The Baby Thread
 

Ok...first thing's first (for those who don't know):
I am giving birth to ASA's newest Sweetheart sometime this week.
He will be Vicente John (Vicente after my husband's grandfather and John after my father).

Now the rant:

My c-section has been scheduled for 2 MONTHS now...and I had been asking to schedule it since around month 4....which would probably indicate that I was serious about needing to plan for this (yes, I know, he could come early, and I would have no control over that, but considering my daughter was over a week late, I didn't think we'd have that problem). So, anyway, the Dr office called today to confirm my Dr. appt for Pre-Op this afternoon. And then she said something about my c-sec on Friday. I said "Don't you mean Thur???" and she said "No, the hospital OR was all booked on Thur, so we're going to do it Friday instead."

UMM....SHOULDN'T YOU HAVE FREAKIN CALLED AND TOLD ME THAT?!?!?!?!

I hope I go into labor on Thur just so they have to do it then anyway...I've already planned my leave, my husband and mom & dad have planned their days off so they could be there for delivery...I'm so:mad: :mad: :mad:

Congrats on Vicente's (eventual) entrance to the world!

And boo on the Dr. Office. Like you don't have enough things to worry about. What would have happened if you'd shown up Thursday? You'd just get sent home or something?

<----didn't know that AlfaFrog was pregnant. God bless her and her family.

I hope I haven't typed anything to you that will make your son meanspirited towards me. :eek:

Ok, so at my OB visit, I discovered that the call I got was NOT from the OB's office, it was from the hospital. They had taken it upon themselves to move my c-sec, without even consulting my OB. My OB is just as pissed as I am, because she's on call all of Thur, and doesn't want to attempt to perform a c-sec at noon on Friday after 36 hours of being on call. The original plan was that my c-sec would be at 7:30am on Thur, but now it's looking more like late afternoon...which is OK too...I'll take one final day of sleeping in:D :D ! I should put my husband on toddler-duty Thur morning, and maybe take a 1/2 spa day.

I'm feeling a lot better about this. Two days left.:)

Good luck and best wishes on the future new little one!!! I definitely vote for sleeping in in combination with a spa day.

Congratulations, AlphaFrog! I didn't know about your big event:) I have a 15 month old little boy. He is so much fun!

Messing with hospitals and scheduling and all that junk really stinks! I know! Try not to let it get to you. You'll soon have that little one in your arms.

Good luck to you, and God bless!

Alright, it's Picture Time!!!
The password to view it is: X6M8L2C3G3

Things are going pretty good. I feel good, and Mariana is just exstatic over her new brother. I was in the hospital from Thur afternoon to Sun morning. My incision is pretty small, and I only had 12 staples (normal is about 20). They've already started calling and emailing me from work with questions...gee...this is going to be fun coming back, I can already tell.:rolleyes:

<<crash>>

What a beautiful baby AF!!! Congrats!:D

Congratulations. He's adorable :D

Gorgeous!!!! He is so sweet. Congratulations!:)

Oh my gosh, he is so cute!! CONGRATS!! :D

Maybe you should put Mariana on the phone to deflect some of the questions from work.

He is so adorable! Congrats to you and your family! How are you feeling? I'm so happy for you!!!!

Happy Thanksgiving!

Congrats, he's beautiful!

Awww what a cutie. Congratulations to you and your husband!

I didn't know you were pregnant! Congrats Alpha Frog...he is adorable
Must be something in the water :D

Congratulations on the birth of your son! He is so cute. :)

Did I miss something, Jill :eek: ??????

No, but from what I saw at the Alpha Phi Founders day, the stuff was contagious! :D

Mazel tov!

We got our Christmas card pics done yesterday:
http://i63.photobucket.com/albums/h1...4412000400.jpg

And a few more of him:
http://i63.photobucket.com/albums/h1...4412000406.jpg
http://i63.photobucket.com/albums/h1...4412000403.jpg

And of course, my legacy:
http://i63.photobucket.com/albums/h1...4412000404.jpg

I love the "baby sleeping through Christmas Card" pose! :D He's a beautiful baby.

And your daughter's just too cute for words :) It's great that she's so excited about having a little brother.

I'm in love:) Your children are so beautiful.

OMG how adorable! She has an adorable smile and man, what a head of hair he has

Jess, they are so adorable!! Thanks for sharing.

Your daughter has gotten so big and beautiful. She looks like a proud big sister. And he is so cute! Congratulations!

Jess..they are so sweet and beautiful! You must be so proud!!!
Alpha love
Jamie

My little Phi Kappa Tau legacy had his one-month checkup yesterday.

He gained FOUR lbs in three weeks. He's also grown an inch. At 11lbs, 4 oz and 22 inches, he's in the 95% for weight and 85% for length. He's going to be tall like Mariana. She's in the 70% for height (but only the 40% for weight - poor girl can't ever keep her pants around her waist because she doesn't HAVE a waist).

Awww. How was baby's first Christmas? Any pics?
Alpha love
Jamie

New Pics
 

http://i63.photobucket.com/albums/h1...2/BabyJohn.jpg

We tried letting him eat from a spoon for the first time!

Awwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww wwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww (ok that could go on but you get the point)

I look like that whenever I try to eat. Never quite mastered utensils...kidding. (Kind of...)

I find that utensils just get in the way. I actually prefer eating with my hands. If it was good enough for the cavemen, it's good enough for me. Besides, if I use utensils, I can't eat and walk while wearing letters at the same time, so then people won't be able to tell the classy broad that I truly am.

NEW PICS!!!
 

Mariana getting her face painted:

http://i63.photobucket.com/albums/h1...2/Mariana2.jpg

John with Elmo painted on his face:

http://i63.photobucket.com/albums/h1...g2002/John.jpg

Both together (John already wiped off his paint):

http://i63.photobucket.com/albums/h1...g2002/Both.jpg


Mariana on her way to The Lion King:

http://i63.photobucket.com/albums/h1...02/Mariana.jpg

These photos are so sweet! You must be very proud. :)

They are getting so big! :) Cute pics!