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Almost.......but not quite

Yes you read the title right. Tuesday night we had an "almost" moment. Sara had been feeling pretty bad all day. Since about 3:30pm on Tuesday she had been having contractions. When I got home at 5 they had become a little more steady. I asked Sara if she called the doctor and her answer was no. I laughed when she said "I do not want to be one of those crazy people that think they are in labor when they are not". I told her to go call the doctor.

Well Sara called them and they were very nice. She went through all the symptoms and they suggested to Sara to take a hot bath and relax. They said to time the contractions and call them back in an hour. We started timing them and she was having about 8 an hour. We ended up calling them back almost 2 hours later to let them know the situation. At this time the contractions were getting a lot stronger than they were a few hours ago. They told us to head down to the hospital.

So Sara got her bag together and gathered Claire's. I grabbed the camera, laptop and the bags and we head out the door. Oh but wait! If we were having this child tonight we need a car seat, DUH! So I ran back in the house, grabbed the car seat and then we were out the door.

They got Sara in the hospital and hooked her up to every machine they had. Well her cervix was at 1 cm and they decided that since Claire was not in any stress that they would give Sara medication to stop the contractions and see what happens. Well the medicine worked. Sara stopped contracting and they sent us home around 2am.

They said that the main goal was to get Sara to 36 weeks. They stated that the babies are still premature if born before 36 weeks and they would like to get Sara a little further along. They said if she would have still been contracting after taking the medicine or her water broke they would have let her go. We also went to the doctor today and Dr. Nix was great. She went over the whole situation with us and reassured us that everything looked great.

Just an observation on my daughter. Sara is right, that child NEVER stops. They had Sara hooked up to the monitor and she did not stop moving the whole time we were there. She was SOOOOO loud on that thing. The nurse would come in every time and she could not believe how active she was. Sara always said that is a huge reason why she could not sleep at night. Now I see why.

Well we are back at home and I have a Thanksgiving feast to prepare tomorrow. Sara is very very excited about being home for that. Our love to everyone and we wish you a very Happy Thanksgiving!

Our Work Shower

Here are some pictures from the shower that was thrown for Sara and I at work. It was really nice. Sara was able to make the drive out so she could meet everyone and be there at the shower. I want to thank everyone for all the very special gifts we received and an extra special thanks to Nick, Misty, Stacey, and Tabatha for putting it all together and making it so awesome. It is really nice to have such a special group of people to work with.

This is Claire's training potty complete with Jello and Baby Ruths.

I was told I needed to wear the ribbon from the gifts. Cute huh?

Updates on Sara

Well this week we had a very good week. On Tuesday Sara and I went and met with Dr. Andy Andrews. He will be Claire's pediatrician. He was very nice. He answered all of our questions and we were very comfortable with him.

Sara also went and saw the doctor on Wednesday. The doctor said that in another week and a half, if Sara goes into labor, they will not stop it. I think the reality of all of this is now setting in. We are both very excited. Thank you to everyone for all the prayers that have been said to get us up to this point. This has been the best experience of our lives. Please keep us in your prayers and in your hearts in these last few weeks. Thank you and we love you all.

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Updated Pictures of the Nursery

We think it is finally done. Mom, Sara, and I have been working on finishing up the nursery. We made a final trip to Ikea and Target today and I think that we have finished. Mom bought us a beautiful lamp that Sara fell in love with as soon as she saw it. Sara and Mom were so happy with the way the room come together. I really like it as well. It has really come together and I think it is very pretty. Thank you Mom for all your help getting the room together. Now all we need is Claire to make it completely perfect.

Shower with Family and Friends

I finally am getting around to getting some of the pictures from the shower posted. It was a very awesome shower and we cannot thank family and friends enough. It was a lot of fun and we received so many great gifts for Claire. Sara and I thank everyone and send our love, appreciation, and gratitude to you all.

The Honey-Do List from my Nesting Wife

What a Sunday. I am very glad that I have had every Sunday off for the past 2 months, and so far, the rest of this month. Sunday's have been a great family day, run your errands day, and mental health day for me. We wake up every Sunday and Sara and I make breakfast together for us and Wes and then we read the paper and do a few chores before we relax and watch football.

This Sunday was a little different. Sara has been making a honey-do list for me over the past week. This was my request because she would keep calling me with all of these different things I needed to do and she wanted done before the baby gets here. We got up as usual on Sunday and made our breakfast. My mom surprised me and called and said she was doing nothing and wanted to come over and help. I was very very happy to have her there. My list consisted of such things as:

1. Moving the computer to the basement which meant I had to move the computer and desk, rewire the internet, our wireless, and also rewire my cable downstairs.
2. Move all the wood flooring material downstairs. We decided to put tile in the kitchen and wood in the dining room. We are doing the tile first and then the wood floors next.
3. I completed the pack and play
4. Rearrange the bedroom to make room for the pack and play. This consisted of moving dressers, tables, a fax machine and phone and a fan. It was not bad.

With each of these items the house was vacuumed, dusted and as Sara likes to say "declutterized" (aka removal of clutter). Mom and I also ran out to Target to get those canvas shelves you hang in the closet to make it more organized. We even found some cute plastic tubs to put on the changing table to store diapers, wipes, etc in. Sara's friend Marilyn had come over Saturday to help hang some pictures. I must say that after looking at the room the other day it is really coming together and is really organized.

Now on to Sara's nesting. The girl is a CLEANING AND ORGANIZING MACHINE! I had come home the other day and found out that she had been sitting on the kitchen floor cleaning the cabinets. She has washed, folded, and arranged Claire's clothes at least 3 or 4 times. Everything on the changing table has been reorganized at least 6 times. Today she calls me and says she cleaned the fireplace. We have a large brick fireplace and she said she cleaned it with soap and water and a towel. I just received a text message from her and she said she just cleared out the dining room of all the clutter. I keep telling her she needs to take a break. She just does not listen very well. In my opinion, she is officially nesting.

Just to let everyone know she has been feeling really good. She looks great and is taking care of herself. We both are very excited for all the fun that may be around the corner. We really have no idea of what any plans are for Claire's birth but she is only 50 days away from full term. Many people in our group of family and friends have her giving birth before Thanksgiving or just there after. I would prefer we make it until December which is only 3 short weeks away. I want little Claire to be as strong and healthy as she can be. At this time we are still without a middle name. Sara is picking between a few that she likes. Nothing has really stuck yet. We continue to say our prayers and count our blessings every day. We thank God for getting us this far and ask him for his blessing to get us through the next many years of her life.

Tomorrow we are going to interview the pediatrician that we think we have picked out. Today, just to butter us up, they sent us a huge welcome packet. I actually thought that was pretty cool. Sara enjoyed it thoroughly.

I have a lot of pictures to put up. I have not even dove into a post about the the shower thrown for Sara by our family and friends. I have pictures of that to put up. That was a really fun day. I hope to get to that this Sunday. Also, Friday of this week, they are throwing a shower for us at work. I work with the nicest group of people and I thank them for all the support they have given to us through all of this.

Please continue to keep us in your thoughts and prayers. We love you all!

Quick Update

Hi everyone. I have a lot of updating to do but I really have not had the time. I just wanted to let everyone know that Sara is feeling great. We had an ultrasound today and Claire was weighing in at 4lbs. 6ozs. She has gained just over a pound and a half in 3 weeks and 3 days. I have a lot of updates for the site and I will probably get to them this weekend. We send our love to all!