Camille - Coming Home

We've been home for almost a whole week and it's been great getting to know Camille. We've continued to have visitors here and there and took our first trip to Grandpa Robert and Grandma Kay's house today.

We spend our days staring at Camille and marveling at how in a matter of hours we went from a family of two to a family of three. It gets a bit difficult to want to look away from her and hop online to update the blog, but we'll do our best to keep updated with photos and stories. Feel free to call anytime or stop by if you're in the area...we'd love to see all of our family and friends!

Enjoy!
-Kendra, Steve and Camille

Camille - The First Day

Camille was born at 11:26pm the evening on a Saturday and we stayed in the hospital until late Monday morning. Our day or so in the hospital was full of bonding with our daughter and plenty of family visitors.

I'd like to very publicly thank my boss and friend, Eric for the Sunday morning coffee delivery. Needless to say, the hospital coffee left plenty to be desired, and Eric dropped off a delicious Stone Creek Americano for me to enjoy...thank you!

Enjoy a few photos from our first day in the hospital!

-Steve

Camille - The Waiting Room

Well the day finally arrived! Camille Bea Hawthorne was born on May 22, 2010 at 11:26pm. She arrived to the world weighing 9 pounds 1 ounce and measured 21 inches long.

We had a nice long labor and our families waited patiently in the hospital waiting room for news of Camille's arrival. Here are some snapshots taken by my brother, Ben in the waiting room.

Enjoy!
-Steve

Counting Down

Hello...Steve here contributing my first post to the baby blog. Now that we're counting down the hours until we finally get to meet this little girl, I figured I would hop on and post something.

A few weeks ago, our amazing photographer friend Courtney came over to snap some maternity shots of Kendra. (If you need a photographer for anything, I would highly recommend her! http://ellephotography08.blogspot.com/) I uploaded them to my Flickr account to share...enjoy the show and hopefully we'll be posting more news soon! Enjoy your weekend.

News You Can Shake A Stick At

Greetings all!

Little Bit Hawthorne is now scheduled for some hormonal encouragement this Sunday! Steve and I spoke with our doctor and before 42 weeks is imminent, we have elected a very safe and gradual procedure starting Saturday night and lasting through Sunday. This method encourages labor step by step until the labor activity gets rolling all on its own. Finally, some news that sticks to the ribs. There is some hope that labor will begin on its own here in the next 24 hours, but in the event it does not -there is a back up plan. We are ready to meet this baby!

Steve aka "stonecreeksteve" will likely keep everyone up to date with play by play commentary via Twitter. If you are not following Steve on Twitter, now would be a great time to sign up.

One more big, giant thank you to everyone who is keeping our family in their thoughts.

We'll be seeing all of you soon! Much Love, Steve, Kendra and Baby (and Jack)

Silhouette

I found this silhouette opportunity and thought of pictures mom and I have taken before. I thought I would share.

Steve and I celebrated our little family's first Mother's Day on Sunday with some time together and some time with Steve's family. It was a lovely day.

Baby's original due date (we had 3 dates given to us 5/9, 5/11 and...) is on May 15th! Maybe some action soon? We will be sure to keep you all as posted as possible. Thank you for all of your thoughts, calls, visits etc. We can't wait to see all of you soon!

Steve Assembles Stroller

Steve is so great at putting these things together. He also installed the bucket component in the car. We are officially all set. A huge thanks and hugs to Grandma Shirley and Grandpa Jay for the great gift!! And a big ol smooch to Steve for claiming the master-assembler job in our household.

On Maternity Leave

At first it was little uncomfortable to sleep in and just relax. Clearly, I have settled in to more ideal time-off activities- in this picture: tea, non-baby-related book, sunblock and no shoes. Other activities include swimming at the Y (I can't believe I haven't been doing this the whole time), cooking/ baking, shopping and walking that crumby old dog. Yesterday I had a pedicure at the Aveda institute. It was pretty nice.

Steve took a half day today. We will be researching local lunch buffets and waiting for baby. This Thursday our doctor had me schedule another week's appointment since not much is going on... not what I wanted to here. On a nicer note, I received my very first Mother's Day card from Memaw and Bubbles. So sweet.

Week 39 Weekend

Steve and I had a wonderful weekend. On Friday we were certified in CPR together. On Saturday we got up early to the most beautiful spring day and got some coffee at our local Stone Creek Coffee in Bay View where we were surprised to meet our friends Mandy and Pollux. After a nice visit with them we made a picnic and ate out on out porch in the sun. Later, Steve and I went "out for drinks" (Steve: PBR tallboy, Kendra: iced tea) and then to a dinner and gelato date with Mandy, Eugene and Mr. P. Steve and I both had Carmel Sea Salt gelato... unbelievable.

On Sunday we worked a little, cleaned and relaxed. Steve went on a 2.5 mile walk with the dog and got a good start on his farmer's tan. I vacuumed for about 4 hours. I love my new vacuum cleaner, but it sure can be a "time-suck." Thanks Mom! Now we wait and look for signs of early labor.

I am off work for the summer and looking forward to spending it with my darling family.

Steve Practices with Dog

Steve set up our rocker with a light to accommodate late night feedings and baby snuggle time etc and decided to try it out by using the dog like a baby. There are other images where Jack is just a black and white blur squirming to get out of Steve's cradle hold. It looked a lot more like channel 18's WWF than a sweet father-daughter scene.

The Most Beautiful Bassinet

Yes, this beautiful bassinet is ours to borrow for the few sweet months that we will have baby near us in our room. Our friends, Melissa and Eric were so kind to pass this family bassinet on to us. Thank you to everyone who has thought of us, brought us cards, gifts and advice. We love you all and cannot wait to share this wonderful time in our lives with you.

37 weeks

At 37 weeks Steve and I are getting all set for baby. We have been out and about or taking it easy. Cooking dinner in and finishing all the laundry. Steve took this picture of me in one of the only shirts that still fit that do not have coffee stains down the front! I like to have the dog in the pictures with the baby belly. I feel like its good for a size comparison....