Happy Anniversary and Happy Birthday

Today, August 26th, was our 4th wedding anniversary. We celebrated by pretending the flowers sent by my work (BEAUTIFUL) were really our anniversary flowers and Scott bought me a hand free pumping shirt (really cool). I suck and didn't plan ahead or get anything. Scott had to go to work today and stopped at the mall on the way home, and I can't drive for another week. We jointly decided it would be a non-event and we would try and do dinner to celebrate on 9/26. Thanks honey!

Today was also Katelyn's one week birthday. We sang to her at 6:20pm followed by a happy anniversary wish at 6:30p, the time we got married. When choosing our wedding date we debated between 8/19 and 8/26 so Katelyn's birthday is quite appropriate. It's nice that we aren't celebrating 2 special occasions on the same date.

Happy Anniversary Scott. Your present was perfect, but your real present was a week early :) One of the reasons we went with Murphy for the middle name was because she has so many features of scott's- toes, chin, etc. I could see so much of him in her it seemed like the natural choice. I've never been the type who can see adults in little babies. I think she has my fingers, maybe my nose, but that's all I can tell for now. I know she'll change so much in the coming weeks and even years. That's so exciting to us.

Later gators.

Mommy

1st photo shoot

Katelyn, Scott and I are getting settled at home. Trying to find time to blog is like trying to change a poopy diaper one handed... really difficult.

Here is a link to katelyn's 1st photo shoot at the hospital. My fav is the last one but, daddy LOVES the one of her cross eyed. Hopefully this link works. I'll have to find some time to download some of our own pics. There are some great ones, but unfortunately I think Beannette (yes, we still call her that everyday) inherited mommy's unphotogenic gene. Sorry honey! Maybe that means you will be a supermodel and I'm totally wrong. Looks like you'll have the height for it.

http://www.our365.com/newbornportraits/babydetail.aspx?birthid=2b5724b1-82f4-41be-a969-29ce21ee1364

More to come later, probably with other 3am feeding sessions :) Oh how life has changed, but I wouldn't change it for anything. Katelyn has been a dream come true for us!!

Miss Katelyn Murphy Allen

Daddy and I are pleased to announce katelyn's arrival on Thursday, August 19th at 6:20pm.  I don't have any great pics on my blackberry, so until I get a better blog post together here's one pic.  All is well.  Kate was 9 lbs, 0 oz and was 21 1/4 inch long.  She is PERFECT and we love how chubby she is in all the right places.  Time to blog is limited, so more to come later.  

Katelyn can't wait to meet everyone.  Tonight is our last night in the hospital, and we'll be home after lunch tomorrow.   We're up for healthy visitors if anyone is dying to meet her.

WE LOVE YOU KATELYN!

Waiting

Still waiting for Katelyn...

Last night was rough, but epidural : happiness (and sleepiness)!

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THE Big Day for the Scott Murphy Allen Family!

It's a little surreal to wake up and know that later on that day the birthing process of your firstborn will start and in about 36 hours you will have a live, breathing, helpless little human to take care of. We are excited...and nervous...but mainly excited.

8/18...you are on the clock. Daddy is sure I'll go into labor on my own before tonight. I think katelyn is pretty content in there. My belly is definitely expanding and every evening this week scott has taken some extra time examining the belly. He just laughs. I swear he thinks I've grown like 2 inches every day (not true!).

Last night we had our last date night without a baby. We went to downtown roswell and had a yummy meal at Salt (highly recommended, robin and laura- I had a burger this time and it was equally delicious). We went to bed early. We're both pretty tired in general, and I've been having trouble getting a good nights rest this week.

I'm at work for a while this AM, then I'll head home to finish packing and probably do a quick house clean so Katelyn comes home to a clean home. we are anxiously awaiting the call from the hospital to tell us what time to arrive.

We still haven't picked a middle name, so that news will come with the birth announcement email. Thanks for all the notes, calls, thoughts and prayers...we appreciate it. We are sure to have some downtime tonight, and maybe even tomorrow. We'll keep you posted via the blog.

Belly Shot- Week 39, Day 4

Well, here is what may be the final belly shot in my series (actually now that I'm looking, bad tank top color choice...hopefully we can squeeze in one more round). Katelyn must have a guardian angel or some grandparents looking over her, see the orb in one of them?

Scott and I are in full prep mode and today is my last full day in the office. Tomorrow I'm going to bring my team breakfast and work for a few hours. Then I'll head home, nap, shower and do final packing for the hospital. Yes, it's getting real. I'm anxious in a good way and nervous in a bad way. I know things will be fine, but delivering a 9 lb. baby makes me a little nervous. I'm still hoping the estimates are off =)

We'll go to the hospital Wed. night around 6 or 7p and the "action" will start later that night. I'll wake up and get some different medicine, Pitocin, that should cause contractions to start. Supposedly they get pretty intense with the meds, so yes...I will get an epidural. No reason to suffer, I figure.

Great Day to be Alive

8/19 that is. We had our appointment this morning and Dr. Howard said it was good that we gave her a week to come on her own, but it is now time to bring her into this world with some help. We are inducing this week. It was a little weird to schedule our daughter's birthdate. It was between Wed 8/18, Thur 8/19 and Fri 8/20. Uncle Tripper has a work trip on the 18th and I don't love the on-call doctor so that was out. Thursday is a great date and so is Friday. The on-call doctor for Thursday is Dr. Michael Scott, and we are fans of The Office. We thought that was fitting in some way.

Katelyn ______ Allen will be induced beginning Wed evening. Katelyn will be born on 8/19 one way or the other (the Wed evening drug sometimes causes labor so she has a slight chance of an 8/18 birthday).

We can't wait to meet you. We love you so much already!