Ruthie on June 21st, 2010

Well, it’s official. Corinne can crawl. Last night, she took off down the hallway. This morning, she managed to open the door and crawl out of the bathroom while we were getting ready for work. She started out her ninth month scooting and “crawling” backwards, but it hasn’t taken long for her to figure out [...]

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Ruthie on October 21st, 2009

So, it’s official….it really does go by fast. Our girl is one month old today and as cute and sweet and gorgeous as ever. We are getting to know her more and more each day as new little traits and noises and expressions seem to appear on a daily, sometimes hourly basis. She sleeps great [...]

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We arrived to that hospital and I was quickly hooked up to monitors and evaluated. Things were slow going at first. Even though my water had broken, the contractions were slow and not very strong. We walked, sat on the exercise ball, walked some more, and finally it was decided that we needed to get [...]

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Ruthie on September 10th, 2009

So, we had an ultrasound to check Corinne’s growth, and at this point, babies are so big, it is hard to get a good picture of their whole bodies. We had a few pictures taken of her head at the doctor’s office, but they looked kind of creepy. So, after work one day, I decided [...]

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Ruthie on July 27th, 2009

We finally got to see our little girl again…she has a great profile.

We were given some great pictures and got a treat to see our girl in 3D.

Our ultrasound tech, Joe, said she was in a perfect position and switched transducers to show us the most beautiful pictures we’d ever [...]

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Ruthie on June 22nd, 2009

As we have dived into the world of all (or at least most) things pink, I decided to start doing a little laundry. I checked into what detergents to buy (I settled on All Free and Clear, per a recommendation from Amber, I think). I went to Sam’s and voila! I started opening packages and [...]

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