Charlotte breaks in her swing

Charlotte got to try out her swing this week!

I think she really likes it. It looked like she cold even see the little mobile animals..

It's starting to have it's desired effect. Her eyes are getting very heavy.....................

And success.............

Charlotte's first bath

Charlotte had her first bath a couple days ago. We were prepared for lots of complaining, but surprisingly she didn't even let out a whimper. Let's hope this is indicative of future bathing!

Daddy did an excellent job of washing her hair. Mommy helped with the water temperature and worried a lot.
Look at the size of Dad's thumb compared to her little hand!!

There.......fresh as a dasiy!!

Charlotte's first week home!

Charlotte's had a very exciting first week home;

Here is her first car ride. Coming home from the hospital..... You can see how nervous she was.

Here are a couple shots from her first Christmas. We went to Grandma Sue's in Redwood City. Here we met lots of new friends and had many visitors......

This is Charli with daddy and Matt (his friend from high school) with 4 month old daughter Tori!

Here is Charli with Mary Jo, Sue's business partner and dear friend

Uncle Hap and Auntie Paula came to visit!!

Uncle Hap, Auntie Paula, and cousins Ben and Amelia drove all the way down to Salinas from Crockett to visit Charlotte in the hospital. They brought 2 little pink crates full of gifts. Some of them were even hand-made for Charli by Amelia and Ben. What good cousins they already are!
We were touched that they made the long drive for us.

She's finally here!

I was admitted to the hospital Thursday, December 21st at 8:00 to be induced. As you can see from the photo below, I was pretty excited to get things going. .......



What a silly girl. If only there was a photo of me 22 hours later. ....:) At 6:00 on Friday morning they decided to do a c-section. So Our Charlotte Rebecca Keely was born at 7:02 AM, December 21st.

She was a healthy 8 lbs, 5 ozs, and 20 inches in length. Daddy got to meet her before I did (as is usually the case with c-sections) and you can see he is already smitten!

Just a few more photos of Charlotte in the hospital. The nurses gave all the babies these cute santa caps.

I tried to get a few with her eyes open. This is about as good as it gets. She slept alot these days!

Today is the big day!

So I am finally being induced today at 10:45. They will not be using the more aggressive tools though, so it may still be a day or so before we get to meet little sweet pea. I'm just so relieved SOMETHING is happening!

You may be wondering how big I've gotten as I am over a week late........

Just kidding! But this is sure how I feel these days.

Wish us luck, my next post should have a picture of our new baby!!!

Belly Update

I know, it's been awhile since I posted a belly update. Here you go......

Remember this is where we started, my belly at 7 weeks.

Here it is at 38 weeks! Is it possible I will get even bigger over the next 2 weeks!?!?!

Finally Mac gets to join in the fun!

Our friends Allen and Lisa Davis hosted a great couples shower for Mac and I! It was held in their beautiful home up near Arroyo Seca. It was so fun to include Mac and all the male friends in the action. It's not often I get to see Mac opening presents and holding up teeny tiny baby clothes.

Here we are visiting in the kitchen enjoying the awesome spread of appetizers our hosts provided

The 2 other pregnant ladies at the party. Amber (due in March) and, one of our hosts, Lisa (due in April)

This is something seen only when you bring the men to the party! A camoflauge onesie trimmed in lace (it is for a baby girl after all!)

Here is me displaying the darling pink outfit I opened for Sweet Pea

And here is Mac displaying what he got...........BOOZE!

Here is our other host, Lisa's husband Allen. (and yes, there was beer and wine served at this shower)

Here's Papa, ready to start embarassing Sweet Pea before she even hits those teenage years!

Our Pregnancy Photo Proofs

We had some pregnancy photos taken yesterday to capture this amazing time. Here are just a few of the proofs. Mac did an excellent job, maybe if this produce thing doesn't work out..............

What a beautiful day!

Sweet Pea and I were showered with love and gifts again this weekend. The event took place in a clubhouse located in beautiful Redwood Shores. Thank you Auntie Elaine for making that available to us. We had so many friends and lots of family to share this day. Grandma Sue, Auntie Katy, and Grandma SuSu put in a lot of work into making this a wonderful day, and it certainly showed.


Here are 2 of our hosts! Grandma Sue, Auntie Katy and me. Grandma SuSu had to fly back to Tulsa early due to a family emergency, but she was with us in spirit!

Auntie Paula and Auntie Angela were there representing the Yeilding/Gable crew. Auntie Angela traveled all the way from Omaha, Nebraska! She must really love little Sweet Pea!




There were actually 3 pregnant ladies at this shower. Julie is 7.5 months, I am 8.5 months, and Auntie Katy is 4.5 months! That's a lot of hormones!!

And here is my second family! From L to R: Julie, Ashley, Sharon, Jen, me, Jan, and Jan.

Auntie Karen, me and Auntie Katy. Auntie Karen won the prize for accurately guessing my waistline. Which has grown to an impressive 40 inches!!!!

Thank you everyone for a fabulous day!!!!

We're so spoiled!

Sweet Pea and I got to have another shower! Some of the Diabetes Educators that I call on planned this one for us at Tarpy's, a fabulous restaurant in Monterey. We had a wonderful time, eating, visiting, and opening presents. Mostly I was so touched that they did this for us. We are so blessed!

Here are most of the ladies, but you'll notice one man down at the end. From L to R it's me, Marilyn, Andy, Barbara, Stephanie, and Edi. What a good sport Andy is!! He even made sure to wear his pink shirt and tie!

This is Rosemary, me and Jeanie

OK, So if I'm being totally honest, this is one of my favorite parts of the shower. What would would a party be without the fattening dessert??

Our First Anniversary

Since I was already in Chicago Mac flew out to meet me and we stayed through the weekend. It seemed a perfect place to celebrate our first year together and have our last tango before Lil' Sweet Pea joins us and makes us a family.

On our anniversary we had a wonderful dinner at an Asian fusion restaurant called Japanai. Everything was fantastic, and the evening couldn't have been more perfect.

Except that Mac broke the rules and bought me this beautiful watch for our anniversary. We had agreed that the trip itself would be our gifts to each other. But I do love it!!!

We also took this architecture tour on the Chicago River. The buildings in downtown Chicago are amazing!

Mike Leister ( a friend and co-worker) and his wife Julie stayed through the weekend as well. They joined us on the tour and we had a great day afterwards walking and lunching!

Here is what else we did!!

We walked through Millennium Park

We went out on the town.

This night we went to an Improv club and stayed out 'til 11:30!!

We tried to walk the Art Institute, but this is how I kept finding myself.....:( Isn't Mac a sport!?

We went on the "Untouchables Tour". It took us to all the big mob haunts and hangouts.

And we went to the Bulls game!!! Check out those nosebleed seats!!