She's Here!

Annabelle Elizabeth Ellis was born on 10/22/10 at 6:56 pm. She was 6 lbs. 14 oz. and 18.5 in. long. We were only at the hospital for 3 hours when she was born. It was a very fast labor and delivery, especially compared to Joseph. We came home from he hospital late last night. I;m very tired, but we are doing good. I can post more details later. I'll be posting pictures later, too, but Aunt Marianne will post some til then.

Baby Stuff

We went to Babies R Us and put stuff on our baby registry today. I think it's so fun to look through all the stuff and scan it in. I was very conservative in what we added to this registry (unlike Joseph's) and only added things that we really need or would use a lot. The sad part about making a baby registry is knowing you probably won't get anything on the list. So, when I made it this time, I thought, "Well, even if I get a very similar item, that will still be good. In fact, if I get anything at all it will be good." I forgot how expensive it is to have a baby. Especially when you leave most of your stuff behind. A lot of the stuff we got for Joseph was old and not in great condition, so we decided it wasn't worth bringing. Now we don't have a lot of stuff. Plus having a girl makes a difference because most of the gifts we were given with Joseph were very boy-ish. I'm very grateful for what we do have: the clothes my mom got that should last the first 3 months, the bassinett Aunt Marianne is letting us borrow, the car seat and stroller that we were able to buy, etc. I think I have a problem with wanting stuff. I just like having cute things, but I'm learning to be grateful for what we do have. I need to be fine with Annabelle using boy towels and boy washcloths and boy bibs because that's what we have.

Okay, I need to stop rambling. I'm feeling kind of depressed today. I think it's because I'm tired and sore and just ready to have this baby. It's funny because I'm not even due until Halloween, but the past 2 weeks have been very difficult. I'm so sore that I can hardly walk some of the time. And it's just emotionally draining because I don't know what day she's going to come. I hope it's soon, though. I don't know how much more I can take.

I'm sorry this is a depressing post. Maybe tomorrow I can do something happier.

More Normal

I went and saw my doctor yesterday because I was a little worried. I'd been having a lot of cramping and contractions Monday night. But I didn't dilate anymore through all of that pain, so...

I've decided I'm actually going to start getting some stuff done. I'm still taking my terbutaline regularly because he said not to stop that until Saturday, but I'm going back to an almost normal schedule. I'm not going to work out or do any really intense cleaning, but I'm going to just ignore most of the contractions I have because I'm not having the baby yet. I think I'll know now when it's really happening. I'll probably just have to wait until my water breaks again.