(Our daily life.)

Gracie lost her umbilical cord today! It was hanging on by a thread late last night when I changed her diaper but I couldn't get it off. This morning, I tugged it a teensy bit and it came right off.  It was so gross. I am so glad that thing is gone. In other Gracie news, she decided to stay awake for 3 hours last night. Yep. Until 12:30am. She was just staring at me. I was grateful she wasn't crying, but I couldn't understand why she was awake. She has really spoiled us with her sleeping. She sleeps a lot. And, it usually doesn't take much to get her to sleep. We are testing Daddy's theory that she napped too much yesterday and keeping her awake more today. And with that, I need to wake up baby.

I have been meaning to get into the habit of posting. I think about it every day. Then, the day gets away from me. But, I know there is so much that I am going to want to remember so I am going to try really hard to get something posted every week-day. May as well set the bar high, right? =) So, I thought I would start with a recap of Gracie's birth. Wed Oct 15th: We have our 39 week doctor appt. We are scheduled for an ultrasound before the dr visit. The ultrasound shows that the baby is 8 pounds 14 ounces. Mommy is a little stunned and has a hard time getting up and leaving the office. We see the dr and he explains that the baby could be one pound bigger or one pound larger than the weight the ultrasound showed. Either way we are looking at an 8-10 pound baby. Mommy is still in shock. The dr checks me and determines that nothing is really happening and things are not favorable to induce the baby. We can wait and see if I go into labor or we can schedule a c-section. If we get

October 20th 8 pounds 3 ounces 20 1/2 inches 6:31 pm