Our Little Angel

After all of the waiting, she has arrived! My water broke on Sunday night at about 7:30. It was a little shocking but exciting. I had spent a couple of hours walking around the pumpkin patch with Kathy, Glen and Lesly. I was hoping it might send me into labor but didn't think it really would! After about 19 hours of labor (4 of which being pushing) she was born. She decided that face up was her way to exit so it made it a little more difficult of a delivery. She was born with quite the alien looking head and a bruise the size of a baseball. Within a day though the shape had returned to normal and she looked just great. The doctors say because of the bruise, she got jaundice and we have been treating her with light therapy since the morning of the day we left the hospital. She is getting better day by day.

I also had some complications in the delivery. Once she was out I guess I lost quite a bit of blood and the doctor worked to stop it as fast as he could. He was great though, during the whole thing, none of us knew how serious it was or could have been. He was very composed and professional and just did what he needed to do. The night before we left the hospital, they gave me a blood transfusion and it has helped immensely in getting my energy back up to be able to take care of Megan.

Josh has been absolutely wonderful. He was a great partner to have while I was in labor and he has been great ever since too. I knew he would be. He is totally in love with his daughter and she in love with him. It is so precious to see them together. He is already showing that he will be a wonderful daddy.

Thanks to everyone that came to visit us in the hospital and sent their well wishes.

Megan Amanda!

8 lbs 13 oz. 20 1/4 inches

All Finished!!

9 MONTHS!!!

Before - Kitchen


After - Kitchen, minus the fridge


Before - Living Room


After - Living Room


This is what Megan's room looked like before we painted. Look at the posts below for after pictures. Notice how dirty the walls are?

Before - Bathroom

After - Bathroom


Not sure if I mentioned it in my previous posts but the whole house was white. Well, it was painted white with brown dirt just about everywhere. Our paint job really made the house feel like a home, it's much warmer not to mention cleaner after all of the scrubbing, mopping and carpet cleaning. We were really surprised by the way the previous owners left it. They didn't even bother to vacuum before they left.

Josh putting Megan's crib together

9 Months and counting...............


We are at 37 weeks, counting down to 40. She is definitely growing out of her current living arrangement. Surely she'll get fed up of her tight quarters and want to come out soon. I finished working on Saturday and it has been wonderful. I'm not nearly as achy and sore as I have been. It was really wearing on me the last month. Now I'm just sitting and waiting.

As you could see from Stacy's pictures, we had a great baby shower on September 10th. There were so many people here, more than we expected. It was so nice to see everyone and especially for the people that made the long drives. You know, cause Cornelius is on the other end of the planet! Megan's room was practically overflowing with all of her presents. Thank you to all for coming!