World, meet ginger.

She was born early the morning of August 23rd, a short 30 minutes after we arrived at the hospital- no epidural, hospital gown barely on, my Doctor making it in just in time for the final few pushes. It was ideal.
She has long eyelashes and dark dark hair. Sometimes she looks [...]

Well, here it is- my estimated date of delivery. I was optimistic that I would be holding a little ginger girl by this time, but here I am waddling around the house, wishing that I could choose the time of her arrival. Tonight would be great. Ya hear that ging?
It’s a surreal [...]

Dear Ginger,
Just in case we haven’t officially told you yet, we’re ready for you. We have washed and folded all your little dainty pink baby clothes (with a healthy dose of hand-me-downs from your brother).

We have a vintage Jenny Lind crib that we picked up for you at a garage sale, and even though [...]

hello long lost friends!
My absence these past few weeks can be explained in the news that Mr. Jack is so eagerly sharing with everyone. We found out shortly before Christmas that baby #2 is on the way. And for me being pregnant= months of nausea, fatigue, and sparsely attended pity parties. So [...]

Garth and I are heading to the hospital tonight for some medical intervention to get little Jack born. I’ll be induced this evening with the hopes that he’ll be born sometime tomorrow, so I’ll be signing off here for a little while- but I’ll still try to tweet.
love and peas,
elle

Visited labor and delivery and they hooked me up to the monitors. Jack is healthy and happy. My Doctor plans to induce on Thursday if Jack doesn’t make an effort to join the world by then.
xo
elle

This is the waiting week. I am just not able to sit around and prop my feet up- I need to be doing things! So I’m still working on the list….and to make myself feel better about my progress, here’s the updated list, with some modifications, and pictures!

The bassinet set that I made [...]

Dear Jack,
In case we forgot to tell you, we’re ready. We have diapers (enough for a month or two), and a bassinet (with custom-made-just-for-you-sheets!), a few lasagnas frozen for dinner ready to go in the freezer, and our hospital bag is packed and waiting by the door (with a loaded ipod and nilla wafers!). [...]

39 weeks means:
more drool on my pillow in the morning.
carpal tunnel syndrome and weak & tingly hands.
my shoes no longer fit.
no matter how much water I drink, I’m thirsty.
no matter how often I eat, I’m always up for eating more.
garth is so far away, even when we’re hugging!
I can sleep till noon.
our house occupancy is [...]

I have this long list in my journal entitled, Things to do pre-jack. Now, I don’t know how long we’ve got until he’s here, but I’ve been making these things a priority. Celebration is in order because I have been able to cross off number 8: wedding scrapbooks. (Wedding photo albums are [...]