Introducing...

Miss Payton Jane! Born July 14, 2009. 7 pounds 9 ounces. Everyone is doing great!

Off To The Hospital!

Well the big day has arrived! We will be meeting our little Payton Jane in just a few hours! Please keep my family in your thoughts and prayers today. Pray for healthy babies and Mommies!

Yesterday my girlfriends and I met for a sendoff brunch. It was really nice and I feel blessed to have such wonderful women in my life. I don't know when I will be able to post again. I am not planning on taking the laptop to the hospital. So we should be able to post pictures in a few days.

Have a great week everyone!!

Low Key Weekend - One Day To Go!

I think this is a horrible picture, but I will post it anyway. You can see I am ready to go! It was very hot around here this weekend, so I pretty much just hung out at home. My hubby was so great in finishing a huge "Honey Do" list I had for him. We went out for dinner last night to a new sushi restaurant for our "last supper" as a family of three. I am meeting some of my best girlfriends for breakfast at Mimi's Cafe (if you have one of these close by, they have the BEST breakfast!) this morning. Then I have a three hour post opp doctors appointment. So it's a pretty busy day. I have to be at the hospital tomorrow at 10:30 so I might have time to do one more post before I have this baby. I hope everyone has a great day!

4 Days To Go! Packing For The Hospital

I am packing up our bags for the hospital today. This is the outfit Payton will wear home from the hospital! We better hope we don't decide to change her name once she is born, we have way too many things monogrammed!!

I am taking 6 outfits for her. Is this too much? Or too little? It's been nearly 5 years since I last did this. The last time we were in the hospital for 4 days due to some complications. I think this should have us covered.

When I asked Ryan what he wanted for lunch today he said Ice Cream! Who am I to argue with that at this point? So we headed to Sonic. I feel like this is the last day I will be able to do these kinds of things, just him and I, for a long time.

I hope everyone is having a great day!

Check Out My Tutu!

It came out so well! I am very happy with it! I can picture little baby Payton wearing this with an Indianapolis Colts onsie on Sundays this football season.

*UPDATE - A comment from a blogger made me realize that it might seem to people we are naming our baby Payton after our favorite quarterback, but I assure you that is not the case. We are from Indianapolis and have huge pride in our team, but we have named her after our grandmothers. It has nothing to do with Peyton Manning (but sometimes my hubby acts like it does). Thanks for letting me clear that up :)

Martha Wannabe

I have always been one of those people who looked at something and thought "I could make that". Even though I feel I don't make them as well as some, if it's just something for me or my kids I don't worry about it being so perfect. So this week, since we are just hanging around in the AC, I decided to try some new things. Ryan and I hit up Hobby Lobby this morning and got some iron on rhinestones and blank onsies. I also am going to attempt to make my first tutu (in blue and white for the Indianapolis Colts!). We'll see how it all comes out, wish me luck!!

8 More Days!!

We got a new computer and I am trying to figure out this Vista thing. I wanted to post some pics from the 4th of July, but it wasn't working properly (maybe it's the user!). Anyway, my countdown is really starting to speed up! We have 8 more days until baby Payton arrives! This week I am just waddling around my house doing last minute preparations. My too do list is as follows:

- Get carpets cleaned
- Get house completely cleaned and sanitized
- Clean stroller (that hubby pulled out of the attic this weekend)
- Install Car seat
- Set up my breast pump (thought you'd like to know that)
- Get mani/pedi, eyebrow wax
- Get my highlights done
- Get Ryan's haircut (who knows when I'll be able to get it cut again!)
- Make sure house is stocked with food and all the paper supplies we'll need for a few weeks
- Finish packing for hospital!!

So if you need me, this is what you'll find me doing!!!