The Lima Bean Diaries

Happy 1 week birthday, Michaela!

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I'm doing this quickly so not much to write about. The kids are doing great. Sonny is adjusting better than expected all he needs to do is know is that he can't pound her on the head and she doesn't have enough teeth to share his lunch and we'll be doing just fine. Get better Nana and Grandma!!! Michaela wants to see you guys. Now on to the photos.

Here she is!

Here's Michaela Stephanie, born last night at 10:29, weighing 8lb 4 oz and is 20.5" long. Everyone is doing well, Steph somehow makes it look way less scary than it does on all those Discovery Channel shows she's so fond of. Sonny will meet his new little sister today.I'm sure many of you will meet her soon, but in the meantime here are some photos of the little brand newbie! We can't turn on the comments due to spam, but feel free to email Steph and Mike.

- Brenna

Going in!

So I just got back from the doctor, I'm on my way to the hospital. I apparently have a leak of amniotic fluid. I will be induced after I am monitored for a contraction pattern. More news, most likely from Brenna to come. Pray this baby is less than 9 pounds please!

Update

Nope, still no baby but you will definitely have news by Wednesday if not sooner.

40 weeks are here again!!!

Just to keep you all updated and try to keep those oh so wonderful "are you still pregnant" phonecalls to a minimum. I went to the doctor today and there is no change. I pulled a fast one and scheduled next weeks appointment for Wednesday instead of Thursday because he had mentioned talking about induction when I'm a week overdue. So really, what's a day? My goal is to keep this baby under 9 lbs. Wouldn't that be a treat? Now if there was only something I could to to avoid back labor I'd be psyched.
On a lighter note we made a belly cast last night it came out great we will paint it at some point but right now it's still drying. Here are a few pictures. Keep in mind that when the casting photo was taken I had been sitting in that position for over an hour, not the most comfy place to be when you are 9 months pregnant.

Don't forget about the king

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Here are some random shots of Sonny being an 18 month old. The look on his face in the last photo is Sonny wondering why Mike is telling him it's not okay to sit in the fridge and eat grapes.

Look familiar?

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Here is me and Kristen showing the belly. The first shot is of me at 41 weeks and 4 days pregnant with Sonny and the second one is me pregnant now at 39 weeks and 3 days, almost two weeks earlier. With any luck I won't have the opportunity to take a 41.4 week picture this time.