The First Few Days Home

I posted some new pics of Foster below. He is a very happy, healthy and hungry baby. He is eating up to 4oz a meal. He only cries when he is hungry or needs a diaper change--other than that he is cooing and just taking in his new world. We are so lucky to have such a content baby! I'm feeling a little better and stronger every day. It will still be a couple of weeks before I'm up and around more like my normal self. Luckily, Grammy has been here to help take care of the house and me and Shane has been able to devote his time to Foster. Little did he know he would be doing all of the diaper changes ;)
Thank you again for all of the love and support we've received throughout my pregnancy and this past week with Foster's arrival.
I'll keep posting pics for you....

He is Here!

Foster Henry Floyd was born July 23, 2008 at 2:35 a.m. He was 9lbs 8oz and 21 inches long.
We are home now resting, recovering and getting to know each other. Thank you everyone for your prayers and well wishes. We are very blessed to have a healthy, happy and heavy baby boy! We can't wait for everyone to meet him. A few pictures are posted below...more to follow.

Lots of Events

Hello Everyone! The countdown is really on now. We have less than three weeks to go until the due date. Of course, who knows when the little one is really going to arrive. Shane and I are both happy with any date after July 12. That's when we are both planning on taking our leave from work.
We celebrated anniversary number three last week and into the weekend. I posted a picture below. We have yet to spend an actual anniversary together, but at least we get to celebrate together at some point.

I had an appointment last week and received another excellent report from the doctor. We are just basically on baby watch from this point out.
I also met with our future pediatrician this week. I think it was definitely a sign that he had on a bow tie with little crabs on it.

The nursery is officially complete! Thank you to everyone who helped put it together. Teresa LaBiche is our magnificent artist who spent countless days perfecting the mural. I also added some pics below of her artwork. The little one is going to be a nature enthusiast just from being surrounded by such beautiful trees and critters. Also, we want to thank Mary Craft for her beautiful work on the curtains and crib bumper. Thank you to "Grammy Liz" (she still doesn't have a name) for the crib bed skirt and pillow. She has started sewing again--and it has been wonderful for the nursery. The pictures don't do the room justice. If you are in town and want to stop by let us know...

Shower Fun

Shane and I had a wonderful time at the shower. Thank you to everyone who helped, it was a very special night for us. We were so happy to see so many of our friends and family. Like Shane said, it was reminiscent of all of the wedding parties from three years ago. I posted a few pics below. There are many, many more, so I'll upload to Snapfish and then email that link to everyone.

We spent the rest of the weekend unpacking presents, organizing the nursery, washing baby clothes and as shown below, testing all of the new gadgets out on Daisy. By the way, Daisy had oral surgery yesterday. Poor thing had four teeth removed! She is resting comfortably at home, but isn't quite herself yet.

We have another doctor's appointment tomorrow, so I'll keep you posted on the visit.

Thank you again for such a wonderful weekend!

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Only 40 days to go...

Floating

I finally was able to realize a floating fantasy. I floated at the River on Sunday with the help of some water noodles. It was fantastic! It actually felt like I was unpregnant while floating--all of the weight of the baby had been lifted off of my back and shoulders. For anyone who is pregnant, I highly recommend swimming and floating :) The River weekend also was spent getting the baby's room ready. Christopher put together the crib after several attempts. Thank you to Lori and Randy for loaning us so many wonderful baby things so we can setup a second nursery.

We had an appointment last Thursday and got another glowing report. Everything is on schedule: baby size, my weight, my blood pressure, etc. We are very lucky to have such a healthy pregnancy.

Baby's First Concert

Saturday night was the baby's first concert. Of course, it had to be Tim McGraw! Mary-Kathryn drove up from S.C. and Jennifer came over from Chapel Hill. We had a nice girl's weekend. The Floydster baby kicked the entire time. Needless to say, I was exhausted the next day and ended up taking a two hour nap. There are pictures posted below from the show.

Last Thursday I had my appointment with the new doctor at the new practice. They were absolutely wonderful! I'm so glad we made the decision to change practices. For the first time I had an actual sit down conversation with a doctor and we talked for about 15 minutes about all kinds of things from the baby, to Manteo, to Daisy and Dallas--it was great! Dr. Holton even made sure we called Shane so he could hear the baby's heartbeat. I feel a million times better since that appointment. All is well and everything is on schedule and we are both very healthy.

Happy Mother's Day

Happy Mother's Day to all of the mothers today. It was my first pre-mother's day. I had lots of nice well wishes from people, cards, texts and emails. Thank you for all of the greetings! Christopher and I drove to Wilmington to see my mother. She just arrived in the Tar Heel state yesterday. We are all so excited that she is here.
I had a doctor's appointment on Thursday. The appointment itself went well, but after some deliberation, Shane and I decided to change practices. The practice had seven rotating doctors and I still haven't seen all of them, including my regular doctor. I felt like a sprocket going through the assembly line! I have switched to a smaller practice with just two doctors and Shane and I are thrilled about the personal attention I'll be getting, but especially knowing who will be delivering our baby.
Today's Mother's Day pic is posted below.