Chillin' Out

Chillin' Out
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Nap Time

Nap Time
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Mother-Daughter

Mother-Daughter
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I'm 1 Week Old!!

I'm 1 Week Old!!
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First Hairwash

First Hairwash
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Sound Asleep

Sound Asleep
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Wide Awake

Cutie
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Our Cutie

Libby
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Almost found the thumb

Libby
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It's a Girl!

At 11:56am on May 20th our beautiful baby girl arrived. Elizabeth Abigail Grunau is the most precious gift and we are so blessed that she is finally here. Libby (that’s short for Elizabeth) is the cutest baby in the world!! She came into the world at 8lbs 11.5oz and was 21inches long. I guess she got some of her size from Dad! Both Mom and baby are doing fine, although Mom is very tired and is looking forward to some much needed rest. We arrived home from the hospital this afternoon and Libby seems to be enjoying her new home. Keep checking back for more pictures on our blogs and on flickr. (There is a link to our flickr on Daryl’s blog, I will have to add the same link to Dawn’s)

Waiting

Well I thought I would write quickly and let everyone know that there is no baby yet. My mom got here on Saturday, so we've been having fun hanging out. It's definitely been helpful to pass the time!! We even planted all of my flowers.... I should say that my mom planted while I pointed (I'm not exagerating!!). Also I don't think our house has ever been so clean!! Between my mom cleaning and me throwing things out (Still nesting), the house is looking great!! We are now ready for the baby to come any time! I have an appointment tomorrow morning, so I will know more then with how well things are progressing.
Who knows, this baby has been fairly textbook thus far, so maybe I'll have her right on the due date! I wouldn't mind that at all!!
Well we'll try to keep you updated as much as possible, but things are kind of in the air once the baby comes! Hope you all have great weeks!!

6 days to go.... maybe!!

Hi everyone!!
So these picture are of me with exactly one week left. My belly had originally gotten smaller when the baby dropped, but now it is back to it's big ol' self again.
So I went to the doctor's yesterday. Dr. Stalker was delivering a baby so I was there for 2 hours!!! YAY!! There were 4 or 5 pregnant ladies and a lady with a newborn all in the waiting room so it was pretty entertaining to see them all scrambling (Or waddling) to the washroom at some point!
When I finally got into the Doctor's office, she was in a super big hurry, trying to get back on schedule. She originally thought that she would only be 1 hour late because the lady that was delivering wasn't a first time mom and was just at the pushing stage. I guess it took longer than expected. Oh well, I can't really be annoyed; when I am delivering I want Dr. Stalker to be with me, not worrying about the patients in her office!!
So she said that everything is really good, as usual. I am still only 1-2 cm, and the baby is super low, but the great news is that I am 70% effaced already!! YAHOO!! Dr. Stalker said that the baby could come at any time now.... she even said that she wasn't sure I would make it until next Thursday's appointment. I guess the effacement is more of an indicator than dialation, because a woman can be 4 cm dialated 4 weeks before she actually gives birth, where effacement is more of an indication that things are starting. So that was really good news, especially since I am not even due until Thursday. So I might be able to have an early, if not on time, baby. I am trying not to get my hopes up too high though. I don't want to be a basket case if happen to go over my due date.... I guess I should say I don't want to be MORE of a basket case! ;)
So I guess now I will have to take extra walks, eat greasy/spicy/chinese food and drink raspberry leaf tea until I have this baby. Apparently these are all things that can trigger labour.... we'll see!
On Sunday for Mother's Day, Daryl, my mom, and I are taking KFC to Grandma Heppner's and are meeting Daryl's parents there for lunch. I can't think of something more greasy than KFC, so maybe I'll have a KFC baby!!! What can I say, Grandma loves her KFC!
Well I hope that you all have a great weekend. I can't promise that I will post anything right when the baby is born, but I will try to keep you all updated, even if it's a little "not yet" post!
Take care and please pray for the labour..... I sure am!!

Well here's a picture of me with 2 weeks to go (actually 11 days)!! Sorry I haven't been that great at keeping you all posted. I have had a few people wondering if we already have had the baby. All I can say to that is.... I WISH!! Things are going really good, but I really want to have this baby soon!!! My mom is coming on Saturday, so I am super excited about that and I think that she will help to make the time go by faster. I figure then at least we can go shopping and walking and that should make the time go by faster.
So I had my doctor's appointment on Thursday and everything is still looking really good. Dr. Stalker said that there wouldn't be any baby this week, but that I had still progressed more than last week. I am now 1-2cm dialated, and the baby is super low. I guess the important thing to focus on is the fact that things are moving forward. At least I can say that things are happening.
Well I'm gonna go put up my elephant feet or as I like to call them "cankles" (That's where you can't tell the difference between my calves and my ankles), take tums for my heartburn, and all of this will happen after I go to the washroom for the twentieth time today!! As you can probably tell I am really ready to be done with all of this!!