The Bales Family

Thursday, October 13, 2011

Our family of four!

Nolan Campbell Bales is here! Here are his stats:
Born 10-12-11 at 4:42am
7 lbs 7oz and 21 in long

Oh and he is adorable :)

Monday, October 10, 2011

Last week before baby (week 38 pregnancy)

This was the last week we had as the 3 of us...crazy to think that! It was an up and down week - Nick's dad found out that there are some spots on his bones and the doctors are unsure if it is cancer or an infection. We should know more on that in a week or so...but we did find out that the tumor did not grow, nor did the lymph nodes. So that is for sure a positive! The same day we found all of this out, Nick's grandpa (Mike's dad) passed away from pneumonia/lung cancer. It came more suddenly than we all thought, but we are all so happy he didn't suffer and had a peaceful passing.

We did get to have a couple date nights/days though, which was needed and so fun. We were able to check out Cinetopia one night and have happy hour at Oswego Grill the next night. It was awesome to have some "no kid" time and to reflect on our almost two years of marriage :) It has certainly been a busy time and we are so lucky and fortunate to have all that we do. We are a blessed family and know it!

We did have a dr appt on Tuesday and learned that I was pretty much the same - about 2 cm dilated. We determined that the induction was still a good idea and kept the appointment for the 11th. I am now VERY uncomfortable and ready to get this baby out. I am sure my family would love it too - I have been a "bit" irritable the last few weeks :) Thank goodness tomorrow is the day and we will have Nolan here with us shortly!

We will probably be MIA for a bit, but I will be sure to post pics and stats within the next week or so. Thank you for all your thoughts and prayers for our family - we appreciate it more than you know!

Love,

The Bales

38 week belly pic - LAST ONE!

Baby comes tomorrow...yay!

Sunday, October 9, 2011

Wyatt and his favorite toy

And I was worried he wouldn't like to play with balls :)

Monday, October 3, 2011

Outside :) (week 37 pregnancy)

With this last week of nice weather we were outside all of the time :) Wyatt is such an outdoor kid and I know he will have a shock when the rain hits and he is stuck inside. So, we managed to do something outdoors every day this week...which was fun. We went to Baggenstos Farm twice, hit up a local farm and had fresh pears, went to several different parks and walked to CFT Elementary to play on the equipment. All in all, Wyatt is showing us what a big boy he is by going down the slide head first (not what I was hoping for!), playing in the hay, running in the fields and going on the swings. It is so crazy to think that next summer we will have two wild boys running around!

We also got some unfortunate news this week, Nick's Grandpa Bales is in the hospital with pneumonia and while there they discovered he has lung cancer. We made a trip to see him with Wyatt and hopefully lifted his spirits a bit. It was great to see him and we appreciate you all keeping him in your thoughts and prayers.

This week has been hard on me physically - I have had a TON of contractions, getting as close as 6 minutes apart. They started spacing back out after 20 minutes or so, but they were starting to hurt. Since I have never "gone into labor" I have no idea what it feels like or what to expect so I am on pins and needles. Hopefully he just stays put until the 11th so I don't have to figure it out :) Sleeping is also something of the past...I cannot get comfortable and with Nolan's movements it is useless to try and sleep. Resting is about as good as it gets...which I know is what will happen when he is here anyway :)

I am officially on maternity leave (yay!) so now I spend my time hanging with Wyatt and preparing for Nolan. The house has never looked better! ;) We are all decorated for Halloween and can't wait for the Pumpkin Patch! So many fun things to look forward to in my favorite month!