Vivian Reese, Camille Sofia, and Charles Dale

Thank you for the offers to date our daughter. We will be taking bids for the next 30 years. Carter and young Pipkin, get out your checkbooks. She will be 30 before she is allowed to date.

Seriously, everybody is doing great. Vivian is eating well and Mom is feeling pretty good. We are hoping to go home tomorrow evening if everything continues to go as planned. We will put pictures on as soon as possible.

Our beautiful baby girl was born at 5:46pm on January 24, 2006. We are all doing well and thank all of you for all you love and support throughout our entire journey. We are at Clarian North hospital in suite 18 until Thursday evening.

Thanks again and we can't wait to show off our beautiful baby girl, Vivian!

For everybody that checks this compulsively, we are at the hospital. We will keep everybody posted.

Just wanted to let everyone know that we made it through the weekend...

Don't worry - when it comes, we will let you know!

Everyone is still feeling good, including dad - who is getting the husband of the year award :)

Well, the good news is that everyone is doing well...but it looks like we are still in a waiting game for our precious piglet. After discussion with the doctor, we will all be more comfortable waiting for nature to take its course, at least for now. I have never been a big fan of being "induced", so we will be waiting until next week to see what happens. After that, we may have to look at other options.

Just so everyone understands a little more, the c-section rate goes up tremendously when you are induced and it will also make it more challenging to have a natural birth. I am not sure if that is the route I will go, but I like to have my options.

And I almost forgot, I have progressed to almost 4cm and still around 80% effaced. So, the doctor gave me a 60 to 70% chance of delivery before next Wednesday. Pretty much any more dilation will put me into active labor :)

So, we will keep you all posted. Thank you for all of your thoughts and well wishes, as I have heard from many of you over the past few days. I am still feeling good and apparently piglet is too - so don't worry about us.

Another doctor's appt, with a little more progress this week...which is always good. Mom and baby are doing well and we are around 3cm dialated and 75 to 80% effaced. Yeah...finally a change, even if it is a small one :) We saw our doctor today for the first time in 3 weeks and got the low-down on his thoughts about the baby. We will be going in next Tuesday to see him again, and with any progress, we will probably be induced on Wednesday (my due date). This is only if I make it until next Tuesday...which I probably will, so don't anyone get your hopes up too much!

Stay tuned...we will keep you updated!

Well, piglet is officially the most stubborn baby of all...our neighbor and friends, Katie and Mike, had a beautiful baby girl today at 11:23am. Kylie Morgan Smith weighed in at 7lb 1oz and is 19 1/2 inches long. Both Mom and baby are doing well. Katie and I were due on the same day, so maybe piglet will take the hint and come a little early too :) Anyway, congratulations to the Smith family on their newest addition!

Another doctor's appt down, only a few to go - maybe less if we are lucky! It was a good appt as my blood pressure is staying low, piglet's heart rate sounds great, and mom is hanging around at 2cm and 75% effaced. Also, we didn't see my doctor, but the doctor we saw told us the philosophy of the office on how long they let you go, which is 41 weeks. So the end is near...in 3 weeks or less we will have our little piglet. Mom and Dad are still hoping for a little sooner, so keep your fingers crossed!

This is just a little news update for those of you who know my good friends Tracy and Andy Lieninger (or have met them over the past few months of our pregnancies)...

Today, January 2, 2006, Tracy and Andy became the proud parents of a beautiful baby boy, Carter Ross Lieninger. He weighed in at 6lb 11oz and 22 inches long! Mom and baby are doing well and we wish them the very best!

Congratulations Tracy and Andy - we can't wait to meet Carter!