He's finally here

After 39 weeks and 4 days to be exact of waiting for him to arrive, Jacob Charles made his appearance last Monday, February 16th at 9:11 am via emergency C section. He was 22 1/2 inches long and 8 lbs and 13 oz. 10 days in we are all still adjusting to each other and the newest member of our family, but it is so hard to explain how your heart can be bursting with so much love for something so small and that you've only known for a short period of time. We have uploaded a few pictures here from early on. (I apologize that they are on Snapfish this time, I had to do it from Adam's mac and it wasn't cooperating with Kodak.) I'll do my best not to be a slack now that he's here and keep everything updated!

Flat Stanley's big day out

So in an effort to be the best aunt and uncle in the world, we spent our day yesterday in downtown Atlanta showing Flat Stanley the sights. I must admit, one of the funniest things was when we showed up at Turner Field a security guard stopped us just to chat and said that was literally the 10th Flat Stanley he had seen this week! I don't know if this is the time of the year that teachers use Flat Stanley, but it was quite amusing. The most touching picture (to this VERY hormonal pregnant woman) was when I took Flat Stanley to Adam's soccer game today and tried to get a few guys in uniform together for a picture, and the whole team wanted in it. What great friends/teammates we have.

An update on the pregnancy front: I can officially say 10 days or less!!!!! They are going to induce me on the 18th if he doesn't come before then! I'm hoping he'll make an appearance sooner, especially with all of the walking I did yesterday with Stanley.

Random observation/question:
While we were downtown, we saw a mailman J walking. Doesn't it make it super bad because they are a federal employee? Also, if you hit a mailman with a car does that constitute a federal offense since they are a federal employee? Have I mentioned that being pregnant makes you dumber and really makes you ponder questions like this?

The pressue is on

Meet Flat Stanley.




Flat Stanley is a kindergarten book where a boy named Stanley gets flattened by a billboard and he's able to go on vacation in California because he can fit in an envelope. This is my second Flat Stanley that I have had the pleasure of 'showing around.' This particular Flat Stanley belongs to my nephew Kyle and he chose to mail it to us. We have to take Flat Stanley to all the sights of Atlanta and then in about 3 weeks we mail Flat Stanley and all of the pictures we have taken of him around town back to Kyle's kindergarten class where he will share all of Stanley's adventures. I want Kyle's to be the best Stanley, so the pressure is on. . . there is so much pressure when it comes to impressing a 6 year old! I just can't let him down!




Also-I got to hang out with babies galore last night! (Avery is on the left, Camryn on the right) Our friend Katy turned 30 this week and Avery and Camryn decided to make their first party appearances. Pictures here. Avery is now 3 weeks old, Camryn is 6 weeks, and my little guy should be making his debut in less than 3 weeks!