The last of 2009!

We are settling into our new life with Miss McKinley quite nicely. She wakes up about every four hours during the night, so we are definitely not complaining about that. We visited the doctor on Tuesday. McKinley weighed in at 7 lbs. 5 ounces. She lost 2 ounces from her last hospital weight, and she grew 3/4 of an inch! Our doctor said everything looked perfect! I have posted several pictures from the last few days. I will continue to update, but until then I hope that everyone had a wonderful New Years!


Getting some good loving from her pops!

Visiting with her Nana


Daddy watching over his little girl.


McKinley getting ready to meet her doctor for the first time.

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Photo session with Daddy

Here are a few pictures from McKinley's first (one of many) photo sessions with her Daddy


Daddy is already wrapped around her little fingers!


The sweetest face in the world.


Baby feet!


Almost gone.


Wide awake.


Getting love from Mommy and Daddy!

More Pictures

Here are some more pictures of the past few days...in no particular order.

McKinley Grace

McKinley Grace is here! She was born on Monday, December 21, at 7:31 P.M. She weighed 7 pounds and 9 ounces, and she is 19 inches long. McKinley spent the first few days in the NICU because of a little breathing difficulty, but that is now resolved and she made it home with us late Christmas Eve. We had a great Christmas together and are enjoying spending lots of time with our baby girl. Here are some pictures of the past few days and some of McKinley's first Christmas! There will definitely be more to come, so keep checking for updates!









Thank you all for the prayers. We are so excited about our precious daughter, and we cannot wait to introduce her to all of you.

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35 weeks

Tomorrow will officially be the start of my 35th week of pregnancy. Overall things have continued to be uneventful. I have the typical pregnancy problems, the worst being back pain and difficulty sleeping. Other than those two issues everything has been great. We will be going back to the doctor a week from Wednesday to evaluate our status thus far. I am praying that this little girl is just so anxious to meet us that she will decide to arrive a little bit early. Our due date is the 22nd of December, but I would like for her to come at least a week early. I know that her birthdays are going to be difficult, but the farther away from Christmas the better!

We have several things coming up to keep us busy. This Friday and Saturday are full of wedding festivities for our friends Samantha and Ryan. On Sunday we will be celebrating my grandfather's and my mother's birthdays. The next week starts the Thanksgiving holidays. I will, unfortunately, be working on Thanksgiving, but I am already looking forward to some good leftovers. Next Friday is the Iron Bowl...War Eagle...and I officially set aside the day of the 28th to put up our Christmas tree. I really wanted to do this sooner, but there is just no time, and Keith is not very fond of decorating prematurely.

Hopefully, after all of the sweet chaos our little girl will arrive. I cannot tell you all how exciting and nervous I am for this day, but I am also beginning to realize that these last few weeks will be the conclusion of "just Keith and me." I am starting to enjoy those nights where we just sit and do absolutely nothing. I know that they are coming to an end or at least a significant decrease in number. Keith and I are trying our best to spend as much time together now, so that we can be ready for Ms.McKinley.

I really hope to post some pictures of some recent maternity pictures we have taken. I also have a belly picture from last week to post. Have a great week!

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Register

Visit Keith's website or click HERE to register for a FREE one hour session. Deadline is November 25th! Just go to the the contact tab and send him a message with the word "CONTEST" in the message line. Be sure to include a way for you be be contacted in the message. The drawing will be the day after Thanksgiving!

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32 weeks

We visited our doc for our 32 week appointment yesterday. Everything is looking good and measuring right on schedule. We will visit again in 2 more weeks! After the appointment Keith and I headed downtown to take some pictures of the baby bump. These pictures are not your typical maternity pictures, but we had a great time shooting them. I am only posting the bump picture on the blog, but visit Keith Varden Photography on facebook for the other pictures.

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