He's Here!!

Parker Douglas "Danger" Pooley joined our family last Sunday, July 20, 2008. He weighs 7 lbs 3oz and is 19 in long. Mommy was very lucky to have had a very easy delivery.... well as easy as delivering a child could possibly be. I woke Tyler up at 4:00 am on Sunday morning with my first contraction... I knew right away I was finally going into labor!! YAY! So we toughed it out for a couple hours at home and at 6:00am or so, Tyler got to "race" me to the hospital (that was the part he looked forward to most!) So we sped down Broadway to the hospital. After 7 hours of rough contractions, walking around the labor and delivery floor, and soaking in a jacuzzi bath, I finally got an epidural and from then on out... piece of cake! Parker pushed his way into the world at 4:48pm Sunday afternoon after only 20 minutes of pushing! Tyler was an awesome labor coach despite his uneasiness about everything. He kept me laughing through most of it, which is impressive, and let me squeeze his hand as hard as I could during those painful contractions. He did a really good job of taking care of me! I also had help from my mom and my sister who kept me calm and relaxed. Before I knew it, it was all over and I was holding the most beautiful baby boy I'd ever seen!


You think you couldn't possibly love your husband any more than you do... but when you see him hold your newborn son for the first time, it's a whole new level of loving someone! Not to mention the feeling of loving your child more than life itself! It really is a feeling you can't find anywhere outside of being a mother. I love it!

Our first week has gone by so fast! We are both sleep deprived but we've survived a whole seven days! Our first night home was a rough one... we didn't get any sleep! But since then, Parker is starting to sleep in chunks of 2-3 hours which makes our lives a lot better!

So far my favorite moments with Parker are in the morning when all three of us are awake in bed and Parker is content laying in Tyler's lap, looking around and making funny faces. For some reason he is really happy and content in the mornings while mom and dad are wishing they had a few more hours to sleep. But his little smiles and yawns and sighs make the long nights worth it!

Here is Parker with Grandpa Doug (Parker Douglas is named after Grandpa), Uncle Jake and Grandma Kerry. He is so lucky to have both Tyler's family and my family to love and spoil him!

Welcome Home Parker!

(Not so) Patiently awaiting Parker's Arrival

Nine months of pregnancy seems to fly by until you get to the last couple weeks and then it seems to drag on forever! But all the anticipation has made these past few weeks so much fun! Getting the baby's room ready has been exciting... a combination of two of my favorite things: babies and home decor! Tyler and I came home from a movie late one night and he randomly had the urge to put together our crib, so we sprawled everything out on the floor at midnight and put it together. Good thing we figured it out quickly! I had a serious case of "nesting" but now everything is finished and we are just waiting for the big day, having no idea when it will be!

With the time we have had we've spent a lot of it on the boat. As sad as I am that I can't wake board this summer, I still love being on the lake with Tyler and our families and friends. We're also soaking up all of the "down-time" we have at our house when it's just the two of us because we know in a week or so there won't be much of that to enjoy! We know life is going to drastically change with the baby but we are sure that it will be a new kind of fun and we plan on being adventurous parents who aren't afraid to have fun with their kids! If Parker isn't born on the boat then he will be introduced to it shortly after! Ha ha, who knows, maybe we'll have him wake boarding by the end of the summer... Just Kidding!!

I can't help but realize how lucky I am! I have more than I ever thought to ask for... a wonderful husband, who I love more than anything on Earth, who is so excited about starting a family with me and being a good daddy. And I've been blessed to bring a special little spirit into our home and to be a mom! I honestly couldn't ask for more from life right now. It's perfect!