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Wednesday, December 16, 2009

Time for a new camera!

Well, after looking through my picture choices here of what to put on our blog, I can see that A. we didnt' get very good pictures, and B. it is time for a new camera! I had to delete most of the pictures because they were so blurry and dark. I think that we might be making a trip to Costco tonight to pick up a new camera because I'd hate to get bad pictures of miss Carly when she finally gets here...

Carly update:

As of today I am an "easy" 3cm (guess that means 3+) and 75% effaced. All I need is some good contractions and things should be off! I have a non-stress test scheduled for Friday to make sure that I still have plenty of fluid, and that she's doing ok... If I base how she's doing on how much she's moving, I think she's doing great! Holy moly! Sometimes I don't see how she doesn't break my water!!! Then, if we still aren't holding her by Monday, we'll be induced at 7:30... but I don't think we'll make it there! Positive thoughts!!!

Here are our few pictures that actually weren't dark and blurry...

Picking out the Christmas tree

Madeline

Carly

Madeline's dance recital - waiting on my lap for her turn to dance. This was actually hard for her! My shy little girl kept trying to get down while saying, " I want to dance." We had to wait for a few other classes to dance before hers got to.

The hula hop was there for their "solo." :) Madeline just twirled around a bit. :)

Got some flowers from another mommy :)

After the recital: She just wanted to dance some more! We usually dance to music... well every time I turn it on at our house! I can't believe how much she likes to dance!

Showing us her flowers.

Ballerina!

Tuesday, December 15, 2009

Checking in...

Yes, if you can see the baby "countdown" now turned "count-up" it is correct... I am 3 days overdue! What a different experience this has been! I was 1.5 hrs past my due date with Madeline so I've never known this overdue feeling. Not to mention I've been dilated to 3 for almost 2 weeks, having several bouts of false labor/pre-labor over the last 2 weeks, and contracting off and on daily for the last 2 days...!!! I can't believe we have not met our stubborn Carly yet!

Everyday that goes by I try to think of reasons why it's good that she's not here yet... tonight is Madeline's first ballet recital. It's looking pretty promising that I'm going to make it to that and have a baby snug and protected in my belly. So Carly, if you're reading this, tonight after the recital would be a good time to kick it into gear!

Tomorrow we have our first post-due date appointment... never had one of those! I'm not sure what to expect from it - probably just checking on Carly and scheduling our "induction" :( We are really praying that we do not make it to this point! I would normally be the type of person that would go 2 weeks, in hopes that my baby had the chance to enter into the world when she was ready, but with Christmas being next week, this makes it kinda tricky - especially because Carly is not our first - we don't want to be gone from Madeline during Christmas! That said, we are going to see if we can get in for our induction on Friday or Saturday. We both had really hoped, and have been preparing for a "drug-free" labor - this would mean avoiding pitocin too. I'm hoping that because my body is so ready - being dilated and "ripe" as they say, that just breaking my water will do and I will go straight into a wonderful labor pattern :) This however could possibly not work, and we might need pitocin afterall. We know that God is in control and have been praying for his presence during labor. If you think of us, you could do that too :)

Hopefully my next post will be with great pictures of our new family! Merry (almost) Christmas!