me and mom

and lego...

my first few days

We came home from the hospital on Thursday, and so far I'm doing pretty well. I've done a lot of sleeping, mostly during the day, but I'm starting to feel bad cause then I'm up all night and my mom and dad seem to want to sleep then. So today they are keeping me up more, and hopefully i'll sleep a little more when it's dark outside.

Yesterday i had some great quality time on the couch with dad, watching a few car shows. It was our first car bonding experience, and I can't wait for the next one.

I have some jaundice right now, and have had to go back to the doctor a couple times to get some blood drawn to monitor me, but i think it's getting better. Mom took me out in the sun for a few minutes today, and that was nice. I'm glad i'm a summer baby!

I've also been hanging out with grandma and grandpa Rosdil and Reeves the last couple days, and that has been pretty cool. There's lots of chitter chatter, different people holding me, and the house feels nice with more family around. I can't wait to meet my aunties and uncles, and my great grandma and grandpa.

So far life is pretty good, and once i get the hang of this sleep at night thing, i think it will only get better.

Welcome to our world, Hudson

Baby Rosdil,
Thank you again for visiting Hotel Amy, and we look forward to seeing you again soon. Unfortunately you have been black listed from ever staying in our hotel again. On the positive side, you are welcome to be one of the best parts of my life for the remainder of my years in this body.
love,
your mom.

Hudson Raymond Rosdil

Born on 8.10.10

Weight: 7 lbs 7 oz

Length: 20.75 inches

Face: adorable, pricelss, perfect

Parents: thankful, tired, scared out of our minds. ok maybe not, but close.

hotel amy

Dear baby Rosdil,

Thank you for staying with us here at the Amy Hotel. We have enjoyed your visit, and hope you have enjoyed your stay as well. As you may or may not know, last Friday was your check out date from the hotel. We have allowed you to extend your visit over the weekend, however we need to ask that you officially check out of your room by tomorrow, Monday, August 9th.

We have done some major remodeling to the room during your stay, and are in need of resetting it back to it's original state. In addition, we have noticed that your care of the room has declined as of late. Lighting fires in the gas fireplace has caused quite a burn in the chimney, and the plumbing has needed to be checked and cleaned more often than normal.

Unfortunately, if you do not choose to check out on your own, we will be forced to call in for assistance with your departure. We do not want to do this, so we hope you will accommodate our request and exit the premises by tomorrow evening.

Sincerely,

Amy Rosdil

Owner and Operator

Hotel Amy

day one after due date

What do we do? Go for a hike in the Rockies, of course! Nothing like an hour and a half hike up in Evergreen to help things along...it was a nice day for all of us! Whether it brings baby Rosdil quicker or not!

no news...yet

Well, 3 days to go. Little Rosdil is definitely preparing for his grand entrance to the world, but has yet to make it serious enough for us to go to the hospital. No water breaking, no contractions for a minute every 5 minutes, no dialating (as of last thursday). So, maybe he just really wants to be born on his great grandpa's birthday - and who could blame him? he has an awesome great grandpa.

In the mean time, i'm more tired, less motivated to go to work, talk on the phone, or even walk up the stairs if i don't have to. I still feel good, but am just about worn out. At least he'll be here soon. Either way, he's not staying in there forever. :)

Andy is getting more excited and is feeling ready for him to arrive - the anticipation of meeting him for the first time is exciting for both of us! We'll just see when he decides to grace us with his presence. Just go easy on your mom for labor, huh little guy??

11 days

Next week, may be the week I have my first baby boy. Could be this week too, but we'll say it's next week for now. :)

We went to the doctor last Friday, and so far everything is still on track for August 6th. I'm definitely feeling more tired and unable to do a whole lot without needing to rest for a few - which I think it pretty good since i have less that two weeks left at this point! I am feeling more and more ready to get my body back though - excited to do a real work out again at the gym, and be able to put lotion on my legs without doing it in stages.

I think we've decided on the final three names for this little boy too - we're still going to wait to tell people, but at least we've got some good solid choices!

The grandparents have all gotten their tickets to come out and meet their grandson, and future plans are already in the works for the visits after that! And it sounds like we may be taking our first flight with baby Rosdil in October for a very special Rosdil wedding - Andy's brother may push his wedding day up to fall instead of spring! So we'll start crossing our fingers now that we have a good baby on that plane!

