Sweet Pea

Ready to go out!

Cuddling with Mommy!

Napping with Dad!

Sprawled out!

I love car rides!

She is (finally) here!!

Ellsey Jean Boersma

4/12/11 9:14 pm

9 lbs 3 oz

21 in

Beautiful & happy baby girl!

Ellsey Jean

Mommy loves her little girl!

First family photo!

I have Daddy wrapped around my finger already!

A little background on how Ellsey finally came to meet us:

We were scheduled to be induced Monday morning, the 11th, but since 8 other women went into labor that day, we got bumped to Tuesday.

That put Ellsey at 11 days past due and I honestly think she would have stayed put forever - it was a very long slow day of delivery and she needed a few nudges of help, but it was so worth it to meet our sweet little girl!

New family vehicle!

Ready to head off to the hospital!

7:30 am induction

Due Date?

So our due date has come and gone and Baby Boersma seems comfy where it is.  Friday was really hard to get through since we've waited for that date for 9 months now and the baby's not here!  We are trying to be patient as we know the baby will come when it's ready and that's what's best for him/her, but we are so anxious to meet our little one!


We did have what we hope will have been our last prenatal doctor appointment this week - take a look:

We have found ourselves with some extra time here before the baby arrives so we've continued reading up our baby's first days/weeks, soothing techniques, etc.  And of course, we had to put some things into practice:

Successful diaper change!

Nic has swaddling down!

We are ready!

All ready to go!

The baby room is now complete!  We had an overwhelming response to paint the room green so here it is! Thanks to all who helped us decide, and of course to all who helped us stock the room and get ready for our arrival!

Baby Shower!

Thanks to all the ladies at my baby shower last weekend!  The baby and I have the best mom/mother-in-law/grandmas/sister/sister-in-laws/aunties and friends!  We feel so blessed (and spoiled!)

The cake was red velvet with cream cheese filling and the best thick frosting!  Thanks Brook!

Even my baby sister came all the way from Colorado to celebrate Baby B!

Lots of good laughs with the in-laws!  :)

Thanks for the wonderful gifts girls!  And of course, the great advice!

I felt bad opening all the baby gifts at the shower, so I got Nic a 'new daddy' gift package complete with camera/camcorder accessories, movies and popcorn for lots of stay-home dates, and some I Love My Daddy clothes for Baby B to wear proudly!

Maternity Pics

(photos courtesy of Doug & Alicia Gunderson)

  

Help!

We can't decide what color to paint the baby room - let us know what you think!

Unfortunately they're not in the same order in each photo, but help us out and vote by order of the first:

1 - Light Green

2 - Dark Green

3 - Light Yellow

4 - Pale Aqua

5 - Yellow

And of course we have to back up, and post some pics of proud - daddy-to-be putting the crib together!

Hard at it!

Right of passage to being a new dad!

The finished product!