Well I can’t believe how quickly the time is passing, I mean I knew it would – I’ve done this before a few times, but still, even hanging on to each sweet second, it feels like time is just disappearing out from under me!

Tennyson is doing great, we had to have him tested twice for his jaundice levels (poor baby has a poke on each heel!) but they have leveled off already and we are pretty sure he’ll be jaundice free before we know it. It helps that he is eating really well every 2 hours and filling those diapers (also amazing how fast he goes through those puppies!).

I’m starting to feel a bit nervous, we are just a few days away from Monday when g goes back to work and regular life sets in again, I so wish i could just spend every day from now until Tennyson is a few months old at the least just soaking him in, but I know we have to go back to regular life again and there will be dishes and laundry and kids to feed and a million and a half other to-do’s… sigh I’m hoping I’m up to the challenge!

Well because I am trying to soak him in, I have been taking pictures as much as I can – here are some from today:

I wanted to get a few pictures of him with the brothers too, but I’m not brave enough quite yet to get all of them together, so i got a few of them seperately. Here’s Gareth:

and Owen:

and then Reece, he decided he didn’t want to be smiling for the pic, I think he was trying to make Tennyson’s expression:

Then a bit later when he wasn’t near Tennyson, he said he was ready to smile, and this is the face he gave me!

Sigh, thinking back to when Reece was just born it doesn’t seem so long ago!

Okay someone over here is getting hungry, not to mention there is a mommy who is really ready to get some more cuddles too!

…I’m completely inlove.

Still resting/recovering but I took this pic today and I had to share it. Ah, life is good…

We came home from the hospital today and mommy and baby are doing great – just doing lots of resting now to recoup from our big weekend Everything went really smoothly, and we are so relieved to he is HERE and our little family has this little baby we’ve been dreaming of home at last!

Thanks for all the well wishes and I’ll post some more about how everything went when I’m feeling a bit less out of it!

Well it looks like today is the day folks! (THANK GOD!)

I’ve been miserable and contracting really regularly for weeks now – but it keeps getting more and more intense and tonight it reached a new all time high – we came into the hospital, but felt less than hopeful since i’ve been here more than a few times in the past.

Well when they checked me and told me I was at four centimeters and that it was time, and started the admission process – we could barely believe it!

I am still contracting really regularly – and hopeful that my body keeps kickin’ it up a notch on its own and we can really do this thing!  But if I do need some help, as long as we HAVE THIS BABY I’ll be completely thrilled.

Keep us in your prayers tonight/tomorrow and I promise to update (with a birth announcement I’m hoping!) soon.

So a friend just teased me about successfully using the word “Ack” in an email, and it made me laugh, because at this point in time I’m feeling like an “Ack!” belongs at the beginning of every sentence… things all have a sense of urgency at this point in time.

36 weeks and 2 days pregnant and I’m feeling the heat after 2 months of bedrest and going on my third month here of contracting all the time. I’m really really ready to be done being pregnant, and trying to keep my spirits up, but honestly, I’m exhausted and really not feeling patient or calm about it all.

I am contracting A LOT (have I mentioned that before??) and I ended up in the hospital last week because of regular contractions, (every 3 mins or so for about a DAY) and although they had done a bit to dilate my cervix some more, I still haven’t passed the 3 cm mark, or that magic 4 cm mark that means active labor.
I’m working hard to fill my time, and trying to do fun things to keep my spirits up – Last Friday my dear friend Dani had the boys and I over and took some incredible maternity photos of us. Although I NEVER before this pregnancy took a picture of my belly, and basically spent my last three pregnancies hiding from all cameras, I really wanted to bite the bullet and get some pictures with the boys and my tummy this time around, since it is our last little baby and so the three of them plus tummy is a complete picture of my family as a whole.

Usually I would feel self conscious and nervous about any tummy skin at all, but dani did such a great job and they all feel so not gross to me, but instead sweet, and just the perfect reminder of how much I prayed for this little child, and how grateful I am to be growing one more life inside of me. It is good for my sanity (especially right now) and I’m sure these will be the perfect mementos of the end of the baby bearing chapter in my life.

Here are a few of my favorites:

And this one makes me especially happy – I love this picture of all of us together, and my expression here, well it is classic because this is my life! The boys are all in true form here and it is such a perfect capture of our lives.

There are more, including some more really fun ones of the boys and some of each of them with me alone – you can check them out by clicking here.

So, now the pictures are taken, the baby clothes are ready and washed, the crib is set up and the gear is good to go…. everything is just WAITING for this little guy, and trust me the sooner the better… because my crazy level is GROWING.  Today I’m going to do some cleaning and then take a walk with the boys I think, we actually have a rare non rainy day here, and we need to take advantage.

The baby room is all set up and I need to show it off!  It looks great   So after a quick straighten up I’ll take some pictures and share those soon (unless ofcourse God shows me some mercy and I go into labor first!)

Keep me and my poor tired body (and not so patient mind) in your prayers and if you can spare any labor dust send it my way – because ACK!  After holding this baby in for so long, I’m so ready to have him out of there!!