Welcome to the world Austin!!

Cute little Austin
Tummy time with daddy

My best friend...the epidural ;-)

First moments on Earth

The weight pic....a must have

What a handsome boy!

First moments in our home

Like father...like son

Well we are pleased to welcome little Austin into our home. He was born on August 24th and the delivery went really well....thanks to my new best friend Mr. Epidural. I did not feel any pain at all which is pretty amazing. I know that when I worked in labor and delivery that people would tell me how awesome the Epidural was but to experience it myself is another story. Austin decided to come 8 days early....thank goodness for that because he weighed 7 lbs 11oz and was 20 inches long. When I look at him I think it is crazy that he was all cramped up inside me. He is huge! Anyway we are at home now and loving it. I forgot that in the hospital you get NO sleep. Austin was good but those dang nurses (haha) kept waking me up. Today we went to Austins first appt. and he passed with flying colors. Horray for healthy babies!! Being a nurse gives me paranoia about every possible disease/condition he could have. Well we hope that you can all meet our sweet little boy soon. We love you all and thank you all for your support!

Recent Preggo Pic- 36 Weeks

Brittney and I workin it out

Work Baby Shower

Opening a baby quilt that my friend is making me.
Sweet Gwen and baby Brock. She's got the magic touch!

A delicious cake from my favorite local bakery

This is my crazy happy face. Also featured in this picture is Jamie.

Awesome co-workers! Angela, Bev, Karrie. Sarah and Lisa

Babs and Carla Philpot of Lexington Lane

A couple of weeks ago my wonderful co-workers threw me a baby shower. It was really great! I have loved working in Pediatric Research for the past two years and it has been so much fun sharing this experience with the great friends I have made. They had a potluck lunch for me and everyone brought such delicious food. I know that Austin is going to love all the goodies from the shower. We even had some new babies join us. Two of my friends at work were preggo at the same time as me which was really nice. They were both able to bring their new babies to the shower. It made me really excited to see this rascal punching away at my insides! Thanks again gals!

I love Pepcid

Okay I know this is really lame but I need to profess my love to a product called Pepcid. During this last trimester I have been having some gnarly heartburn. I was taking so many Tums per day that I thought I might overdose. At my next Drs. visit I asked for something a little stronger than Tums as I thought I might get Calcium toxicity. The Dr. told me to get Pepcid. It has made the biggest difference. I ran out the other day and I was completely miserable. I am soooooo grateful I was born when I was because I love modern day medicine (and modern day pregnancy safe drugs) :-)

Passed!

Horray!! On Saturday Hans got his letter and found out he passed his Part 1 dental boards. All his hard studying has paid off. I am soooo proud of him!! Now I have my husband back...just in time for baby :-)

Fun with the bestie and her fiance

Out to eat at our favorite restaurant...Cheddars!
First time at Six Flags. More flags....more fun!


Fun on the rides

Being silly. I was hiding my belly...

The American Flag cake that two Canadians made.

Posing on the 4th of July

At the Dicksons on the 4th

Mel and Mark at Churchill Downs

I love this pic!!

It was wonderful to have my best friend from home and her fiance come and visit us here in Kentucky. When they got here we picked them up from the airport and took them to our favorite restaurant...Cheddars! The next day we went to Six Flags and had a great time. I think I was the pressure person of the group. I made them do all the roller coasters all in a row. Hey I grew up with all boys so what do you expect? I think Mark might have tweaked his back with all the crazy rides....sorry! Dont worry I did not ride the roller coasters but I did get to enjoy the great waterpark they have there. On the fourth of July we saw the movie Hancock, which was good, then of course we went shopping! (In the midst of all this there was of course alot of giggling that went on.....that is what we like to do when we are together). We went to the Dicksons for a great BBQ on the 4th and had a firework show. Then the next day we took them to Churchill Downs to see the horse races. It was a fun trip and we loved getting to know Mark better. He is a great guy and we are excited for the two lovebirds who are going to get married in November. Thanks for coming to Louisville! We love you guys!

Baby Shower

Austin's first cake
Cute diaper cake made by my friend Abby

Fabulous friends

Opening some great gifts

A couple of weeks ago my friends threw me a wonderful baby shower. Thanks to Pam, Abby, Janelle and Ashley for a great shower!! It was so nice to get all my Louisville friends together and celebrate little Austin. We are so excited to see what he is going to look like. My vote is that he is going to look identical to Hans. We shall see. Thanks again for everyone that came!