Baby Jack is here.

Jack was born on 2/11/10 at 12:24 am.  Kristin was only in labor for 7 hours.  She was a trooper and did not have an epidural.  She went pretty quickly and Jack came out much larger than anticipated.  He was 8 lbs and 8.6 oz.  he was a staggering 21.5 inches long and had a head circumference of 13.5 inches.  He has big feet and really long fingers and toes.  He has many visitors.  Pastor Douglas and Zach Smith (the youth director at the church) came by and said a prayer for Jack, Kristin, and I.  It was great to see them and have them come and share the experience.  We have had a bunch of small group members and school friends come by and see him.

He is making funny noises as I type this and has been wide eyed and bushy tale from the minute they handed him to me.  He has been looking around and trying to take in all the sights of the big, new world.  I will get going but wanted to update.  Kristin will post soon with a bunch more details.

Baby C update!

Yesterday was my weekly doctor's appointment.  No new progress, holding steady at 1.5 cm and 70%.  I go back on Thursday of next week (February 11th) for an ultrasound and nonstress test if the baby hasn't come yet.  If anything doesn't look right on the ultrasound (like low fluid) or the baby is in stress during the stress test they will send me to the hospital then to be induced, otherwise if everything still looks ok, I will go back early in the following week and pick a day to be induced if the baby still hasn't come yet.  Please pray that Baby C will come on its own!  We know at this point the baby still isn't late, but we are hoping to go through this without having to be induced.  We will update as soon as something happens, either baby or news from our doctor's appointment.

11 days!

We are almost down to single digits!  Yesterday was my weekly doctor's appointment.  Still at 1.5 cm and 70% effaced.  Hopefully something happens soon!  The doctor said that I was early for a first time mom to have any progress in the first place at 36 weeks and now it seems to just have stalled.  He also guessed that it will be a pretty average size baby between 7-8 pounds.  I have tried just about everything on the list of things to do to help start labor, I have been walking a lot, had Italian (they say it is not the magical eggplant in eggplant Parmesan but more likely the oragano and basil), accupressure, relaxing, you name it I have probably tried it.  Every time we get a new book or two I read it to the baby right away.  Everything is ready for the baby, room all set up, house is clean and puppies are even clean, just no baby :)  We honestly are trying not to be impatient, but hey that is just not us!  Apparently the baby wants to be super subborn.  Stubbornness runs pretty deep in our families, hard to say who the most stubborn is, but at the moment, I am feeling that it is the baby.

No progress :(

No progress at the doctor's today :(  We are a little disappointed, but at the same time know that is the way it goes with babies!  They will come on their own time, God already knows baby C's birthday, we just have to wait.  My belly measured 37 cm and I am 37 weeks so it seems to be right on target.  I am running out of books to read the baby though, I have read everything to it in our collection, except the Velveteen Rabbit, which we bought yesterday.  So back again to the doctor next Monday, until then back to walking and trying to relax until this baby comes!
Saturday we lost a family friend, Miss Joan Ward.  Our prayers are with the Ward family and all of her friends, she was a sweet woman and will be greatly missed!  

Anticipation :)

Yesterday I went to the doctor and I was 1.5 cm dilated, 70% effaced and the baby is head down at -2 station.  I was pretty excited that there was some progress towards labor.  I know it could still come at anytime but it makes me feel better knowing that my body is working towards getting the baby outta here ;)  Over the weekend we did a lot to prepare for the baby.  We bought a bookcase and also got the changing table.  Bryce built both of those so the nursery is pretty much complete now, just missing the baby :)  I washed all of Baby C's clothes labeled up to 3 months, so we really are ready at anytime!  I go back to the doctor on Monday and hopefully will have another good update with some more progress!

Nursery Pictures

Happy New Year :)

Happy New Year!  2010, it is the year of Baby Ciancio (well for our families anyway :) Mom and Dad came last Sunday and stayed here for a week.  It was wonderful having them here and we got a lot done around the house in preparation for the baby coming.  It was also nice since Bryce left on Monday to go to the Auburn bowl game and was in Tampa all week.  While they were here Dad painted the chair rail and finished touching up the paint and they also bought the crib.  Harold and Bryce built the crib last night so the nursery is really coming along.  It is pretty exciting and I will definitely put up pictures soon!  I was hoping to buy the rocker while Mom and Dad were here but Target stopped carrying it in stores because it was recalled.  So I found a similar one online and order that, hopefully it will be here soon.  Apparently Koter bug did not learn his lesson about eating random crap because Mom and Dad found him with a tape roll three different times while they were here.  He is apparently trying to teach Nala and Pudge his mischievous ways.  Mom found Pudgy eating a tissue and Nala threw up some hard piece of plastic!  Last night we celebrated Christmas with Harold, Lise, Grandpa and Kristen.  Bryce and I received his grandmother's china.  It is beautiful and I can't wait to get a hutch to display it in.  I had a doctor's appointment today.  I measured 34.5 cm and I am just over 35 weeks so right on target.  Baby C could be here anytime between now and a little after February 6th.  After speaking with a couple of nurses I think I have had Braxton Hicks contractions.  I have experienced an uncomfortable pressure in my pelvic floor which the nurses believe are the BH contractions.  They told Bryce they don't really feel like labor contractions, but is just your body practicing for labor.  I will definitely update on Monday after I go back to the doctor, we are down to every week now :)