Catch Up

Here are some more pictures of Noelle. None of these have been edited as Photoshop is still not working properly on my machine.

10-14-10
The very first picture of Noelle


Fresh baby






Noey's babysitter, Joan. She came right in, washed up and grabbed her baby!


Daddy is so in love!


10-15-10








10-16-10
Daddy getting Noelle ready to go home!






10-17-10
Neko in the middle of it all!


10-18-10
First sponge bath at home


Helping daddy work from home


First trip to the pediatrician


10-19-10




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10-31-10 HAPPY HALLOWEEN!

Winnie the Pooh Pumpkin


Our "Top Banana!"


11-01-10


First "real" bath! She loved it!! No screaming involved!

Sweet Relief

Let me tell you how nice it is to have my body back! Well, I know parts of it still belong to Noelle but man it's good to see my skinny toes again! (My toes are the only skinny part of my body so you have no idea how much they mean to me!!) And, my ankles no longer look like they belong to Shrek's wife! Woo hoo! I can clip my own toe nails and tie my own shoes. I don't have to use my booster seat in the van anymore so my head isn't smooshed up next to the ceiling anymore!

Noelle has had a few outings. Her very first was to Babies R Us to get some supplies after we went to the pediatrician. She went out to vote and do her civic duty on October 23rd.


We got her all dressed up in her festive wear for a late lunch/early dinner at Denny's. It took us 45 minutes to get out of the house. As soon as we put her in her carseat she decided she was hungry. Then we couldn't find all three cats. The hunt began. Put Noey back in her carseat and she felt the need to pee right on through her pumpkin wear. Good grief. As we were leaving Sally was knocking at the door so she came with us to babysit while we ate.


Noelle is doing good. She is eating like a little piggy and loves to sleep all day. We are still working on the sleep all night business. That would be nice because then momma would have fewer headaches! We are getting rest but it's in broken pieces at night and that does bad things to my head.

A Few More Pics

We would have more pics posted but we've been rather preoccupied with this little one. I call her Pumpkin Butt. Dave is hard at work cleaning his room and garage for our replumb (more on that later.) And Photoshop is not working properly on my new computer so I am at the mercy of whatever Dave gets edited and sends to me in a shared folder to post. There will be many more when all these kinks are worked out. Today we are setting a good example for Noey and taking her to vote and maybe stop and pick her up a pumpkin of her own to carve next weekend. I can't believe it's almost Halloween! She is so not going to fit in her costume!

Napping with momma.


Pucker lips!


And some of Dave's handy work!

She's Here!

Cord Blood and Tissue Collection

Here's the link again for those of you who have asked about our cord blood and tissue registry. The registry is still open but closes as soon as I deliver. You can still donate but it would have to be directly through us. We will be making payments on the cost for 6 months after she is born.

Type in my name and Nevada and I'm the only one that comes up.

https://www.cbrclients.com/GiftRegistry/FindRegistry.aspx

Baby Shower

Three friends from school hosted my baby shower. We had a really nice time. Ruth, our librarian, held it at her home and made yummy food for us. It was nice to get together with the ladies and not talk about school and just get to know each other. Dave came for a little bit and took a few pictures but then he couldn't handle all the noise and estrogen! My friend Sally took lots more pictures that I don't have yet but this is all Dave got before he ran!



Some of us were clearly looking at the wrong camera!






Dorothy got the cupcake cake for us! It was very cute!