Update...

We made it home from the hospital on Wednesday! It has been a long road to get here and it feels so good to have Sara home with us. Everyone always told us to make sure and get sleep before the baby arrived and if we could have banked extra sleep we certainly would have. After being up from Saturday night at 11:00 until Sara was born Monday morning at 6:58am (and then for most of the day and night) it sure would have been nice to get a full nights sleep to reset the clock. But here we are, sleep deprived but thrilled to have a beautiful baby girl. That was definitely a traumatic experience that I don't wish to relive but the result is amazing! (Sorry if this isn't coherant...I'm a little out of it right now :-)

The only way to describe the first night home was horrible...we had a fussy little baby (man does she have some serious lungs!!). We think she had a bad case of gas (she already takes after dad :-) and screamed bloody murder the whole night. The good news is that after we survived that, she slept like a champ last night (ok, 2 hour increments seems pretty good to us right now). She is such a bundle of joy and we can already see her changing before our eyes. It's amazing how fast you can fall in love! Ryan is an incredible dad and has jumped right in and is a natural...Sara is definitely daddy's little girl! Here a few more pics for you to enjoy!

Thanks to everyone for their calls and emails. Sorry if we haven't gotten back to everyone, this has been quite the overwhelming experience. We appreciate everyone!

Sara's first car ride..

Mom and Sara

What's up dude? Bundled princess...

Daddy filing her nails...

Daddy's Little Girl

Some of you were asking to see a pic with daddy so here it is.

Mother and child

2nd Photo of Sara

Ryan and Kelley are proud parents of Sara Ryley Hatfield, born today September 22nd.

Sara is 6lbs 15.1oz and 18 inches long.

Sara Ryley Hatfield

Sara Ryley Hatfield was born this morning at 0658. She is a healthy 6 lbs 15.1 oz. I will try to get some pics soon. Kelley and I are really tired after 28 hrs of hard work and adrenaline. Kelley is doing great.

I think it's time

Been having contractions since 11 last night. Pretty much 5 min apart now so we'll be headed to hospital soon...hope it's not a false alarm :-) We'll keep you posted.

Last Weekend as Pre-Parents...

So I guess this is the last weekend being pre-parents...as long as all goes as planned with the induction. I got a call on Friday and we found out that the doc will induce me on Thursday (25th) instead of Friday because the hospital was overscheduled for Friday. That is unless....Baby H decides to enter the world on it's own before then...come on baby! :-) This morning Ryan got up early and went for a run (while I of course slept in...it's kind of sad that 7:00 is considered sleeping in for me). I've been trying to sleep in more now before the baby gets here because EVERYONE (including strangers) tells us how much sleep we need to get now because our sleeping is pretty much over when the baby arrives. You have to love all the great advice people give you. I want to say...no, I'm trying to sleep as little as possible before the baby gets here. Speaking of advice, when I was walking Tyla on the beach the other morning (one of my three daily walks) I had this woman come up to me and ask the usual "when are you due?" question and then asked if I took Lamaze classes. After I told I hadn't, she proceeded to tell me about the whole premise of Lamaze and how I need to FEEL each of the feelings (like burning, cramping, stabbing, etc. you get my point). Wow, how nice of you to give me such a great idea of how labor is going to feel...Thanks for reminding me! Oh the joys of strangers...at least she didn't ask to rub my belly..hahaha!

Anyways...that was kind of an aside (I think baby brain is still with me). After Ryan's run we took Tyla to the beach for our daily swim and went to a movie. It didn't end up being exactly what we expected...Burn after Reading with Brad Pitt and George Clooney. Let's just say it was definitely DIFFERENT than we expected...but still fun to go to a movie. Then to the grocery store to stock up on some food.

Now we're enjoying some down time...Ryan's on the couch snoring as I write this...he's trying to catch up on the precious ZZZ's that everyone keeps telling us about :-)

Other than that, no new action from Baby H! Have a great weekend everyone!

Baby H Update

Went to the doctor this afternoon...and NOTHING has changed!! Ugh! We talked about the options and risks/benefits of waiting to induce. So for now we're going to hold off on getting induced until at least next week. I have another appointment next Thursday but also scheduled to get induced next Friday Sept. 26th. It's easy for me to cancel it but hard to get an appointment (the hospital only allows 2 inductions per day) so we decided to schedule just in case Baby H doesn't come on it's own. I guess she would allow me to go a full two weeks over but the risk of a c-section goes up after a week because of baby passing meconium (stool) and other stuff so we kind of picked in the middle. We're hoping Baby H decides to come on it's own...you hear that Baby!!!

Happy Due Date Baby H!

So today is the official Due Date for Baby H. Not much has changed but I have my weekly appointment today so we'll see what she says. Today would be a cool day to have the baby (hint, hint) because today is our good friend Greg's and Lance Armstrong's birthdays. (Happy Birthday Greg!) I think I've been walking more in the last few weeks than I got to for my entire pregnancy...supposedly it will help get things going...it doesn't seem to be working though...oh well, at least it keeps me somewhat sane. I think everyone in the family and our friends are as anxious as we are right about now. We'll keep you all posted! I figure I can't be pregnant forever...