One Month Old!!!

Nursery is finished!

Nursery is finished finally. Here are some pics!

Scrapbook pages

Just trying these out while Luke is napping. Let my know what you think!

New Pictures - 3 weeks old

Hi all,
Well, my original due date was Monday - how crazy that it was Luke's 3 week birthday instead! Seems much longer than 3 weeks that he's been with us.

We are doing pretty good. Luke is growing very quickly; it seems too fast to me. He's starting to really get a belly and rolls on his arms and thighs - so stinking cute! He is also starting to make some new noises (other than crying) and sticking out his tongue. We are still trying to figure everything out, but we are starting to get into a routine. Still working on the nursery, but should have that done by next week - I'll post pictures when it is done.

Here's some new pictures of Luke!
Hope you are doing well - thanks for checking in with us.
Love,
Marta, Dan and Luke

Baby Pool Winner!

And the winner is.....

Great Aunt Brenda! Her guess of 3:10 pm on 8/10/08, a boy, 20 inches and 9 lbs, 1 oz was the closest to Luke's actual stats. Although I'm really glad he wasn't over 9 lbs!

Next was my guess and then Mollie's. Below are the full results - the lower the score the better the guess. Notice Aunt Brenda has the best and the worst guess.

Thanks for playing and hope you all had a good time!

1 Brenda - - 1668.00 King City CA Great-auntie of Baby Conway
2 Marta - - 1759.50 Albuquerque NM Mom to be
3 Mollie - - 1792.17 Albuquerque NM College Buddy
4 Jessica S. - - 2157.58 Albuquerque NM friend
5 Dan - - 2275.25 Albuquerque NM Daddy to be
6 Grandpa C - - 2317.17 Albuquerque NM
7 Grandma T - - 2438.42 NM
8 Grandma C - - 2447.17
9 Erin F. - - 2759.67 Albuquerque NM Sister
10 Grandma T - - 2823.42 NM
11 Jessica - - 2992.17 Albuquerque NM Friend
12 EmmaLee - - 3043.83 San Antonio TX
13 Virginia - - 3082.58 San Antonio TX Friend
14 Molly J - - 3108.83 Trappe PA I've known Dan & Marta since High School
15 Marta - - 3117.17 Mom
16 Mollie - - 3195.58 The "Q&quo NM
17 Meredith K - - 3247.50 Indianapolis IN Best Friend!
18 Jessica V - - 3257.17 Phoenix AZ
19 Melissa B - - 3430.92 Phoenix AZ
20 Marla - - 3442.58 San Diego CA I known the parents since college and was in their wedding
21 EmmaLee - - 3522.17 San Antonio TX Cousin
22 Aunt Brenda - - 3814.83 King CA Great-auntie of Baby Conway

10 days old

Luke is only 10 days old today and in some ways I can't remember our life without him. He is sleeping about 3 to 4 hours at a time through the night. We are getting into a routine, but I've been told not to get too used to it as it will change as soon as we get comfortable... We are really lucky, as Luke is such a good baby and really only cries when he is hungry or wet. Keeping my fingers crossed that it stays that way!

We had a growth ultrasound the week before Luke was born and they did a 3D picture of his face. It is crazy how accurate it was!



Well I better run - It's time for another feeding. I'll update soon!

Luke is here!

Most of you have already heard - Luke Payton Conway joined our family on Monday July 28th at 8:34 pm. He was 3 weeks early and weighed 7lbs and 6 oz. Thank goodness he was early or he would have been humongous!

My water broke at about 4:30 on Sunday afternoon after Dan and I had just finished a giant to do list of things to get done before Baby C joined us. I was in denial for about an hour until the doctor called back and confirmed that yes it sounded like my water broke. Since I wasn't having regular contractions, she said we could stay at home for a couple hours. This gave us a chance to call my mom to come help, and get work stuff taken care of (a little at least,) and pack for the hospital. Yes, I know - I should have already been packed, but it was on the to-do list...

We headed to the hospital about 9:30 and checked in at triage. They had me walk for two hours before they would admit me and that definitely got the contractions going. At about 1am they finally admitted me and moved us to Labor and Delivery. I eventually got an epidural and got a little sleep.

The next morning I was dilated to 6 and having regular contractions, so they thought I would have the baby soon. I kept progressing and was 10 cm dilated by 1 pm. At that point the contractions became pretty irregular. We tried pushing a little, but baby was being stubborn. At 5 we really started pushing seriously, but Luke was in a bad position and had to be turned a little. At 7 there was a shift change and my regular OB came on shift. She really got us going and Luke was finally born at 8:34pm. I had a little hemorrhaging from the long labor, and Luke had low blood sugar, but other than that everyone came out great.


It took another 4 hours for them to put us in a regular room, so at that point Dan and I were absolutely exhausted. Tuesday was mostly spent resting and getting to know our baby.
We had a few visitors and a few naps in between visitors and nurses and doctors poking and prodding Luke and I. Wednesday we were released and came home. It was great to finally be home with Luke.


Friday we went to our first pediatrician visit and it turned out Luke had jaundice. It was bad enough to send us back to the hospital. Luckily, once they got him under the lights his levels fell quickly and we were able to go home Saturday afternoon.
Since then we have been taking it easy, trying to catch up on some sleep and get into a routine.

Dan and I wanted to thank all of our friends and family for your support and generosity during this special time!
We love you all and hope you will get to meet Luke soon if you haven't already.