The Greatest Anniversary Gift

Who would have thought that we would have our first child on our anniversary? This is such a wonderful gift. No material item could surpass this. We are officially a family!

A Beautiful Baby Boy!!!

We would like to welcome the newest member of our family...Kyler Allan Urich. Kyler was born at 7:51 a.m. on June 26. He weighed a whopping 8 lbs 12 oz!!! He is 20.5 inches long and boasts of a 14.5 inch diamater head. Ay yi yi!!!

D-Day

Baby Urich is due today! I'm not too sure that this baby is going to be working on our schedule. I have recently named this baby "the baby that cried wolf" - due to the fact that I have been having contractions and my cervix has started to dilate, but still no baby. The anxiety is killing both Josh and I. We have both had a "stern talking" to the baby, yet it is still being stubborn. All we want to do is meet our little one, but it obviously has an agenda of its own - ug! I will be going in for my weekly check up this Friday; hopefully the baby will come before that - but who knows!?

Any Day Now

Well, today I went into the doctor for my weekly check up. Everything looks really good. The baby's heartbeat was around the 170's, which is a little more elevated than it has been, but still good. My blood pressure was great at 120/78, and overall I am feeling ok. I finally figured out why pregnant women waddle - when the baby dropped into my pelvis, it became really painful! I am 1 centimeter dilated and about 70% effaced. I'm not going to lie, when the doctor said that, I was pretty elated. This baby could be born any day now! Although when I called my mom to tell her, she kind of busted my bubble by telling me that she walked around for a couple of weeks being 2 centimeters dilated - ug! I am trying to admit the fact that the baby will come on her/his own time. Although, if the baby is anything like her mother (prompt and punctual), she will be born on her due date of June 25.





Like mother, like daughter - right? My step dad likes to say, "The apple doesn't fall far from the tree." I, of course, am "the apple" and my mother is "the tree". But we may have to worry about the next generation of "apples". That is why I couldn't resist buying this cute little onesie!

Happy Father's Day

Josh's first Father's Day was terrific! Even though he doesn't really feel like a father yet, we did a little celebrating. I gave him his Father's day gift, which was tickets to the Mile High Music Festival. He was so happy when he saw the tickets that he couldn't even finish reading the card!


Josh is getting ready for the concert!

After the inital shock of the music festival tickets was over, we went out for a nice breakfast at the Paragon (a little "hole in the wall"), took Lucy on a nice long walk around Riverside Park, went to a performance at Josh's High School and then went out to dinner at Johnny Carino's. Yes, we like to eat out - or should I say that I don't like to cook!

The day after Father's day, we were lucky enough to be able to meet up with Josh's dad! He was traveling through Colorado Springs, so we went down and met up with him and Josh's Aunt Karen for dinner. We had a great time!

Happy Father's Day Dad, John, Gerald, and Josh! You all are great fathers to us!

The Waiting Game

According to the ticker on the side bar we only have 17 days until Baby Urich is due. I was just reading on the ivillage website that as of Wednesday I will be 38 weeks pregnant, which is considered "full-term". That means Baby Urich can be born any day now. I dreamt that our baby was born on Saturday so that its birthday would be 06-07-08, but no such luck! With our luck, Baby Urich will probably be late.

I am definitely ready to be finished with being pregnant, but I'm not too sure that I am ready to bring Baby Urich home and be responsible for a life other than mine. Just thinking about that makes my blood pressure rise. I'm sure we will be fine, but I just might be calling some of you who have offered your helping hands. Thankfully, Josh will have plenty of time with us too, since he will be on summer break!

I am feeling pretty good, but I lose energy very quickly. I have gained a total of 26 pounds, which my doctor thinks is great (it is on the low side of "normal"). But, it is getting very difficult for me to do simple things like sit up, put on my pants, and bend over to pick up anything off of the floor. It is a good thing that the weather is getting warmer so that I can just wear flip-flops, because I recall have trouble putting on socks when I was just six months pregnant.

We will be sure to let all of you know when the baby is born. Josh is going to make it a priority to update this blog as quickly as possible as well as send out an e-mail to everybody. If you aren't sure if we have your e-mail address, you can e-mail us at urich08@gmail.com.

Nursery Tour

After the shower all I wanted to do was get everything unwrapped and put away. Josh swore up and down that I was beginning the nesting stage. Maybe I was and maybe I wasn't, but I did get mostly everything washed and put away in the nursery. Still life pictures really can't capture the feeling of being in the nursery, so I decided to take a little tour. This is for all of you who live far, far away and couldn't make it out here.