Thank You

As you can see Jim already posted about the Baby Shower, so I'll add what I would like to say. I first would like to Thank some very special people for all their help on making that day very special and memorable for us. I would like to start with my Mom and my Sister Michelle for all their hard work and time that went into to preparing it all, I really appreciate it and will never forget what a beautiful shower it was, I Love You Both Very Much. Also my sister in law Joanie ( Jim's Sister)who was right there helping out from afar with everything, it meant alot to me Joanie, so I thank you and Love you for all that you did. I would like to Thank my sister in law Pamela for helping me at the shower and keeping me in line with all the gifts, Love ya Sis. A Thank you to my cousin Jodi for helping us getting the gifts back to our house. Also Kim Denise Barnett for making my beautiful shower cake. I would like to Thank everyone for coming to my Shower, I will remember this day always as Jim and I have waited a long time for this Blessed occassion and it was great to be able to share it with Family and Friends who are dear to us. If I have forgotten to Thank anybody please let me know. Well Ryan James will be here in about 6 weeks, so we'll have lot's to do to prepare his long awaited arrival. As I sit here I still can't believe Our Dream is about to come true and I pray everyday and Thank God for this Miracle.

Blankets, bibs, books, binkies, batteries, bottles...Yes, it's the Baby Shower!!

Well, we had the Baby Shower this weekend and Renee and I were overwhelmed by everyone's generosity. We were both so happy to get so many wonderful gifts. I was a little concerned that I wouldn't have much to read Ryan at first, but when I first saw the bookcase filled up that idea immediately evaporated. Ryan will be a well dressed little boy once we get him home. Renee will be busy writing the thank you notes soon(hey I had to put the stuff together and make room for everything!), but I wanted to post a quick thank you to those that are following this. It was a wonderful day!

THANK YOU!!!

Blogthings - Would You Be a Cool Parent?

Jim's Parenting test results...Blogthings - Would You Be a Cool Parent?

Warning, the preface to the test is "...suppose you're a parent in your 40's with a teenager..." uummm just a little off, but I still like the results. Let's see Renee's results...

You Will Be a Cool Parent

You seem to naturally know a lot about parenting, and you know what kids need. You can tell when it's time to let kids off the hook, and when it's time to lay down the law. While your parenting is modern and hip, it's not over the top. You know that there's nothing cool about a parent who acts like a teenager... or a drill sergeant!

Would You Be a Cool Parent?

Child Birth Classes started

This week we went to our first child birth class. It was an interesting experience. No, it is not a breathing class. The session was rather relaxed and informative. So I got to learn some of the terms that will be tossed around as the delivery date gets closer and closer: pelvic station, dilation, effaction (sp?). That positive numbers and upwards of 10 cm are the ball park totals. That there is no exact science to the birth experience, meaning that specific numbers and measurements are not total predictors of when the baby will come.

We've done a little nesting in the past few days. Renee has had me rearrange the bedroom to make for a better location of where we will put the bassinet. I've started putting together various pieces of furniture and getting that stuff ready.



Renee has been trying several different products to help her sleep: belts, cushions, occasional Tylenol, but nothing seems to work 100%, not even the nightly foot and leg massages. I believe that it is just part of the preparation of needing to be awake after the baby arrives, but I've heard that that is not to sensible either: to treat a need for no sleep by not sleeping?

Renee is visiting the pediatrician this week to ask some initial questions, so I helped put together a short list of things to follow up on, so we should be pretty much set there.

Each week gets a closer...I need to get some of those short video clips here...