One week and a day old!

Today Emily went for her 8 day check up at the Pediatrician's office. I am happy to say she is great health and gaining weight. When we left the hospital she was down to 5 lbs and 14 oz. Today she is back up to 6 lbs 3 oz. She is nursing well and sometimes is so hungry that she needs a little top off from a bottle. But for the most part, the breast feeding is going great. I am healing well and each day I feel a little better. Adrian and I are just loving being parents. Here are a few more pics we wanted to share. Thank you all for your calls, visits, and emails. We appreciate it and know that Emily is very, very loved!

Emily Lynn has arrived!!

Okay, well it is now February 18 of '09 and the McNemar family has had a new addition for about 2 days. Emily Lynn was born 4:47 pm the night of the 16th. She weighed in at a whole 6 pounds and 7 ounces, and was 18.25 inches long. Erin is doing fine after her C-section, but is still in some pain. She has some pretty gnarly staples in her abdomen, which are to be removed sometime tommorrow. At the moment Mommy is feeding Emily, so Daddy is blogging in her stead. Both of us are tired and can't wait to get home to our other child...that'd be Beau the dog! That was my blogging, now I'm just going to dictate for Erin.

It all started at four o'clock Monday morning with my water breaking (more like a trickle). After I roused the sleepy daddy, we headed to the hospital and got checked in. I was disappointed to hear that we were only one and a half cm. dialated, so they started a pitocin drip. After six hours on pitocin and an epidural we were still only one and a half cm. dialated. Five hours after that (about 4 pm) we had still made no progress and and were still only one and a half cm. dialated. At that point my doctor told us that it wasn't going to happen and we needed to have a c-section. 47 minutes later, Emily was born. Emily and I are working diligently to get this breastfeeding thing down, and I think we make a good team. I hope to go home tommorrow (Thursday). We will post an updated blog in a few days. Thank you all for all of your well wishes.

The end is near!

Today we went for our 37 week check up. We are officially “at term”. Doctors consider babies at term after 37 weeks. I am 80% effaced and only ½ centimeter dilated. The doctor has scheduled to induce me February 23rd. That is assuming she doesn’t come on her own in the meantime. But the doctor doesn’t think that is likely to happen. So it looks like we’ll be having a birthday on February 23rd or 24th. Only 2 weeks away! We can’t wait!

Patience is a virtue!

This past Monday we hit the 9 month mark! We are officially in the home stretch at 36 weeks! I feel bigger than ever and grow more and more uncomfortable and tired each day. Getting a good night’s sleep has been impossible the last couple of weeks. I guess my body is getting me ready for when Emily is here. This week I am praying for patience and a positive attitude. Because as the time grows near, I am more and more excited and impatient about Emily being here. And as she gets bigger and bigger, it is harder to get comfortable and maintain everyday activities and a normal energy level. But above all, I am happy that she is almost here. Adrian and I talk about what she might look like, how she might act, whose demeanor she might take on… We can’t wait to meet this little girl that we love so much already.

Last Saturday we had our second baby shower, hosted by the ladies of our church family. We got so many cute outfits, blankets, shoes, socks, wall décor... I can’t even begin to list it all. This little baby is going to be the best dressed girl in Texas! Her dresser is packed to the gills and her closet is almost full! We still have one more baby shower (hosted by my office) on Feb 13th. I have asked them to please just bring diapers or gifts cards!

We went to the doctor on Monday too, but I don’t have anything to report because the doctor didn’t do an exam. We go each Monday morning now, so maybe next Monday I will have a progress report to post.