A few pictures from the first days...

 

Courtney and Nana:

Courtney and Papa:

Courtney and 'aunt' Jenn and 'uncle' Josh:

Courtney's Hospital Hairdo:

 Proud Papa:

She is here!

Courtney Jane Poplin (nickname Cora) was born at 2:06 am yesterday morning. She was 7 pounds 5 ounces and 19 and a half inches long. More details and pictures to come :)

Her Room

This baby will have to learn from a very young age to share as her room is also our office. Here are a few pictures of her side of the room, which we have just about finished decorating.

A glider chair and ottoman will be on the far right once we move them upstairs:

Drawers full of clothes and her diapering supplies:

This is what Christopher affectionately calls baby cam. He took these pictures to show the crib and changing table from her perspective:

Week 38

You will notice this outfit looks quite a bit different now than it did at week 19 ;)

Flipped

So I'd been doing my inversion techniques for about two weeks (and had seen the chiropractor 4 times) and while I am laying there I feel some weird movements. Now people had told me that when a baby turns it is like something out of the movie Alien so I was expecting something very strange and out of the ordinary. This wasn't that strange though...just felt a bit like she was swimming around in there and then the next day I noticed I was feeling her move in different places. I suspected she had turned, but wasn't sure. Then last week I had two more visits with the chiropractor and one with my OB. They both felt around my belly and hypothesized that she was head down. Today I had an ultrasound that proved that she is head down and ready to go. The c section for Tuesday has been canceled. Just in case you wondered what the inversion technique looks like, here is a picture and yes it is not very flattering. In case you were curious, I am holding ice at the top of my belly and playing music at the bottom. The idea is that babies want to get away from cold and move towards music.