FINNEGAN LEGRAND NICHOLS

Our sweet little boy has arrived and changed our lives forever. We are SO proud to introduce Mr. Finnegan Legrand, Finn if you like. He weighed in at 8lbs, 7oz and is 21.7 inches long. More to come later... I promise.

I suppose I could share this too...

We think that we have chosen a name for our son. I only say think because we want to reserve the option to change our minds if it just doesn't seem to fit his face or something. Anyway, we are quite excited to announce that there will soon be a little Finnegan Legrand Nichols joining our family. We plan to call him Finn for short.

Oh, and by the way, anyone even thinking about telling us a story about some guy you knew with the same name who was a real jerk, better not. I mean it. Some severe butt kicking would be in order if you try it...

We hope you love the name as much as we do!

I know...

I have been really bad about keeping everyone up to date on the pregnancy details. I am now in my 40th week of pregnancy and just kinda pissed about it. I know that I should stop my pissing and moaning- it could be worse. In fact, that is the primary reason/excuse that I have for not writing more often. I would routinely start to write something and then realise that I was simply complaining and no one wants to listen to a Wendy Whiner. Now, however, I feel a bit more justified in my complaints. 40 weeks of pregnancy is far from fun.

To look at the bright side of it all, my body has been adapting to the probable size of our little boy, all 8 pounds of him, and it looks as though I might be able to handle it after all. How exactly I'm still not sure but that's what my Dr. says. That's pretty amazing considering the fact that early on I was told not to count on carrying the little guy full term because my pelvis wouldn't be able to handle it. At least we are both healthy and naturally preparing...

Yesterday Stephen and I went to our Dr.s appointment in hopes of hearing some good news of progress towards his arrival. Sadly, we did not. Dr. Shull says that boys usually arrive late because they are Mama's boys and don't want to leave. So, very little dilation and effacement has yet to occur and if I don't go into labor by Tuesday at 5am, we're scheduled for a contraction stress test at Women's East. It was explained to me that this is sort of like a 'practice run' for inducement to see how sensitive the baby and I are to a small amount of pitocin (sp?). If my contractions occur with regularity and relative ease on a small amount of drugs then we are likely to be ready for labor inducement. If the contractions aren't regular enough in an hours time then we will just wait it out until our boy is ready. I suppose that some women would opt for full on inducement at that point but I want to attempt to deliver as naturally as possible and avoid the 'cascade effect' of other procedures that I'd prefer to avoid.

Anyway, that's where we stand. We have been anxiously awaiting his arrival and nesting as much as possible. A lot has happened in the last couple of weeks. We bought a new refrigerator, a new car, our home and soon a little boy. Well, I suppose we didn't exactly 'buy' him but he sure has cost a lot so far! All of these things have been quite positive but we are all feeling emotionally, physically and financially drained to say the least so please keep us in your prayers. We will update everyone as soon as he arrives!