Quickie

I am officially a mommy!
Adella was born on Dec. 11th at 3:27 in the afternoon.
She was 6 lbs and 7 oz and 19 inches long.
She has blue eyes, light brown hair and looks like a doll!
I will post pictures and details as soon as I get a chance to do the following:
-shower
-eat
-laundry
-dishes
-empty the diaper pail (gross-mustard-baby-poo)
-sleep
Be back soon (hopefully)!
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Ugh

Today is week 39 and two days.
Hopefully I will go into labor today.

Leaves of Gold

My mother-in-law gave me an old book that she found called "Leaves of Gold". It is full of little poems, quotes and such. I read one below last night and it really made me think about what it means to be a parent and how to best teach little Adella. I hope you enjoy it.



Sermons We See
By Edgar A. Guest

I'd rather see a sermon than hear one any day,
I'd rather one should walk with me than merely show the way.
The eye's a better pupil and more willing than the ear;
Fine counsel is confusing, but example's always clear;
And the best of all the preachers are the men who live their creeds,
For to see the good in action is what everybody needs.
I can soon learn how to do it if you'll let me see it done.
I can watch your hands in action, but your tongue too fast may run.
And the lectures you deliver may be very wise and true;
But I'd rather get my lesson by observing what you do.
For I may misunderstand you and the high advice you give,
But there's no misunderstanding how you act and how you live.

Update

Today marks 38 weeks and 3 days and I am beyond ready for Adella to be born. In many ways it is hard to believe that I will be parenting more than a strech-marked belly! I can't really picture a baby...I just picture myself pregnant...forever.
I've been to Kaiser twice with false alarms. The first time I thought my water broke (wrong) and the second time I was having contractions about six minutes apart but they were not getting closer together (in fact, five minutes after I got hooked up to every type of monitor ever invented, they vanished). Aside from the false alarms I have all of the common complaints:
blah blah can't sleep blah blah blah back pain blah blah...I'll spare you the rest.
Michael and I have been "nesting" quite a bit. I must give the majority of the credit to Michael because he is much more nesty than I am. He's cleaned and organized every drawer, cabinet and closet in our house. All of the stuff that I look at and think "Hmm..that is kinda dirty and gross..." he has thoroughly scoured (including every single ceiling fan blade and the dark corners in the coat closet). The baby's room is finished and all of her clothes have been washed (twice) and put away (in the dresser, then in the closet, then in the dresser again because I couldn't decide which was better).
I'll post some photos of the room and such soon!