Elani Sierra Schreiber is Born!!!

Recipe for a Happy, Healthy Baby Girl:
Preparation Time: 40 Weeks & 2 Days (should be done by 11/13/07 at 7:46pm)
Ingredients: Plenty of love, patience, and strength
To make: Let nature take its course for roughly 9 months and make sure you eat well and stay healthy for that duration. Then, go through 13 hours of unmedicated labor, push for 4 hours without any pain relief, wait one hour, then top it all off with a 2-hour c-section.
Results: In the end, you'll have a beautiful, 7lb 15oz baby girl, an exhausted mom who's happier than she's ever been in her life, and a proud and loving papa.

If you'd like to see more about this recipe, please view our picasa web album at:
http://picasaweb.google.com/MamaJenWag/ElaniSierraSchreiber

11/11 Has Arrived!!!

(But, alas, the baby has not....yet)

Here I am (again) on November 11, 2007: the first day of week 40 and the baby's official "due date."

Jordan and I decided to celebrate 11/11 by going to a movie and dinner (something we may not be able to do for quite some time). There are no signs of impending labor right now, but things are progressing as usual and the baby seems to be doing fine (according to my doctor's visit last Thursday). So, it could be any day now.....

Thanks to all of you for checking in on us! It may be a while before I post again, but by then you'll get to see the baby rather than my belly. We promise to send word "through the grapevine" whenever we have some news. In the meantime, take care and keep sending the love!

Interesting Belly Angles!

Here are two shots I took on October 20th, just one day before the start of week 37 (weeks 37-42 are considered "full term" even though normal gestation is 40-41 weeks). I thought you might like to see the frontal view and my perspective on my new, 43-inch waistline. Enjoy!

Baby Kyla is Here!

Our friends Jason and Corinne (see our bellies below) had their baby on Oct. 9, 2007. Here's Kyla Jade with Jen, Jordan, and "Jomo" (inside the big belly) on Oct. 15th.

"Babymoon" Hike!

This was on a 4-5 mile hike in Carmel Valley, where Jordan and I took our "Babymoon" (like a pre-baby honeymoon). It was Oct. 14, day one of month 9, and I felt like quite the badass to climb this hill. (So, naturally, I made Jordan take a photo to commemorate it.) Yeah, it's not too easy hiking uphill with that much weight out front (and much less lung space to boot)!

Baby Room Update

Though the progress is slow, I managed to find some time last weekend (between grading sets of papers) to get the baby's crib together and hang the quilt on the wall. So, now you can all see the African animal/ "Swazi" room theme first-hand.
Enjoy!!

Bearing Bellies Bared!!!

Here's my friend Corinne and I on October 2, 2007. She was due on September 30th (so she's 40 weeks and 2 days here) and I'm due exactly 6 weeks later (so I'm 34 weeks and 2 days here).