Let try this again

I'm not having much luck with the pictures.

Let's all welcome Eamon Richard Walsh

Eamon Richard Walsh made his debut today, Friday, January 11 at 11:52 a.m. He weighed 9 pounds 7 ounces and is 21 inches long. This is Marie, Amy's mom, posting this for her. I'll let her fill in the details later, suffice it to say is been a long 2 days and Eamon was finally delivered by c section. Mother, Father and child are doing well, but tired. I am going to attempt to add pictures. Let's hope this works.

Baby minus one day

So I went to the Dr this morning and my BP is up and there is protein in my urine, I have pre-eclamsia. So they are inducing tomorrow. They are putting me in the hospital this afternoon (as soon as Ed gets here) to run some tests and insert a catheter (which is supposed to help my cervix become favorable). If the tests come back fine they'll induce in the morning, if not, they'll induce tonight. So we should have our baby boy sometime tomorrow!!

We'll keep yall updated!

38 Weeks and 3 Days (and counting)

Good news - I found the camera!!! Eamon's room isn't done, but I did take some pictures of how it is coming along

Here is a picture of his crib put together, this crib belonged to his cousins Ethan and Cole. Under the crib is his pack-n-play and to the left you can see his bouncy seat. We originally thought we were going to paint the walls yellow, but we decided to go with tan.

Here is a picture of his swing and rocking chair. The rocking chair belonged to my great-grandmother. You can also see the edge of his rug.

Here is a picture of his dresser. It isn't finished yet. We are ordering fire-themed drawer pulls and the door still needs to be put back on the right side. This was mom's baby dresser and Ed sanded it down and painted it to match the rest of the room.

Firetruck Toy

Fire Chief's Hat

Here are some of his clothes hung up in his closet.

This is our new glider and ottomon (and Kenai) It's also a great picture of the new floors.

Here is his changing table.

So, Kenai has decided that she really likes sleeping in his crib. I've been trying to figure out how I'm going to get her from jumping in there. Well, I remember that Trisha used to line the ledge over the stairs with foil so that Willie wouldn't jump up there and decided to try it. So far it is working good. I can see evidence that she has been in the crib, but we have yet to find her sleeping there. I think she probably just jumps in and jumps back out. Thanks for the idea Trish!

Here are some burp cloths that mom has made for Eamon!

37 Weeks - Only 3 weeks to go!

Well, it was a busy weekend around the Walsh house! The baby's room is painted and his floor is finished. We were even able to put in some of his furniture. Ed painted his dresser and it turned out really nice - we are still waiting on hardware for the dresser though. We also realized that we need to paint the changing table and the rocking chair. We really didn't know how much furniture would fit in there until we started putting it in. I just went to find the digital camera to take some pictures to post, but of course, I can't find the camera. So, when I find it, I promise some pictures!!!

I'm pretty sure we have all the "baby gear" we need right now. We still have to get the stroller and the glider, which we will probably do sometime this week.

We have another doctor's appointment on Wednesday (we go every week now) and we also have an ultrasound. He has been measuring big, so they want to get a look to see how big he actually is.

I've been feeling pretty good, exhausted, but good. Mom and Ed tell me that I have been huffing and puffing, but what can you expect when a probably 6 lb baby is pushing up against your lungs. And with my pulse still up in the 120's all day long, I get exhausted doing anything. By the time we get in the check-out line at the grocery store I'm asking for the keys to go sit in the car.

Happy New Year!!!

36 Weeks - 4 Weeks to go!

I went to the Dr this week and Eamon is still measuring big, so we have an ultrasound scheduled for January 2nd to get an estimate of his size. Otherwise everything with him is good. He is moving around a lot, he still likes to lodge himself up underneath my ribs. My pulse is still high, but it seems it will be that way until he is delivered.

We finished the last of our baby classes last night. We went to a series of 5 childbirth classes which included what to expect during labor and delivery, to postpartum care, to baby care, and my favorite part...ANISTHESIA!!! We also attended a Breastfeeding class and a Breathing & Relaxation class. Mom and I went to "Happiest Baby on the Block" class. So we should be al prepared for him now!

Update on the house - (and I'll try to post some pictures when we get the home computer set back up) Ed is still working on getting the floors down, there isn't much left. Then he is going to paint the baby's room. We originally thought we were going to go with a yellow, but the new floors have so much yellow in them that we decided to go with "Sherwood Tan" from Benjamin Moore.

That's all for now.

Week 33

Sorry I haven't posted in a while, so much has been going on. Ed found a great deal on wood laminate floors and bought enough to do the entire house. So he has been working on that. We had some great help this past weekend and got a bunch of it done, but there is still a good bit left to do. I'm hoping Ed can get it done in the next couple of weeks, the house is such a mess!

On a separate note, my pulse has been racing off and on the last week or so. I talked to my Dr. about it last week and she said if it stayed in the 120's for over an hour to call. So Saturday it was up and down and after I had been resting for a while, I noticed it was still high, so we called the Dr. and they said I should go into the Maternity Evaluation Unit (MEU) - kind of like an ER for pregnant women. So after several hours there, they decided that it was probably the Sudafed in my allergy medicine and I should stop taking that, but that the baby is fine. So I did. I noticed it was up most of the day Sunday and when I went to work on Monday it was up again. So I called the Drs office and went to the MEU again. They did all sorts of tests, chest X-ray, tested my thyroid levels, gave me several bags of IV fluids, checked the baby, and everything was fine. They said it is probably just caused by the high projesterone levels, but they wanted to rule out other more serious things.

So baby is fine, and I'll be fine!