Courtney may look like me

When I got home from the hospital I dug out this photo of my parents the day they brought me home from the hospital - and I think Courtney looks a bit like me. :-)

I am back

Whew. Todd capably took over blogging duties for a while. Now I'm at home, running on no sleep, enjoying hanging out with baby Courtney. Here's some more photos and explanations.

Here's a family photo taken sometime during my hospital stay - maybe Friday. I was so out of it my days have run together.

I like this photo of Todd and Courtney taken at the hospital.......

mom and baby

At the end of the day Kristen and baby were completely exhausted!

mom, baby and gmom

mom and baby

mom and gmom

Todd & Mike

Proud dad and granddad in da house post-op.

7 lb 7 oz dark-haired blue-eyed angel

Baby News

I have a doctor's appointment on Wednesday and my doc has said if I don't have the baby by Wednesday then she will schedule an induction for Friday, Nov. 9. So we have a definite due date or target due date. Last Friday when I saw her, the doc said to exercise as much as possible to try to make Curtain Climber arrive on her own. So I have been walking the dog profusely, vacuuming and doing other household tasks, etc. I have also eaten all the spicy food that I can. I am trying to hit all the bases.


So everything is ready. A bag is packed for all three of us. The car seat is in the car. My ipod is charged and loaded with lots of favorite music and podcasts. Other baby things have been washed and/or put together. Most of the tasks I needed to do at my work are done. My assistant is trained on how to triage my phone calls, incoming mail and email. Guest bedrooms are prepared at our home. If anyone out there can think of something I haven't done, please keep it to yourself because I am sleeping easy!
:-)

Toasty Warm Over Here

In an apparent fit of insanity and maybe denial that the baby is coming soon, Todd decided to blow an enormous amount of cellulose insulation into our attic today. The first photo shows our garage with the contractor Antolin helping by loading the insulation into the machine (the hose sucks it up into the attic). The second photo shows our poor pitiful Cokie, who in her curiosity to see what was in the attic, got covered in cellulose.

Todd's Family Baby Shower

Todd's cousins were sweet enough to throw us a family shower this past Sunday with a cake (made by Lacey) that was almost too beautiful to eat. Pictured are Leah on the left and Angel on the right of me - who were both the hostesses. Curtain Climber got some great pink loot!

Rufus's Halloween Costume

I am a few days late, but I had to add this photo of Rufus's Halloween costume - a Frankenstein hat. Our neighborhood is lucky enough to have some folks who organize something special for the kids each year. There is a yard with a jumping apparatus for the kids, and then everyone loads up on a hay-baled trailer and goes trick or treating around the neighborhood. Our neighborhood has only about 100 houses so the kids have plenty to do. I was surprised when about 20 kids came and knocked on the door at the same time...it was the Trick or Treat "limo," or so they called it. This is the first year we have been home and able to answer the door for trick or treaters (in the 3 Halloweens we have lived here). Next year with a kid we will be taking a greater part in it. :-)