Coming and Going

Harrison is starting to get into a routine...sleep...eat...sleep...burp...sleep...poop...sleep...Well, you get the idea. Lots of folks have called and a few dropped by to say hello to the newest boy in town. The ladies at church held a "table shower" for us, providing a lot of the little things that we had either gotten rid of or just haven't had since Peyton came along 10 years (!!) ago.

Perhaps the most creative was this little boy from Stacie. It's a one-sie stuffed with diapers and even plugged with a pacifier. Thanks to everyone who has helped out, dropped off food or brought something by!

At home and resting

Harrison Cael (rhymes with "Gail") is at home and resting. He arrived in this world 11 minutes beofre 1 a.m. early this morning, July 9th. How he got here is a tale.

We had been to Tyler once already but Lynna's contractions just stopped cold. So, after a couple of hours, we headed home.

Sure enough, things wound up again and soon we were off. Only this time, there was not enough time to make it to the Labor of Love Birth Center in Tyler. So Vicky met us halfway, which wound up being a gas station parking lot north of Tyler.

After a few minutes of slow labor, we decided to make an attempt to drive on in to the birth center.

Harrison had other plans. He wanted out...and out he came about a mile down the road. He was healthy if not happy but rested well as we traveled on to the center.

Thanks to Vicky and her mother as well as Stacey for helping at home before we left. Here (at right) are the first round of picutres, including one from the back seat of our mini-van/brith center.

He's here!

Harrison Cael Chenault was born on Thursday, July 9th, 2009 at 12:49 a.m. He was 8 lbs 13 oz. and 21 in. long. He was born along the side of the highway, but that is another story. We'll tell you more about that soon. Mother and son are at home and doing well.

Iron level

Vicky, our midwife, called on Friday to let me know that my iron levels are now at a good level!!!! Yeah!! She said to just keep on doing what I've been doing to keep my level up. It is such good news. I've been trying to take it easy and rest often, but it's not easy. I want the house clean and everything ready for the baby when he gets here. It is only two weeks until my due date. We go to see Vicky tomorrow so maybe I'll have more information to pass on after we see her.

Lynna

"An egg a day"...better make it four.

Vickie has spoken. And unfortunately, I'm the one that has to swallow it. Four eggs, a protein shake and at least one protein bar.

Have you ever eaten four eggs in a day...everyday!? I'd like to know how. (No, seriously, let me know. If you've got a suggestion or recipe on how to digest four eggs a day without loosing it, please, tell me.)

Also, working on keeping my feet up and elevated at least an hour everyday. I'm not sure David buys the whole "rest" thing. Oh well.

Vickie is planning on stopping by the station tomorrow morning so listen for her at 8:15 a.m. Unless of course, she's delivering a baby (not necessarily ours!).

KMOO Baby-Shower

The crew hosted a baby shower for David and I the day we left on vacation. Amy and her sister-in-law made the cake, which you can see was the central attraction at the shower. The chocolate cake was covered in blue-colored fondant. It was cute and delicious! Thanks to all the KMOO Crew for their work and gifts! It was a wonderful shower!

Vacation

Here we are on vacation last week in Galveston. We went to see Vicki, our midwife, last Monday and then left from Tyler and drove to Galveston. She reassured us that the baby wasn't ready to come yet. We were able to stay all week and we just got back home last night. We had a wonderful time. I love the beach!! It was a little more challenging to be on vacation, being 9mo. pregnant, but we wanted to squeeze a vacation in before the baby gets here. David had to do most of the loading and unloading and most of the setting up, but I think he got to relax too. The kids were great too. Now I have all the washing and cleanup to do. Hopefully that will all get done before the baby comes.