SHE'S HERE... meet Avila Joy Edwards

Delivery Play -by- play:

2:00 pm - went to the hospital

2:53 am - delivered little (8.4 lbs - 21.5 inches) Avila Joy

3:00 am - Avila visited the NICU for breathing complications

5:30 am - Avila was delivered to her mommy (finally!!!)

6:30 am - Mommy and Daddy tried to get some sleep

7:00 am - Nurses needed to check mommy and baby's vitals

8:00 am - Everybody and their mother started showing up to visit.  

This explains the glassed over look in my eyes.  I don't do so well on 30 minutes of sleep, not to mention a day/night of giving birth.

More pictures to come.  Blair and I are so thankful for all the calls and visits we have had.  we are at home and doing very well.  We still can't believe she is ours and how in less than a week she has completely stolen our hearts.  She is amazing and perfect.  Never have the words in Psalm 119 meant so much to me - she was fearfully and wonderfully made.  We praise the Lord for this new little JOY in our life.

Advice

Since being pregnant I have received advice from all kinds of people. Advice from people you would expect; like family and close friends and advice from random strangers. I'm still caught off guard when the lady at the grocery store wants to "prep" me on things to expect or the woman walking her dog who wants to "enlighten me" with parenting tips. It's like people look at me and think, oh this poor girl she has no idea what she's doing, i must rescue her! Please don't get me wrong, all the advice has either been good or good for a laugh. Here is today's advice from a lady at the mall. I think it wins the most absurd advice award. I definitely goes in the good for a laugh category. I loved it! Enjoy........

As I'm at the mall the lady behind the counter asked if anyone had given me post-pardom advice. And I honestly (first mistake) replied, "ummm, not really." I'm thinking she going to tell me about Lanolin or something like that. No....better. She told me that I need to make sure to stay off my feet for 4-5 days after I deliver the baby. She said the more I walk around the more air bubbles get inside me making look fat. She said that is why after you have the baby the nurses push on your stomach, they are trying to get all the extra air out. She also recommended wearing a girdle to compress the belly and keep air out as well. She also said the girdle would help get all the organs back into place as an added bennefit. She very honestly told me how much she regretted not following this advice after her mother told her becuase now she can't get rid of all the extra "baby weight". She said is was due to air bubbles and misplaced organs.

Welcome to my world. The world of crazy advice.

Baby's room tour

Most of you have seen Avila's soon-to-be room, but I thought I would share it with those who haven't. And.......... Blair and I just got our first video camera for Christmas (thank you Grandma Mavis and Muni!) and I wanted to try it out. Just wait. Soon this blog will be full of cute little Avila movies. So if you think this one is boring wait until I have a 5 minute movie posted of Avila staring at a piece of dust! I bet you can't wait!

Bringing in the New Year pregnant.

Well, Dr. Green was right. Don't trust the due date the sonogram tech's give you. So were back to believing that that the original due date is the right one. January 8th. We are taking bets on the birth date (for those of you who enjoy a friendly little wager) Simply leave a comment with the date you want to bet and the winner will get a Starbucks!

Although we didn't get a tax refund, New years eve was still a fun. We went to a little bash at the Leamans. Blair was still hopeful that the baby would come that night (you can tell by his t-shirt - he's a proud daddy already) No contractions, no broken water - just good clean fun!

Happy New Years Everyone!

A photo journal of my belly/thoughts

I have to do what in a couple of weeks? Ummmmm, I'm not sure about this any more!

Ok, well maybe I'm ready. Holding a baby right now would be much more fun than just holding my belly.

I'm sure Blair would rather be kissing our little girl right now, rather than my belly too.
We don't even know her, but we love her already.

It all started with a kiss.......

.......and four 1/2 years of learning to laugh at each other. When your giant beer belly is hanging out of a wife-beater, there's not much else to do, but laugh with each other. Blair is hoping that we never have to laugh at his.


Thank you Chet and Kat Hervey for the beautiful photos!
You are a blessing to our family.

belly pics

Well for those of you wondering how big the belly is now, here are some of the professional belly pictures Chet and Ket Hervey took the other night for us, so I can forever remember how much my belly can stretch without exploding!  

Thanksgiving Christmas

Everyone can't wait to meet little Avila! What are the people in the hospital waiting room going to think. At least they will know who everyone is! I didn't think I would need a t-shirt to explain who I am - it will be a little obvious. I'll be the one pushing.