http://bloggingfor2.com Sun, 06 May 2007 20:39:12 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Mommy bought Elliot a new Rain Forest Play Mat. http://bloggingfor2.com/?p=60 Elliot and I had some quiet time this morning together while mommy was getting ready to go out to the mall. I was shooting some pictures and video of him when I caught him sneezing. The video quality is not the best as I was using my still ... http://bloggingfor2.com/?p=59 I have lots of baby books and know lots of parents, both new and experienced, but I must say the best answers have come from Elliot himself. He is such a smart baby! He tells us everything we need to know - when he's hungry, when he's messy, ... http://bloggingfor2.com/?p=58 Thank God Elliot was at the end of all that! That was how long our labor was. Of course, I had the kind of labor that no one told me about - prodermal labor, also known as latent labor. Contractions were happening but they weren't going anywhere. ... http://bloggingfor2.com/?p=57 Elliot James Buchan Born March 22nd 2007 at 9:20PM 7lbs 3oz 20 inches long http://bloggingfor2.com/?p=56 So I had my weekly checkup today and had some good news!  I am dilated one centimeter!  It doesn't give any indication of when anything might start happening but it's progress!  Having one less centimeter to dilate makes it seem like I already have some of the work done.  I ... http://bloggingfor2.com/?p=54 I figured I'm not going to get much bigger so we decided to take some pictures today. I'm more comfortable than I thought I would be but the belly is getting heavy! Speed bumps are my worst enemy right now! Thank goodness I don't have to ... http://bloggingfor2.com/?p=53 My maternity leave officially began on Tuesday morning at 10:00, immediately following my staff meeting.  I didn't even have to go to that but I had to turn in my paperwork anyway so I thought I would go.  Wednesday was my first full day off so I truly took the ... http://bloggingfor2.com/?p=52 The nursery is done! Here are some pictures! Not long now! Just waiing for one more thing to arrive! http://bloggingfor2.com/?p=51 ...in hopes that a baby soon will be there.  Well everyone, it is Week 37.  While I have not been productive on my blog, you should see the nursery.  It is almost finished and it has become an almost magical place.  We have accomplished a lot in the past couple ... http://bloggingfor2.com/?p=50