He's here!

After months and months of waiting and preparations, it was finally time for Buddy to arrive.

Labor began some time in the afternoon Sunday, July 17th and slowly progressed throughout the afternoon and evening.  We weren't totally convinced that "this was it" so after a nice family dinner at Nana and Papa's house, Tom and I decided to go for a walk to try to speed things along.  When that didn't seem to make too much difference, we went to bed around 11pm.  Contractions woke me up at 1 and by 2 I woke Tom up to start putting last minute things in our hospital bag.  By 3:30am we were heading out the door to MO Bap with contractions right around 5 minutes apart. 

Upon arriving at MO Bap, we were told we hadn't made quite enough progress to be admitted yet and were sent to walk the halls for a little over an hour.  By 6am, we were very familiar with the layout of MO Bap (and a few nurses we kept passing) and were able to return to our room to find out that we had made just enough progress to stay! (Thank goodness!)  By 7:30ish we were settled in to labor and delivery.  Over the next few hours we started a little pitocin, had my water broken, and, eventually, got an epidural.  It wasn't too long after that that we were able to welcome our precious baby boy...

Noah Thomas Dieckmann

7/18/2011   2:23pm

8 lbs 2 oz     21 1/2 inches

First shot of the happy family. :)

Noah wasn't a big fan of the bath...until they washed his hair.  Still his favorite part now that we're home.

Mommy and Noah once we made it to our room.

We are so blessed to have such a healthy, happy little boy.  It has been amazing to watch him grow and change so much already in his first 9 days and we are excited about what the future will hold for him.  Love to you all! 



Welcome Baby Emily!!

I'm late, again, but at least this time it took me less than a week!  Emily Virginia Trammell is finally here!  Emily joined her family very early Monday morning (1:50am...that party animal!) weighing in at 8 lbs 4 oz and measuring 21 inches long.  She is absolutely beautiful, just like her Momma. :)  Just see for yourself!

Again, Buddy wasn't so sure about who was sitting on him so he gave her a little nudge. 

I say it was a love nudge.

Emily sure does look comfy all snuggled up with her Uncle Tom doesn't she?  :)

Ah yes, and then there's "Burrito Emily."  This was before she got that one arm completely free and spent several minutes flailing it about, without getting fussy at all...too cute for words. 

I am just so filled with love for both Emily and Leighton and I cannot wait to add our little man to the mix here very soon!  We have made pretty darn good progress in the past few weeks so we are eagerly anticipating his arrival any day now.  In the meantime, tomorrow is Erin's big day and so far it looks like I'm gonna make it to the wedding!  For now, it's time for a little pampering with the bride-to-be, mani/pedi style.  Ciao!

Leighton is here!

Well I'm over a week late with this post but most of you are just finding out about this blog so no biggie right?  :) (ps...if you're just reading this via email make sure you visit the actual blog to check out our past posts)

That's right, Leighton Elise is finally here!  At 10 days late she came out surprisingly small...well...average actually.  I have to admit I was anticipating a LARGE baby but at 7 lbs 2 oz and 20 1/2 inches long she is just perfect! See for yourself!

Just one day old and already so alert!

Buddy wasn't so sure who was resting cheek to cheek with him so he gave her a few nudges.

What a sleepy girl!

We are so excited to welcome the first of the new babies to the family and can't wait for the arrival of baby "Sally" here in the next several days! (And to find out her real name!  It's gonna be weird not calling her "Sally" anymore!)

In the meantime, we have been in full nesting mode around our house.  Between cleaning/organizing, cooking to stock the now full to capacity freezer, and stocking up on general supplies to minimize the need for trips to the store once Buddy is here, we are go go go these days. (and I do mean we...it has been a REAL team effort between Tom and I to get ready!) We've visited/met two pediatricians with one more to go, completed all of our childbirth and breastfeeding classes and baptism class.  Check, check, check...I'm slowly running out of things on the list to check off, which is a very strange feeling for me.  I look around the house for things that still need to be done and while there is always something small to do, I'm thankful to say the big things seem to have all been accomplished.  Hope I didn't just jinx it...

Not much else new...38 week dr appt tomorrow.  It's strange going to the doctor every week now.  I keep having that "wait, didn't we just do this?" feeling on Wednesday nights.  Hoping to only have one or two more of these after tomorrow but I guess that's up to Buddy, well, and Dr. Ahlering. 

That's all from me for now.  Hope everyone is having a terrific week!