Our little boy

Simon James Reynolds Ryba

Born 7/17/2009, 11:59 p.m.

7 lb. 11 oz., 20 in.

Simon has been in the neonatal intensive care unit since shortly after birth. He aspirated meconium in to his lungs during delivery, and has needed assistance breathing and other support while he recovers from this. The first few days were a struggle to balance things like his oxygen saturation, blood pressure, heart rate, reaction to antibiotics and even sedation. He'll likely be in the NICU for another few weeks. But he is slowly but steadily improving, and we couldn't be prouder of our little boy for being such a fighter.

We will post more pictures soon. Thanks to everyone for their love, support and prayers over the past few days.

40 weeks

The waiting game

So... our due date is tomorrow. It's the ultrasound-calculated due date, which is pretty much what I thought the date should be from the beginning. But depending on which way you do the math, you can come up with anything from the 14th to the 17th. My doctor informs me that she thinks it should be the 17th.... BOO. But for obvious reasons, I like the 14th. Which means it's tomorrow.

Which means I'm officially impatient! We're ready to meet this kid already!

Not to mention the fact that there is family pressure - tomorrow is my sister's birthday AND my uncle's birthday. My mom reminded me early on that she managed to have my sister on her brother's birthday, so surely I can manage to have this kid on my sister's birthday. Believe me, there is nothing that I would love more than for that to happen! But I have this sinking feeling that this kid isn't going anywhere for another week or so. We'll keep you posted!

The baby's room

It was a great 3-day weekend that was both productive and relaxing. The biggest news is that we finished off the nursery set-up -- we only had little things left to do, but it is wonderful to finally have them done.

We'll hit the 39-week mark on Tuesday! So it's a good thing that I also got my hospital bag packed this weekend. Fingers crossed that we'll get to use it sooner rather than later... we're ready to meet our little man already!