18 days to go time

WOW, really? 18 days?? ok...guess we better make sure we're ready!!

I did have a great weekend kicking off the "less than 3 weeks" mark with some awesome ladies! Some friends here in Denver put together a joint baby shower "tea" for a friend and I (She is due 3 weeks after me). We met at the Brown Palace and had tea and treats! What a wonderful treat that was! :)

Lego and her club foot

This weekend we took Lego in for a routine shot, only to have her foot get caught on the door and sliced open - requiring her to get stitches! So here she is, with her second "foot wrap" - affectionately earning the nickname "club leg." Poor thing, but it doesn't seem to hurt her, even when we fall down laughing as she tries to run up the stairs.

9th month stretch!

Andy took a few pics of me to capture the belly just weeks away from arrival - and of course he had to be in at least one as well!

36 weeks

Today marks the 36 week point! I'll get a picture up this weekend!

What's in a name?

Last night Andy and I talked to my mom, dad, grandma and grandpa on skype. They all now have cameras for their computers so they can see the baby when we talk - after he arrives of course.

Well as usual, the topic of what the baby's name will be came up. Everyone (including me) wants to know what this little guy will be called for the rest of his life. So my mom throws out a couple names, Brock and something else, and my dad pipes in and says something like, "why don't you just name him from the source, and call him Dick." We all laugh, and I say something like then he would officially be, "Richard Raymond Rosdil" - aka Dick. At that moment Grandpa speaks up and says, "if you're going to call him Dick, why don't you just name him Penis?"

Yep, that's a pretty typical conversation with my family. I'm sad Abbie missed it, since she's the one who's known for making jokes about sex always coming up in our house when we get together. Either way my dad got a good laugh out of it, and we all ended the skype chat with smiles.

I can say this, baby Rosdil, you have nothing to worry about. Though we welcome suggestions, I don't know that we'll be settling on either of those names for you. But the conversation with your grandparents and great grandparents was one worth writing down.

a little fixing up

this picture was from the baby shower, but i fiddled with it a bit, and think it looks better!

Grandpa's Girls!

Here comes baby

We had our tour of the hospital last week, along with getting a full video tour of what the birth process will be like! It was more information than I needed for sure, but I think it will be helpful to know what to expect in just a few weeks now! The tour was good - I don't know if i could tell anyone how to find me if i needed to, but at least we know where we're supposed to park now! Our childbirth teacher continues to be a hoot-and-a-half, showing us exactly what kind of breathing we should be doing - while in the birthing position! Today is our final class, and we will be learning about C-sections. I'm crossing my fingers now that I don't end up needing one...30% of women get them they say.

I've also been learning a lot about nursing, and all the tricks and tools to do it successfully and as painless as possible. Keeping my fingers crossed that everything goes well with that, but understanding that sometimes things are out of your control, and you just can't nurse like you planned. Either way i'm praying for a healthy little baby.

I'm at the point in my pregnancy now where it gets difficult to put on your shoes and socks. Fun times.

grandpa fluckiger

As we make dinner on a Saturday night, we're listening to Oscar Peterson, thinking about Grandpa Fluckiger. Big Grandpa, as we affectionately refer to him, plays the piano like no one i've ever heard - he's pretty much amazing. And we discovered on our last visit with him that baby LOVES hearing grandpa play jazz piano! Once he started playing, that baby moved around in my belly more than he ever had before! It was awesome.

So tonight, we're thinking of our favorite Big Grandpa, and exposing our son to a taste of his talents through Oscar Peterson (Oscar's pretty darn good too).

We love you Grandpa, and can't wait to see you in August - and MEET you!! :)

A budding romance

It's been over 5 years now, since Andy and i met on that airplane and had our first date in Austin, Texas. Who would have thought we would find ourselves where we are today, expecting our first little baby boy together as husband and wife!



a few pictures from the early years...:) not so long ago.

Appropriate pooping

Yesterday we took Lego for a walk - she has had quite a bit of energy as of late. As we're walking across the street toward the grass, she decides she can't wait, and squats to poop right in the middle of the road. Of course this would have been OK if there weren't cars - but there were cars, so for the next 30 seconds or so, we all stood by to watch Lego poop in the road.

Thankfully the people drove by (leaving enough room between their car and the poop to not worry about running it over) laughing at what had just happened.

Our little Lego, maybe needs a lesson in potty etiquette.

33 weeks!

woa...33 weeks. And of course Lego is in the picture!

