She has arrived

Kayleigh Anne Eikeland was born at 3:28am, May 30th. I guess we need to change the Blog title from Coming June 2007 to Came May 2007. She came about a week early, but Lisa had been expecting her all Memorial Day weekend. She tricked us and waited till Daddy got to work on Tuesday before getting kicked off. Lisa's water broke at 8:45am. Over 18 hours of Labor, over 2 hours of pushing, and finally a C-section Kayleigh was born. She weighed right at 8 pound and was 19.9 inches long. She is very healthy and very tired, as is her mommy. Here are a few pics to wet your appetite and more will follow soon. Thank you all for your thoughts and prayers!

Embarrassing story for the day.

This actually happened a couple of days ago, but I try to think of fun things to write about to keep everyone checking the blog! On Friday, Mrs. Giunipero and I had a shopping excursion. We met up with Erik for lunch at a restaurant called Garfields. It has nothing to do with the cartoon, but it was something different that none of us had in awhile. When we got to the restaurant, the hostess took us to a booth to be seated. I have NEVER in my life had a problem sitting in a booth until that day! When I squeezed in, I realized that there was no way I would be able to sit at the booth and do anything other than hold my breath! The table was bolted to the floor, so there was no moving it away from me. Luckily, someone either accidently or purposely made one side of the booth a little larger than the other, and I was able to sit comfortably and enjoy my lunch. I thought I was going to have to ask for another table. I know, I know, you get big when you get pregnant. I just didn't think that would be one of the problems that I would face. On the bright side, I am down to the single digits before my due date, so most of my belly will be gone before I know it!
Now that I think about it, the server wasn't the best I ever had. Maybe we would have been better off moving to another table...

I'M DONE!!!

Ahh!!! It's such a good feeling to know that other people had to get up and go to work this morning, and I don't have to go back for months!!! My official return date to school is December 19th. I'm going to go back to give the semester exams. I have to teach for at least one day during the semester for it to count towards retirement and benefits. I figured I could handle the 3 half days that we have for exams, and then enjoy a 2 week vacation for Christmas break!
I promise to try to relax for these next couple of days, but I'm not sure if that'll really happen! I have lots to do!
(The picture is our school logo)

She's a comin'!!

I had my 38 week check up this afternoon, and it looks like there's a good chance that we could have a May baby, rather than a June bug! At my check up, I found out that I am almost 4 centimeters dilated and 80% effaced. The doctor said that she could feel the baby's head. The good news is that she hasn't grown anymore. I'm still measuring 40 weeks. Whew!
The doctor was a little concerned because my blood pressure was up some today. She looked back at my chart and said that it has fluctuated depending on the day/time of my appointment.
Everything still looks good. I'm eager to meet our little one!

Baby shower

I had my second, and last, baby shower this past weekend. One of the best part was having family in town for it. It was a quick trip for everyone, but I had a good time with them.
The baby shower was a huge success, and I made out like a bandit! I have the pictures on snapfish.com if you would like to take a peek! Here's how to get to snapfish:
Go to www.snapfish.com
Login: cruisephotos@hotmail.com
password: june19 (no capital letters!)

Let me know what you think!

37+ weeks and dropping?

I think that baby is getting ready to come! I also think that I am starting to drop. What do you think?? I'm wearing the same top in these pictures so that hopefully it's easier for you to tell.
P.S. I will let you know when I have the baby shower pictures posted onto snapfish.com

FINALLY, a picture

Here's a new picture that I've promised. I think that my stomach is getting lower. I'm thinking happy thoughts about her moving her way down and getting ready to be born! Notice how my belly barely fits in the picture!