Jules wanted more pictures. I'm a little biased, but I think she is pretty darn cute! Nothing really exciting is happening except for the fact that we have a baby! :) She's pretty calm and not that fussy and we get pretty good sleep at night. I just have to wake up to feed her, but she's been going right back to sleep lately.
She really seems to enjoy baths right now. She holds her head up very well for a newborn I think. I did notice she has started to grab things and hold on...like my hair and shirt. We're going to a volleyball game tonight at my school.

We went and saw the doctor this morning. Alia now weighs 9 lbs 10 oz. Woo! We are past our birth weight. She's doing great. There were no problems. At our next appointment we will do some immunizations. So looking forward to that. She has slept really well the past couple of nights. I'll stop waking her up to feed her around 2:00 and we'll just see how long she sleeps. Wish us luck!

Just wanted to say that we had another successful night last night. Alia went to sleep sometime after 11:00 (I fell asleep while B was holding her) and she pretty much slept the whole night. I had to wake her up to feed at 2:00 and then she woke herself up for a feeding at 5:00. She's eating a lot more frequently at the moment...I'm thinking maybe a growth spurt. I love my baby!

Alia's umbilical cord scab came off today. Yea!! We had quite a morning. We went to Mommy's work and then to Daddy's work and then Mommy had to swing by the doctor's. Sometime we will get more pictures up here because she is even cuter now than when she was born. She is still unpredictable at night, but we're getting used to it and getting good at taking shifts with her. She's really a relatively good baby so far. She cries if she is hungry, needs changed, or needs burped. All in all things are really good. :)

Alia is a week old today. I'm tired. More later!

BABY TIME!!!!!

Alia Ren Lowery decided it was time to join us on Saturday September 6th 2008. She weighed in at 9 lbs. 6 oz. and was 22in long. She's a big'un! The short of it all for now. We went to the hostpital around 9:15 friday night cause rachel's water broke. fast forward a few hours and we had a baby! Mother and child are both doing well rachel had some issues after she devlivered but all is well and we should be heading home monday afternoonish :)

Thank you all so much for your prayers and gifts and thoughts. we love you guys.

and i would probably get beatn up by quite a few people if i didnt post some pictures so enjoy!

-b (wow im a dad)

Ok...the appointment this morning was fine. I'm fine and she is fine. The bad news is that I have not progressed any since last Tuesday. I'm still at 3 cm and the doc said that was even iffy. The good news is that she went ahead and set an induction date. My blood pressure has been on the high side lately and I'm still measuring big (stomach-wise) so the doc doesn't want me going past 40 weeks. So, if I have not gone into labor by Wednesday, we are going in at 7:00 Wednesday morning and they will induce.

Well, Alia passed all her tests yesterday. She is doing fine and is healthy. I'm still having small contractions, but nothing special. Hopefully, there will be more news on Friday after we see the doctor.