The Making of Grandparents

My parents came down the first full week Isabelle was home from the hospital to help out and meet the little bundle joy that moved them into grandparent status.  How excited they were to meet their first little grand baby, especially knowing they could give her back to mom or dad when she got fussy!!! :)

 Grandpa loving on his first grandchild

 Three generations

 Grandma loved giving Isabelle a bath and Isabelle just LOVES bath time!!

Gma and Gpa loving on their grandbaby.

Newborn Photo Opp

Here are the newborn pictures we had taken of our little sweetheart right before heading home from the hospital.

Welcome to the world Isabelle Jean

Hello everyone!

Sorry it has taken so long to get back to posting on here.  Eric and I have been busy adjusting to life with our little bundle of joy that finally arrived at 1:13 pm on April 11, 2012.

Isabelle Jean was 8 lbs 10 oz and 21 inches long at birth - a beautiful and healthy little girl.  Her birth came after 30 hours of labor starting from the beginning of the induction process at 7 am on April 10th.  The delivery was a little rough on mommy and mommy is still in recovery mode.

 Our first family photo, just minutes after Isabelle was born.

 Our little bundle of joy

Isabelle, all set to come home from the hospital on Friday, April 13th

Due Date - Came and Went

Here we are at 40 weeks

Baby Girl apparently wants to make a fashionably late entrance into the world, as she is now three days overdue and I'm still not in labor.  She also missed her opportunity to share her birthday with her paternal grandmother, Carla, whose birthday was Baby Girl's official due date - March 31st.

If anyone has any suggestions on how to encourage our little one to get a move on, please let us know :) 

Family Photo

Here is a "family photo" @ 38 weeks and 2 days along.

The Nursery

Eric and I put the finishing touches on the decorations in the nursery last weekend and this weekend we were able to pick up my glider and so all is ready for baby girl in her room :)

Our Little Pumpkin Has Grown

Left: This picture was taken back in October when I made the pumpkin shirt to wear for Halloween, when I was only 18 weeks along. 
Right: Here I am in the same shirt at 37 weeks along, to give you an idea of how much Our Little Pumpkin has grown in the past 19 weeks :)