just chillin...

Ruby gets in these oh-so-sweet moods where we'll all hang out on the bed and she'll just explore her world. Her big blue eyes just wander and she makes little coos and fun faces and moves these crazy things called arms that always seem to surprise her. We just think she's great...

Onna Donna...

So Onna Donna... my mom... came to check in on her baby and meet her baby's baby. It was precious to see my mom interact with her - and we all agree... she's the cutest and most well mannered baby! Both Ruby and I were sad to drop her off at the airport this morning. Thanks for coming, Onna!

Ruby update...

Okay... so we have some flipping to show you... (sidenote: I'm able to post today because I got 7 hours of sleep last night!! Ruby has been in the habit of only sleeping when someone is holding her which meant Josh or Audrey slept in shifts in the nursery chair holding her. We attribute this to her small size. But slowly she's been getting used to her bassinet and sleeping on her own and last night she slept there in between each feeding which means mom and dad got to sleep in their own bed together - the first time since before my water broke! Heaven...)

Here's little Ruby (at the time nameless Baby Dunlop) at the hospital. They had to stick a tube up her nose to clear out some fluid in her lungs, so her little nose was swollen and therefore when breathing, she was snorting. Our little piggie. At times it was so cute - kinda like a puppy bull dog or something - and at the same time it broke my little new mom heart because it just sounds hard and painful to breathe! But this is Ruby about 24 hours old...



And here she is now!! Well, as of Friday - she's just changing all the time!



Now I promised myself I wouldn't be one of those people that changes all their blog entries and facebook pictures and everything to their new baby, but I have to admit - I totally see why people do it! She's our world! And well, my day consists of 24 hours of Ruby, so blogging about anything else just seems like work. And that's the last thing I want to do right now... work. So enjoy. Hopefully more pics to come soon!!

how rude!

I didn't even properly introduce you to our little one...

World, meet Ruby. Ruby, meet the world!

Still trying to figure out this whole no sleep, precious moments, what the heck are we doing thing, but we'll try to keep you all posted with the few moments we're able to capture with the camera. We love love love her and are constantly finding ourselves staring in awe at our little miracle.

PS - we love her feet...

she's heeeeeeere!

Born today, May 4, 2010 at 5:47AM. 6 pounds, 3 ounces, 20 inches. Our little bundle of joy...

More to come... but I'll tell you this. She is so wonderful. Perfect in fact. We love her.

nursery time!

Here it is! The nursery... not exactly what we wanted, but we did what we could without painting, tearing down walls, etc, etc. Curses on rentals!! But we're so happy with it and excited for our little lady to enjoy it! Er... well, be changed and sleep in it. That's about all she'll probably do in there...

View from the door... the pom poms are from the baby shower and will serve as some lovely eye candy while she's quietly hanging out in her crib... yep. That'll happen, just you wait!

Josh made that beauty of a bookshelf... well done, sir!

Mama's new mantra... Keep calm and carry on... carry on...

Ok - and here's the dresser makeover. Before:

After:

Fun, huh??

baby big foot?

So today at my appointment the doctor said "Look at that active baby! She's definitely kicking you pretty hard! Wait a minute... let me measure that foot..."
Guess how big baby dunlop's foot was...
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3 1/2 INCHES!

It's freaking Big Foot in my stomach! And with Josh's hair tendencies, it really COULD be Sasquatch! I said "So is that like when a great dane puppy is born and its feet are too big for its body?" and she just laughed. I'm taking that as a yes. She definitely takes after her mother and her size 10 feet...

It's okay, honey - all the good shoes are always gone in the 6-8 size range... you'll get the pick of the litter come Nordstrom's 1/2 yearly sale... :)

another update...

I wish I could start this blog with "Every 5 minutes for about 60 seconds I'm in so much pain I can't even focus... time for the hospital!"... but that, alas, I think that's a ways off.

Went to the doctor today and she said that I'm just about where I was 2 weeks ago. WTF?? Just 2 weeks ago she said "I give you two weeks!!" and here I am in the same place?? NOW. Maybe that's her way of tricking mothers into getting ready for the baby just in case... yeah, right. But my guess is, 2 weeks ago she had wishful thinking and thought I would progress a lot faster than I am. And every mom (including my own) said "Don't get your hopes up that it will happen in 2 weeks..." and I didn't... but secretly did. And THEN one of the girls we knew from church who was due 6 days before me delivered her baby last week -- so then I REALLY got my hopes up. But alas. Here I am. Uterus the size of a watermelon and cervix the size of a pea. Son of a gun.

BUT, I'm going to change my attitude. Right now. I'm going to enjoy being pregnant. I'm going to enjoy the long nights of sleep I'm getting right now. I'm going to enjoy the extra scoop of ice cream I easily justify. I'm going to enjoy being large and in charge and having those special little kicks and rolls and jabs from our little one all to myself. Yes - I would love to be able to get off the couch without using a tow truck and for my feet to fit into shoes other than flip flops. And yes - I cannot wait to meet the little lady, but being anxious is NOT helping the situation... she'll come when she's good and ready. So there you have it. Me letting go.

On a COMPLETELY different note, there were little kittens born in our front yard bushes at some point today. Josh didn't believe me at first... he kept saying, "Audrey - that's a BIRD... it's not a kitten..." But I knew. I grew up with lots of kittens. And then we found them... SO TINY. "Mission: rescue kittens" went into effect because we thought they were abandoned but then their mama came back to feed and protect her little ones from us... just what we need around this neighborhood... more stray cats.

thinking thinking thinking...

The nursery is NEARLY there... the bookshelf is in and things are somewhat in their place. I'm feeling better now that the clutter is moreso organized chaos. It shall be all put away soonish and pictures will be posted! We have the last of the baby gear in the wash now and my house is clean-ish. I'm feeling productive! I'm thinking of having a cleaning service come through this upcoming weekend and give everything a thorough clean. We got a coupon in the mail for a discounted cleaning from an "all-green" company and I'm thinking, why not??

Other than that, we're just awaiting our precious little one... name still in the air, but we're excited to meet her and see who she looks like so we can finalize the name and introduce you all to her!