Welcome baby Elijah!

Well the wait is finally over! Baby Eli is here! He is a BEAUTIFUL 8lbs, 19in, black hair baby boy! We are totally in love with him! All the new baby stuff is flooding back to our memories! The sweet little squeaky noises they make, their soft skin, their sweet smell! I could go on and on! I just cant get over what a miracle he is, how God has blessed our family with two healthy beautiful children! We are so blessed. I though I had a very easy delivery with Alyssa, but Eli put her to shame! :) Seeing that I was able to plan this one (being induced), I was able to gage my pain and get the epidural when I wanted it before the pain got too bad. They started the petocin at 8:30 and he was here at 12:59 so he beat Alyssa's time by 1 minute! Now we are just sitting at the hospital enjoying him. We are not worried by the world continuing all around us, all we have to do until after tomorrow is sit in this room and look at our new addition. Alyssa has been amazing as well! She is totally in big sister mode! When she first saw him she was amazed, and you could see it on her face! Anytime she would lose site of him she would almost panic! She would be like, "Where's Eli", "Who took my baby?"! She has wanted to hold him and kiss him, she can't keep her hands off of him, and it is so great! Well I have rambled long enough, I will try to get some pictures on here soon! Thanks for all of the prayers!

The day before....

Well today is the day before the big day! I should have know that Eli would be as stubborn as his sister, but I guess it just runs in the family! I will be induced at 7:00 am tomorrow! Please pray for my family because I am sure it will be interesting/hectic! I am a little concerned with Alyssa because of the huge change that I know is going to take place. She is very excited, but I know that it's going to be hairy for a while! :) Just pray that I have the patience and strength to handle them both! I know Allen will be a huge help so I can let go of half of the burden, but at the same time I know how I am. My downfall is that I never stop, no matter how tired I am! I will have to let go for awhile until I get the hang of 2 kids under 3! I am sure that God will help us and He will give me the knowledge and strength to know how to handle every situation that may arise! This may be my last blog for awhile so I will try to learn how to post pictures on here so everyone can see my beautiful boy! Wish me luck!!!!!

Busy Saturday

Sometimes I wonder if we are sane or not! Today we decided to have a yard sale. I know you are thinking, aren't you about to have a baby? Well, yes......I hoped it would help, but no! No baby yet! We did really well, but I am exhausted! Allen did most of the work, except for the actually selling of the items, but still getting up that early is a chore! Plus what is it with people who come in at the last moment, actually past the last moment, and wonder why you are cleaning up? I was like its 12:45 and it was over at 12:00, but I will make you a lump deal on everything out here if you will just get it out of my yard! I guess they are pretty smart.....Oh well I will try to post again before I have this baby! If not I am being induced on Wednesday so we know he will be here by then at least! I think he is getting a little cozy in there..........

No baby..........

So there is still no baby, but I feel like anytime now he could make his entrance! Which is a little scary! You know, I don't want to be walking around, and all of the sudden......whoopsie there is a baby! Allen said he wasn't really fond of the idea of waking up at 3:00am with wet sheets and me saying "uh I think its time"! But you never know, that is the joy of childbirth! I have not been feeling well today, I think I may have a virus of some sort to go along with all of this.......Just great, something else!:) I have scheduled to be induced next Wed if nothing has happened yet so at least there is a definite end in site....
Today we had planned on this being a family day. I have not decided what to do yet since I am not feeling well, but Allen is off and we kept Alyssa out of school so we could go do something "special". It will probably consist of a trip to Chik-fil-a if nothing else ! I know that is a special day in Alyssa's book!!! I will post later about how it all turns out~

Trip to the Doctor

So I just got back from the Dr office with good news!!!!! Last Tuesday at this exact time I was 1cm and 0% effaced, today I am 3cm and 75% effaced! Looks like little Eli is ready to make an entrance!! I told my friend Heather and she said one trip to the Mexican restaurant and he should be on his way! Which makes me wonder, do things like spicy food, walking, yoga really work in progressing labor? Hum.........maybe I should go for a walk tomorrow after eating some chicken curry!!

A first.....

Well here it is, a first for us! I want to do my best and be a "blogger" and join my many other friend who are already pros, but the main reason for this blog is because our best buds , The Burleys, have moved away. So sad, I know! We miss them terribly, but God has great things in store for their family!! We wanted to be selfish and keep them here, but with today's technology there are many ways to keep in touch! Hurray for text messaging!!!!!! So I solemnly swear to uphold the bloggers' rules and keep a post going! I am sure I will get slack when I have to go back to work, but I will do my best!!!