Recents of Julia

First I want to tell everyone we decided Julia's full name to be Julia Eloise Fraley! Secondly, Julia and I are now officially home as of yesterday afternoon. She did so well on the car ride home! (This may be due to lack of sleep the day before). She literally slept all day yesterday which allowed all the rest of us to get a good nap as well! Here are a few pics from yesterday:

Flowers from Granny and Pepa Fraley:
My eyes are open!
"Look at my perfect round head! Mommy had to be cut open to get it this perfect but whatever!"
Sitting by the window to help the small case of jaundice:
Thanks everyone for all your support this week, we're glad to be home!
Lauren~

She's here!

Baby Julia is finally here! She was born at 6:21pm and weighed 8lbs 5oz and is 21 1/2 inches long! After a lot of pushing she had to come out by C Section but look how perfect she is! There's a lot going on right now in the hospital because of my recovery but here are a couple pictures of the first few hours of life! I promise I'll post more soon...

Daddy and me while mommy is getting sewed up!
Mommy and me in post-op:I'll take some more pictures today of Julia at almost two days old!
Lauren~

Last week of being pregnant...

Well today is the day! It's been a little too long (41 weeks and 3 days to be exact) and I'm going in to the hospital tonight to be induced and have my baby! She's just a little too big to cook in there any longer! We're so excited!! I wanted to post a couple pictures (while we're waiting for midnight to roll around) of a blanket I crocheted for baby Julia and just finished trimming up.
As you can see, I crocheted individual squares, stitched them together, then added a trim. Here's a close-up of one of the squares:
And here's one last picture of me from last week when I was 3 days overdue. Who would have known it would last this long?!!
I'll do my best to keep everyone updated on what's going on tonight and tomorrow. I'm sure there will be a lot of nerves, smiles, laughs, and tears (mostly from me because I'm a huge crybaby) as we welcome baby Julia into the world! Yay!!

Lauren~