More cute pictures!!  Sooner or later they will all be uploaded to our Picasa web album.  For now, here are a select few.  Enjoy!

I just had a minute and wanted to post some fun pictures that I don't think have made it to the slide show yet.  It's already been a week and Madelyn is firmly in our hearts and we are loving every minute!  For the last few nights she's been sleeping for 3-4 hrs at a time, she starts to get squirmy and grunting and that's when I get up to feed her, then she usually goes right back to sleep for another 3 hours or so.  It's been great so far!  We'll see how long it continues!

A first time grandpa and his 9 hour old granddaughter.

Just a few of my favorites...

All packed up and ready to finally go home!!  Yeah, she hates that pacifier now...go figure...

I love the cherries on her bum!  Thanks for the cute outfit Julie!

How can you not love this face!??!?

Scruffy Uncle Erik stops by for a visit!   She looks like a doll in his arms...his 77 inches versus her 20 inches...go figure...

Hahaha...don't ask.  She has been a lot more smiley these days, even while she's nursing or sleeping.  It's so funny.

Her favorite post nursing/sleeping position.  Like a little frog.  And she always has her hands up by her face though she isn't quite coordinated enough yet to really suck on them.  I also try to sit her up and put her jaw between my thumb and forefinger to burp her, but when she's really sleepy she just automatically turns her head to the side in my hand so she can continue sleeping.  It's the cutest thing!

Her cousin Seth is almost 6 months old.  He looks so huge compared to Madelyn!  Both cuties!!

After her first outing...to the doctor.  It was pretty traumatic and she fell asleep on the car ride home.  I didn't bother disturbing her and let her stay put.  I'm nervous when they start doing the vaccine shot appointments!  I think it might be more traumatic for me!

Madelyn slideshow
http://picasaweb.google.com/dkm747/Madelyn

I'll let Kristen post all the juicy details later but I will take the opportunity to announce the birth of Madelyn Jayne MacKinlay.  She was born April 9th at 12:44 AM and weighs a grand 8.7 oz.  Mommy and baby are doing fine. Kristen was a champ.  As soon as the anethesiologist (spelling ?) pumped her full of drugs she became sane.  They are both resting at home.  Pics to come!!!

Still pregnant.  I had my OB appointment today, with one of the doctor's this time.  She gave me a little bit different information than I was previously given.  I'm 60% effaced and a good 2 cm (not almost 3) dilated.  Not a huge difference, but still.  So she asked me about inducing, I told her I was hesitant to do that, but wanted her best advice.  She didn't really tell me anything other than she wouldn't really want me to go past 41 weeks.  So I have a week window.  If we have to induce, we might as well pick a convenient day, like Friday or Saturday, be discharged on Sunday or Monday.  That would give Dan the weekend to be with me and only have to take a day or two off work.  So what do I do people??  I really want Madelyn to come on her own, and she still might, but if I'm going to have to be induced, why not pick the day right?  Uuuugh...hopefully the next few days will decide that for us and she can come on her own.  I just have to call the Dr by probably Wed if I want to be induced Fri or Sat.

No joke here...This little girl is still hanging in there!  Which I'm glad for one reason, I kinda wanted an April baby as planned and didn't want an April Fool's Day baby.

I know my tickers say 6 days to go, TECHNICALLY that's not true.  I put in the April 7th due date because it was earlier and that's what the ultrasound calculated.  But the Dr. has my due date for April 9th.  So when my next appointment comes around on Monday April 7th, if Madelyn hasn't come already, they will probably schedule me to be induced shortly after. 

I'm not working anymore (last day was Friday).  I think the directors were glad though, I don't think they wanted me to go into labor during instruction time.  Plus I was about 2 days away from showing up in Dan's basketball shorts because work clothes just weren't happenin!  So yes, I'm VERY preggo, and no I don't have any pants or shirts that will hide my belly anymore since she has dropped so low, but the end is in sight and I think I can hang on if she doesn't come for another week.  This weekend would be nice though!!  Think happy thoughts for me!