Tucker and Nicole in our room!

Tucker Adam Hess is finally here!

God decided to give us an early present. Tucker Adam Hess was born at 5:24 pm on 24 Mar 2010. He weighed in at a hefty 8 lbs 9 oz and measured 20 inches from head to toe. Both Nicole and Tucker are doing well, but Nicole is pretty sore. Nicole, being the trooper she is, was at work when her water broke. She drove home and we headed to the hospital. It was a very mentally straining day for me and was extremely physically demanding on Nicole considering she hadn't slept since noon the day prior.

12 days to go...

Yes, I have the countdown more than started. Tuesday we had our weekly Dr's appointment. She informed us that he has definitely "dropped." Monday we are having an ultrasound to measure his estimated weight and we will go from there. Basically could be any time :) We are anxiously awaiting!!

38 weeks

3 weeks to go!

My due date is 3 weeks from today. Hard to believe how time flies! Last night we had our Infant Care class at the hospital. It was quite entertaining to watch Adam "bathe" and change diapers on the baby dolls:) He did great, but of course added his own touches to make me laugh. Everyone around us was probably doubting our ability as parents.

Lish and Matt are visiting us right now and tonight we are headed to the Houston Rodeo. Should be a fun night out...as our child-less days are limited.

Here is the 37 week picture:

5 weeks to go!

The real countdown has begun. Really only 4 1/2 weeks until my due date :) We are so excited to finally meet our little boy. I start my weekly doctors appoinments this week, so hopefully we'll get some good info on if she thinks he will come early or on time. Yesterday, we had an awesome session with our photographer and had some maternity pics taken.

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10 weeks to go!

I can't believe it has already been 30 weeks! Hard to believe only 10 (or less) weeks until this little boy comes into the world. I think we are as prepared as we can be. The nursery is finished, we have one more shower next weekend, and then 2 classes at the hospital the following week. We're trying to get the rest of the house clean and organized and little things fixed before we are consumed with loving and spoiling our baby :)

baby bump @ 30 weeks

Holiday Fun

Well we had another great holiday season! Somehow I think we managed to see most of our family and friends up in Indiana. Adam made the drive on Christmas day (I had to work a few more days) with our dog and then on Tuesday night I flew up to meet them. We had Christmases, 2 Baby showers, lots of time with family and some very cold weather :)
Above is a picture of me at 27 weeks. I went to the doctor on Wednesday and am happy to report no gestational diabetes or anemia. Everything is still measuring/growing perfectly!

Baby Shower #1

Baby Shower #2