Thursday, April 30, 2009

Loads of Photos (Pacey and Fox)












About Pacey

The baby's full name is Pace Christian Meissner Fischer. "Pace" is the word for "peace" in several languages, though we're anglicizing the pronunciation. We call him "Pacey."

He's very alert--when he's awake is eyes are usually open and looking around. He's also pretty strong--he needs little help holding his head up. His interests include model airplanes, soccer, and the Twilight novels. OK, kidding about the last three things. If he learns from Fox, his main interests will be trucks, candy, and being outside.

He was born 7 pounds, 6 ounces, 21 inches long.

Today Fox and Pacey will meet for the first time!

Wednesday, April 29, 2009

More Pictures of Pacey





Meet Pacey!









Pace Fischer was born on April 28, weighing 7 pounds, 6 ounces, and being 21 inches tall. He's trying to figure out this world--his eyes are open a lot. He and Sadie are both doing great.

Friday, April 24, 2009

End of Pregnancy Update

No pics this time, just an update on the new baby. I had an appointment yesterday, and all seems well, except that I have not delivered yet. My due date is Monday, so it is coming up fast. My doctor checked and found that I am dilated half a centimeter, which she says is progress from last week, but to me it doesn't sound very promising. I have an ultrasound scheduled for Monday afternoon so they can make sure the baby still has enough amniotic fluid, see that the placenta is healthy enough to carry on into overtime, and be sure that the baby is practicing his breathing movements. If it seems like there is a problem at the point, they will send me over to United for surgery Monday. But likely, it will be fine. Then, I can keep trying to go into labor until Friday, at which point we have scheduled a c-section. My doctor thinks I will deliver before then and it won't end up coming to surgery, but we will see. I still feel mostly the same, though I have been having some contractions. They only come every few hours or so, and they aren't all that painful yet, so I clearly have a long way to go.

I am really hoping to be able to deliver the baby without having surgery, because the recovery was pretty rough for me last time. But either way, I am ok with it. And it is nice to have an end in sight--no matter what, I will have a baby within one week. I guess I shouldn't say that, either, because although my doctor and I said Friday would be the day, we still have to make sure a surgeon and an OR are available. So, I guess there is a chance the c-section would have to wait until the following week, but I am being optimistic. And I plan to go into labor tonight, anyway.

Monday, April 13, 2009

Soccer and Easter

Here are so pics of Fox playing soccer in our yard. I secretly (well, not secretly) hope his soccer love will lead him to a career as a pro-bowl kicker in the NFL.






Here is Fox's Easter basket, including a ducky chair we got from Fox's friend Eldon:

And here is Fox looking for said basket:




Fox enjoys his goodies:



It all begins again, at GG's house. Here is Fox looking for his basket:




Found it!



And here is Fox checking out his goods after the egg hunt in the yard:


Fox with his cousins: Deaunna, Carl, Andy, and Joshy.


And here we are:

Friday, April 10, 2009

Minnesota Zoo!

Today we went to the Minnesota Zoo with mommy's friend Becky. It was fun. We got in free because of the Check Out a Museum program at the library (thanks, library!). I was kind of hoping a long day of walking would make me go into labor, but that seems to not be the case. Even though I did not give birth in the monkey house, many other exciting things happened.

Here is Fox riding a giant (fake) turtle!


Here is Fox riding a giant (real) tractor:


Here is Fox eating a snack:


Fox got to get up close to a grizzly bear:


We had one brief session of tears. We were checking out the dolphins, and we went up to the glass to see them better. The first dolphin we saw came right up to the glass by us. I thought, 'Cool!' Well, the dolphin thought she would be funny and splash us. Huge amounts of water came over the glass and drenched me and Fox. I laughed; he panicked. This is the after pic:


And this is the dolphin:

A nice lady brought us a towel, and we sat and talked about the situation. Fox agrees that it would have been funny if he had known it was coming, but since it was a surprise, he got scared. He recovered well, though, and we left shortly after (and he napped on the way home). Happy ending to a wonderful day!