He's Here!!!

Lil Bit was born on December 30th at 4:16 PM. He weighed 8 lbs, 10 oz and is 20 inches long.

Here is a picture of Sydney with her new little brother!

40 Weeks and Counting

We hope that everyone had a very Merry Christmas! We had a very nice Christmas.
We forgot to explain the Christmas rules to Sydney about how when you wake up on Christmas morning you are supposed to come and get mom and dad and see what Santa brought. Instead, Sydney was found downstairs quietly playing with the princess castle that Santa brought her.

Yesterday, Steve's sister, Lori, came from Illinois to stay a few days too. Sydney could not have been more excited to see her aunt! Then we got to open more presents with Lori last night.

Did you notice how I haven't mentioned anything about a new born baby? That's right, Lil Bit still has not made an appearance. Now, I have tried to get him out. I have been taking a walk or two a day, doing yoga, talking to him, willing him to come out…but nothing. So we are at 40 weeks and a day and still counting.

Although I don't have any pictures of Lil Bit just yet, here are some pictures of Sydney at her gymnastics finale and on Christmas morning.

Now I am going to go back to wishing for contractions…

Not quite yet...

Lil Bit is still not here. That's okay because his due date is not until the 26th. He has officially "dropped" in my pelvis for about 2 weeks now. If he doesn't get here by the 29th, we will induce that evening. I really don't want to be induced so hopefully he will cooperate. That being said, now he needs to hold off for a couple of days so that I can be home Christmas morning to see Sydney open her presents.

Two weekends ago, Steve donated his time/car to a Toys for Tots fundraiser. He left his car inside the mall on display for the weekend. Out of all the cars on display, his car received the most "votes" (donations to Toys for Tots). Sydney got to ride through the mall when they were driving out. Pictures of the event are located at http://vetswithvettes.us/Gallery/Toys-for-Tots-2008?page=1 .

Yesterday Linda and Gene came down. Aunt Lori should be heading this way on the 26th and my mom and dad will be coming at the first of the New Year. Sydney is trilled to have family coming this way for Christmas and is already working out her own little plan to go back to Illinois with someone so that she can play in the snow. I don’t think that her plans include out how she will get back to Alabama so the plans don’t have Mom’s stamp of approval just yet.

She had her Christmas recital for school on Thursday and then her Gymnastics finally on Saturday. She did a great job and I will try to post pictures later. Now she is getting ready for Santa to visit the house and could not be more excited. She has told me that Santa wants chocolate chip cookies and hot chocolate so we might make the cookies tonight. Steve said that Santa should have sugar cookies so those might have to wait until tomorrow night.

We wish you all a very Merry Christmas! Hopefully the next post or two will be about Lil Bit’s arrival.
- Ang

Everyone loves Santa Clause

I mentioned in my previous post that Sydney's class went to a tree lighting ceremony, sang Christmas carols, and had the chance to meet Santa Clause. Here is a picture of when Santa came up to meet the class. I know that I am Sydney's mom, therefore a little biased, but isn't Sydney the cutest! (She is in the bottom of the picture in a pink coat looking up at Santa.) She was so excited that she could barely sit still!

This weekend we are planning on taking a 30 minute train ride with Santa. We haven't told her yet so that she won't get too worked up.


The NASA photographer that took this picture has also blown it up poster size and put it in the lobby of my building.


Today there was a surprise baby shower for me at work. It was very nice and I got a lot of stuff that is getting me closer to actually believing that there is a little person coming soon. My next doctor visit is this Wednesday. During my appointment last week, the doctor said that Lil Bit's head is down but he hasn't dropped yet. That should give me a little more time to get things ready.

That's all for now...
- Ang

HUGE!

I am officially huge now. I can see the guys at work cringe when I come into a meeting or get in the elevator. The fear in their eyes tells me that they think I am going to go into labor and they might have to witness it.

Its not too much longer until Lil Bit greets the world and I am starting to run out of room. You would think that means that I am ready for him to get here but that isn't the case. I have the basics at the house (diapers, wet wipes, etc.) but I still can't say that everything is set up. I am mostly relying on what I already had for Sydney (like the cradle, crib, and car seat) and what Tiffany or Mom has sent down from the triplet's collection. Of course, I am not really sure what all Tiffany so generously sent me because I have only unpacked one box so far. I am sure the nesting instinct will kick in soon and I can knock everything out in a day...right? My next visit to the doctor is this Wednesday. So far we have been growing right on schedule.

Today Sydney went to the NASA Christmas tree lighting ceremony and her class sang Christmas carols. Santa was even nice enough to stop by and give her a cookie.

That reminds me of the other big item on my list of things to do...get ready for Christmas. I did get our Christmas lists out over the weekend. Pretty much everything that I need is on our Babies R Us registry (#76187981).

We were able to clean out Sydney's special room (play room) this weekend and get that organized. It is so clean now that I worry about having her going in there and messing it up. I seriously have a problem.

Since this seems have been a blog full of scattered thoughts, the sentence above reminded me of something. I found a brownie in my coat pocket the other day and proceeded to eat it. Again - I think I have a problem.

Ang