welcome jeremiah!

october 8, 2010 at 7.34 pm 8 lbs 5 oz and 20 3/4 in long.

he has had his own timeline all along (starting with a surprise pregnancy!), and at 2 weeks overdue, i was beginning to wonder if he would ever come. that day i went to the doctor for a fetal stress test, and we made plans to induce the next morning. i went home disappointed, because we had been trying to avoid an induction. at 5.30 that afternoon, we got a text that scott and holly had reagan marie! i was already thinking how they would have such close birthdays, and we were around the house packing up for the next day, and planning to go to panera for dinner. 30 minutes later, i leaned over to feed dobby, heard a pop! and knew my water had broken. instantly, i had a strong contraction, called the doctor and told matt, and 3 minutes later had another strong one. i knew this was it!! i laugh now thinking about us running around the house packing things up in a frenzy, and i would stop during contractions to breathe, then kept packing my bag and setting out things for micah. a sweet lady from our church came racing over to watch micah (since my parents couldn't get here in time - they were at the hospital waiting to visit reagan!), and we flew to the hospital. at this point i was having contractions every 2-3 minutes. after checking in, we got to the room at 7, exactly 1 hour later, and i was 9 cm! the doctor came in 10 minutes later and told me to push at the next contraction...3 pushes later, we had jeremiah! the timing was incredibly God-ordained, and i am so thankful that matt was home and we made it in time. and now we have a darling little boy to celebrate...he was worth every second of the wait!

a few pictures from the last 3 weeks....jeremiah mark has been such a sweet baby, and already he is fitting into our family in his own wonderful way.

the countdown

kicking back at my parent's house. this was mark's little rocker that i just loved growing up.
how much do i look like a pumpkin here?! haha! micah and jeremiah's first helicopter ride with papa - micah looked out the window and smiled for 5 minutes, then passed out for the rest of the time! he did not inherit his momma's approach to flying!
poor dobs. always a good sport though!

my little heartbreaker.

very sleepy mornings in our pj's. i love sitting on his little play rug with him as he brings me books and train set pieces. we usually play tug of war with dobby for at least 10 minutes until i give up!
the dining room/play room. i love when the sun comes in those windows in the mornings and hits the buttery walls.
the comfy nap couch, which i pass 20x a day and promise myself that i'll lay down for a few minutes and drift off to sweet sleep. some days it happens, some days, it does not....but on the weekends it usually does, and for that i'm thankful!!
i have such visions of micah and jeremiah sitting at that little table having a snack or working on a project. i think i've gotten a little ahead of myself when i remember that jeremiah won't even be walking for a year! so for now, i sit at that table with micah and hear the tiny chair creak and groan under me....let's hope it lasts until jeremiah can plunk down there!

with two weeks until my due date, life is feeling like that cool breeze right before an afternoon storm. we've been busy doing house projects and enjoying last moments of having just micah around. a quick picture tour....(notice the p90x pull-up bar in the doorway!)

the lake...

we could have stayed a month....

it's done! now on to summer!

the curves move is finally over. and we have sworn that we will never move again...or at least never again with only one helper, at the end of june in florida, and being 6 months pregnant! matt did the lions share of the lifting - loading and unloading that uhaul countless times. but here we are in our beautiful new club! the flooring was going in the day we moved, so we were cutting it very close, but it all got done somehow...

and now, on to summer. a weekend to relax and get caught up on things and have the best cranberry orange scones that i've ever made, next weekend going up to candlewood for 4 days on the lake, and anniversary trips ahead at the end of the month...it is time to start living up summer, big belly and all!