Jonah's First Magic Kingdom Visit

It made a really big impression on him. :)

A Few More Jonah Pictures

We are just so proud!

See What I Bought at the Store Today?

Cat food? Yes, cat food. But why, you ask, would I buy cat food when I don't have a cat? Great question. I wondered that myself, when I saw it on our shopping list. I was at the store, getting some "essentials," when I glanced down my list and saw cat food written in my husband's handwriting. I would have ignored the item, except he had written this next to it - (please) =).

How can I say no to that? But let me back up.

When we came home from the hospital and my mom was staying with us, a ginger cat starting showing up regularly at our house. We were eating pretty much every lunch and dinner on our back patio and each meal time, he would promptly show up and look around for food. Ruthie quickly learned that cats say "meow" and would say it over and over again, so excitedly. Ian and my mom (yes, my mom, who says she doesn't like animals) teamed up on me, claiming the cat was skinny and hungry and both of them starting giving him food. 

Then Ian says we need to name him. Now I feel like things have gone too far, but I've clearly already lost control. And anytime I try to tell Ian that we just had a baby and don't need a new cat, he says, "But look how much Ruthie loves him. And she's learning to be gentle with him." This, I suppose is true, and she really does love him, but I'm thinking all our extra affection should go to Jonah, right? Who's with me? 

Alas, I seem to have lost. The cat has been named - Emilio (he has a bandanna around his neck - which I try to tell Ian means he belongs to someone, but Ian says he's too skinny to have a real home - so a Spanish name seemed fitting), and he has been feed tuna, left overs, milk, water and now cat food from our house today. He seems quite a home. Oh dear.

I still like to pretend we don't have a cat; but when you have cat food in your shopping cart, that's a pretty hard feat to accomplish. 

We'll see what the next few days bring. But my guess is, lots of visits from a ginger cat named Emilio.

Happy Father's Day!

Look at my Handsome Men!

Baby is Here!

More details soon, but we are thrilled to introduce to you our son, Jonah David McCurry. Born at 1:30pm today, weighing 7 lb, 15 oz and stretching 20 inches long, he has already stolen our hearts. What a handsome fellow!

Still Cooking Away

I've had several days worth of contractions, but nothing steady and nothing very painful. I guess it's what they call "false labor." At times, it's enough to keep me awake at night and at other times, I'll go hours and hours without a single contraction. So, we wait.

We had our first post-due test yesterday. All was fine. The baby was very active and my fluid levels looked fine. I guess that's good, but Ian and I were sort of hoping they would offer us an induction right then. We are ready to get this show on the road!

But if nothing happens this week, we'll most likely be induced next Saturday. For starters, our doctor is on call that day. Secondly, that will already be 10 days late, which is late enough in my book. And Ian is the best man in a wedding on the 22nd, and we'd like to be home from the hospital and at least slightly settled in before he goes to the rehearsal and dinner on the 20th and the wedding on the 22nd. I was hoping to go too, but we'll see how things go on the baby dropping front.

That's all we have to report! In the meantime, we are enjoying quiet family days at home. Lovely.

And So It Begins...

They just called to schedule my first over due appointment for this week. Sheesh. I know they are being cautious, which is good, but where is the faith? Truth be told, I don't have much confidence the baby is coming this week either, so it's probably for the best. They originally scheduled it for Thursday but I at least got them to change it to Friday. Seriously, do I need to have an over due stress test appointment the very first day I'm late? I think not. So on Friday, it's off to the hospital I go again, to have my fluid levels checked and the baby's movement monitored.

Fingers crossed I'll go into labor sometime soon and get to skip all those lovely side visits to the hospital! I want the main thing! Anyway, I'll keep you posted.

Air Conditioning

Ian is at a bachelor party this weekend, so I've come to my parents' house in Brea to have some help with Ruthie and not be alone overnight so close to my due date. I just got out of a nice hot shower and man, I forgot how nice it is to come out of the shower into air conditioning. Actually, it's great to do just about everything in the air conditioning. I can hardly wait for bedtime - sleeping in ac is pretty much divine, especially when you're 9 months pregnant. :)