Go Dodgers!

Spring is here, and Jonah had his first baseball game of the season. Unfortunately, I missed his game. We felt the weather was a bit chilly to take out one week old Caroline. David told me however that Jonah played fantastic. His team, the Dodgers, won 8-5. We're looking forward to an exciting season.


Here's Jonah scoring a run.
Jonah wanted to try playing catcher this year.

Okay! Okay! ...and here is another cute photo of Caroline after a bath.

New Arrival!

Well, she's finally here! Caroline Mae was born on Friday, April 6 at 2:45 pm weighing 7 lbs 2 ozs and 18 3/4 ins long. I didn't get any sleep last night but we're excited to share our news. Thursday night at midnight I started having contractions about 3-5 minutes apart for over an hour. The doctor told us to head for the hospital. Once we were at the hospital however, my contractions slowed way down. The nurse told us we could go home or wait for the doctor to arrive later to be induced. Well we figured since we were already there, I might as well get induced. They started the pitocin at 11. The dr broke my water at 12, after which David and my dr watched the news conference on tv announcing the new UK basketball coach. (I knew UK basketball would somehow be involved with my child's birth.) A little after 2 I told David to get the nurse so I could get an epidural. The contractions were getting extremely painful. The nurse told me I was only 3-4 cms dilated but that she would order the epidural. The contractions kept getting worse and soon I felt the urge to push. David frantically called the nurse who frantically got the dr. Next thing we know, Caroline was born. It all happened in a matter of minutes. The nurses and dr were all very surprised. I'm still waiting for the epidural.

Here's a few photos we have so far...

Good News and Bad News

Good news-
I had my 40 week doctor appointment this morning. I am officially overdue since my due date was Tuesday. They did a fetal non-stress test. The baby is well. I am having contractions, and I found out I'm 2 centimeters dilated. Yay progress! The doctor scheduled me to be induced on Tuesday at 5am (what?!), but he really thinks I might go into labor before then (Easter baby?). We'll keep you posted.

Bad news-
This morning Jonah was complaining of a sore throat. He didn't have a fever, so I told him to hurry his booty up and get ready to go. He's on spring break this week and has been attending a YMCA day camp. Well as soon as I got to work after my doctor appointment, the Y called saying they were very concerned because Jonah hadn't been acting like himself and wouldn't eat. Oh geez. I'm starting to feel guilty. So I pick him up at the Y and take him to the doctor. The poor thing slept on the examining table while we waited for the doctor. I'm feeling really bad. Doctor checks him out, and it's strep throat. I feel like complete dirt. He's on antibiotics now and will be fine.

I'm starting to get a sense of the hecticness that will begin as a mother of two.