And it's a...

boy!!! We named him Orion Anthony Holmes and he weights 8 lbs. 6 oz. and is 21 1/2" long. Mom and Orion are doing great! Dad, well that's another story. More pics to come.

5 more days???

When we first heard we were due on Christmas Day it seemed so far away, now it's only 5 days away! We keep telling the baby everyday to just hurry up and get here, we really want to meet this little one. I guess we are getting our first lesson in patience! I leave work every night and tell everyone that I hope I don't see them the next day....and of course I am right back there the next morning. It's getting quite uncomfortable to sit at my desk all day long and I can hardly concentrate on what I am doing because all I can think about is this baby.

Someone recently told me that I don't look like I am 9 months pregnant and she became my favorite person in the world....then in the same conversation she also told me that I needed to adjust my attitude because I was crabby......not my favorite person anymore. I just told her I would remember those words for someday in the future when she is 9 months pregnant!!!

2 weeks to go!

Here is the last belly picture, I am looking forward to being able to put pictures of the baby on here and not my belly anymore! We have the baby's room almost all done, and even have a bag packed ready to go. I had a doctor's appointment yesterday and was told that the head is now down but there is really nothing else happening and the doctor was almost sure he would see me at my next appointment on the 17th. We of course would like to have the baby before that but since we have no control over that we are not getting our hopes up. We are hoping that the baby doesn't decide to come on one of these winter wonderland days that we have been having.

4 weeks to go!

Here we are, 4 weeks until our due date and Christmas of course. We have only bought 1 Christmas gift so far, usually we are the people shopping the week before but I don't think that will work this year. This past weekend was filled with lots of family bonding time! We had cookie baking on Friday at my Aunt Cathy's house, which was wonderful because I didn't have to do anything and still got to take some cookies home! We also had our 3rd baby shower at Mark and Tiffany's house, it was a blast and very overwhelming to have so many people there who love us and this baby!

6 weeks to go!

Today hits the 6 week mark, and my belly is quite large! Kevin did a great job with putting together the crib this past weekend and of course I did a great job at crying when I saw it put together! We played a little Bob Marley for the baby last night and the favorite song turned out to be "Jamming". I haven't had a chance to play country for the baby yet, have to do that when Daddy isn't around.

Second Baby Shower

Pete and Barb threw us a baby shower last weekend at Kevin's Grandma's house. Lots of friends and family were there to help us celebrate this little one coming. It was a lot of fun and now this baby is even more spoiled with all the things we got for him/her. Here are just a few pictures to share from such a great day.

8 weeks to go

I know that the picture is a little late in getting posted, it was a busy week. The top picture was taken today and the other picture was taken last Wednesday. A few people have been asking about what the baby's room looks like so we thought we should share a few of those pictures too. Of course we still need a few things and everything is pretty much just thrown in there right now but at least you can see a little of what we are working with. We talk daily about how it's getting so close now and we are very excited. We have our last baby class this coming Tuesday and then I guess we are certified to be parents???