December photos

We thought we would put up a few photos of Sara as the holiday season started. Make sure to check back to see her celebrate her first Christmas!

December

November Pictures

Sorry it took so long, but here are the pictures we took in November. Enjoy!

We got a crawler

Well, it looks like she figured it out. It's not the prettiest sight yet, but Sara has been able to move herself to get an object when it is placed about two feet away. Here's a video of it:



I have no idea why she is so fond of the remote control, but it is the object that she is most likely to try to crawl for.

Attempts to crawl

Sara has almost figured this crawling thing, so we thought we'd show her progress on it:

October photos

Here is the photo album for this month. There are pictures of Sara trying to crawl and sit up, pumpkin carving, and Sara's first Halloween. Enjoy

October Album.

New video

Well, we bought a chair for Sara to learn to sit in. Here's a video of her trying to figure it out:

Rolling Over

Sorry for the delay, but it took a while to get the software to cut 4 minutes of video into the 55 seconds that you actually want to see. Without further ado:

September photos

Here's a link to our September photo album.

September

More Stuff to See

Well, here's a video now that Sara's starting to laugh:



And, since we added a few new pictures to some albums, here are the links again:

August Pictures

Sara's Baptism

Playing

While we're adding stuff, here's a video that I took on Saturday of Sara laying in her play area. You can see her starting to grab onto things.

August pictures

We've taken a few pictures this month and wanted to put them up. We'll keep adding to this album as the month progresses, so make sure to check back.

Here's the link.

It's difficult to get things in focus because Sara is moving around so much now. It's tough to get her to stay still!

Photo Albums

So, I've been told that we need to keep posting links to all of our photo albums on this site, so that everybody can check on it to view them. Without further ado,

Sara's First Month

June

July

Sara's Baptism

We'll keep posting more here as we take them, so keep checking back.

New photos

More pictures were added to the album. Here's the link again.

Photos

Click on this link to see picture of the last two days.

The vitals: 20 inches long, 6 pounds, 2 ounces, born at 9:38 PM.

Say hello to Sara Jane Yaklin.

Seven tubes and counting...

Epidural in. Laura is happy.

Dilated to 6 cm. Blood pressure a little high, but no other symptoms to cause concern.

They have been able to get Laura dilated to 3 cm. Contractions have been anywhere between 2 to 5 minutes apart.

The midwife says that Laura is only 1 cm dilated, so they're going to work on improving that before inducing contractions. We might be here a while.

Ready to Go

We are downstairs finishing up breakfast before we head to the hospital, and a commercial just came on for our hospital. It was asking if we are up early today because your granddaughter is about to be born, or up late because she was coming too early. Anne is here with us and found it highly apropos (her word choice) of the moment.

Well, time take off. I hope to be able to use my cell phone to keep everybody updated throughout the day.

Full Moon

Owen and I are trying all the theories we have heard so far for sending women into labor. The bumpy car ride didn't seem to work. I thought the full moon last night might send me to the hospital for a Mother's day delivery. I'm still at home and feeling no labor pains, so tonight, spicy food!

Profile: Any time now

Now that we are past the due date, I thought we should put up one more picture of Laura. Hopefully our next picture will feature the latest addition to our family.

Rumble Seats

Now that Owen is done with his final exam, he has been anxiously awaiting me going into labor. After our doctor's appointment yesterday, he was convinced that I would start last night. So, in an attempt to "help" me along with the process, he has decided to take the Honda Civic to all of our destinations. Last night as we were going over the dirt/gravel parking lot of the baseball parking lot and this morning as we were going for bagels through a construction zone, he was optimistic that would be just the "bump" I needed to put me into labor. Now, he will tell a very convincing story as to why he decided to take the Civic for each of these trips (vs. the smooth ride of the Equinox), but don't be fooled...as we were going over the bumpy terrain he asked if I was feeling any labor pains yet, so I know there was an ulterior motive. :)

Final Doctor's Appointment

We had our final doctor's appointment this afternoon. He said that that I'm 70-80% thinned and 1-1.5 cm dilated. That is some progress since our appointment last week, but doesn't sound like I'll be heading to the hospital tonight. We have an induction scheduled for Wednesday (5/13) at 7:30am. The doctor is hopeful that I will go into labor before then...I guess we'll see.

Tomorrow will be my last day of work before I start my maternity leave. My mom is getting into town on Sunday night, so if I haven't gone into labor before then, I'll spend Monday and Tuesday with her...good mother daughter bonding time!

