Introducing: Adele Cristabel the Funf!

Funf being German for "fifth" and Adele Cristabel being...well, my sister!

She was born at 5:30 pm Germany time, weighs 8 lbs. and 12 oz., and is 22 inches long.

It is now 10:30 pm and my siblings and I have been up to the hospital to see her.  She is, to say the least, beautiful! :)  Longer post and more pictures to come, once I can get to a hotspot that wont upload my photos at a snails pace AND once I get some sleep.  Tired bloggers are not pretty things, at least not in my case.

~RM

So...Um...ABOUT the Baby Countdown....

The days where all wrong...
My mom pointed this out to me.  If Cristabel's due day is the 10th and I started the countdown on the 2nd of February.... 2 + 10 = 12.  Doesn't really work ... Yes, I'm in Algebra 2. XP
I was debating whether I should just go back and change all the dates on the posts to save my pride, but then that would really be confusing, so I decided to make a full confession...
Today is day 2 in the countdown.  Time does fly doesn't it?! Hehe... *head-desk, head-desk*


(I'm almost too embarrassed to sign my initials...almost...) ~RM

Six Days Left in The Countdown!

I love hearing a baby's first words.

~RM

One Week!

I love the chance to learn the skills that I will need as a mother from the most wonderful mother I know.

~RM

Day 8 of Baby Countdown

The joy (and responsibility) of seeing a new life and knowing that you will get to help teach and shape her into the person she will be.

~RM

Nine Days To Go!

 

I love the way babies bring out the happy side of people.  They make me smile :)

~RM

Baby Update And Countdown!!

We are on the 10 day count down till Cristabel's arrival!!  To say that I'm excited would be a massive understatement.  As I type this, my parents are at the hospital in Regensburg at her weekly check-up.  The baby's car-seat and Mom's hospital bag is in the van ready to go.  It's amazing how time flies! 

And so I am starting 'The Baby Countdown'.  Each day I will post something that I love and miss about having a baby around, up until the day that Belle is born (and then my blog will drown under picture after picture of my baby sister). 

Day 10

One thing I love about babies is their fresh-looking and oh-so-soft skin. 

~RM

Update on Baby....

...Sister!  We learned that the baby is a girl on Wednesday.  I am very excited to have another baby to coo over, to cuddle, to kiss, and make funny faces at that probably scare the child to death, again.  I have missed those things since Bear was a baby (though I have been able to get my 'baby kick' through babysitting the sweet children in our small group).  Her name is Cristabel, we have already started to shorten it to 'Belle'.  I was praying that she would be a girl ever since I saw the cutest pattern for a little girl's dress at 'Fabric Mart'.  Funny reason, I know :)  She is due February 10th, a month after we arrive in Germany.  Please pray for a healthy baby and healthy mom.  I'd really appreciate it!

~RM