maternity photos

My wonderful friend Sharlee (Tobermanphotography.blogspot.com) took great pictures of me and Ben while I was pregnant. I am so grateful to have good (and talented) friends!

We LOVE Alex

Alex!

Here's another pic - my personal favorite. More to come though!

Alexander Fentriss

Alex was born 9/09/09 at 9:20! He was 6 pounds 15 ounces and 19 inches long. With lots of blonde-tipped hair and good health, we're happy to present this cute guy to the world.

We've taken lots of pictures, but here's a quick one taken from my computer. More pictures and info to follow.

-Ben

P.S. - Dixie is my hero; she was great in labor. 

For all you Twi-hards out there (yes you Cindy).

And for everyone that has watched the New Moon trailer one too many times...

Well the time is getting closer and closer and yet feels SO far away. We went for our usual check up this week and the doctor estimated that the baby would weigh 9-10 lbs if I go full term! Yikes! Apparently I've been measuring quite large for a while. We're hoping that I will go into labor early on my own but I haven't had any contractions (no not even one!!). I am scheduled for an ultrasound to get a more firm estimation of the size and I may have to be induced early.
In the meantime...Ben and I are busy painting, hanging curtains and moving furniture (and I'm doing LOTS of sewing) to finish getting ready for baby Alex to be here. We just recently got a Moby wrap (a baby carrier/sling) and I had Ben try it out since it didn't quite fit me. Loki played the part of baby Alex. He had me laughing pretty hard.

22nd Birthday

A couple of weeks ago I turned 22! I had a wonderful, relaxing day. Ben brought me breakfast in bed and took me to the movies. My mom and dad had flowers delivered to my house and my mother in law sent me a box FULL of wonderful gifts. I included a picture of my favorite one :-)

This was me on my birthday (31 weeks) but now I'm 33 weeks and only getting bigger!