Ayla pictures and quick update

Hello everyone, this is Big Chris. I want to thank all of you for all of your prayers and encouraging comments throughout the pregnancy.

Quick update on M: She just called and said that they will be doing a D&C on her tonight. She is still having some bleeding and they want to make sure they get any left over tissue to get everything under control. Please continue to keep her in your prayers so the proceedure will go smoothly. I feel bad because I can't be there with her right now as she has to go through this alone.

Quick Ayla update: So far everything is going perfectly for Ayla. She is doing great, and already has had three bowel movements. There is no bowel obstruction which is wonderful news. Still won't know the CF outcome for probably 2 weeks when the newborn screening tests come back. All in all she looks and sounds great.

Here are just a few pictures of Ayla and of Lil' Chris meeting his sister.

Baby Ayla is here!!!

Hooray!!

Lil Chris' new baby sister, Ayla Christi, made her arrival this afternoon at 2:52pm! She weighed in at 7lbs 14oz and was 19.5 inches long.

M is doing great & was thankful for a quick labor & delivery! She'll fill you in on the rest of the details of delivery day when she gets home from the hospital. I do know that it will probably be about two weeks before they get the results of Ayla's CF screening. M will also announce the contest winners so they can begin exercising their bragging rights. =)

I'm thrilled to have brought you this news & M was anxious to know that I posted it for you. She is so grateful for the friends she's made through Lil Chris' blog & considers you part of the family! Thank you so much for your thoughts & prayers today for Ayla's safe delivery!

Sorry I only have one picture of Ayla to share with you but Big C will hopefully be posting a slideshow for us soon!

On Our Way to the Hospital

My water broke....FINALLY!!!! We are about to leave for the hospital, I already called and told them I was on my way!

My water was CLEAR....YEA!!! So far, so good. Clear is a good sign of NO CF, YEA!! Keep praying that we don't have any problems and that she doesn't have CF!

I'll have my sister D update later, hopefully with some pics of Ayla:)

Congrats to Charmaine!!! You are the winner!!! YEA!!! It was fate that you won, b/c you were my first blog reader and have been a faithful reader for almost a full year now!! Thank you so much for always being there for me:)

Any last minutes guesses as to what time and how many lbs and height??? Charmaine never said, she just guessed the date. So.......... keep your guesses coming!!! :)

Keep praying for us,
M

Due Date...YEA!!

Finally the day has arrived...only...she still isn't here:'(

I'm sure Ayla has her reasons for not wanting to come out yet:)

Well, it looks like Tracy Liberto and Mommom C. are out of the competition. Sorry gals:(

If I end up having Ayla today, then Charmaine will win!! I'm routing for ya Charmaine:) I think you're right...1/29/09 sounds pretty good:) I'll take it;)

I was/am getting some pains this morning. Hopefully she'll decide to come around noon. That's when the sitter is planning to come anyways;) Did you hear that Ayla??? LOL

It's not supposed to snow today like it did the last couple of days...thank God!! We have about a foot of snow right now! I even got stuck pulling into the driveway yesterday! My husband had to come dig me out. It was my own fault...I tried to drive through about 3 feet of snow thanks to the snowplow trucks:) LOL

Wish me luck, I'm off to work yet another 8 hour day:(
M

New CF Blogger Friend

I love this...every day I am meeting new CF blogger buddies!!!

Please go to Sherry's blog and drop her a comforting comment. She just found out through Amnio that her baby has CF. She isn't due til April, but we all know how devastating the news can be.

I look forward to her becoming part of our lil' CF blogger community here:)
M
PS. No baby yet:( I gotta go to work in 6 inches of snow today:( And we are supposed to get another couple of inches today too:( Wish me luck!

OB appt Update and new blogger buddy:)

Well...no Ayla AGAIN:'(

I didn't even change! I'm still at 3+ cm and 50% effaced! She did say that I could go any day now though...so that's a plus...although, I should hope that I would go any day now since my due date is only a day away!!

She asked if we wanted to induce on Thurs, but she is still leaving it completely up to us. She told us to think about it and call to make the appt if we decide that is what we want to do. Chris is all for it!! But he is leaving it up to me. I kinda want to see how far she will go;) I wouldn't mind a February baby:) The amethyst birthstone is my favorite;)

I said a long time ago that it would be neat if she went on 2/2/09, b/c lil' Chris was born on 6/6/07!! So, again, I don't know what to do. I'll just pray about it and see what kind of plan God has in store for us.

Thanks for all the comments on my last post though:) It was fun reading them while we were waiting in the dr's office. My husband can get them on his phone;) I hope you all keep them comin when I go into labor! It will keep my mind off the pain and will put a smile on my face to know so many people are thinking and praying for us:)

On another note...a new CF blogger friend found me today!! I love new CF blogger buddies=) It's actually a young couple. Kellee is 21 and is insanely in love with her best friend Michael who is 24 and has CF. Click here to go check out their blog and to encourage Michael to go to the dr's to try to get rid of this cough he has right now:) Tell him I sent you to bug him:) LOL LOL

M

PS. I thought that was funny that a lot of people thought the new header pic was a purple bean bag or ball at first:) But nope...it's just Ayla chillin in my big belly;) It must be pretty comfy in there, b/c she sure doesn't want to come out! =)

Going to Last OB Appt Hopefully

Well, we are on our way to hopefully our last OB appointment:)

I was having little pains this morning, but they went away. I feel like over the last couple of days Ayla has dropped more or something. So I am curious to hear what the dr. has to say today.

Who knows maybe Ayla will come today=) If so, then it looks like Mommom C will win the contest:) She is the only one who picked today!

I'll let you know if I go into labor. I'll either have my husband post it or my sister D.

For now, I'm going to attempt to change the header to a pic of Lil' Chris peeking over my big belly (his lil' sis:) That is if my laptop doesn't freeze up on me like it has been lately:(

Wish me luck,
M

Lil' Chris' First Time Bowling

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Last night my work finally had our Christmas Party(December is too busy for us to have it then). We had it at a bowling alley, which was a lot of fun! Lil' Chris got to bowl for the first time!! He did a great job too!! Everybody was cheering him on like he got a strike every time:) He started copying everybody cheering after the first time...so after he would roll the ball, he would come running back screaming with excitement!! It was the cutest thing EVER!!

I even tried bowling a couple to see if it would make me go into labor:) No luck:(

So those out of the running now for guessing when Ayla will be born are:
1. Cindy(Reilly's mom) with 1/24
2. Christy(Color Me Healthy) with 1/24
3. Opa(FIL) with 1/24

Those still in the running are:
1. Mommom C with 1/27
2. Charmaine with 1/29 (my due date:)
3. Greg(BIL) with 1/31

GOOD LUCK!!

I thought I was going to go yesterday, b/c nobody picked the 25th=) But...I didn't:(
So, if I go today...Tracy Liberto will win! She is the only one who picked 1/26! Good Luck Tracy=)
M