Mackenzie arrives!

7 lb 12.7 oz and 20 3/4 inches long. She’s an angel and I’ll post the whole story soon.

Here are a few photos to give you a taste, and there’s more here: http://beanland.smugmug.com/gallery/4059806.

Even better, my fantastic father stayed up late editing a video of Mackenzie’s debut. Don’t worry, no gore!

Click here for the video.

labor

I find myself quite unexpectedly in labor.

An induction was scheduled for tomorrow so we had a busy day planned for today. But, at my appointment this morning, my doctor was concerned about the baby’s heart rate and sent us straight to the hospital.

The baby is fine, I’m hooked up to four different machines (wonderful for peace of mind, because I can hear the heartbeat constantly). I am starting to feel the contractions more.

For all you number lovers, I’m dilated to a 4, 90% thinned out, and I’m a -2. The contractions are 3-4 minutes apart, each lasts about 1 minute, and Baby Bean is not allowed to come for at least 5 more hours because that’s when my dad’s plane lands.

I’m blogging from my iPhone, which means even this brief post kept me occupied through more than a dozen contractions. Only a few more to go…

Due Date!

But she’s not so much doing anything yet.

Hope you’re having a Merry Christmas!

Where Baby Bean Will Sleep

I’m sorry the photos are a bit blurry. It’s a dark Columbus night, but I was antsy to take photos and cross something off my list.

Here’s what you’d see when you first walk in the door (if you are a camera and your flash catches mad glare off the photo on the wall, that is):

Notice the purple walls, the dresser and closet on the right, the handsome and proud soon-to-be-daddy, the fun bookcase with crazy stuffed animals from Ikea and the very very drafty windows.

Here’s a better photo of the closet/dresser wall, though I still caught too much glare off the photo to see it properly. Click here to see the peacock in all his (her?) glory.

This is the wall immediately to the left of the doorway as you walk in:

Turning a little more left, you see the cool train photo Scott picked out for the room. (Many thanks to my co-worker, Andy Williams, who took every photo you see on the walls!)

And finally, the beautiful crib my parents gave me, and the glider and ottoman Scott bought me when my belly got too big to balance a laptop on. (This photo is hanging just to the right of the crib, and this print will be hanging above the crib as soon as my dad brings it out from CA. It hung above my bed my whole life. )