We started Thanksgiving in the usual way, going out to Hastings
Wednesday to make stuffing and apple pies and watch Carolina trounce
somebody in basketball. Went to bed only to get up at 1:30 for a
lightening fast trip into the hospital.
Theodore Cooper Anderson was born at 9:36 Thanksgiving morning,
weighing in at exactly 8 pounds. Phew! We're home, eating leftovers
and feeling thankful!
Love, Sarah (and Eric and Lucy and Theo)
Still pregnant, still pregnant, still pregnant!
Hello out there. I guess the pea pod likes it in her little garden. So, I'm not officially due until Sunday (three days) but I have a feeling it is going to be later than that...yes, yes, I know this is pretty typical for the first pregnancy, but goodness if you know me at all you know that patience is not one of my virtues. I'm feeling great except for the not sleeping, tired thing, which, yes, yes, I know won't get any better after the baby...except then I can sleep on me belly! As Lisa put it, I wake up in the morning feeling a bit like a rotisserie chicken.
I am nesting and preparing and going out for night swims. It's too hot for me during the day 100-114! All is well, we are prepared, registered, set to go. Can't wait for the little pooper to make her debut. She is a little squirmy worm in there and I keep telling her that if she's uncomfortable she should just come on out and meet the world!
Love to you all,
Becky
Word from the womb [stop] baby having a good time [stop] mamma going beserker [stop] please send thoughts of labor [..don't stop]!
No movement yet, not really any contractions either. Mom is arriving tomorrow but I have no baby to show her...what am I going to do with an industrious Iowa farmer for days? Mom suggested getting a bushel of peaches to can, but no one here knows what a bushel is and we don't have cellars to keep canned goods in Arizona. We need a project! I think we'll re-pot all my plants. I started a second birthing painting to use as visual focus during birth...still seems like she's waiting for her grand entrance...what a little diva...I don't know where she would get that personality???
Thanks for sending thoughts of love and smooth labor...I've decided to pretend like my due date is next week...
Becky
Hi
News about new granddaughter and am forwarding pictures that Ted sent us. All of us waited and waited but she was attending baby school so could not attend her expected arrival. But now she knows how to eat and how to sleep.!! Baby and Mother AND Father are doing well by all reports. Weight – 7# 8 oz (almost). Length (or is it height) – 20.5"Hair – yesLoved – YESBorn August 26, 2008 at 8:06 pm (night before we flew back to Iowa) We saw her and held her. And I have requested Michelle Becky's friend and travel agent to find me a ticket to return for my baby help/Grandmother trip. Last trip was vacation and retreat. Her name is Fiona Greenbaum Howard. A beautiful name for a very beautiful baby!
Love, Doris
It is WONDERFUL to have mom back out here to hold her and give me some extra TLC. We are having a great time of it here.
Fiona is such a good baby, eating well, sleeping well and never too fussy...so far. At her two week visit she is now 8 lbs 2 oz (she was 7.95 at birth). We are enjoying these first days and enjoying the ease of these first two weeks knowing it won't always be so calm. :-)
Anyway, it is nice to take life day by day right now and focus so inwardly and sweetly. I'm feeling great and healing quickly and easily. Ted is a wonderful partner...boy am I thankful not to have some rookie by my side! His calm and ease with her is relaxing and his willingness to run around for me attending to my needs and wishes is well...I'm sure fleeting...:-)! I'll soak it up while I can.
Hope this message finds you all healthy and happy.
Love,Becky and Fiona
No news yet. You are right though that something could happen any day now. Sarah has her bag packed. We--Sarah especially--are hoping he comes sooner rather than later.There haven't been many pictures of Sarah recently. But maybe you'd be satisfied instead with a picture of Lucy and friends on Halloween.Eric
I'm enjoying having slightly shorter days for the time being. It's still unbelievable weather here. It's so strange being November and yet it is still in the 80s. Plus I just thought I should let you know that we just paid $1.94 for gas today :)
