Mary's Home!

We were released from the hospital this afternoon and are now home and so happy! My mom and brother David worked so hard to make our house beautiful for our first day home. David made a wonderful dinner for the whole family and Mary adapted really well to her new house. Molly is hanging in there thanks to Uncle David. I think that she knows now that she is no longer the little princess in our house. We are a little nervous for our first night but Mami Cunningham will be here to help.

Check out Mary Kate's outfit that she came home in today. Sam's Grandma made the entire outfit for when Sam was born (they didn't know he was going to be a boy). Sam's parents did a great job keeping it in good shape and Mary looked so adorable coming home today. We were the only patients at the hospital all day yesterday and today and the nurses just couldn't believe how cute she looked.

This evening we compared our baby pictures and Mary Kathryn looks just like her dad. I am going to try to scan his baby picture to show everyone how much she looks like him. She is such a great baby. Cries very little and just loves to cuddle- especially with her dad. We are loving every moment and so glad that time has arrived. We will continue to share our favorite pictures and hope that everyone enjoys.

New Arrival-Happy Birthday Mary-10/28

Mary Kathryn has arrived! We came in on Friday evening for our typical stress test and her heartbeat took a dip so they decided to go ahead and induce on Saturday afternoon. Everyone is doing great. Mom is really tired so is Dad but other than that it couldn't be more perfect! She weighed 7 lbs 2 ounces and was 19.5 inches long. Once we get home and get settled we will be sure to add more posts to our blog- but for now enjoy the latest pics!

THE END IS NEAR!

Well we have had an exciting few weeks. On the 15th we went into the hospital with contractions and found that we were 2 centimeters dilated. The contractions were not strong enough to continue in labor so they sent us home. I have been having contractions since then but I guess not strong enough to be in true labor. We saw the doctor a few days later and we have set a date to be induced- we will be going to the hospital to be induced on October 30th. So we are having a Halloween Baby! Sam and I are so excited and just can't wait until next Tuesday. I am so ready and feeling very uncomfortable and anxious. We have had our bags packed and the house is ready so we just can't wait for Mary Kate to join our family. The next time we post to our blog it will hopefully be with pictures of Mary Kate!

Getting Close!

Sorry to all that it has been a while since I have posted anything to the blog. I have been doing as good as I can be. I have some bad days and some good days. This week we will complete our 35th week and Sam and I are so thankful that we have been able to beat the odds and make it this far. I am still fighting contractions but the doctor says it is all OK. They did another ultra sound last week and Mary Kate came in at an estimated 5 lbs and 13 ounces. We were shocked because the doctor said that one side effect of the fibroid would be a small baby and she has been really small this entire time up until the 34th week. So Sam pushing me to eat all the time has made a big difference. So Mary Kate is doing really well, her mom on the other hand is getting very uncomfortable. I am not sleeping at all at night so lucky for me being on bed rest allows me to sleep all day.
I will tell you all Sam and I are so ready for Mary Kate to arrive. We have everything ready and just can't wait. I will be posting pictures of her nursery once Sam has a chance to take them.

Baby Shower- 9/9

Over the weekend we had another baby shower held at my parents home in Cincinnati. The top picture is a pic of my diaper cake. Mom started the tradition in our family of diaper cakes at baby showers. Next you will see my Mom Vickie and I,then Michele and Sarah together, Hannah and I and then Amy and I. My sisters (Michele, Sarah and Hannah) and good friend (Amy) threw the shower for Sam and I. It was a great shower. Sarah brought all the food from Stone Creek and it was all delicious. Everything looked so nice. The favors were adorable! They gave everyone a potted mum with ribbons tied on all of the pots.

We got so many great things! We have no idea where we are going to put everything but we will make it work. I think that we are all set now and ready for Mary Kate to arrive. We are still going through all of our gifts and organizing.

1st Baby Shower- 9/2/07

On Sunday my mother-in-law, her cousin Heidi and Allee and my best friend Colleen hosted a baby shower. The shower took place at my in-laws and it was so much more than I expected. Sue, Heidi and Colleen did an amazing job! They had my throne all placed as I had rested for days to prepare for the couple of hours that I would be there. I sat in a glider and enjoyed seeing all the good family and friends that Sam and I have in our lives. As you can see in some of the pictures the theme was designed around the colors pink, green and yellow. Sue found clothes that her and Aunt Ruth wore when they were little-ones that Grandma Wilson made. One very special outfit is the purple sweater, hat and footies that Sam wore when he came home from the hospital. Grandma Wilson made them for Sue and Denny to bring Sam home in. You can tell that there was a lot of love put into making this outfit and therefore we have decided that it will be the outfit that we bring Mary Kate home in. Heidi did a great job on all of the food- it was so delicious! I was treated like a queen, my dearest friend Colleen even brought the food to me. All together it was an amazing day and when we got home I think that it hit us both pretty hard- we are going to have a baby here really soon. All of the gifts that we got was overwhelming and just an amazing feeling that we have such great friends and family. I am glad that we could share some of our favorite pictures with everyone.

Cincinnati Visit

My doctor allowed me to take a break from the Delaware bed rest and go to see my family for some Cincinnati bed rest. Of course with Sam's addiction to the new camera he took tons of pictures of our favorite kids. Our niece and nephew are so wonderful and we love them so much. Jackson is getting so big and has such a great personality. Ava is growing up to be so mature and just brings us so much joy. When Mary Kate gets here she is going to have so much fun with her cousins. Ava started school this week and she sounds as if she is having a blast. Although Michele told us all that when she asked Ava what are her favorite thing is about school she says "playing on the computers" and when you ask her what is her least favorite she says "coming home." God love her... we all knew that she would love school!

It was so nice to have a break and get out of the house. I enjoyed seeing the family and visiting with everyone. I hope that the next 6 weeks goes fast and before we know it Mary Kate will be here with us and excited to meet everyone.