Home Sweet Home

We were originally planning on getting out of the hospital on Friday, but Adelynn had to stay an extra night because she was Jaundice. We ended up getting released from the hospital Saturday morning.

All dressed and ready to go home

Home at last!

Thankfully Adelynn only had to spend one night under the lights for her Jaundice. It was very difficult for us to see our baby girl like this. I was actually released from the hospital on Friday, but I was lucky enough to be able to remain in my hospital room so I could go into the nursery to feed her every 2 hours.

Poor Baby!

Addie and her cousin Kennedy

Adelynn Jane Russell

Date of Birth: 3/25/09

Weight: 8lbs 13oz.

Height: 20in.

Labor in Progress

We are at the hospital. Baby should be out sometime March 25.
Kristi will update soon with name, pictures, and stuff.

~Barry

Still Waiting......

Not much news this week. I have dilated a little more since last week, but nothing to drastic. The nurses said they were surprised to see me this week. So apparently everyone at the doctors office thought that I was going to go early, but apparently our little girl is comfortable right where she is. Me on the other hand is not so comfortable where she is. After bragging to people how good I have felt through my whole pregnancy I am finally becoming uncomfortable. I still try to be pretty active, but I have had to do things a little slower than I am used to. Oh well, it is all worth the outcome!

Barry is off of work starting today and won't go back until April 9th, so the sooner she arrives the more time I will have help at home. If nothing happens in the next couple of weeks the doctor will probably end up inducing me on April 2nd. Hopefully she will decide to make her appearance naturally before then.

Next doctors appointment: Tuesday, March 24

Weekly Doctor Update

I have gotten in trouble several times in the last couple of days because I am a little slow at posting my doctors appointment update. So here it is...... As of yesterday I was still dilated 2cm. The baby is head down, but face forward. Ideally she would be faced backwards. The doctor said that since she is facing forward it can slow things down. Majority of babies will turn themselves during the early stages of labor, so we are keeping our fingers crossed that our little girl will cooperate. Maybe I won't go early after all. I guess time will tell.

1 Year Anniversary

1 Year Ago

After 1 Year of Marriage

I know it would have been a better comparison if we would have taken our picture in the same swim suits we had on a year ago, but I didn't want to make anyone sick!



I can't believe it has been one year since our Wedding! At this time 1 year ago we were in Sunny Fort Lauderdale, Florida getting ready to board the Beautiful Carnival Liberty Cruise ship.


Today we are in rainy Ottawa, IL waiting for the birth of our baby girl. It has been a wonderful year and I am excited for what the future brings.

38 Weeks

Everyone is very anxious for our baby girls arrival after my last doctors visit. It seems that everyone was hoping it would happen this weekend, but no such luck. Maybe next weekend! I think Sampson (our cat) is ready for the baby too. There have been several mornings that we wake up and there are stuffed animals laying all around the house. He apparently found my stuffed animals in the basement and he is bringing them up for the baby to play with. Now if I can teach him to put the toys away we will be all set.

38 Weeks

37 Week Update

I went to the doctor this morning for my 37 week appointment. I know I said in the last post it was on Tuesday, but I changed it so Barry could attend. I was expecting the doctor to tell me that everything was good, but I had not started dilating yet. To my surprise he said I am 2 cm dilated and he doesn't think I am going to make it to my due date. YEAH!!! I was really thinking I was going to go late, so I hope the doctor's prediction is right.

I spent all day Sunday doing load after load after load of baby clothes, blankets, and everything else that could be washed. Every time I took the clothes out of the dryer I would look at them and think.....was it that small when I put it in there or did it shrink. It just amazes me how small everything is. Monday was my first official day of unemployment, so Barry and I went to Babies R Us to get the remaining things we needed. We finally had to leave the store because our cart was over flowing and Barry was not willing to get another one. He thinks our little girl is already spoiled and I would have to agree.

The Nursery is all ready and my bag is packed, so BRING ON THE BABY!!!!


There has been some confusion on the number of letters in the first name because one line is longer than the others. It should be 7 letters for the first name and 4 letters for the middle name.