This is kind of strange and cool

Several people have commented that Audrey must look a lot like I did as a baby, so my Mom went digging through my old baby book. Here are some pictures of me as a baby…you be the judge.

Check out my hair in this picture…what is that?

This one does look a lot like Audrey to me.

I just put this one on here so you could check out my Mom sporting the short shorts right after I was born. That’s impressive!

Here’s the really weird thing that my Mom found while looking through my baby book…Audrey and I were the very same weight and length at birth (7lbs 9oz and 21 inches long).  What are the odds of that happening?  Pretty cool, huh.

1 week ago today…

Audrey is one week old today, and we’ve managed to keep her alive this long!!!

She got her first real bath today. Here are some pictures of the big event. I think she liked it.

All clean

She also had another doctor appointment this morning (her third one in five days), and she got a good report. She’s been dealing with some jaundice issues, but today her tests came back fine. She’s also up to 7lbs 13ozs (4ozs more than her birth weight)! She’s packing on the ounces!

Dino, Audrey…Audrey, Dino

Dino has been staying with our friends, Drew and Colette, for the past week. On Saturday they brought him back over to our house and he got to meet Audrey for the first time. We were a little worried about how he would react to having a baby in the house, but so far, he’s done really well. He’s acting a little more needy and is a bit more of a freak than normal, but he’s been sweet with the baby.

And, here’s just another picture that I think is cute. I don’t know what she’s doing with her hands, but that’s how she was sleeping.

Our new niece!

So, here’s another baby picture, but it’s not of Audrey.  This is our new little niece Isabel Marie.  Michele and Andy (Andrew’s sister and brother-in-law) welcomed baby Isabel into the world on May 7th.  She was 7lbs 4ozs and 19 3/4 inches long.  Congrats to Michele, Andy, Logan, and Tamra!  How fun to have cousins that were born so close together!

More pictures

We’ve taken more pictures in the last 4 days than we’ve taken in the past year! Anyway, here are a couple more of Audrey that we think are pretty darn cute (but we think everything she does is cute).

I promise to one day blog about something other than the baby.  But for now, we can’t find anything cuter to put on the blog, and plus, we don’t get out much now. 

Audrey Elizabeth

Just wanted to share some more pictures of our little girl. Yesterday was a bit of a rough day for all of us since none of us got a wink of sleep on Monday night (well, maybe Andrew got an hour of sleep), but today we are all feeling MUCH better. We are enjoying getting to know one another and we fall a little more in love with her every time we see her. After hanging out with her for a while, we’ve decided that the name Audrey seems to fit her best. Thanks for all your votes on the blog!

My parents are in town to help us out with these first few days, and we are SO thankful to have them here!!! Here’s a picture of the proud grandparents:

We called my parents when we first got to the hospital on Monday around 1pm to let them know that Audrey was on the way. They packed the car and got on the road to drive down to Atlanta at 1:30pm and were in our hospital room before 9:30pm. Now, I have driven from Columbus, Ohio to Atlanta, Georgia dozens of times and I don’t think I’ve ever made it in less than 9 hours. My Dad managed to make it in under 8 hours…think someone was excited?

She’s here…but still doesn’t have a name.

Well…she’s finally here!!! After only 6 hours of labor and 20 minutes of pushing, our little girl made her debut! We still haven’t picked a name, but you can place your vote in the comments section. Your options are Audrey, Hannah, or Isabella. We may choose to ignore your vote, but feel free to leave one anyway.

Here are the stats: She was born on May 5th (Happy Cinco de Mayo) at 7:35pm. She was 7lb 9ozs and 21 inches long. We are all doing well and about to try to get some rest.

We will probably be here until Wednesday afternoon, and feel free to come visit. We just ask that you call first to make sure that it’s a good time. You can call either of our cell phones.

Here are some pictures from her first hour of life…we both look a little rough, but hey, it was a rough day.

This is Diane (my midwife) who is an ANGEL! She was such a blessing through the entire thing!

First family photo:

Who do you think she gets those long limbs from???

“Who are you?”

Baby Carretto is one step closer…

Natalie and I are at the hospital right now.  Everything is going fine and it looks like we are going to have a Cinco De Mayo Birthday Party!! Ole!!

We will update as things progress…

It’s not going down without a fight

Remember this post about how Andrew likes to cut down our trees? Well this one isn’t going down without a fight. This was the picture taken in March right after Andrew took a saw to the tree:

And here’s a picture taken of the same stump/tree today:

I think Andrew has met his match, and the tree is winning.

Who’s going to miss the belly???

This has become one of Dino’s favorite places to perch.

On a different note…I had a very weird experience last night. Andrew and I went for a walk around our neighborhood and happened to run into a lady who lives a few streets down from us. We’ve said hello before, but don’t really know her..in fact, I don’t even know her name. Anyway, she said hi and asked me how I was feeling and I said I was doing well and we were getting ready for the baby to be here. This is where it gets weird. She then asked me if I was dilated!!! Note to the reader: If you are not a family member or really close friend, don’t ask a pregnant (or not pregnant for that matter) woman about her cervix…it’s weird.