It snowed today! I turned on the Christmas music and drank some Glogg. I love December! Thought I'd share a couple of funny pictures of the little one.
Wednesday, December 05, 2007
Thursday, November 29, 2007
Helping Hands
Our family and friends are awesome. Sister Paige was here last week and my mom is here this week helping out. Their stays overlapped last weekend and it was a good thing - we moved! Yes - just another thing to add to the chaos. We just moved down the street but now we are in a townhouse with a small yard and no upstairs neighbor. Other bonuses: we are now 1/2 block from the metro, Eric is 8 minutes (walking door to desk) from work, and we are 4 doors down from the McArthurs. We had a lot of help from friends to get over here and now we are trying to get out of boxes.
Our family and friends are awesome. Sister Paige was here last week and my mom is here this week helping out. Their stays overlapped last weekend and it was a good thing - we moved! Yes - just another thing to add to the chaos. We just moved down the street but now we are in a townhouse with a small yard and no upstairs neighbor. Other bonuses: we are now 1/2 block from the metro, Eric is 8 minutes (walking door to desk) from work, and we are 4 doors down from the McArthurs. We had a lot of help from friends to get over here and now we are trying to get out of boxes.
Wednesday, November 21, 2007
In a Name
Giving a child a name is such a huge responsibility! We've been asked where the name Cadence came from. Early in pregnancy I was going through a baby name book and reading under a list of "names associated with music". Eric was riding his bike along with the Tour de France on the trainer in the front room and I mentioned the name as a biking and musical term. We both said something like "I like that" but at the time it didn't send off any whistles. Somehow though we kept coming back to it and in the end it just seemed right. We have so many pictures of Cadie already. I'll try not to post too many. :)
Giving a child a name is such a huge responsibility! We've been asked where the name Cadence came from. Early in pregnancy I was going through a baby name book and reading under a list of "names associated with music". Eric was riding his bike along with the Tour de France on the trainer in the front room and I mentioned the name as a biking and musical term. We both said something like "I like that" but at the time it didn't send off any whistles. Somehow though we kept coming back to it and in the end it just seemed right. We have so many pictures of Cadie already. I'll try not to post too many. :)
Sunday, November 18, 2007
INTRODUCING...
Cadence Abigail Toman
born Friday Nov 16 3:12am
8 lbs. 9 oz. 21 in long
LOTS of long blond hair
Cadie is so amazing. We are very sleep deprived right now but really enjoying our strong-willed baby girl.
Short Birth Story (email me if you want more details): We went into the hospital on Thursday (11 days overdue) for a scheduled induction. My Dr. knew that I wanted a natural child birth and suggested that we try breaking my water and starting pitocin to jumpstart my body and then going off the pit if my body took over. 4 hours into labor and I was able to go off the pitocin. We had a few scares, Cadie's heart rate dropped with contractions and her head was turned the wrong way but Dr. Coats was awesome and suggested alternatives for labor that helped. 14 hours of contractions and 2.5 hours of pushing later, Cadie joined us! We also had an amazing support crew - our doula asked if she could bring along a second doula who was in training. This second doula had a background in massage therapy! so that was fine with me. Our nurse Danielle stayed with us through the end - past her scheduled hours. We were really blessed with all the of support and a beautiful baby girl.
We just got home from the hospital today and look forward to a holiday week counting our blessings and getting to know Cadence. Thanks for all of your support and love.
Cadence Abigail Toman
born Friday Nov 16 3:12am
8 lbs. 9 oz. 21 in long
LOTS of long blond hair
Cadie is so amazing. We are very sleep deprived right now but really enjoying our strong-willed baby girl.
Short Birth Story (email me if you want more details): We went into the hospital on Thursday (11 days overdue) for a scheduled induction. My Dr. knew that I wanted a natural child birth and suggested that we try breaking my water and starting pitocin to jumpstart my body and then going off the pit if my body took over. 4 hours into labor and I was able to go off the pitocin. We had a few scares, Cadie's heart rate dropped with contractions and her head was turned the wrong way but Dr. Coats was awesome and suggested alternatives for labor that helped. 14 hours of contractions and 2.5 hours of pushing later, Cadie joined us! We also had an amazing support crew - our doula asked if she could bring along a second doula who was in training. This second doula had a background in massage therapy! so that was fine with me. Our nurse Danielle stayed with us through the end - past her scheduled hours. We were really blessed with all the of support and a beautiful baby girl.
We just got home from the hospital today and look forward to a holiday week counting our blessings and getting to know Cadence. Thanks for all of your support and love.
Monday, November 12, 2007
Thursday, November 08, 2007
Monday, November 05, 2007
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