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On December 8, 2010 we welcomed our little boy, Gray, into the world.

He decided to make his entrance a little early :) This was fine by me for a couple of reasons. First and foremost, he came at 38 weeks on the dot. This means that he was considered a full term baby which was great news! Secondly, I am so pleased that he will not have to deal with a Christmas birthday for his entire life!



As you can imagine, we are overjoyed and totally enamored with the little guy. We all seem to be coping with the sleep deprivation fairly well although I am definitely looking forward to a time when I can sleep more than 2 hours at a time! And the thought of sleeping through the night? Well, that is too much for me to even fathom right now! The excitement would be too much!



For the record, I've always wondered why brand new moms show the world pictures of themselves looking so utterly horrid. But, I didn't want to deprive you guys of how terrible I looked... it just wouldn't be right. In addition, I've answered the question people have concerning why babies cry immediately after birth... I'm pretty sure it is because they look up and think, "THAT is my mom??? WAAAAAAAAH!!!!!" :)

Injured...Injured Bad

Miss Lola hurt her leg. And, okay, she isn't "injured bad" but whenever I hear the word "injured" I can't help but think of the commercial with the little boy...

Did you watch it? It is one of my favorites...



Moving on... Lola hurt herself romping around like a maniacal maniac so, poor girl, she has been sequestered to the indoors which means.... to the couch.



She is really having a hard time adjusting to this and I hope it doesn't cause her any long-term psychological damage.

The real problem? How we are ever going to get our couch back once she has recovered 100%.




You think I'm giving this back?! Pffffffffft!

Bambino Update :: 37 Weeks

I know I probably sound a little redundant in these bambino posts, but... I really can't believe we are on the tail end of 37 weeks. I mean, I really can't believe it.

Back in April I thought it would take forever to get to this point. The early weeks seemed to creep by at a snail's pace but the last several months have absolutely flown by like an SR-71 Blackbird (<-- I'll go ahead and pat myself on the back for that one).

Everything is going well with the little one. We had an ultrasound at the end of last week and they are estimating that he is just about 7 lbs. Right on target! (This information, by the way, is also causing me the same thoughts of disbelief that the 37 weeks thing is.... Has enough time passed that he could really be 7 pounds?!)

Depending on who you ask, babies at 37 or 38 weeks are considered full-term. So, either last Wednesday or two days from now, he will be a full-term baby and will not be considered premature if he decides to make his entrance into the world. Of course there is no way to really know when that day will come, but the doctor estimates that he will be here in time to "put him under the Christmas tree." By the way, for those of you who don't know (and I understand that you probably don't care either) a baby is due at 40 weeks. But, there is 2 week swing in either direction. So, they are expected to be delivered between 38 and 42 weeks. Our doctor, however, said that we won't be going more than a week past our due date if he decides to hold out on us. And, honestly, with this weather, who could blame him?!

So, we are on alert and trying to be as ready as we can be for when the little bundle decides to make his appearance!