Hope Kathryn Smith is finally here

The baby is finally here. I know she is 2 weeks early but we have been waiting for this baby ever since we found out. Laura is doing well. She is still very sore from the delivery and has not caught up on her sleep. From what I hear we will never catch up again. The baby is well. Her temperature is still on the low side so we have been keeping her wrapped tight like a burrito. We are still at the hospital and plan on staying until Thursday the 1st.

2:30 PM 12/30 and still no baby

So we came in last night and here we are at 2:30pm and still no baby. Laura is getting a lot closer with the help of pitocin. She was having a few contractions this morning but then they stopped around 10am so we made the decision to try pitocin to get this party started and it has helped but still no baby. Laura is finally able to sleep a little bit inbetween contractions. Not sure if you call that sleep but I just did. I have been keeping busy reading and updating the site. Here comes another contraction. More updates later.
Mac

Water Broke, Ready to Go

Today is the big day. Laura's water broke last night at 11 o'clock so we rushed into the hospital. Everything checked out so that shipped us over to the Labor and Delivery where we still are. She did not have too many contractions last night but the contractions have picked up this morning. Not consistent but she is having some big ones. The doctors are planning to let her continue with the contractions unless she is not making progress. I have been just been keeping her company and rubbing her back. I got about 3-4 hours of sleep last night on a bed that was built for a 5 year old but it worked. Laura has not slept yet so it might be a tough day for her. Well, back to business.
Mac

Baby Furniture

I am close to being done with the baby furniture (bookcase and toy chest) that I have been building for the last few weeks. It has been a fun and long experience and I am hoping that it will last for many years. I really am enjoying that I can custom build the 2 pieces to the size I want but at the same time, that is taking a lot more work since I do not have plans to go off of. So last night, I painted my first coat of paint on the pieces tomato red. We went to Home Depot and looked for red paint but that did not exist so we went with the next best thing, tomato. I guess red paint is out of style. The reason we wanted red was both pieces will look like barns, very fun. So, in the middle of painting the bookcase, I started to have some deep thoughts about why am I building a book case. I am building something to hold the kids books yet the kid can't even read and for the toy chest, she won't even be able to lift her head let alone a toy over it. I guess i will put this in my future investment bucket.
Mac

Over due or almost due

So my belly keeps growing at an alarming rate. I actually had someone ask me if I was almost due or over due. I really wasnt sure that comment was necessary. I guess the chocalate ice cream everynight doesnt help. Baby keeps kicking like crazy and still moves around a lot.

Laura

Baby's First Concert

So the baby attended her first concert on Saturday night. Laura, some friends and I went to the Get Out and Vote tour staring Tenacious D, Ben Harper and the Beastie Boys. It was a blast. The D and the Beastie Boys were awesome. Ben Harper underwhelmed us. I normally really enjoy him but he played a bunch of up beat stuff I have not heard before. The Beastie Boys were the same old playing a lot of there older stuff. The baby was kicking the whole time so I can only interpert that as she enjoyed the show. Or that she thought it was too loud, which it wasn't. Well, the baby's first concert was Get Out and Vote, what was yours?

4 of 6 Baby Classes Completed

So we just finished our 4th baby class were we reviewed c-sections and also included a tour of the hospital that we will be delivering at. It is North Memorial Hospital. The classes have gone pretty well so far. The funniest part of class was week 2 when the instructor tried to fit a doll through a pelvic model to demonstrate how it was giving birth. She tried to fit it through but the baby got stuck. After many minutes of shoving and pulling, the doll made it's way through. The look of horror on everyone's face was priceless. I just giggled.
Mac

Getting off ont he right foot

Hello
So I wanted to test out this blog thing that all the kids have been talking about and I wanted to find a place where we could add comments about our new baby girl. I am hoping that this will provide you some insight into our life. Hope you enjoy.
Mac