We have a girl!

By now you know that we had a baby. And by now you prolly know that baby is a girl!!!! We still can't believe it... not sure why. Just that neither of us expected it for some reason. That being said I think we are both growing more and more excited about it each day! The theme of today was PINK!
When we started today, the only thing we had that was PINK was the Vail baby hat that the hospital had given us, and a PINK bow and baby blanket that Alana and Jess brought last night. Yikes! We have a girl and no girly clothing! This could be an issue. I mean, I do want her to grow up and be a tomboy and all, but it may be nice for people to at least know that she is a girl while she is a baby!
Our First attempt at the Bow thing!

Thankfully our friends Amy and Tiffany came up to visit this morning and brought plenty of goodies! Amy brought a bag full of cute girly bows and Tiffany brought her most excellent photog. skills! Those along with a cutsie little outfit for Lindy! I am sure that there will be more PINK in the near future!

Aunt Lindsey sent a gift bag from the hospital gift room containing some candy bars to satisfy Natalie's sweet tooth, and a cute little PINK baby blankie.
Cayle and Grandma came to visit this afternoon after his naptime. He loves the idea of the "baby" but is still hesitant to get too close or to touch her. He is doing so good with being around her though and pointing out all the PINK baby things! He cleaned our hospital room for us while he was here, and then took me out to Qdoba with grandma for dinner! What a sweet little man!

Cayle took Grandma to library today, and to the park to play. This after taking her to the pool yesterday to swim. He has been riding his bike everyday, and eating like champ! (not sure if he is growing or something, but he has been eating more than his usual amounts!!!) He has music tomorrow then coming back up to see us!Lindy update: She has been doing great! Nursing is going really well, and pretty much all she does is eat, fuss, and sleep. She loves sleeping on Natalie and tonight fell asleep on me for the first time! Current routine is eat for 40 minutes, sleep 10, fuss 10, eat 10, sleep 10, fuss 10... you get the point, this goes on for about 3 hours ish, then she falls asleep for 4-5 hours! She sleeps so soundly, sometimes I check her breathing to make sure she still is. She is so perfect and will be such a great complement to her big brother Cayle! We are so lucky and blessed to have 2 healthy happy children!

We are thinking she looks like Cayle as a baby (pictured below)

Checked in

Neither I nor Natalie slept very much last night. Couple hours maybe. Both pretty anxious and excited! About 230 am we were both awake, so we started playing Scrabble on the Ipad. 1 game of Scrabble turned into 3 games of Dice. Then it's 400am and time to get ready to go. Snow or rain pretty much the whole way to Vail made for a little slow going, but we made it and got checked in. Natalie is now sitting in her robe, watching some T.V. and being prepped for surgery. It's scheduled for 730. We have an hour and a half to mentally prepare I guess. Baby is on the monitor and everything is looking good. What a contrast to the last time we were in the hospital. This is very relaxed and kind matter of fact. Last time was a kind of controlled chaos...which is prolly what you get with any natural birth.

Spring Break 2012!

Spring Break 2012 has begun and is sure to be a memorable one! We were finally able to get everything done before the baby arrives! Grandma comes in tomorrow for a couple of days with Cayle before we head to the hospital on Monday morning.

Weather has turned cold with a chance of some precipitation. We desperately need it! The good thing is that the weather is looking nice for the rest of the break, and all of next week! 60's getting back up to the low 70's and full of glorious sunshine! Should be great for the new baby, and hopefully a few bike rides late next week. First race (hopefully) is in less than 2 weeks, in Eagle! Short track style!

I have a feeling this weekend is going to go quickly... :-)

Counting

the days... I am getting really excited to meet my new baby son/daughter! My mom will be here in a few days to spend some quality time with Cayle while we are at the hospital, and then to help out when we come home. I know it will be more work, but that doesn't really bother me much. I am just excited to find out if it's a boy or a girl. Also excited to see how Cayle reacts the first time he meets his brother or sister. Watching the baby in my wife's belly is the coolest/creepiest thing! It really looks like it is trying to escape! There's just no space, and you can see all the movements/punches/rolls, everything! It really is such a miracle that there is a baby in there. Hard to understand until you have experienced it for yourself. (Not Natalie's belly or our baby...)

A little surprise...

Natalie began having some contractions this morning at work... She is 32 weeks, so still a little early. I suggested via chat that she sit as much as possible. When that wasn't working, she called the doctor and they said she needed to get home and sit down. So she left work at noon. Once at home and sitting, the contractions stopped. She has an all day wrestling tourney tomorrow that she is hosting at school, and the doc told her NO WAY was she allowed to attend... That's tough for her, but I'm sure she did such a thorough job organizing it will all run smoothly without her there. She has to stay seated/resting for the rest of the weekend. If it's good on Monday, she's fine, if not, off to the doctor we go. The longer Baby B #2 can stay in there the better!