We have arrived at the hospital and are checked in. Anna is getting ready in triage and we are waiting for the nurse to check on her

Anna has been having painful contractions for the past couple of hours. I am home from work and we are heading to the hospital now!

Eviction notice! We will report to the hospital at 7:30am on November 4th for an induction if Selah does not make her grand entrance before then.

Still at 1cm but Anna is 60% effaced and Selah's head is "locked and loaded".

39 weeks now! Anna has started having contractions in the last few days. Anna has an OB appointment today and we'll see if she has made any progression!

Almost There!

We're down to only a couple of weeks. Anna hit the 38 week mark this past Thursday. We went in for the weekly check up. Anna is at 1cm. Her OB still thinks she will make it to at least her due date which is the 28th of this month.

There probably won't be a whole lot more on this blog until we head into the hospital when Anna start labor. At that time this blog will be updated via text messages. This will be the place where everyone can get the most updated information on Anna's progression and the grand finale, Selah's arrival.

We appreciate your love and prayer along the journey. Please continue to pray for Anna and the baby as we approach the big day!

30 Weeks and in 3D!

I know I have fallen silent on the daddy blog for the past many weeks. I guess you could call it a second-trimester lull. Well we are at 30 weeks now and time is flying by! I can't believe August is winding down, October will be here before we know it! Today was also exciting because we went in for a 3d ultrasound. In all honesty we were a bit disappointed. With Amelia we used a company that specializes in 3D ultrasound just for enjoyment purposes. Our time there was amazing. The ultrasound tech spent a lot of time with us and took a ton of pictures of Amelia's whole body. We also got a recording of the actual ultrasound on DVD. This time we paid extra to have the 3D ultrasound at Anna's OB. There is no medical purpose for this ultrasound, it's again just for enjoyment. However, the time was very brief. The ultrasound tech only got shots of Selah's face. (I did have the tech confirm for sure that Selah is still a girl... she is!) We got a few images printed out and only a CD-Rom with stills. Not quite the same experience! However, it seems that the images of Selah are a more crisp than the ones of Amelia. Also, Amelia was at the ultrasound today and she was totally into watching the screen. She would point and say with an excited voice "baby!!" Here are some of the images from the session.

First is a side by side comparison of Amelia's 3D shot at 30 weeks (on the top) and Selah's. We are noticing some differences in features for sure... but the sibling resemblance has got to be there right!? Do you see it??

Here are some more shots of Selah's beautiful face. And yes, she stayed asleep the entire time :)