Grady Pictures!

"Playing" with his first baseball.

Grady's first bath :)

Grady taking a nap at Daddy's baseball game.

All ready for his first trip to church!

Grady's Stats...

Hi there! Just wanted to post a baby Grady update. When Grady was born he weighed 8 pounds 10 ounces and was 20 inches long. When we left the hospital he weighed 8 pounds 2 ounces. The doctor said it was normal for babies to lose weight after birth and that by the time of his 2 week check up he was hoping for him to be back at his birth weight. Well, we took Grady for his 2 week check up and he weighed in at 9 pounds 5 ounces and was 22 inches long. I felt so proud of my little boy for growing so much! Here are some pictures from his appointment.

Grady is here!

Sorry it took me a while to update! Grady is finally here, and although we are a little sleepy we couldn't be happier with this little blessing from God.

After going 40 weeks and 5 days... the doctor gave me the option of being induced and I didn't hesitate to say yes! Grady was pretty comfy in there and although I was dilating and about 70 to 80 percent effaced he was not coming down yet, and probably would have gone at least another week. So on Friday morning, April 2nd we went in at 5am to start labor! They started me on pitocin at 7am, and I started having mild contractions that were 1 to 2 minutes apart. Then, Dr.Linzey came in to break my water at 10am. Right away my contractions came on pretty strong, but I wanted to see how long I could last without getting the epidural. At about 10:45 the nurse came in and said she had ordered my epidural because the doctor was going to be in a c-section so if I didn't get it now I would have to wait about 2 hours. I did not argue with her and gladly took the epidural. :) From there on, until I had to push, I didn't feel much. Then, around 5:30pm the doctor came in to check and said it was time to start pushing. I got excited thinking I would continue not to feel very much and soon Grady would be here. After pushing for an hour and a half, my epidural wore off and I was feeling everything! At that point Grady seemed to be stuck (due to his large head) and the doctor pulled out the suction. It worked and Grady came out with four sets of pushes, and a pretty big bruise on his head. It was the biggest relief and best feeling to know that he was finally here and everything was ok. Buddy was an AMAZING support the whole day! I could not have asked for anything more from him, and seeing his smile when Grady came out made everything perfect!

During the labor and delivery we were very blessed to have friends and family in the waiting room. My mom, cousin Cheryl, and Buddy's mom were able to join us in the room for the delivery. It was very nice to share such an amazing experience with Grady's Grandma's!

Here are some pictures from our exciting day!

Busy, busy, busy...

Hi there! As you can guess we have been super busy lately so I have not been keeping up with the blogging world. January was a great month! It started off with the arrival of baby Sophia. She is the daughter of our good friends Jeff and Amy, and Grady's future little girl friend. Then, Buddy turned 26. We had a birthday brunch for him with family and friends. Many of our favorite people were able to join us to celebrate and we had a great time!

January also started the first of our baby showers to get ready for our sweet baby boy. Some of our friends from high school got together and gave us many fun things to help welcome baby Grady. Katie was a wonderful host and I felt truly blessed to spend time with them and prepare to be a mommy.

The following weekend Buddy played in his Chapman Alumni baseball game. It was fun to see all of the guys and catch up with the "wives", oh, and of course watch baseball ;). The next day we had a "Poo Party" barbeque. We had a bbq and invited many of the boys with their significant others to join us and help us build our collection of much needed diapers! We now have a closet full of diapers and can't imagine how we will use them all, but I'm sure we will!

Redskins vs. Chargers

On Sunday Buddy and I went to the Redskins vs. Chargers football game in San Diego. We had a great time, and were thankful that we got such great seats from our friends Allison and Marc! We went down early Sunday morning for brunch, and then did a little tailgating before the game. It was an exciting game, and the Redskins actually scored a couple of times and almost pulled it off. We are hoping next season will be much better for them! Thanks Mangiaficos! We had a great time!

7 months!

Hey there! Hope the New Year is treating you well! We are all doing well over here and as you can see my belly is growing like crazy, which means the arrival of our sweet baby Grady is quickly approaching! We are so excited to meet him and be parents! We started working on converting the guest room into a nursery, but I haven't made much progress in relocating my clothes. I hope to move them all out by this weekend so we can get some painting done! Since we already have the furniture I am just itching to get it all set up. I think that is called nesting? Everything is still going well babywise. I feel great and the doctor says everything is on target for our March 28th due date. Please continue to keep us all in prayer!

Fun Baby Item!

While I was off last week I had the opportunity to meet my Grandy (Grandma) for lunch. We are like two peas in a pod and can spend hours talking once we get together! Unfortunately, she lives in the mountains, and I have a typically busy schedule so we don't get to meet up as much as we'd like. After a great lunch, and lots of catching up, Grandy took me to order our stroller. She heard about the bugaboo a while back on Rachel Ray and decided that she would like to get one for us! It was so nice and thoughtful of her, and I already love it even though I am still waiting for it to be delivered! I can't wait to push little Grady in it! After spending forever trying to decide on a color (because I am not very decisive) we decided to go for the denim! It should be coming soon... Thank you Grandy!