It's Nearly Over

Just a quick update. Josephine is growing like a bean sprout. She chats all the time with Russell and I. I have some videos to upload, just have to find time.

I only have three weeks of teaching left before I graduate! YAY! I'm really enjoying teaching though, fifth grade is a blast.

Here are some recent pictures.

Josephine's Baby Blessing

Last Sunday we blessed Josephine at her grandparents house in Boise. I didn't know that you could do baby blessings at home, but you can. Also, she did a great job traveling the 6 hours to Boise - much bettter than her mother did.

Four generations of Spencers.

Josephine Lynn Spencer

We planned our induction for Tuesday the 25th, then I went into labor on Monday morning the 24. So we have a beautiful little girl whose stats are: 6 lbs 9 oz, 20.5 inches long, was purple in color, she's in the 11th percentile for weight and 72nd percentile for height. So she's skinny and tall, but fits into her newborn clothes rather well. Something that's been shocking and suprising is that she smiles in her sleep.

outfit going home.

proud dad

Inducing Labor

I've decided that the reason there's no homeopathic way to induce labor is to protect our babies from one crazy mother who was just so done with being pregnant that she took nature into her own hands. I know I'm not due for another week (we're inducing on Monday), but I really want to be not pregnant!

Getting ready

Tomorrow I'm 37 weeks along which is full term, so Russell and I decided we needed to be ready. I packed the hospital bags for me and the baby and Russell built the bassinet.

Here are some pictures.

Baby Shower

I had a baby shower on Thursday, and it was a bunch of fun. Got some super cute little girl clothes, I'm so excited! I only have five weeks to go.

Getting too big!

So last week, the baby got bigger than the oven. I could tell this from three things.
1. I can feel all of the baby's movements.
2. My stomach no longer feels like there's room for digestion.
3. I have trouble breathing at night.

The worst part of it all is that I'm waking up twice a night to use the bathroom. However, it's very sweet when you're baby is doing the mamba and you can feel all the dance steps. I count my blessings every day though because I'm a heavy sleeper! Which means that when the baby is moving in the night I don't feel it and it doesn't wake me up.

Only two and a half months to go....I'm so excited.