Friday, March 27, 2009

Leaving Hosptial

After four days at the hospital we are heading home this afternoon. Now the fun and games begin as we leave the comfort of support of the hospital staff. They have been great!!
Looks like we got a bit of snow on Thursday and it's quite cold out (maybe 15 degrees).
Hope I don't have to shovel too much snow. 
Mom and baby are doing great. The feeding thing is getting better and Gavin is starting to gain back the weight he lost on the first few days (this is normal for all newborns).
We even got some sleep last night. YEAH!!!
More updates soon.

Thursday, March 26, 2009

A few more photos of the little guy!




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Monday, March 23, 2009

Baby Beam Has Arrived!!!!

I am very happy to announce that Gavin Cresap Beam was born 3/23/09 at 12:34.
He weighed 7 lbs and is 19.5 inches long.
Everything went great. Mom and baby and dad are bonding and trying to get some rest. Yeah right!!
Here are a few early photos. More later when Jenn is feeling better.
Enjoy.

Sunday, March 22, 2009

Tomorrow is the big day - 3/23/09

Well, "Laser" will finally get a real name tomorrow. Yes, he will probably be stuck with this as a nickname forever - but that's ok! We arrive at the hospital at 10 and are scheduled for the C at noon! We'll update the blog when we can! Goodbye quiet house! : )

Thursday, March 19, 2009

Progression Shot

Week 37 belly shot


Here is the latest shot of belly Beam!

Assembly Required!



Last weekend after getting a firm date from the OB, Joel decided it was time to start work on putting together the pack-n-play, swing and bouncer. He really enjoyed the directions that came with the pieces and the batteries not included info! 

Friday, March 13, 2009

Junior's Room!



35 weeks!

The past few weeks

Sorry I haven't updated in a while. It has been a busy few weeks. We've been going to weekly doctor's visits. The kiddo sounds like a horse running around the track when they hook us up to the fetal monitor!

On Saturday, we visited with Tina and John and their kiddos from PA/NJ. I used to work with them at DSJ in Philly. The come out for a ski trip every few years. This year we met them on their way out of town. Was great to see them and their growing kiddos!

When we returned home from our visit, Joel took a few drawers down to the basement from the dresser we're going to put in junior's room so I could fill them. He missed a few steps and landed on his foot to cause some severe pain. I pulled the car back out of the garage and we went to the hospital for a Saturday evening in the ED and an x-ray. Luckily nothing was broken just sprained. He has a nice bruise to show for it!

On Sunday, my brother came down to help move furniture. Since Joel was laid up, friends Marsha and Keith came to the rescue. They were able to help move furniture from upstairs to downstairs. Now we are more at ease that we have things set up for junior when he arrives.

I had a doctors appt on Monday and Friday of this past week. Monday we did fetal monitoring and again the kiddo was racing around the track. My fluids were measuring low so i had to drink up - that seemed to do the trick after 4 hours. The doc said junior was looking good but we would probably deliver early - like at 38 weeks. Had the regular doctors appt on Friday. The doc checked things out, again, everything looked good but still breech. We set up the scheduled C-section for the 23rd of March! 10 days from now - oh boy! Time to pack the bags, finish the taxes and get a few more things done around the house!

The weekend has arrived!