My little Flower

Yesterday my visiting teacher had us come over and she took some pictures of little Allie.  She sent me this preview and I thought I would share.  You can go here to see her photography website. She did such a great job.  Thanks Gretchen!

Photo Shoot #112

Daddy's Eyes

Mommy's Feet

Some Daddy Lovin'

More Allie!

We have just LOVED having little Allie in our lives and I can't believe how time has flown by since she has been here.  

Some things we have noticed about Allie:

-She loves to have her hands up by her face at all times

-Eating tires her out to the core

-She makes some awesome faces which Mike likes to imitate

-Her eyes are getting lighter and are at a periwinkle stage right now

-She squeaks when she cries

-She only really cries when she is naked or getting her diaper changed

-She is LOVED by all family members

-She has Daddy's eyes and Mom's nose and toes 

Here's Allie!

Introducing the newest member of the family, Allie Elizabeth Meldrum!  She weighs in at 6 lbs 14 oz and 19 tall.  She was born at 11:47 Monday morning and has been such a delight so far.  

We went in at 6:00 am to be induced and around 9:00 I was ready for an epidural.  Mike got a little light headed during the Epidural and had to take a little break :).  Around 10:00 I had the epidural but it ended up only working on the right side.  After some really strong contractions and having them move the injection site around, it was time to push.  I had moved from a 3 to a 10 in about 2 hours and pushed for about 30 minutes.  She was moving well and then got a little stuck and her heart rate was dropping.  They ended up doing an episiotomy and with 1 more push she was here!  She is so adorable and at this point is sleeping soundly.  We love her!

Baby Shower!

This past weekend Kelsey threw me a shower and she did an AWESOME job!  We had about 20 people come between work and Church.  We had lots of fun playing games, chatting and eating great food.  Thanks Kelsey for all of your hard work, everyone complemented on how great of a job you did.  Thanks also to everyone who came, Allie now has most everything she will need.

Also, one the way back from lunch Jackie and I took a detour and took a few snapshots of my prego-belly.  She did an awesome job even though my camera batteries died after about 5 pictures.  Thanks Jackie!

Now we are just waiting for little Allie to arrive, although Mike would prefer if she waited until his finals are done on Friday.  She is now getting to the point where I see/feel a foot protruding from my right side and up in the ribs, I think she need to come out soon.  Yea for Babies!