First Dr. Appointment

Today we took James to his first doctors appointment. Everything check out great. His weight has maintained almost the same. The day we left the hospital he weighed 7lbs even and today he was 7lb 0.4oz. So he gained a little! :) He did so good though the whole time. Here's a pic from his appointment.

Last night was a rough night for Daddy and Mommy though. James just couldn't get settled so we were up from 11:45 till 3:15. Needless to say James wasn't the only one crying last night. Manny is so amazing though. Even at 2 in the morning he was there by my side encouraging me that we could do it! I sat today and thought about the fact that I COULD NOT do this without him. He has been my strength and support unlike I ever imagined. I feel beyond blessed to have him as my husband.
We having been trying to upload pictures, but are having a tough time. Soon we will get some up though.

Manuel James Rodrigues

We very proudly announce the arrival of our son James! He joined us early Thursday morning at 5:14am and weighed in at 7lbs 2oz 19 3/4in. He is just perfect. We are so in love with this little guy. We thank our sweet Heavenly Father for entrusting this sweet baby to us. It is an honor. Here are 2 pics for now, but don't worry, more will be coming!

And this is why I love this girl...

My good friend Haley posted this on her blog yesterday for me. I love this girl for so many reasons. But one of those reasons being that she just gets it and gets me! Thanks Hales!

Here is her post:

when the day comes that you have a dear friend/family member due, please resist the urge to check in every/every other day via text/email/facebook/phone calls.

Initially I was enjoying the baby countdown, but after you pass a few days of that still with no baby, it’s really irritating (even when…

This is being reblogged for my friend, my good friend, Graylynn. Graylynn and her cute, multi-lingual husband are due to meet their baby James in….a few days. Graylynn and I speak about once a week and we talk a lot about the annoyances of well meaning people “checking in” on mom, baby, and the progress - or, often times, the lack thereof.

Resist folks, try to resist.

hlt.

Updates

Back to the doctor we went today. The doctor was quite surprised to see me there. She had hoped I guess as much as I had that James would have come already. She told me that she had 4 of us girls that she needed to have their babies before she left town and as of today I am the only one that hasn't had mine. Go figure right? UGH! So after checking me and seeing that I was still at 1cm, she decided to strip my membranes. Not sure if any of you have ever had that done, but it was horrible. I don't think I would wish that on my worst enemy. It was extrememly painful and uncomfortable. But if it works and does its job then I should have this little one in about 24 hours or so. If it doesn't work then we just continue to wait. Since my appointment I have been getting lots of contractions, so the prayer now is that they continue and get stronger. So we'll just wait and see. Worst case scenario she said that she will induce me when she gets back which would be the 20th! AHHH. Please pray that we don't make it till then. The thought makes me want to cry.

We'll be sure to keep everyone posted on what is going on though!

Let the countdown begin

And so it begins. We went to the Doctor today and I am officially at 1cm. So though it's not much, I'll take it! They are very happy with his progression and he seems to be doing well. My Doctor did tell me that she needs me to have James before next Friday. Next Friday she will be leaving on a week long vacation and not returning till the 20th! I of course would have no problem having him by then. I told her to just tell me what I need to do and consider it done! She of course listed off the items that most people tell you. So without naming each one of those items, know that I will be doing all of them. I will do whatever it takes! Do not be alarmed if you are driving down the road and happen to see me doing squats or lungs...haha! :) Now we play the waiting game. At least I have my sweet husband who has been a saint through this whole process. He so kindly asked me the other night if his sweet wife was ever going to return to him. Bless him. I think this may or may not have been more tough on him than me! Soon my love you will have your wife back! I promise! So we'll see if this little one wants to come this weekend or not. It would be quite humorous to have a baby on Labor Day weekend. We'll see...

A very long post...

So I finally took some pictures of the house and the nursery. Both of which are not completed, but I figured I would show them to you anyways. Here are some pictures of the house. I only included a few rooms. It is all still a work in progress, so I'll be sure to post more pictures as we get more done in the house.

Here is the front of the house


Here is the Den


Here is standing in the Den looking into the kitchen


Here is the Sunroom off the kitchen


Here is the Guest Room all ready for it's first visitors


Here is the guest on suite bath


Here is the loft area upstairs


Here is James' Crib


Here's his changing table


Where I will be spending lots of time


I'm pretty sure he has more clothes than I do!


Here's the Dining Room


I'll post more pictures when I can. But for now that should hold you over. We still have a lot of things to hang on the walls but slowly we are getting there. It feels like home and we are really enjoying it.

As far as Sweet Baby James goes, he seems to be doing well. We thought we might have a hospital run on Saturday. I was having contractions every 3 minutes. They were pretty intense but then they just stopped. That's pretty much how it has been since. Everyone keeps saying it's just my body getting ready, which is nice and all, but I'm ready! :) We head to the doctor tomorrow. Hopefully there will be some progression. We are getting down to the wire that's for sure. We are so excited to meet this sweet boy! I can't wait to see what he looks like and to just kiss those cheeks. In the meantime we are just staying busy. Now that I have everything complete (as much as it will be) around here we are venturing out and spending time with friends. Anything to make the time go by! Here is a picture of me that I took last night. You can't see my face which I may or may not have done on purpose, but at least you can see the massive belly! ENJOY!

Baby Updates

Yesterday we went to the doctor. Overall it was a great visit. James is doing just great! They had to do some routine tests and then she "checked" me for the first time. Surprisingly she told me that I have started to dialate! Granted not very much! She called it a dimple! Ha! She said it was a little less than a finger tip. You would have thought she told me I won the lottery. I was overjoyed. Hey progress is progress. She was very pleased though that my body is progressing like it should and beginning the process.

On the way home though I remembered how many of my friends stayed dialated for weeks before having their babies. So I am trying no to get too excited. I have graduated though and will now be seeing the doctor every week until James gets here. It's nice cause it's something to look forward to each week.

The doctor doesn't think that he is going to be too big. We'll see though. Her guess was just shy of 7lbs, I'm thinking he'll be around 7lbs. Whatever weight he is will be just perfect!

It is so hard waiting these last few weeks. I can't wait to see our son. I am just dying to hold him and love on him. It'll all be here soon enough! Pray for me to have patience. :)

I guess here's to the next couples of weeks! May they fly by and not be too painful! Ha!