Camera Crazed!

Today I kind of went camera crazy taking pictures of cute baby Owen. Enjoy!

One week

Owen is seven days old today! It's crazy to think that he came out of me! Lol. He is such a great little baby and we love him so much. I can't imagine life without him. He definitely keeps night-time interesting but we love him so soo much. We both love being parents!!!

The Best Day - Owen Jeremiah Porter 10/2/2009 - 6lb 10oz 19.5 inches long

Friday was the best day for our little family. I went in Thursday evening around 7:30pm and was induced and we had our little guy in our arms by Friday. Owen Jeremiah Porter was born Friday October 2 @ 9:31 a.m. He weighed 6 lb 10 oz and 19 1/2 inches long. Even though the first couple of days have been hard life is really great! Here is a slideshow :)

The REAL countdown begins!

Went to the Dr. today and everything is great! I started dilating enough where he is happy about inducing me no problem. So.. Thursday evening around 7 pm is my induction appointment! Countdown .... 2 days, 0 hours, 17 minutes until I get induced. Yay!

Time Is Ticking!

My pregnancy countdown is coming to an end pretty soon! I went to the Dr yesterday for an appointment and my BP was still a little high. The baby and everything else looks really good but he is a little concerned that my BP will just continue to go up. So... the plan is that I go and see him 2 times a week and... he told me to try and go into labor! So.. homework for Adrienne - go into labor, don't quite know how I'm supposed to achieve that one quite yet. Anyways. He said that he would consider inducing me know if I was dilating a little bit more than I am.. if I do start to dilate he may just decide to induce at that point. But.. he did say that if I haven't already had the baby by 39 weeks then he will induce me at that point. So baby porter will be making an appearance within the next 2 weeks! Wish Jerry and I (me a little more than Jerry since I have all the hard work to do.. lol) luck! :)

Latest update

Well I had an appointment with my doctor today and it really didn't go that great. My blood pressure was 160's over 88 or something like that and I had some protein in my urine. So he thought it would be best to do an ultrasound to make sure that Owen is growing okay, draw some blood, and some other tests along with that. My blood pressure went down a tiny bit in the time that I was at the office but not enough to make my Dr happy about it. Little Owen is growing well and according to ultrasound is weighing about 5 lbs 8 oz. My blood work came back fine. So.. one more test result to go and then the Dr and I are "going to have another chat". He told me to call in sick to work tonight so that he can figure out if I can go back to work at all. As much as I like not working I don't really want to have to go on bedrest early :( If my tests don't come back better than I will probably have to not work anymore and be induced at my 37 week mark (less than two weeks away). So.. now I am just waiting until tomorrow to see what he decides. Wish Jerry, Owen, and I luck!

Baby Shower & House Prep Fun!

I had my baby shower thrown by my fabulous sister in law on Saturday! It was really fun! I may post some pictures if I get them. I happen to hate being the center of attention but it was really great to see all the family/friends and to start getting excited about our little Owen's arrival. I was excited before but now I think it's getting to be more of a reality that he is almost here! I missed all that couldn't come but totally understand that life is crazy :) Wish me luck in the next couple of weeks. I have two due dates... either Oct 6th (which my doc thinks is more likely) or Oct 13th. If I have him around that 13th that only leaves me FIVE WEEKS from today!?! The earlier date would only leave me FOUR WEEKS!?!?! We have been extremely busy working on our house this past week. We have ripped out all carpet and tile, painted the entire house (may never ever do that again!), now we have to wait for the carpet (which hopefully will be here next week), and pain baseboards and touch-ups, clean our old apt, and move all of our stuff. It's crazy how time flies. The pregnancy has actually flown by pretty fast since I have been crazy busy most of it.. again.. Wish us luck in the next couple of weeks. :)