Lots of Baby

We didn't know if we were having a boy or a girl. We chose, on purpose, not to find out. Drove some people crazy.

All I knew was that I felt HUGE. For a long time. I even grew out of my maternity clothes.

In October, people started asking me if I was ready to "pop" . Uhm, no. Still some time left.

In November they started asking if I was carrying twins. Uhm, no. Pretty sure there's only ONE baby in there.

In December they started smiling politely and asking when I was due. I liked to tell them any minute. They got out of my way. Fast.

I felt so large that I was SURE I would deliver this child before the due date. Uhm, no. Due date came, and I still looked like this:

Sweet, charming, and excessively round.

(You can't really tell, but the lower portion of the belly was horizontal...I'm sparing the world the belly-shot that proves it...just trust me.)

Which is about how I looked three days later when we discovered that this is who had been taking up so much space. Our little man and his Olympic sized swimming pool.



He weighed in at 10lbs 5oz, and measured 22 inches long. That's a lot of baby my friends!!

A New Year

Happy New Year!

This year promises to bring many exciting and new changes, hopefully not quite like the ones of the previous year!

One of my goals is to take more pictures...hopefully this will translate into more blog entries. We shall see.

The decorations are half down, the kids are back in school, the laundry has piled up, the colds are on the mend, and I've had a movie on all day just for the white noise it makes. *sigh* This Christmas was such a nice break from everything going on. I really enjoyed the time home with my kids and not feeling hectic trying to be places or entertain people. We played games, legos, watched netflix and movies, ate junk food and lots of cold medicine! We also played in the snow and cuddled a new baby. Just about perfect!