Two Weeks

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Little Dave - 2 Weeks Edited

One Week

Day 2 Pictures

All of the pictures I have the energy for

He's Here!!!!

8lb 3.4oz

And he is definitely mine!

Heidi and Little Dave are doing awesome.

More details when time allows.

Blonde Hair!!!!

Pushing!

9cm 90% +1

Soon

Looking good

The doctor gave us a good report. She is a good 8cm now. The doctor will be back at 7:15 and thinks it might be time to try pushing.

Keep the comments coming

I've been reading the comments to Heidi as they come in. She loves hearing them.

The doctor will be here soon to check on progress. They have been cranking up the Pitocin to keep things moving, so we're hoping that we will see 7 or 8cm.

Slowly, But Surely

Heidi has been resting well for the last couple hours. The epidural has slowed down the contractions, so she is only dialated to about 5-6cm. They just cranked up the Pitocin to try and speed things up.

I love epidurals

Heidi is sleeping. She is in a happy place.

5cm dialated, 70% effaced as of an hour ago.

Water broken

The doctor just showed up and broken Heidi's water. She's at 4-5cm now and the epidural has been ordered.

In the delivery room.

Heidi is on Pitocin now and they moved us from triage to a delivery room. We are watching TV, catching up on the latest world news. Paris Hilton is still in jail.

Today is the day!

We just got the call from the hospital for us to come in for the induction! I'll try to post whenever I can with updates.

I haven't been this excited since the day I was released from prison!

-David

Mobile Blog

I am blogging this from my cell phone. I now have the technology to keep the blog updated from the hospital.

-David

Blog Updates

We just made 2 very important updates to the Blog.

1) I figured out how to make the "posts" area wider, allowing room for bigger pictures. 600 pixel slideshows rock. (see previous post)

2) We changed the permissions for comments so that everyone can post comments, not just Blogger members. Now there are no excuses for not leaving us well wishes. Just click the "comments" link at the bottom of any post.

Marley's Wedding Dress

Last night, we went over and took some photos of Marley and Nolan. Dickersons from all over the country were in town for John D's wedding. Check out our Picasa page to see more of our photography. http://picasaweb.google.com/davidanderson51

Fort Walker

Sneak Preview

For those of you wondering what Little Dave is going to look like, we thought we would give you a sneak preview. 12 days and counting...

Heidi, age 2

David, age 2.5

T-Minus 2 Weeks (or less)

For those of you who don't know, Heidi has been diagnosed with Gestational Diabetes. When diagnosed early enough, most complications can be avoided and Heidi has done an amazing job of adjusting her diet to minimize them. The 2 major concerns at this point are 1)the baby grows too large or 2)the placenta fails. We visit the perinatologist every week now, where they do an ultrasound to measure the size of the baby and verify the flow of oxygen through the umbilical cord. As of yesterday, everything is going great. Traditionally, mothers with GD (that sounds dirty, like an STD) are induced at 39 weeks as a precaution. Soooo.....long story short- Heidi will be induced 2 weeks from today, which would be June 15th.

2 weeks and counting...

-David