More photos of Phoebe, mom, & family here. God has blessed us & everyone is doing quite well.
She’s 8lbs 9oz, 21 1/4 inches long, and was born at 11:50am.
Tuesday, July 14, 2009
Wednesday, July 8, 2009
Still waiting for our princess...
Just 3 days until our due date! We were convinced that we would have our baby girl by now, since I was already starting to dilate and efface 2 weeks ago... but that just goes to show that you cannot predict these things! But the good news is, it can't be long now! In fact, we scheduled an induction for Tuesday July 14th in case she decides that she doesn't want to come out on her own after all. So in 6 days we will definately have our little girl!
My Mom (Grandma Shari) and my sister Valerie arrived from Portland on the 6th. They were afraid they wouldn't make it in time for Phoebe's birth, but now we are all waiting (as patiently as we can) for little miss Phoebe to make her appearance so they can actually spend some time with her before they head back on the 16th! Yesterday we did a lot of brisk walking... around the store, to the park, around the park, to TCBY... no more than a couple of contractions resulted from that... along with a sore back and feet! I guess she is not ready to be convinced to come out just yet! In the mean time we are enjoying some fun time with the family, making the best of our baby-less days :)
My Mom (Grandma Shari) and my sister Valerie arrived from Portland on the 6th. They were afraid they wouldn't make it in time for Phoebe's birth, but now we are all waiting (as patiently as we can) for little miss Phoebe to make her appearance so they can actually spend some time with her before they head back on the 16th! Yesterday we did a lot of brisk walking... around the store, to the park, around the park, to TCBY... no more than a couple of contractions resulted from that... along with a sore back and feet! I guess she is not ready to be convinced to come out just yet! In the mean time we are enjoying some fun time with the family, making the best of our baby-less days :)
Wednesday, July 1, 2009
38-1/2 week update
As of my appointment yesterday... Phoebe has dropped a little more... to a Zero station now. For those who aren't up on the childbirth lingo: An imaginary line is drawn between the two bones in the pelvis (known as ischial spines). This is the "zero" line, and when the baby reaches this line it is considered to be in "zero station." When the baby is above this imaginary line it is in a minus station. When the baby is below, it is in a "plus" station. Stations are measured from -5 at the pelvic inlet to +4 at the pelvic outlet.
I'm a definate 2cm dilated now (instead of "almost 2" last week) and now 75% effaced. My appointment was with the nurse practitioner yesterday. She said that now that I am almost completely effaced (which is the thinning of the cerix) it could be "any day now." But I still haven't started to have any regular contractions, usually just about one an hour. But both my Dr. and NP agree that since she is low to begin with, once labor starts it shouldn't take too long. They also both have commented on how long Phoebe seems to be. My belly is definately all baby! We will know soon enough just how much! :)
Everything is going as planned, as far as blood pressure and all other risks still looking good, so we'll just see how long she wants to hang out inside before she's ready to explore the rest of the world!
I'm a definate 2cm dilated now (instead of "almost 2" last week) and now 75% effaced. My appointment was with the nurse practitioner yesterday. She said that now that I am almost completely effaced (which is the thinning of the cerix) it could be "any day now." But I still haven't started to have any regular contractions, usually just about one an hour. But both my Dr. and NP agree that since she is low to begin with, once labor starts it shouldn't take too long. They also both have commented on how long Phoebe seems to be. My belly is definately all baby! We will know soon enough just how much! :)
Everything is going as planned, as far as blood pressure and all other risks still looking good, so we'll just see how long she wants to hang out inside before she's ready to explore the rest of the world!
First Anniversary Staycation
It's official, we are no longer newlyweds! My how this year has flown by! I guess the fact that 9 months of it was partially consumed with the pregnancy may have helped the time fly by :)
Then we headed to Happy Fish sushi and martini bar for a delicious dinner that still left room for our first trip to Boise's new Ben & Jerry's! So, with our milkshakes in hand we walked back to the hotel to assemble a belly cast. Wade did an awesome job plastering me up while I just sat there and looked pregnant :) We're looking forward to painting and decorating the piece of art to display as a memoir of my pregnancy!
