Alex and Britt plus one...

He's here! Luca is finally home and doing well. We have to go back to the hospital everyday for blood tests until the jaundice subsides but we are really enjoying the new addition to the family.

Luca was three weeks early because I developed a pregnancy related condition called Intrahepatic Cholestasis which effects the liver. Anyway, long story short, it's best for mother and baby if the baby is born a bit early...soooo...that's why Luca joined us a little earlier than normal.

I was induced on Friday night, and after suffering through the night with little or no sleep the doc finally broke my water in the morning. Just when I thought it couldn't get much worse...it did. Oh it definitely did. Basically, I thought I was going to die:) Well not really, but that's how I felt at the time. After begging for over an hour for an epidural, I finally hit 4cm and the doc was called in to stick the needle in my spine. All I have to say is that my friends were all right. It's so worth it to have an epidural, especially when you have pitocin. Now, part of me believes that people just tell me this to make me feel better, but in the end, I don't care...pitocin or no pitocin It was one of the best decisions that I've ever made:) In my opinion, I was able to enjoy the process to the fullest extent. I know some of my girls are smiling right now, remembering how adament I was about "natural childbirth"...I always said I was "keeping my option open" :)

Thank god Alex and my doula Rachelle were there to provide support. Alex was awesome, and everytime I looked at him I was reminded that this would all be worth it. And in the end it was, all worth it...we have our little Luca and we are in awe of him.


Luca Frederick~ Born 1.23.10, 4:30pm, 6lbs 10oz, 21 inches of wonder.


Our little blondie loves his dad...



Even though we're a bit tired, we're LOVING every moment of this!

Stay tuned...more posts to come~ promise

Last Weekend Snow

My Holga

The first few images from my Holga camera that my hubby got me!

Alex getting the bikes ready for our ride home from Patachou one summer morning...


Alex, Tom and Jenni gettin' their drink on before the Phish show in July...


Court and I enjoying some cold Indiana weather while walking the pups in mid December...

It's been a while...

Today I'm working from home. It's a nice day to be doing this because it's cold and rainy and when the day's over, I will have new carpet in our home office and clean carpet everywhere else in the house. We are slowly getting ready for baby! Two and a half months left! I can't believe how time flies sometimes. We've been swamped though...so that's probably why.

Currently the home project underway is the office. Alex and I are trying to make our home office into kind of a man cave if you will. It's going to be darker (a break from the rest of the house which is all white) and a little more rustic. We may even add some taxidermy...imagine that! We're so excited about the office transformation. I'll post pictures when we're done, which should be next week if we can stay on schedule.

On a different note, I've been bad with the pregnancy photos...I haven't taken any. No belly shots and really no shots in general! (the one I posted is the last shot taken of me, which was about a month ago). Although I must say that I have been getting a little more inspired by my growing belly. Doc says I'm "measuring big" but most people wouldn't even know I'm preggo. I just look a little thick around the mid section if you know what I mean. I have had a total of two strangers make comments to me, and it was in the same day (must have been wearing something tight). I was excited about that...actually made me feel preggo and not just fat.

The baby had the hiccups the other night. At first, Alex and I just thought it was a strong heartbeat but when I did some research, I figured out that it was probably our baby with the hiccups! Just a fun fact. Anyway...I've been MIA on the blog posts and I know we have some special people in TX that like to stay updated on our lives! ...and I think my friends read my blog too, or I just like to think so...I'm going to try and post more often, especially as the pregnancy draws to a close over the next two and a half months...

Until then...