Our Happy Guy

More pictures and a video

FYI: The Teddy bear in the monthly pictures was the bear my dad gave me the day I was born (in case you were wondering why it looked a bit rough!) 

One month

Two months

Hanging out 

Snuggling with Daddy!

Silly boy!

Love my Sophie Giraffe

Snuggling with Mommy!

Here's a video I recorded for the grandparents, but I thought I'd share here.  Sorry in advance for my *baby* voice! :)

Happy Halloween

Our "BOO"gie pumpkin!

 

Happy Halloween!

Photos!

I've been wanting to update the blog with the birth story, but I have been a little busy with the sweetest little guy!  I've finally decided that it may be a while before I am able to update the blog properly, but for now I will upload some recent pictures for all the Boogie fans.  I'm sure most people are more interested in the pics than the events of his birth and NICU stay anyway!  :-)

(Sorry that some are sideways, not sure how to fix that right now)

Such a hard life!

Who's chubby?

Gotta have a hat for my stroll around the neighborhood!

Sweet boy

My Rays-hawk :) 

Looking a little baffled by mommy

"Reading" 

Being perfect

Tummy time

Boogie has arrived!

I apologize for not updating the blog sooner! This is first time I've been on a real computer in a while. I plan to update eventually with more details about the last week, but I wanted to quickly say that Boogie has arrived! Tate Holland Symmes was born on Monday, September 24th at 1:21 PM. He cried at birth and it was the most beautiful sound. Jon and I both cried ourselves when we heard it! Tate hasn't even celebrated his one week birthday and has already accomplished so many things! He is doing very well and we are so proud of him.

At birth

Daddy feeding Boogie

Eyes open!

Finally holding our little guy!

Last day of pregnancy

It's a little surreal to think that this time tomorrow we will be prepping for surgery to meet our little guy! Considering over the past 2.5 years I've been pregnant for 22+ months, my body is definitely ready to have a break. I think of Boogie as our little elephant baby, since elephant moms gestate for 22 months too :) Boogie is doing great and I'm confident he will not try to arrive before tomorrow. We had an ultrasound last night. Boogie passed his tests and I even had a little more fluid in there (4.4 cm). We promise to update with the good news as soon as we can. Please send extra prayers up around 11:30 am (when csection will start). Thank you so much for your support. We are very grateful!

34 weeks is here!

We've reached 34 weeks. Very happy about that! Thursday night and Friday morning were tough. I was having painful contractions about every 10 mins. I was monitored for hours and not allowed to eat or drink, in case we delivered. I did get some morphine, but it didn't help. The doctor checked things around 2 and found I wasn't dilating. It was the best news! I came off the monitor and was able to eat and drink. By last night I was barely contracting and felt 100 times better. I've been very vigilant about staying hydrated, which I think is helping. I even requested to have a hydrating IV over night for a little extra boost. The doctor was a little hesitant, but eventually allowed it. Considering I usually ask for extra monitoring too, I think I'm probably known as the overly cautious or high maintenance patient! Oh well, I can't be too careful for our sweet Boogie. I'm feeling good today, just trying to rest up for the big day. I hope Boogie is snuggled in until Monday. Perhaps Jon I should tell him a little bit about what to expect on Monday. :) As always, thank you for the continued support, positive thoughts, and prayers. They are working!