Newborn Family

Baby Alexander is alert and on Daddy's chest next to Mommy. He's about 30 minutes old in this photo. Click on the photo to see some other pictures.

We're all home now and doing very well. Alexander is too cute for words!

We'll upload more after we get some sleep!

Newborn Family
Originally uploaded by lauren buckland

No News Yet..

Baby still is happy in his warm little womb. I'm scheduled to go in tomorrow early evening to be induced, though, so it is likely that baby will be born by Friday. I've been having somewhat regular contractions since last night, so *maybe* I'll go into labor naturally. That would be nice.

Mom and I have been walking, window shopping, knitting and cooking for the past few days, just hanging out. Several of the stores in Rockridge are offering 15% discounts today if you voted. We were on a search for Obama pins--only found Obama action figures--but were told we can get some cheap pins outside a nearby Safeway.

Tonight we're going to go to a local pub to eat burgers & fries, drink beer (those of us who can) and watch the election results on TV. Go-bama! No on Prop 8!

Flashback!

Forty-one weeks and 35 pounds ago....
Less than a week to go until baby is out and cooing, gurgling and pooping!

Week 11 or so
Originally uploaded by lauren buckland

Trick or Treat

For his first Halloween, I dressed baby up as a pumpkin. Note the resemblance to the round, red ball at the top right of the picture.

Lauren and Baby's Halloween Costume
Originally uploaded by lauren buckland

Check Back in a Week

Went to the doctor's again today--I'm not getting much closer to labor. It will be 41 weeks on Halloween. My costume ideas are all based on large, rotund objects--pumpkin, blimp, a small planet.

We scheduled an appointment for induction for a week from today. Hopefully, he'll decide to show up before then. I'm certainly ready now.

When oh when?

I had Mom move her flight a week out because there isn't much action on the baby front. She's coming in next Saturday. We surmised that maybe baby is waiting for grandma to get here. I have an appointment on Wednesday, and they're going to "talk about induction." I suspect that they were off a week on my due date--one reason is that at our 10-week ultrasound, the embryo was measuring a week earlier than they anticipated, but they decided not to change my due date.

Here's baby's horoscope from yesterday. I think it's kind of funny:

You have a lot on your plate already and the world seems to be piling more upon it each day. A grim situation which you can't wait to be free from looks as if it is determined to hover for a while longer. You are beginning to lose faith in the notion that one day, things will be easier and lighter. But the thunderous noise that you can hear in the distance is not an imminent heavy storm. It is the sound of hooves. A cosmic cavalry is riding to your rescue. Soon you will have a real cause for great celebration.

Sweater on Phineas Picnic

I just finished sewing a baby sweater for junior. In the photo below, Micah holds Phineas Picnic (bunny knitted for me by Danette) who is modeling the sweater. I used fabric from a cashmere sweater that I accidentally shrunk and added a fish applique and blanket-stitched yarn around the edges. I have two more shrunken sweaters to transform into baby items. One will become a blanket, the other, maybe another sweater.

Sweater on Phineas Picnic
Originally uploaded by lauren buckland