Happenings

Since this is the closest thing i have to a journal during my pregnancy, i was thinking i should make sure to write down what's going on at least every once in a while!

Went to the doctor last week for my 32 week appointment, and measured right at 32! So all is well there, and baby is growing and moving like a champ. In fact, this kid has been exercising pretty regularly in my belly now - which is a strange sensation for sure, and one I think you can only experience to truly understand the feeling. It has been cool to see my tummy moving, but the occasions when he pushes on my bladder or into a rib have caused just a little discomfort.

We are taking childbirth classes right now, and today will be our third one - the tour! I'm looking forward to seeing where the special day will take place, and what entrance, etc. we need to come into when we arrive! Last week we watched a birth video, most likely filmed in the 80s judging by the hair styles. It was quite graphic, and though it was educational for sure, a part of me would rather just do it - without having seen graphic details of what I might resemble during my labor. :)

We are still trying to decide on a name for this little guy, and have been reading through a name book, highlighting names we both like. Hopefully that will help narrow it down to the winner! We will probably wait to tell everyone which name we picked until after he's born, just to make sure the name fits him when we meet him.

Baby's room is getting very close to ready - though i feel like we should be filling our car with diapers at this point! We still need the diaper trash and bags, bath, shampoos, lotions, wipes, diapers, etc. but i think this kid will be good with blankets, toys and clothes thanks to all the wonderful gifts people have so generously given. Of course more clothes will always be good, from what i hear about the blow outs we'll be cleaning up!

Other than that, we are gearing up for the final month stretch, praying for our little baby boy, and a smooth transition into family-hood. I can't wait for you all to meet him already, and look forward to the many years ahead of laughter, memories, and love.

grandma rosdil

Andy with little baby Michael Muller - I've never seen Andy hold a baby AND feed it! Had to get a picture of this - much more of this in store for him pretty soon!! :)

Grandma Rosdil threw us a wonderful baby shower - we had so much fun hanging out for the weekend and celebrating with the family and all her great friends! Thanks for such a fun weekend!

Bedding from Great Grandma

We aren't doing a heavy theme in the baby's room - because the rug and furniture fill things in pretty nicely, but this bedding from Great Grandma sure looks great!! Good choice on the turtles Grandma!! :)

more baby time

diaper cake - thanks Ab!

family

Grandpas girls

Original Fluckigers

Baby time

BGs!

Baby Daddy

Sandra, Maryel, Joy and Chair

Leanne Hansard

Kelli and Linda Miller

Auntie Abbie and her nephew to be!

Angie

moms 60th surprise party

We all came together to surprise my mom for her 60th birthday. 25 of her closest friends, and us - she was VERY spurprised!!

babymoon2

We were trying to hike to the top of Diamond head peak, but they wouldn't let us because they didn't think we could make it back before the park closed. Obviously they'd never seen us hike!!

Andy, me and the bump at our hotel

OK if you look at the second balcony up from the bottom on the right, you see the man who slept on his balcony. He's there - sleeping away, like he did every day we were there! We were thinking he was "crashing" at a his friends place...

Waikiki....so different from the Kauai we are used to now...

I didn't take pictures, but we went to the north shore also - much more our speed for vacation! Overall though we had a great time!!

Babymoon

Every summer (for the most part, since we've been together) Andy and I go to Hawaii. We love to go stay with my Aunt and Uncle at their house in Kauai - not only is the island beautiful, but it's SO great to spend time with them there. This summer we were planning to go in June, looking forward to some down time, and quality hang time with Aunt/Uncle/cousins. However, as this baby has gotten bigger, I have become more concerned about flying 7 hours while being 71/2 months pregnant. Not that I couldn't do it, but that's a long time to be stuck on a plane - both ways.
So, Andy and I decided to go a little earlier, and to try out a different island. As I've been reading my pregnancy books, i've found that many people do a "last trip" before baby arrives, and they call it the "babymoon." So i guess what we are about to embark on is our "babymoon" - a week in Oahu! Andy hasn't been there before, so it's a new experience for him. And i know I'll get the sunshine i've been craving - especially after the SNOW we had here yesterday (the temp went from 80 degrees, literally, to snowing). This Colorado living thing is a little crazy sometimes.
Anyway, even though he won't see it with his own eyes, baby Rosdil is heading out for his first hawaiian vacation tomorrow!
Aloha!