Off to the hospital

We're getting ready to leave for the hospital, where they'll start the induction process tonight. Stay tuned for more updates tomorrow.

The family is about to get a little bigger.

Still waiting...

Graham was due on Friday, 9.28, but so far there are no signs (other than a few light infrequent and irregular contractions) that he's going to join us soon. We did spend the night in the hospital Thursday night after a false alarm, but on Friday we were told that we would still need to wait for a while. We've been passing the time napping, reading, taking walks, eating spicy food (we discovered an excellent Thai restaurant, which we visited twice this week), spending time with family and friends, and doing anything we can think of to enjoy our last few days together before our family expands. Today, Sunday, we wandered around lower Greenville (visiting Good Records and Gachet--a local coffeeshop--which unfortunately was closed for renovations), explored the SMU bookstore, played Risk, listened to the Cowboys game on the radio until the score was 35-7, and watched Everything Is Illuminated. If Graham doesn't arrive by the end of this week, he's scheduled to be induced on Friday, 10/5.

Not bad for hospital food.

The sun sets on our street, September 28.
Still no Graham.

September 29. We start playing Risk.
We're still playing.
September 30.
Still waiting...

Any day now

There's a full moon on Wednesday and Graham is due on Friday.

The Choir Throws a Shower

Alison has been singing in our church's choir since we moved to TX. After practice last week, the choir threw a surprise baby shower. Thank you!

Blasts from the past

Here are some of Graham's first pictures (in utero), followed by a couple pics that help us envision what he'll look like when he arrives in 5 short weeks:

6 weeks

11 weeks

33 weeks

Michael at birth

Alison at one month old

The Neighbors Throw a Shower

This weekend, some of our neighbors threw a baby shower. Here are a few pics:

We started with with snacks and punch

Our neighbor makes beautiful (and tasty) cakes

(She can make one for you, too.

click here for more info)

Alison opening one of the gifts

Graham's first bathrobe

"Why does someone so small

need so many baby wipes?"

Thanks again to everyone who threw the shower and attended. It brings us a lot of joy to think about raising our son around such wonderful and friendly people.

Send one of us an email if you would like to see more pictures. ... also, don't forget about the Birthday Blog-mentary. Read the next post for more info.

Birthday Blog-umentary

We're now about 7 weeks away from our son's birth, and we recently decided to create a blogumentaty of the special occasion. Specifically, we'll post 3-5 updates to this blog the day/night of his birth, along with a few photos. You can either periodically check the blog for updates or have automatic updates sent to your email account each time the blog is updated. If you would like to be emailed whenever the blog is updated, email one of us asking to be added to the list*... this way, you'll be among the first to know when we leave for the hospital, when the baby is born, and how mom and baby are doing afterwards. After we leave the hospital, everyone will be removed from the automatic email list. After that time, you will not be automatically emailed when the blog is updated and you will once again need to periodically check the blog for updates.

*The email list is managed via google groups.