We slept in until almost 9 am Sunday morning, a true vacation that made it! For breakfast we walked over to Goldie's- locally famous for great breakfast and a long waiting list! After a delicious breakfast we walked over to Julia Davis Park again to start our paddle boat adventure! Good thing we got the paddling in in the am, because it turned out to be a hot day! Lunchtime, but still full from breakfast, we decided to go relax some more at the hotel. We then made our way over to Bittercreek for a yummy salad and sandwich lunch. After lunch we went up for a little feet up time. We took a little nap, then went to a movie. We saw 'Year One' with Jack Black, which we were sure would be hilarious, but were a little disappointed. It wasn't as funny as we thought it would be, and had some pretty gross parts, too! Oh well, it was still a movie, which we don't get to do very often! 
After the movie it was time for our highlight date for our anniersary dinner at the Melting Pot. Our first out-to-dinner date 2-1/2 years ago was at this restaurant. :) We had the new super-yummy spinach and artichoke cheese fondue this time, along with the Signature Selection Entree for two. Yummy! 
Being just days away from our due date, a weekend "away" was out of the quest
ion. Instead, we went on a "staycation," right here in Boise. It was a blast! We had so much fun spending the entire weekend with just the two of us, in a hotel downtown. We started off the weekend at Julia Davis park sitting in the shade drinking some iced tea until it was time to go get some lunch. For lunch we tried out the new Idaho Fry Company where they have any kind of french fry you could imagine, wi
th creative dippers like blueberry ketchup!
ion. Instead, we went on a "staycation," right here in Boise. It was a blast! We had so much fun spending the entire weekend with just the two of us, in a hotel downtown. We started off the weekend at Julia Davis park sitting in the shade drinking some iced tea until it was time to go get some lunch. For lunch we tried out the new Idaho Fry Company where they have any kind of french fry you could imagine, wi
th creative dippers like blueberry ketchup!After lunch we toured the Idaho Historical Museum. I've lived in Boise 3+ years, and Wade several more, but neither of us had been here before. We even stopped at the gift shop on the way out for an Idaho Spud candy bar, just to say we'd tried one :)
Next we headed over to the hotel (Hampton Inn & Suites) to check in. Our room wasn't quite ready yet, so we sat in the nice cool lobby for a while and got consumed by a reality show on food network :) Then we went up to the room for a little R&R before dinner. We relaxed in a whirlpool tub right in our room (A much more comfortable option than the hotel hot tub at 9 months pregnant)!
Then we headed to Happy Fish sushi and martini bar for a delicious dinner that still left room for our first trip to Boise's new Ben & Jerry's! So, with our milkshakes in hand we walked back to the hotel to assemble a belly cast. Wade did an awesome job plastering me up while I just sat there and looked pregnant :) We're looking forward to painting and decorating the piece of art to display as a memoir of my pregnancy!Then it was feet up for the rest of the evening. My feet had had about enough walking for one day!
We slept in until almost 9 am Sunday morning, a true vacation that made it! For breakfast we walked over to Goldie's- locally famous for great breakfast and a long waiting list! After a delicious breakfast we walked over to Julia Davis Park again to start our paddle boat adventure! Good thing we got the paddling in in the am, because it turned out to be a hot day! Lunchtime, but still full from breakfast, we decided to go relax some more at the hotel. We then made our way over to Bittercreek for a yummy salad and sandwich lunch. After lunch we went up for a little feet up time. We took a little nap, then went to a movie. We saw 'Year One' with Jack Black, which we were sure would be hilarious, but were a little disappointed. It wasn't as funny as we thought it would be, and had some pretty gross parts, too! Oh well, it was still a movie, which we don't get to do very often! 
After the movie it was time for our highlight date for our anniersary dinner at the Melting Pot. Our first out-to-dinner date 2-1/2 years ago was at this restaurant. :) We had the new super-yummy spinach and artichoke cheese fondue this time, along with the Signature Selection Entree for two. Yummy! Back at the hotel we took another soak in the tub, opened a bottle of champagne that was gifted to us, and made a toast. I had a sip - yummy... and Wade did his best not to waste the rest of the bottle :)
We then tried out our specially frozen wedding cake... not too bad for being a year old, the press and seal worked pretty well, but the fondant was a little mushy. We called it a night after that, and when Monday morning rolled around we took adantage of the free breakfast in the lobby- there were even omelettes! And then made our way back home for Wade to head to work and for me to pick up our sweet 3 year old that was greatly missed!
What a blessing it is to be married to my best friend! Every moment together brings us so much joy! It is exciting that we will have the rest of our lives to spend together!
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