Drake is finally here!

Can you believe it? Drake finally decided to be born after growing in my tummy for 40 weeks and 2 days. It was quite a long process, but definitely all worth it. I went into labor Wednesday (12-17-08) at four in the morning. I had a feeling that it would be somewhat of a long labor so we waited around at our house until my water broke at one in the afternoon. Chris and I went into the hospital, got admitted and a couple hours later I was put on pittosin because I wasn't progressing very fast. Fast forward to four in the morning on Thursday (12/18/2008) when I was finally able to push. After an hour of pushing and Drake's heart rate dropping after every contraction the doctors decided to do a C-section. Once they pulled Drake out they knew they made the right decision because of how big he was. Drake Arthur Anderson was born on Thursday December 18th, 2008 at 5:30 am. Exactly one week before Christmas. He weighed 8 pounds and 3 ounces and is 20 inches long.

Me at 40 weeks. I can't believe that Drake fit in there.
Chris and I leaving for the hospital to meet Drake.


Chris is all ready to watch the C-section. Isn't he a stud in his jump suit. I don't know what I would have done without him in the operating room with me.

Drake is a perfect baby! He looks alot like Chris! He is also pretty calm for the most part. He of course wants to keep me up during the night but hopefully we will change that soon. Chris and I are totally amazed by him and the amazing feeling of being parents. We will never forget this last week but are excited to be home and somewhat back to reality. Thanks to everyone who came and kept us company in the hospital. Please feel free to stop by to visit us any time!

We have some more good news to share! Chris got accepted to the Medical School of Wisconsin! We found out the day after Drake was born. It was definitely a good week last week. I am so proud of Chris, he has worked so hard and for so long! We still are hoping to go to school at the U but at least we have a back up now. Chris can also be a little more picky with the interviews he goes to. He doesn't have to go to every interview that is offered to him anymore and that will save us a lot of money! So if all else fails, it looks like we will be off to Milwaukee, Wisconsin next fall.

Just A Little Update

So it looks like I most likely will be going full term with this baby. My due date is December 16th and there are no signs that I will be coming early. My doctor even said there is a chance that I will be going a week over - which puts us into Christmas. That would not be fun. Obviously there is a chance that I will go early but not very likely. Which is fine as long as Drake is healthy.

There isn't really much else to update other than Chris and I moved into my parents basement this past weekend. We loved our place but it was way too small for a baby. My parents basement is bigger than our old house. Anyways, it will be good to be living at home so I can have lots of help with Drake!

Chris has gotten a lot of invitations to go interview for medical school so we are super excited about that. So far he has interviewed at the U and at Easter Virginia. Next week he is going to Virginia Commonwealth and Milwaukee (I am not super excited about these since I will be 39 weeks pregnant and he will be gone, but we have to do what we have to do). He also has an interview in Ohio scheduled for the beginning of January. All these interviews sound promising and hopefully we will get in somewhere!

Well, hopefully my next update will be about having Drake - maybe. Thanks for letting me ramble on.

Baby Shower Time!

Yea! My baby showers are finally here! I have been so excited for them to come, not just for the presents, but because this means that Drake will be coming soon! I can't wait to hold and play with Drake, and I know Chris feels the same way. Here are some pictures from the shower that my sister and mom threw for me. I also had a shower that my in-laws held but I don't have any pictures yet. As soon as I get them I will post them also. Thank you to everyone who came and who gave us all of the great stuff! We are so excited to use all of the awesome presents that we got. Thanks again to everyone!

Everyone was given a white onsie and some markers and they had to decorate a onsie for Drake! It was a lot of fun, even though not everyone was super excited about it.

My Great Grandma and I! She lives in St. George with my aunt, so it was a long trip they had to take to come to my shower. Thanks guys!

Tagged

My sister in-law tagged me with this questionnaire thing so here i go:

4 random things about my husband-
1) Chris loves to bake bread! It is his new favorite hobby and can't wait to make different kinds of bread for everyone he knows.
2) He loves rock climbing (as though you guys didn't know). He was so bummed this season because we got all kinds of new equipment and never got to use it because he was either too busy or the weather wouldn't cooperate.
3) Chris loves music. Whenever he is home he has the music on. When we were dating in high school he would talk about how he would love to be a DJ. He thought he would be the best DJ ever.
4) Chris is a total nerd. Although there are times that he gets burned out of school, most of the time he loves it! He soaks up as much new information as possible and loves to learn about anything and everything.

4 movies i could watch more than once-
I could pretty much watch any movie more than once but i will put 4 down just because:
1)Practical Magic
2)Juno
3)The Notebook
4)How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days and/or 27 Dresses

4 TV shows I watch-
1)The Office
2)One Tree Hill
3)Private Practice
4)Greys Anatomy

4 places i have been-
1)Hawaii
2)California
3)Oregon
4)Mexico

4 people who email me regularly-
1)Teisa
2)my mom
3)Minda
4)Chris (although not really regularly)

4 favorite foods-
1)spaghetti
2)fruit
3)cheesecake
4)chips
- these are usually my favorite foods, but you can't really trust those answers right now because i have turned into a super picky eater in the last couple of weeks due to the baby.

4 places i would like to visit-
1)Greece
2)Paris
3)Africa
4)Australia

4 things i am looking forward to this year-
1)having my baby
2)Christmas
3)my baby showers
4)finding out if Chris gets any interviews anywhere.

4 people that are now it-
1)Teisa
2)Minda
3)Devon
4)Jenny

I know, I am a loser!

I know I haven't posted anything in a very long time! There hasn't been anything new or exciting to talk about, but I will try to update the blog more often. We did register for baby stuff this past weekend! That was fun and exciting. It was hard to register for a lot of stuff because our house is so small. We won't be able to fit a lot of stuff in our house, but it was fun to dream about what our nursery would look like. On another exciting note, Chris is done with his secondary applications for medical school! Yea! Now we just wait until we hear if he gets any interviews. Well, I will try to post some pictures soon and hopefully something exciting will happen in the next little while.