Madison Grace is here. She weighed 8 lbs. 10 oz. and is 20 in. long. She was born at 12:59 on February 25th. Everyone is doing good. I will post more info. and pictures later but wanted to let everyone see her.

On Valentine's Day I decided we needed to take some pictures of the two of us before Madison arrives. As every picture from then on will be of the baby. Mike had fun messing with the lighting, these are just a few of the many we took. We decided I was a little large for some of the angles. It was amusing, I won't put those on :)

Four days until "ding" the buzzer goes off and baby is officially ready. But there are no real signs yet of an arrival. So we will see how the week goes. Mike's b-day is Thursday so she is not allowed to come then as Mike would lose his b-day forever. I want them to at least have there own days. Even though they will probably be celebrated together alot in the years to come.

So here I am at 36 weeks, just starting the ninth month. I still feel really good. So far I don't really have much to complain about. Still working, cleaning houses, I feel much better if I keep busy. So I'll keep working as long as I can which now being less than 2 weeks away from my due date may not be very much longer. People keep asking me if I'm ready to have this baby. I don't quite know how to answer that. I don't feel awful where I just want to be done being pregnant. But I also don't know that anyone is ever really prepared for their first baby. I know my life is going to change so much for the better but still scary. I've never had a 24/7 job :) So right now I'm thinking she is very easy to take care of and I'm not rushing anything. Once she is here, like the country song goes "Don't Blink", before I know it she will be going to her first day of school. I really want to take one day at a time and enjoy it because you don't get those moments back.

Mike is getting anxious for her to be here. He said the other day it's like someone telling you they have a present for you but you can't have it for 9 months. I can't wait to see him hold her, he is going to be a great dad. We both really want to know what she looks like, I think Mike has had more dreams about her coming out with all her teeth and crazy things like that than I have. It's been interesting as we both are going through this new phase in our lives. So many new firsts for us. Like our first Blog, oh how exciting :)

First Post

So here I go, I thought I should set one of these up before Mike and I enter parenthood. I'm hoping to keep everyone up to date on what is happening in our lives as it will be changing alot from now on. I hope to also use this so I don't forget things that have happened. I plan to update it regularly but who knows as I enter this very different time in my life. So here goes nothing :)