I promise we'll get better!

Hi everyone! Sutton is 2 weeks old and I'm finally posting some pics of her here! I am so sorry for the huge delay & I promise we'll get better about updating the blog more frequently -- once we get some sleep :) hahah likely story :)

We are doing well here, overall. Sutton is the world's best baby...Eric is such an amazing dad & is helping with EVERYTHING....and I am slowly getting back to normal. The C section slowed me down and now I have an infection @ my incision (& am subsequently allergic to the antibiotics -- hello rash -- to help w/ the infection) but as my mom always says "This too shall pass".

Until next time, enjoy the pics of our beautiful princess & know that we are SO grateful for all your calls/texts/emails/visits and prayers. Sutton is a lucky girl to be surrounded by so many people that care about her already!

xoxox,
Megan

super dad already! 

awake in the hospital. so precious!

in her hospital bed

39 wks pregnant. can't believe Sutton fit in there!

Tuckered out after playing on her mat

one of the first days @ home, checking things out!

SO in love......

Just a quick update, without pics (technical challenges for the sleep deprived)

We welcomed our beautiful daughter, Sutton Claire Parker, into the world on Saturday August 13th at 8:34pm. My labor did not progress so I ended up with a C-section but none of that matters now. We have the most wonderful gift and are so in love !!

More tomorrow with pics but just wanted to share our extreme joy!

From our new family to yours with love,
Megan

Come on Sutton!!!

Blogging from the hospital......got here last night around midnight after Megan's water broke. But an epidural and 13 hours later she hasn't arrived yet.......stubborn little girl:)

Quick update -- still waiting!

Happy Hot Summer Sunday everyone!

Well, I thought Sutton was coming early & here I am, still hugely pregnant. Guess that just shows me who is really in charge :) obviously NOT me!
The ultrasound this week estimated her weight at 8lbs, 11 oz...and I'm praying that the ultrasound is OVER-measuring her! Our doctor has agreed to induce me on my due date if she's not here yet, so I've basically got <10 days!
He would induce me earlier (legally he can't until Wednesday, Aug 10th when I'm 39 weeks) but he's not on call and at the hospital during that week until the 17th.
Hopefully I'll get there on my own before, but Sutton seems to be pretty cozy!

Other than that, Eric & I are trying to savor ever second until she's here! Out for dinners, going to movies, he's playing golf, sleeping in on the weekend....But I'm still trying every wives tales I've heard to try to get her here!! I've just made some Labor Inducing Eggplant Parmigiana, supposed to get me going w/in 48 hrs!! ha!
http://www.scalinis.com/Bambino.htm

I'll try anything except castor oil :)
Signing off from steamy Charlotte -- have a great week everyone!!!!!
xoxo
Megan

Dogs Days of Summer....

Has it been hot, or what!?
I know half the country is feeling this way, so I won't belabor it....but goodness....it's just too hot!

Things continue to move right along here. It's been a busy few weeks having Mom in town, Anne/Mike/Hailey for the weekend, and then Pop for the weekend most recently.....plus really getting ready for Sutton.....
So busy in fact that time has literally started to fly. I have 3 weeks to go til my due date. THREE. wow.
and she's coming early :) that's my bet (and my beg to my doctor since she's probably on the upward side of 7 1/2 lbs according to him yesterday)
My stomach is HUGE. I look back at the pictures from the beginning and can't remember ever not having this belly...and I'm looking forward to someday not having this belly :) and instead, be holding a baby :)

Sutton gets the hiccups at least once a day, sometimes 3-4 times. My whole belly shakes with each hiccup. I have developed carpal tunnel (thanks to pregnancy) in my right hand/wrist & I definitely am waddling, bigtime. I'm finally "ready" (as ready as someone can be to go through labor & delivery for the 1st time) to meet her!

Eric's doing well too.....He's been trying to enjoy some of his early retirement by playing some golf during the week, but is still working hard to find his next job. He went to Myrtle Beach with Tim, his brother, for a long weekend too while my mom/sister/family were in town.

Maddie is not sure what to make of the baby stuff around the house. She tried to get into a Boppy lounger that Hailey napped in on her visit....was hilarious!

That's about it from here! More to come next week from our next Doctor's appt & ultrasound as we get closer & closer to Sutton's arrival :)
XOXO,
Megan

we played dress-up with Hailey with clothes my grandma made!

Hailey, Grandma, and Annie

37 weeks (well, 1 day short of)

Happy 4th!!

Hope everyone had a great 4th. Meg and I were up in Va to see my Dad and Patsy. Got to sneak in some golf, hit a winery with Al Eubank, and our friends Josh and Sarah Haggerty and family came up to enjoy an afternoon at the pool. It was a great trip with lots of laughs, good food, and relaxing.

Yesterday we had another ultrasound which we were looking forward to just a little:) It had been ordered because Sutton had been measuring a few weeks big at her last appointment........we didn't know just how big she was!!!! The ultrasund provided us with the news that Sutton is 6.8lbs at 34 weeks. That projects her at 9.8lbs at birth. Megan is slightly scared now:) Heartbeat and all signs were perfect....and big babies are supposed to eat and sleep SO much better. She better keep up her end of this bargain or we will not be happy parents!

Linda, Megan's mom, arrives Sunday afternoon and we are excited to have her. She stays for a week and Annie and family come in next Friday. My brother Tim arrives next Thursday and we head on to Myrtle Beach for a brother getaway...always fun. We will update all the activites soon.

Hope everyone is doing well -- Enjoy the pics below of the nursery and the 4th.

Shower...and the countdown begins!

So I am hogging the blog, and I'm sorry. I'll make sure Eric posts next time!

Last weekend was my last baby shower. It was a beautiful event and a lot of fun, but
tiring for someone whose belly is growing so fast :) I'll attach some pics, but I'm still
waiting on more from Laura, one of the hostesses, to send more.

Annie, Mike, Nicole, and baby Hailey came up for an evening and for the shower
too, which was really fun! Eric & I babysat the girls for an hour & a half so the new parents
could go out for dinner (I think for the 1st time since H's arrival) alone. They rewarded us
by bringing home delicious chocolate cake & ice cream from Firebirds -- "will work for food?" --
HA!

Things have been very busy with work & life over the last, I can't remember how long....and
I think (should I even say it?) we are finally getting into the summer lull...This is good & bad, b/c
surgeries = $$, but too busy = not enough time in the day to take care of everything = a stressed out
and exhausted Megan. With lots to do in the <8 weeks til Miss Sutton Claire arrives, I'm starting to
worry I won't get it done!

Oh yeah, for those who haven't heard, we've TOTALLY finalized the name -- Sutton Claire Parker.
Sutton is Eric's mom's maiden name which we've both loved forever and Claire is just a name we both
liked that keeps the name (in total) girly.

We have another appt and ultrasound (yes, b/c she is measuring ahead of schedule....no comments please!) on July 7th, and I continue to be hopeful that she'll come a few weeks early :) I'm not ready yet, but I will be very soon!!! ha! We are anxious to meet her :)

Until Eric's next post -- hope you all are doing well and staying happy & healthy & cool in this heat!
xoxoox,
Megan

quite the delicious spread of bbq sandwiches, sides, and cupcakes!

Baby Hailey getting so much bigger!

snuggly swaddled H

Eric looking more comfortable too!

She was zonked out! pacifier = man down!

9 weeks post baby -- Annie looks amazing & I look like I swallowed a watermelon!

so I thought I'd pose next to the watermelon!

32 weeks!!!