Richard Stephen Boss III...

On June 26, 2009 we were blessed with the birth of our little baby boy!!!  Yes, after all the guessing games and wondering we have a BOY!  I can't hardly believe it.  I also can't hardly believe he is finally here.  For those who haven't heard, Baby Boss' name has a couple of different parts to it.  Officially and legally he is Richard Stephen Boss III, but to us he is Trey (because he's the third).  So Baby Trey arrived at exactly 2pm on June 26.  He was 8lbs 4oz and 22in long.  He had a rough start to life.  I was pushing for almost 4 hours (4 VERY long hours...), so he was stuck in the birth canal for a long time.  He was head down, but flipped posterior (which is deliverable, but makes it very difficult), which only added to his troubles.  He passed meconium while still inside, so his lungs had to be suctioned out immediately.  His heart rate kept dropping, so there was fear (mostly by me) of a C-section.  But, after all of that he was delivered.  He was completely blue and was passed immediately to the neo-natal team, who got him breathing and moving.  We were scared, but so glad they were there in the room and so thankful to the wonderful doctors and nurses at Spectrum.  Everyone was phenomenal!!!  Finally, after about an hour I was able to hold my little peanut!  SO HAPPY!  But, alas, he was then whisked away to the NIM (neo-natal intermediate) for his first day and night.  We were exhausted, but elated, but also worried and sad our little man wasn't with us.  We did visit him a couple times that first night, and after a visit the next morning from the pediatrician, our sweet little baby was delivered to our door! :)  What a great special delivery!  So, after a rough start and first day, little Trey was and is doing fine.  He is two weeks old today and I can hardly believe it.  We are adjusting well to life with our little man.  Steve is amazing with him, as I knew he would be.  It is SO awesome to see him as a dad.  And he LOVES his little boy.  Thank you to everyone for the thoughts and prayers and visits, we really appreciate it.  And, enjoy the pics of Trey Boss- :)  He's a keeper!

Preggo Pics...

Check out the pictures we had taken last week.  Dusty was our wedding photographer and he does such an AMAZING job!  We love his pics and he's great in general!  If anyone is looking for a great wedding photographer or any other kind of photographer, he's your guy!  Check out his site!

http://www.dustybrown.org

Our pics are under "client previews" and the password is "bump"

Enjoy!  We did! :)

Prepping for Baby Boss...

We are now within the 4 week mark awaiting Baby Boss' arrival.  In light of this, I thought I would add some pics of the preparations we've been doing here on Belfast for the baby.  These are pics of the nursery- which I can't wait to start using.  It was originally the blue that is already there, but the wall covered in primer in the pic below was a darker blue.  We added some really fun embellishments of our own- stripes and polka dots.  It's so fun in there.  One of the truly fun paint jobs you can do.  Trust me, dots would look silly in my living room!  We also tore up the carpet and got the hardwood floors underneath re-finished.  They look amazing!  The room looks a little empty in these pictures, but I assure you it is empty no longer.  Babies need lots of stuff and we've got it!  All I need now is for my dresser to finally ship, in the right color, so we can get it put together and I can finally put all my little things away in it!  I can't wait until we are finally finished in there.  We're almost to the end, just finishing touches left.  So... if Baby Boss does decide to join us earlier than later, we'll still be ready.  The countdown is on, 25 days...  Oh yeah, and enjoy the 35 weeks picture.  Now everyone can see the BIG baby bump!

Hmmm... I'm also not real sure what happened with the colors and underlines at the top there, but I don't know how to fix it!  Sorry!

Baby Pool...

We have started an online baby pool to organize everyone's predictions about when the baby is going to come and whether or not Bebe Boss is a boy or girl.  Enter the web address below into your browser bar and it will take you right to our game to make your prediction!  Have Fun! Only 6 1/2 more weeks... :)

http://expectnet.com/game.php

- game name (put in top left corner): bebeboss0609

The things I miss the most...

In honor of being over halfway through my pregnancy, which although it seems long, the end is quite in sight... it's actually going to be here before we know it.  Crazy!!!  Anyway, in honor of that, I thought I'd make a list of all the things I miss the most.

1. A glass of wine... okay, fine, a bottle of wine!

2. Brie and Feta and Gorgonzola... oh, the cheeses I'll eat.

3. Carpaccio from Butch's (my restaurant).  It's finally back on the menu, and now I can't eat it!

4. White russians, I've had a huge craving for them lately.

5. Seared tuna... mmmm...

6. Salmon... mmmm...

7. Man I'd love a beer right now.  Going to the beer festival with Steve last month wasn't very much fun, so many beers and no tastes in sight.

8. Being able to bend over at the waist.

9. Not having heartburn... I really miss the fact that I used to not have heartburn.

10. Ummm... a fairly normal sized bra... at least the size they still sell in a normal store.

11. My jeans that closed without a hairtie around the button.

12. Pants without elastic waists, although they are comfortable, even if they do go up to my boobs.

13. Mmmm... did I mention wine???

14. A cold ham and cheese sandwich.

15. Sausage and bacon... breakfast just isn't the same.

16. Being able to sleep at night without someone kicking me.

17. Coffee.  I didn't drink that much to begin with, but I miss having it.

That's enough for now.  I am more than happy to give all my favorite things up.  It's a short amount of time and a little amount of sacrifice for the outcome.  I'm more than excited for what is to come, but I will say I can't wait to be able to have all the things on this list again.  Especially numbers 1 and 13. :)

FYI...

Just an fyi, we did not and are not finding out what the baby is.  We are all about the surprise.  Even if we had wanted to know, little Boss wasn't cooperating anyway.  "It" kept its legs crossed the entire time, so they couldn't tell anyway.  

Everyone has their own opinions.  Claudia thinks its going to be a little girl named Kyla (hmmm???), Jake says a boy baby, my mom won't say anything but "she", and just about everyone else I know is convinced it's a boy.  Either way, as long as there are ten fingers and toes and it's healthy I'm good... although it is a lot more fun shopping for girl clothes... but, I already have all boys (Steve and Ripley) what's one more?! :)  

A mover and a shaker...

Hello mom, hello dad...  today we saw our little peanut.  It was amazing.  And what a wiggle worm!  That baby did not stop moving the entire time "it" was getting its picture taken.  It was really quite something and I loved every second of it.  I wish I could see pictures every day!  Soon enough, I guess.  Here is a sampling of some of the shots of our ultra-sound.  Enjoy!