4 Weeks Old

Mac is 4 weeks old today! The best part is that he slept from 10:30 last night until 5:00 this morning. He usually only makes it until 3:30 so this was a major event. Perhaps we are on the way to sleeping through the night!!

Easter Weekend

We have had a big couple of days. First of all the crib has finally arrived. The nursery is finally done!!! Mac is now three weeks old, but better late than never right?


We went to Sumter County to visit for Easter, so Mac was passed around all weekend and met lots of family and friends. It was great, but of course now he doesn't want to be put down----ever!

We also have one other important piece of news, Mac has a belly button! I personally think its adorable but I will spare everyone the pictures. Probably only parents get excited about this sort of thing, but for us it is a milestone.

How can you not love this?

Let's ignore the fact that he spit up on this just as I went for the camera. I still can't help but eat this up.

Who does he look like?

Okay so its a little hard to tell from this picture of Mac since its not exactly the same angle, but he definitely looks like his mom. The second picture is actually the one taken of me before I left the hospital. I wish you could see him in person because it is freakish how much he looked like this picture of me. Of course he is already changing and looking different. Jessica thinks maybe he looks more like Doug already, but its hard to say. I promise to put up more pictures soon.

Finally a picture!

Sorry it has taken us so long to get a picture up here. Trust me it was not for a lack of pictures. Maybe we'll set up a flickr account or something. In the meantime, here is one our favorites - we like to call it the glow worm picture.

Happy Birthday to Mac!!!

Well most of you have probably heard the news already, but our little man arrived yesterday at 12:59 pm. Thats only 6 hours of labor start to finish which is pretty amazing. I have to confess that it really wasn't bad. It was a wonderful day anyway because we got our little boy, but we had a great experience too. We had a fabulous nurse who helped us to sail through the whole event pretty calmly. Mac might have even gotten here sooner, but we had to stop and wait for the doctor to finish a surgery she was performing.

I'm recovering really well and feeling great all things considered. And Mac is doing great!!! The pediatrician saw him today and said he was perfect (which we had already decided as well). He has gone for his own little surgery at the moment so we hope all goes well with that.



And finally here are the vital statistics:

Born 3/3/08 @ 12:59 pm

Weight 8 lb 9 oz

Length 21 inches

Feet are huge!!


We will post some pictures when we get home and have a chance to go through them.

Guess my weight!!

Okay so nobody better guess MY weight unless your looking for a fight.

We are however starting a pool to see who can guess the closest to Mac's weight at birth.
Here's what we have so far:
Samantha - 7 lbs 8oz
Doug - 8 lbs 10 oz
Lynne - 7 lbs 9 oz
Jessica - 8 lbs 1 oz
John - 8 lb 7 oz
Sharon - 8 lb 9 oz
Eric - 8 lb 5 oz
Sarah (our neighbor) - 7 lb 13 oz

All guesses must be in by Noon on 3/3/08 to count. (NOTE: there is no prize; we can't actually bet since Doug is a church deacon now:)

EDIT
Tom also guessed 8 lb 7oz, so it would be fitting for Mac to weigh that much since the two people he is named after guessed that amount independently.

Still Going

There is nothing new to report, but I know we have so many loyal followers that are checking the blog constantly, so I figured I would give you an update.  We are just hanging out hoping something will happen.  It would still be nice if Mac would come on his on prior to the induction.  However, just having a deadline for when he will come is helping us to be more relaxed about the whole thing.  No Pressure.   But we would love to see little Mac soon.