Hannah Beverly Simonson was born this morning at 8:40, weighing in at 7 lbs 15 oz and measuring 21 inches long. She has cute strawberry blonde hair and is happy to be out of confining spaces!
I am grateful to be able to carry a baby to full term. So many babies are born prematurely and have many health problems because of it, and I'm grateful mine will be able to avoid those problems. I am also grateful because many couples struggle with infertility and it has been a huge blessing in our lives to be able to have children. That's what I'll focus on as I struggle to roll over in bed until this baby decides to show her cute little face.
So I guess yesterday was what they call "prodromal labor." I sort of was expecting it since I had it for days before Natalie was born, but still, yesterday's contractions got my hopes up! Oh well. They continued all the way till I went to bed, then I woke up with NOTHING. I have had like, 4 contractions today, and none of them were of the intensity of yesterday.
I did have a dr appt today, and I am dilated to a "3 plus." Which means I'm between a 3 and a 4 I suppose. The baby's heartbeat was low, so they did a non-stress test and it turned out fine. She must have been sleeping before. It was somewhat depressing to schedule my 41 week appointment but hopefully I won't be able to make that one! Thanks for all the well wishes everyone!
Just an update. Today I've been having regular contractions ALL DAY! Wahoo. They have varied in intensity and frequency, with the closest being 4 min apart for an hour or so, and with the most intense happening right now. But right now they are about 8 min apart. They are strong enough to make me stop what I'm doing, but I can still talk through them. I would rate them at a 3 on a scale of 0-10 with BH being 0 and transition/ring of fire being a 10. Anyway, I will be going to sleep early in hopes of getting rest before the really hard stuff if this is really it. Hopefully the next post will bring good news!
Yes, I'm still pregnant for those of you who don't see me on a regular basis. :-) I will be 40wks on Friday actually (ticker is 2 days off) but I took a pic early.
I am dilated to a 3 and still 85% effaced as of my appointment on Thursday. My next one is this coming Wed, if I make it until then. Nothing exciting to report other than I am having random, scattered stronger-than-BH contractions here and there. In fact, I had 2 during church today. I also had one that woke me up the other night. So here's hoping my extremely amazing strong human grower uterus is gearing up for the big day sooner than later.
Then in the afternoon we went to the park. I like how this picture shows all her fuzzy fly-aways. She only slept for one measley little hour after her long morning and horrible pre-nap crankiness. I was glad I fell asleep right after she did or else I would have been bent out of shape about not getting a nap!
I started feeling really sick while pushing her, so I ended up sitting down on a swing while she played on some of the "big kid" swings. She was entertained by swinging on her tummy for a long time. 
I finally convinced her to come home, but first we had to pass by the playground, and of course she wanted to play on it. Somebody had filled the bottom of the slide with sand, which gave her plenty to do as she scooped it off all over her body.
Do you like the cloud? Yes, I just sat on the bench and watched. I was feeling so icky (stomach sickness kind of icky) that I didn't even care at this point.
And this is the end result. Yes, she is in her socks. I told you, I was sick! 
Well, I went to the doctor today and had my first cervical check. I am 1.5cm dilated and 80% effaced. Yay! At 37wks with Natalie, I was dilated to a 4, so I was sorta hoping I would be at least a little today. Now to try and wait 3.5 more weeks....it's so hard right at the end!
Happy Halloween, even though we are now in November. I was waiting until I had all the festivities over with so I could post all the pics at once. It was a fun season, and Natalie was so cute in her fairy costume. She got the trick-or-treating idea but wouldn't ever say it to people. Oh well, maybe next year!
At the ward Trunk or treat. She is holding Brooklyn's bag for some reason instead of her Elmo bucket (or her "momo buppet" in Natalie-ese).
She won a cupcake at the cake walk. It was full of greasy purple frosting which she enjoyed eating.
Natalie and Brooklyn attacking each other with their magic wands before the trunk or treat. we told them to give each other a hug and they did this instead.
Trick or treating. This is the only picture I got of her actually holding out her bucket. She was so shy!
The girls enjoying their cupcakes.
Here she is at Mark's aunt Judy's annual Halloween bash. I did her hair a little more special for this one.
Our little family. I was a "sleeping beauty" (I'm wearing fancy clothes, make up, jewelry and a crown but I'm going to bed w/ my bathrobe and stuffed animal), Mark was reliving his past (Wachovia hat, suns jersey, HHS stole, missionary tag, and a foot brace).
A closeup of her hair.
Joy A and me with our preggo bellies. She is due TODAY and me in 4 wks. Hopefully her little guy will come soon!
This is at our playgroup Halloween activity at Kristina's house. It was so much fun! Natalie is painting a piece of egg carton brown which soon acquired pipe cleaner legs to become a big brown spider. What a cute craft. Thanks Bre!
She was SO proud of her spider. She put it next to her to eat for like, 2 straight days.