I can't believe this is actually going to happen in the next week or so. I've been feeling good through this whole pregnancy...I'm hoping the next few days continue that trend.

Anxiously waiting

Now that we finally have everything in our house set up and ready for when the baby arrives, we have started the patient wait for labor to start. While I still have some concerns about final exams, we are finally at a point where we will be good to go if anything starts to happen. Our biggest concern currently is figuring out who exactly wins the Weiland baby pool given certain days of birth. It is quite the change from a week or two ago.

I have found myself being quite jumpy every time I hear any sort of noise from Laura. I keep hoping that it's a reaction to her first contraction or her water breaking, but that has not yet been the case. Laura has had trouble sleeping through the night and doing activities around the house, so I think she is finally at the point where she wants the baby out, too.

Doctor, Picture

Well, there was another doctor's appointment today, it was the first one that I missed. Stupid classes. It sounds like I didn't miss anything noteworthy, though. The heartbeat was 127 and the doctor thinks we may have another week before anything happens, but there are still no concerns at this point.

Since we haven't had a good picture of Laura up here in a while, we thought it would be a good time to add one. How about we have a little comparison:

The Baby's Room

Due to popular demand (well, the request of one of our mothers), we thought we would post some pictures showing how we are fitting the baby's items into our new house. We put the pictures into a web album for you to look at. Enjoy!

37 Weeks Tomorrow!

We had our first doctor's appointment in 5 weeks today. I had gotten a little nervous that it was so long between appointments at this stage of my pregnancy, but things seem to be progressing right on schedule. The baby's heartbeat was in the 130s, lower than it had been at our previous appointments...apparently that is natural given I only have a few weeks left. The doctor asked if I have been feeling any contractions since our last appointment...I didn't think I had. After closer examination, it appears as if my body is preparing for child birth and I may have had a few mild Braxton Hicks contractions without knowing it. Can labor be that easy too?! :)

Fashion Show

Diaper bags: functional for her, but stylish for him:

Scientific gender prediction

In conversations, we found that many people believe our previous methods for predicting the gender of our baby flimsy and prone to error. Laura's coworkers used this as an opportunity to provide us with a foolproof prediction method. We put it to the test and captured it on video. Here are the results. Enjoy!

Profile: Starting to drop

Well, the baby is getting so big that Laura's belly is starting to droop down a little bit, instead of just sticking straight out. With that in mind, we figured it was time for another update on how Laura's looking:

Active Weekend

Bean was quite active this past weekend. Not only was Bean kicking/punching its mommy dearest, but was pressing so hard that Owen could see my belly move! I was able to feel Bean's extremities through my belly...I think I felt a foot and a knee move across my belly at one time or another. I wanted to grab a hold of Bean's little foot, but didn't want to disrupt a baby at play. I'm looking forward to May when I can hold this little one and see all its body parts that have bumping up against me this past weekend (and I'm sure the weekends to come).

Necklace Prediction

One of my co-workers has had some success in the past being able to predict the sex and number of children a person is going to have by tapping & hanging a necklace over a the person's wedding hand. Yesterday she gave it a try on me, and the results are...4 children in total, first 2 are girls, second 2 are boys. She showed more skeptical co-workers today at lunch and the results were the same. Another co-worker wanted to give it a try and see if it would yield the same results, and the necklace continued to say 4 children, first 2 being girls, second 2 being boys. So, if the necklace is right, we will be welcoming a daughter to our family in just a few short months!

Only 88 days to go!

I need to pay attention to the countdown. The plan was for a wonderful "t-minus 100 days until the due date" post, but that's gone down the tubes. I guess that just under three months will be good enough.

"Bean"

Owen has been enjoying my nickname for the baby this past weekend. I've come to call it "Bean". I know this might sound a little odd, but there is a story behind it. When I was young, my Grandma Bongers would always throw a jelly bean in the bottom of our ice cream cones. I would then sit on the back porch with my cousins and we would guess which color she had given us (I always hoped for red), but we would never find out until we finished the cone.

I now find my self in a similar situation. Everyone is guessing if we are having a boy or girl. We will just have to wait the 9 months to find out what color we will bring the baby home in...blue or pink (this time I don't have a preference)! So, there you have it, Bean Yaklin. :)

For Cyndi:

You wanted a new post on the blog, with a picture. Here you go.