Max's Little Feet
Max and Daddy
2.27.2007
2.24.2007
Introducing Maddox Andrew
Our little Max arrived at 3:37pm on February 22nd. He weighed a whopping 10.2 lbs and is 22 inches long.
Mom and baby are home! Here are just few pictures of Max!
Mom and baby are home! Here are just few pictures of Max!
2.18.2007
How Much?!?!?!
Well, here I am still pregnant. Again... I know this will end and I will soon have a beautiful baby boy but seriously it feels like this pregnancy is never-ending.
I saw the doctor on Friday. There had been absolutely no change in any part of my body. She had me do another sonogram to check his weight and to do a bio-physical and make sure all was going well.
I was glad to see his little chubby cheeks and see his heart just beating away inside there. The lady doing the sonogram said he has gerber baby cheeks, which isn't suprising since he weighs over NINE POUNDS!!!! Yes, I am going to give birth to a toddler:)
Other than the fact that this child is huge, everything is going well. He has made himself quite the home and is reluctant to leave.
On that note, I am scheduled to be induced Friday morning, so one way or another Junior is coming into this world soon!
I am excited to not be pregnant anymore...
I am even more excited to finally get to meet my son!
I saw the doctor on Friday. There had been absolutely no change in any part of my body. She had me do another sonogram to check his weight and to do a bio-physical and make sure all was going well.
I was glad to see his little chubby cheeks and see his heart just beating away inside there. The lady doing the sonogram said he has gerber baby cheeks, which isn't suprising since he weighs over NINE POUNDS!!!! Yes, I am going to give birth to a toddler:)
Other than the fact that this child is huge, everything is going well. He has made himself quite the home and is reluctant to leave.
On that note, I am scheduled to be induced Friday morning, so one way or another Junior is coming into this world soon!
I am excited to not be pregnant anymore...
I am even more excited to finally get to meet my son!
2.12.2007
Forever Pregnant and Commentary from First Grade
I know logically that I have only a finite time to be pregnant. There is an inevitable conclusion, this child will come out. Right now though, it feels like I have been pregnant forever and will continue to be pregnant forever.
A few quick notes from my first grade students:
As I am skipping around the parking lot last week during recess, they formed a group behind me and asked"What are you doing Mrs. Nelson?" To which I replied "I'm trying to get the baby to come out!" To which one smart child replied "It doesn't work that way Mrs. Nelson!"
One of my loveliest students stood staring directly at my stomach and asked the question "Will your stomach get smaller when Junior comes out?" Oh goodness, I sure hope so.
I also had a conversation about names with my students a few months ago. While discussing the name possibilities of Max, Luke, James, etc. I had one student look at me as serious as can be and ask "But what if the baby is Chinese?" to which I replied, "Mr. Nelson will have some serious questions to ask me!"
Today, I was trying to squeeze my big ole belly(which we hope will get smaller) past a student and a door frame and I managed to catch my sweater on a nail. So, I ripped my sweater and to fix the hole I put a pink sticker on top of it. Which resulted in this question all day, "Do you know you have a sticker on your stomach?"
And at the beginning of the pregnancy I had one little gem ask "How did the baby get in there?" and I have been waiting and finally was asked the follow up question "How will the baby get out?" I have to say I'm not sure but I am ready for that to happen!
A few quick notes from my first grade students:
As I am skipping around the parking lot last week during recess, they formed a group behind me and asked"What are you doing Mrs. Nelson?" To which I replied "I'm trying to get the baby to come out!" To which one smart child replied "It doesn't work that way Mrs. Nelson!"
One of my loveliest students stood staring directly at my stomach and asked the question "Will your stomach get smaller when Junior comes out?" Oh goodness, I sure hope so.
I also had a conversation about names with my students a few months ago. While discussing the name possibilities of Max, Luke, James, etc. I had one student look at me as serious as can be and ask "But what if the baby is Chinese?" to which I replied, "Mr. Nelson will have some serious questions to ask me!"
Today, I was trying to squeeze my big ole belly(which we hope will get smaller) past a student and a door frame and I managed to catch my sweater on a nail. So, I ripped my sweater and to fix the hole I put a pink sticker on top of it. Which resulted in this question all day, "Do you know you have a sticker on your stomach?"
And at the beginning of the pregnancy I had one little gem ask "How did the baby get in there?" and I have been waiting and finally was asked the follow up question "How will the baby get out?" I have to say I'm not sure but I am ready for that to happen!
2.05.2007
Tick Tock Tick Tock....
You know the old saying "a watched pot never boils"; well a watched pregnant woman never pops! We are still waiting for the arrival of Junior. I can't say we are waiting very patiently but I am trying to accept that it could still be 3 weeks before I have this child. Trying is the key word in that sentence!
2.03.2007
"He won't come this weekend.... well..."
I saw the doctor on Friday. I love my doctor. She has a personality that is completly easy going and she plays down everything. That is great because in the right situation I can be an anal, paranoid, psycho. Pregnancy is the ideal situation for that part of my personality to shine.
But to get to the point... she is getting ready to do the oh so personal cervix check and she is joking about how the baby won't come this weekend because it is TOO cold! Then she checks me and I am 3 cm dilated and 50% effaced. Which basically means it would be shocking if I didn't go into labor in the next week, possibly before the weekend is over.
All the labor books and internet info I can find basically says that early labor lasts untill you are 3 - 4 cm. So basically when my little man decides he is really ready I should go right into active labor... in theory!
So, hopefully this is the last beautiful picture of my pregnant belly and the next photos to make their way on to the blog will be of our little man.
I am off to school this cold and beautiful Saturday morning to take care of all that last minute maternity leave stuff!
Life is good in the Nelson household... we are just a little anxious!
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