Welcome Lucas Ryan!

Well, it only took 24 hours after he was born, but we finally decided on Lucas Ryan Braddy! Hopefully, as hard as it was to name him, the name will serve him well! Here, he is with his 2 proud sisters and grandmas!

Some promised pics

Forgive the delay in pics and updates. Mama had a bit of a rough time after delivery w/ a plummeting blood pressure that included the shakes and being really loopy for a few hours. Feeling much better now. Great labor and delivery, only had to push twice, I am getting quite good at that. Love the epidural. Still nameless. My dad's gonna flip if we don't decide soon. Hopefully we'll sleep on it a little and come up w/ a name tomorrow as Zack has thrown some new ones into the pot. Thanks for all the prayers!! We are so blessed!! Halie even likes her baby bro.

He's here!

Baby Boy Braddy was born at 5:02 pm, weighed 8 lb 13 oz, and was 22 1/2 inches long!! Mom and baby are doing great! No name decision yet, but stay tuned for that and photos!

At the hospital!

So, we're finally at the hospital! Kim just had her water broken and she has received her epidural, so we're just waiting on baby boy to arrive...we'll keep you posted.

Happy Birthday Baby Boy Braddy Tomorrow!

I forgot to update about my appt. on Tues. I'm 4 cm dialated, baby not stressed, plenty of fluid around baby. So therefore the hospital will call me in the morning to let me know when to show up to be induced. Who would have thought that the 3rd go round you'd have to be induced when you weren't w/ the others? I don't much care, just want a healthy baby and delivery. Maybe we should take bets for how much he weighs and who ever comes closest w/out going over can name him!! Please pray for us if you think of us tomorrow!! Much love!

One Day Left!

We decided to go to the downtown Raleigh Farmers Market today to pass the time until induction day tomorrow. Probably 100 other more productive things we could have spent the day doing but we wanted to take the girls to do something fun. The Farmers Market was kind of a bust but the kids loved running around on the turf field. We had some good BBQ too. Unless something happens tonight, we should be getting a call w/ an induction time in the morning. I hope I can sleep tonight, last chance to do that for a while. Here's a few pics from the day. Just an FYI, if you are going to hit up the farmers market just go to the state one not the city one.

The Overdue Bigness!

So I was due on Friday and it is now Tuesday. And NOTHING!! I'm going to the OB this afternoon to check on this little/or rather large (you look at the pic and judge for yourself) boy. Honestly, I think he wants a name and is refusing to come out until he gets one. Will someone call my husband and tell him to just give in to my favorite names? A sweet friend reminded me that God knows the perfect time for him to come and He will whisper in his ear when the time is right. I hope He whispers before Thursday because they plan to induce me then if he doesn't come sooner. At the request of some friends...check out the overdue belly!

Baby Update!

So I'm a day overdue now and still no baby boy Braddy. I think he wants a name before he makes his debut but since Zack and I can't agree on one I think he'll stay right where he is for now. I'm 2cm and 75% effaced but have been for several weeks w/ no change. He's head down but high. Right now the plan is to go Tuesday to the Dr. and they will check the fluid around the baby and the stress of the baby and assuming I haven't already gone into labor and everything looks fine they will induce sometime Thursday if I don't go before then. Zack and I both have a pretty bad cold right now so I'd like to get better before I go into labor. My prayer is that we will both feel better tomorrow after resting for a day, as I just finished my last client today at 2, and then go into labor early this week w/out being induced. Anyone willing to join me in praying, please do. Just wanted to give everyone that cares a quick update on the status. I'm getting a bit grumpy but thankful that my babies like my uterus so much! Hopefully he will be big, but not so big I can't push him out, and will come out sleeping like a champ. Pray for that too if you think of it!!

We'll post when we've got something to post about!! Much love!

Big Belly

This is for you Kelli Rumbough. Have you ever seen anything so big in your life? This pic is taken at about 36 weeks.