He's here....and we're not sleeping. :)

Asher James Finley arrived Thursday July 17th at 4:10am

He came into the world at 6lbs 6oz and measured 20.5 inches long.

we are adjusting to life with a baby. It's a tricky adjustment, so there isn't much time to update the blog. I think I'm in survival mode. I'll get better at updating once things become our new "normal"

a waiting game

for all of you blog readers out there, and all of the friends that think I've had the baby and haven't called.....It's not true. Don't worry. Baby Finley has not made his way into this world yet. We are still waiting. We're still 5 days away from his due date, which is hard for me to remember at times. Spencer and I are looking forward to being done with this waiting game. We've been trying to rest as much as possible in order to prepare for the radical change that is about to happen. We'll keep you posted....

a baby's wardrobe

I guess it's hard to know when to stop buying clothes. I'm new to this baby stuff, and there are so many unknowns when it comes to babies. Will he be small enought to wear newborn sizes? Will he wear them for a week, two weeks, a month, or two months? It's hard for a planner like myself. I want to know what to expect so I can be ready. In this case, I guess I'll just have to wait and see. Maybe it's good that we have so many clothes. Now, most of these clothes were gifts. The majority are from a loving grandma, another majority are from a loving aunt, and others are gifts, and some purchases I made. I guess the good thing about having a lot of clothes is that he'll alway have something to wear, and we'll have extra stuff to give away to babies that may not have all of the options we have. We are certainly blessed, and living with more than we need. Or maybe I'll find out that you can never have enough onsies. (these are just the newborn onsies...)



These are the two outfits we are taking to the hospital with us. One of them will be the outfit that our little "scout" will come home in. Thinking of it, it's too bad we can't get a baby scout uniform. :) The blue one on the left is the outfit that Spencer was brought home in. That would be very special to have Spencer's son brought home in the same outfit. I'm not really sure what to expect in any of this, so I guess that's why I'm taking two outfits. It's making me feel more prepared.

organizing the nursery

This is the nursery just after the showers and before the organizing...



This is what the nursery looks like now.

We're in the waiting stage...

As of today, I am 37 weeks and 4 days. The baby could come at any time. We are anxiously awaiting when he will decided to make his way into this world. At my doctor's appointment this morning, there wasn't much change from last week, so it seems as if the little one would like some more time to sleep and rest right where his is. I guess I'm okay with that as long as he continues to behave. It'd be nice if he'd pick up some of the slack with all of the extra fluid floating around in my body making my hands and feet extra swollen, but I guess he has enough on his plate deciding when to start his journey and all.





While we are waiting I've had some time to organize the nursery, and make sure everything has a home. Spencer's had some time also...

From what I've heard, I guess we should take the extra time to relax while we can.