Luke Edward Harris

Hello! Sorry I haven't had a chance to update the blog! As you can imagine I have been a little busy! :) We are doing great and I love this little miracle God has given us! Luke was born on November 19th at 2:53 in the afternoon. I was in labor for about 9 hours. I will put up more pictures from the day later! I just had a couple of minutes to update!!

HAPPY THANKSGIVING EVERYBODY!!!!!!!! I know I have so many things to be thankful for!!

Thursday, November 19th!

So I went to the doctor yesterday and I was finally dialated!! I am at 3 cms and 70% effaced so they are going to induce me on Thursday morning! I have had several people tell me they bet he comes before Thursday which I am fine with as well! I am just glad to know there is an end to all of this! I had a hard day yesterday, but going to the doctor really cheered me up! :) So Luke will be here on Thursday if not before!!! Woohoo!!

I guess my next post will really have a picture of my little boy on here! :)

Snug as a Bug.....

So Luke has not made any progress as of this morning! He must be so happy and content in my belly and doesn't want to come out! The doctor has set me up to be induced next Thursday, the 19th (one day AFTER my due date), but that is only if I dialate! If nothing still hasn't changed then we will have to cancel the induction. Anyway, hopefully he will decide that he is ready and come on this week or weekend! :) Please pray that I would at least dialate by Monday!! I really might be having a Thanksgiving baby! No thank you. :) Keep you posted if anything changes, but as of right now I am still pregnant :)

New Video Camera...

We bought a new video camera so we could have it for when Luke is born and of course to use the older he gets! Here is a little preview of Isabella :)

Anxiously Waiting......

Well needless to say the past few weeks have not been fun! I have experienced labor pains and they hurt people! :) That was 10 days ago and second go round at the hospital and second go round of the devil shots. Last night I started contracting again and couldn't go to sleep b.c I was hurting so bad, but they were not sharp or consistent enough to go to the doctor. After 8 hours of these contractions I woke Brian up about 4 this morning crying and telling him I couldn't take it any longer. Sooo we call the doctor up and of course they want to see us, so off we go to the hospital for the third time! I had JUST had an appt there yesterday as well so I knew I wasn't dialated then. Anyway the only good thing about going back there was I didn't have to get the awful shots b/c I am 37 weeks tomorrow! Thank goodness, but this has got to stop. They monitored me just to watch and of course I was discharged at 8 this morning. I came home went straight to sleep and poor Brian went off to work. I love Luke right now, but I am going to love him even more when he comes out of me! :) I think this is going to be the LONGEST 3 weeks of my entire life. I hope that he really comes early like the doctor said he would. He did say yesterday that if I got to 39 weeks we can talk induction! Bring it on!!!! :)
So I am hoping these contractions will stop even though it is slightly odd that these contractions are happening every 9 to 10 days on the dot! Anyone want to do a baby poll on me! :) If these contractions are consistent then it looks like we will make another trip next Thursday or Friday! I just wish my water would break and I could get this over with. So please please pray for me the next couple of weeks. I am still working right now and that is really hard, but I am hoping to quit next week if the doctor will excuse me!

So this is what has been going on in our lives the past couple of weeks. Looking forward to a fun weekend with Halloween coming up! :) My mom said if Luke comes on Halloween we can call him Luke the Spook :) I don't want him born on Halloween though!! I like November :) BUT you won't see me complaining if it does happen!

The Nursery is done!!

Well we just finished the nursery! We picked up his picture today that is over his bed! My sweet friend Aimee Hay painted this picture for Luke! Of course it is a monkey b/c Brian loves monkeys! I still have a little organizing to do, but I have lost motivation in doing some things. We have everything ready for Luke to come home with us! Not too much longer! If he really comes in 38 weeks like the doctor thinks he will, that means we have about 3 1/2 weeks left! Crazy! We are so ready to meet our son and so excited. Brian and I also decided a few weeks ago that I will be staying home for good after Luke is born! I can't tell you how excited and thankful I am that God has allowed us to make this decision. We have been praying for this for so long! It has always been my dream to be a stay at home wife and mother, and now my dream will come true in just a few weeks!
I have been preparing to pack and think of things we have to do before then. I don't really know how you pack for the hospital? I mean I have pajamas to wear and the toiletries that I know I can pack, but clothes to come home from the hospital? I can't do that! I am already limited to my wardrobe :) So I will just make a nice little list so that my mom can come back here and get what we need I guess.
I have felt pretty good the past couple of days. No more contractions lately so hopefully it stays that way. I am just hoping that all these sicknesses will stay away from me!
I am sure I won't have anything to write about between now and when Luke comes home, so I guess next time you read, I will be posting sweet pictures of our son! :)

34 weeks and contracting....

So today was not a fun day. I woke up this morning at 4 am with really bad cramps. I sat there and wondered if these were contractions or not! Anyway, kept having them pretty much all morning. I call the doctor at 1:30 and they tell me to come on in. I go in and they hook me up to a monitor. I am in fact having contractions! I knew I wasn't making it up! :) Anyway, I got a shot to make the contractions stop and waited an hour. If I had any more they would have to give me another shot....yes I got the second shot as well. Let me just tell you, those were the WORST shots I have ever had in my life!!!! Finally my contractions slowed down and I didn't have to get the third shot thank goodness! Anyway, I am home now, but I am still hurting. The doctor said Luke is really low and will probably come at 38 weeks but who knows! He could come this week! Anyway, I don't want him to come this soon b/c it would be early and I want a normal pregnancy. I know that God is in control and he is going to let me have Luke when that time is right. It is frustrating though. Anyway, not a very fun post but just giving you an update. :)