Visitors!

We are so lucky and thankful to have such wonderful parents and siblings who came to support us once Mackenzie was born! We also received tons of love from those who could not join us from afar. We came home to a house decorated with balloons and flowers and our loving family waiting to shower us with love! What an absolutely amazing family this little girl was born into!

Mommom Ball

Poppop Ball

Nana Wolfe

Poppop Wolfe

Nana & Poppop

Aunt Kristin

Uncle Kevin

Aunt Kristin and Cousin Bellamy

Meeting Cousin Bellamy

Poppop and Mommom with their Granddaughters

Mommom with her girls

Poppop with his girls


Video chatting with Aunt Jenna & Uncle Nick

It's a Girl sign on our front lawn

Mackenzie Amelia Wolfe is here!

We are thrilled to announce that our our baby girl, Mackenzie Amelia Wolfe, arrived on Wednesday, May 18, 2011 at 9:35pm, weighing 7lbs. 3oz. and 19 inches long. She surprised us all when she decided to come on her very own! We were scheduled to begin the induction process Wednesday night, but that morning I started having contractions. They quickly got stronger and closer together. We arrived at Mary Washington Hospital at 4pm and by 9pm I was fully dilated and Ms. Mackenzie was on her way! I was very lucky to have such a fast delivery, only being in labor for 5 1/2 hours! Jimmy and I are on cloud nine and absolutely love being parents! She has completely changed our lives and we couldn't be happier! There is no greater joy then creating a new life and we can't wait to watch our little angel grow and develop. We patiently waited for 40 weeks and 3 days and she was definitely worth the wait!

Fashionably Late

Baby Wolfe's due date has come and gone and Mommy and Daddy are growing more and more anxious with each passing day! Yesterday we had a biophysical profile done (ultrasound and stress test) to see how baby was doing followed by a doctor's visit. Both appointments went great and baby is doing just fine! Not much progress has been made since our last appointment and our doctor recommended that an induction date be set. We will be going into the hospital tomorrow evening to start the process. We are so excited that we will be meeting our little girl by the end of this week!!! We are looking forward to letting our family and friends know once she makes her grand entrance!

39 weeks, 5 days..but who's counting?

We just got back from our 39 week doctors appointment and I am FINALLY 1 cm dilated! Not much, but at least we are moving in the right direction! I am also 75% effaced, which is great since last week I was nothing! My doctor also stripped my membranes in hopes to speed things along. This will help increase my chances of going into labor on my own. I go back to the doctors on Monday for an ultrasound and to see how things are progressing (that's if I don't go into labor before then!). Any predictions on when baby will arrive?

Patiently waiting for Baby Wolfe....

Work Baby Shower!

On April 1st my amazing coworkers threw a wonderful surprise baby shower! They turned the college's student lounge into a beautiful shower setting! I was showered with a whole lot of love and sweet baby gifts! I work with some truly amazing people!

SURPRISE!

Decorations and food table!


Welcome Baby Wolfe!


Some coworkers (sorry it's blurry!)

The set-up and gifts table


Cake!

Adorable baby cupcakes!

The dirty diaper game!

Tick-Tock

With only a week and a half until my due date, we are definitely playing the waiting game! Each day brings even more excitement and anticipation! Last weeks doctors appointment went great! We learned that my fluid level is down (YAY!) and baby Wolfe flipped back into the proper position (double YAY)! Everything seems to be back on track! For the most part I have been feeling great! I'm still working, which definitely takes its toll, but I still have good energy throughout the day. My last official day of work will be May 13th, but hopefully she will decide to meet us before then! :-) Sleeping at night is a bit of a challenge, between getting up to potty every hour (so it seems!) to being too excited to sleep! I think Jimmy and I are both struggling to get in a full nights rest, but like MomMom Ball says, its good practice for when she comes!

Our next doctors appointment is this Friday and we hope to have another great visit! We will certainly keep you posted as we patiently wait for baby wolfe....