught several fish, so we were happy about that. Again, camera in hand never actually corresponded with successful fishing, so I have no proof of this. It was great to have them here, though!

That's pretty much it, John and I did give tourism in Memphis a shot, but we believe that Beale street probably is much more exciting in the dark after several adult beverages, not that great as a lunch destination . Especially when you are super pregnant, it's over 100 degrees outside and the restaurant you pick doesn't have good AC! Luckily they had good food or I'd have been really upset.