INTRODUCING...

Elizabeth Ann Cole!!!

8lbs 7oz

born at 6:28

Mommy and Daddy and baby are doing wonderful and Elizabeth is BEAUTIFUL!!!

Nana made it to the hospital for the delivery and after about 10 or 15 minutes of pushing Elizabeth made her debut!

So here are Elizabeth's first pictures!

Mommy, Daddy, and Dr. Wynne

Elizabeth Ann

look at that lip quiver!!!

sweet baby girl!

Mommy and Elizabeth meet for the first time!

Stay tuned for Elizabeth meets big brother and big sister!!!

It's Amost Time!

To push! She's fully dilated!! We're waiting about 15 minutes for her to "labor down" - not sure what that means, but will research it later!! - and to hopefully give Nana a little more time to make the delivery! She's in downtown Houston on 45....drive Nana drive!! So about 5:45 she'll start pushing! It won't be long now!!! My guest blogging will soon come to an end!

moving on up....

it's 5:05 and we're at 7 cm!!! By we're I mean Julie...I obviously have very little to do with this!! She has an epidural so she's feeling much better...I've even managed to sneak a few pics!! Keep those prayers coming! Baby girls heartbeat is slow and steady....possibly due to the wonderful classic "support your local sherrif" that she hears playing on the dvd player!! Gotta love James Garner!

Liz...Mystic Pizza is next!!!!

Until next time here are a few pictures for your viewing pleasure!

The new mommy and daddy to be!

We heart Theresa!!!

hanging in there

It's 3:42 and Julie's Labor and Delivery nurse, Theresa (whom we adore by the way), just checked Julie again. She is still 5cm, but is fully effaced adn baby girls head is in a good position. Theresa also had to put in internal monitors to monitor the heart rate and Julies contractions. Little girl, like her big sister, is having a little bit of trouble with a high heart rate. So please pray that baby girl calms down a bit and maintains a lower heart rate so that Julie can go ahead with a natural delivery as opposed to a c-section. Dr. Wynne is on her way over to check in and assess the situation...so until next time!

Auntie Kim!!

no pics this time...sorry, contractions are stronger so mommy is a little less tolerant of guest bloggers big camera in her face!!!!

She's on her way!!

for real this time!!!!
Hi, this is Aunt Kim, guest blogger for the day! We are at the hospital....finally!! Baby girl has definitely proven herself stubborn in the past few weeks, but it seems as if she's decided it's time to make her debut! Julie had an appointment this morning, an appointment where she was supposed to be having her pre-op preparations done for tomorrows scheduled c-section, instead her water began to leak and Dr. Wynne discovered she was 5 centimeters dilated and 90% effaced. So, she sent Julie over to the hospital to have a baby!! As Julie was called in from the waiting room at the hospital, she stood up and her water completely broke!!! SO, she's on her way!! I'll be keeping you guys updated on our process!! So sit back and enjoy your day of guest blogging a - la - Aunt Kim!

Mommy on the phone giving Grandanny the 4-1-1!

Still Waiting on Baby Girl

We decided to spend one of our last days as a family of four enjoying Jacob and Hannah at the park before things get crazy with our new baby girl...if she ever decides to be born! The kids had fun with daddy! We finished off the day by eating at Roadsters with Uncle David. They have a huge sand box and toys for the kids to play in. I forgot to take pictures there, but the kids played wonderfully. Not one tantrum at all. Other kids parents were having to discipline their kids, but we actually sat and had a nice dinner. What a wonderful Saturday with our kids!

Hannah riding the Squirrel

Daddy with his munchkins

It is even more fun to slide with Daddy

How lucky am I that they are my family!

Daddy's little boy

Hannah climbing and Mommy almost 39 weeks pregnant.
Huge I know!

Silly Faces

Doesn't he look so innocent and sweet!

Daddy and his princess

The Zoo with Nana

We decided to go to the zoo yesterday with Nana since she is in town for Spring Break. We had a fun day and finished it off with riding the train from the new train station. Jacob was very excited about the train. The kids were tired after a long morning at the zoo. Thanks Nana for going with us! Oh and Happy Birthday to Aunt Kim today! We love you. Also Happy Birthday to Karen! Yeah for birthdays.