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Two Mistakes Thus Far

Patrick — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 23:51:01 +0000

So I (Patrick) have already made 2 mistakes since bringing home baby. First, I wrote a post here and spelled her name wrong. Whoops! I wrote Hanna instead of Hannah. Second, on the video below I put her birthday as July 27th, 2007. I guess she’s been around for so long already it just seems like 2007 still. All is fixed now. Hopefully I won’t make any more mistakes like that. BUT if that’s all I do wrong, I can’t complain too much.

Here’s to Hannah & 7/27/2008, Ciao!

Oscar Nomination for Home Movie

Patrick — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 13:20:39 +0000

Hannah and dieting?

Patrick — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 16:45:18 +0000

We put Hannah on a South Beach all-liquid diet because of her weight. She’s already lost about a 1/2 pound. Go girl!!

Just kidding, there’s no diet. But like all babies she lost a bit of weight since birth. She’s still as healthy as can be.

Thank you!

Patrick — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 16:40:32 +0000

We just wanted to say thank you to everyone who called, sent text messages, sat waiting through the delivery, and left comments on the blogs. They all meant so much, and we all feel very loved & supported. We have amazing family and friends.

From all (three) of us to you: THANK YOU MUCH!!

Baby is here (day 2)

Patrick — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 19:55:13 +0000

So we’ve settled on a name: Hannah Jewel. She came out at about 4pm yesterday and weighs a whooping 9 pounds!! Big baby The cool thing is is that she is already about a month ahead of normal. Not only for her weight (haha) but she is already sort of holding her head up, etc. She’s even crawling already. No she’s not really crawling but I wanted to see if y’all were still following along. Anyways, she and Sarah are doing extremely well and we should be going home tomorrow afternoon from the hospital.

To keep some of you on your toes we’re making a video of the whole experience (kind of) and it should be ready in the next few days. I’ll write a post on here to let everyone know where to find it.

Along with all of that, here are a couple more pictures. We’re not sure if this is right baby because she kinda of looks Asian

Enjoy!

Baby is here!!

Patrick — Sun, 27 Jul 2008 22:05:41 +0000

After a long push… baby has arrived! More details to come!

Labor (stage 3)

Patrick — Sun, 27 Jul 2008 18:33:53 +0000

Sarah and baby are moving right along. She’s dilated at 10cm, so it shouldn’t been too much longer now. Pretty soon we’ll be three.

Labor, still :)

Patrick — Sun, 27 Jul 2008 16:21:31 +0000

Nothing more to report on except we have friends and family showing up now. It’s really nice to have people come down to the hospital and support us, and the baby isn’t even here yet!

Right now, Sarah is napping and getting some energy for pushing later on today. Good times.

The latest…

Sarah — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 18:20:23 +0000

So yesterday I had another doctor’s appointment and I am now 3cm dilated and 70% effaced which means I am progressing along pretty well. I will be 39 weeks on Friday (which is also a full moon) so I am about one week away from my “due date”. The Dr said that baby is pushing 8lbs right now and she is concerned that she will be too big for me to deliver if we wait too long. All that to say, an induction (or what I like to call an “eviction from the womb”) is scheduled for July 28 if she does not make her appearance before then. It is crazy to think she will FINALLY be here no matter what in just a few days! Pray that she comes naturally before the induction because inducing does carry some risks and I’d rather not take that route unless necessary. I have been walking a lot and eating pineapple in hopes that some old wives tales might progress things along. Let me know if you have any other suggestions….and no I’m not going to drink Castor Oil…that’s where I draw the line! =)

Who’s the baby?

Sarah — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 23:19:36 +0000

So this morning I was busy doing stuff around the house and realized I hadn’t seen Emma our dog in a while. As I began to look for her… this is what I found! At first I almost yelled at her…but then it was so cute I had to take a picture and laugh! She will always be our baby too!