The best Christmas gift ever...

We have taken so many pictures lately! Here are some for all to enjoy!

There will be more to come.

My baby boy

Kyle and Parker

Cousin Ethan 5 mo. and Parker 2 weeks

Aunt Monika, Aunt Erika and Aunt Becky

Christmas Eve at Grandpa Andersons

An answer to prayers

Merry Christmas!!

The very best gift we have ever been given.

This was by far the very best Christmas that we have ever had! We didn't have our tree, stockings, lights or any of our other traditional decor out yet it still had that Christmas feeling. I really wanted to get them out and numerous times told myself that today was the day, but it just didn't happen. All we needed was our family and friends and Parker to make the holiday! Even though our house wasn't decorated, we still had a great Christmas. Christmas Eve we spent the evening at my dad's. We opened gifts, snacked and just enjoyed eachothers company. Parker got to spend a lot of time hanging out with Grandpa- he even took the liberty to throw up on his new Seahawks shirt a couple times (he may be telling us he is an Eagles fan like his Dad). Chistmas Day we made it out to the Lewis families place in Suncrest for home-made cinnamon rolls, coffee, gift opening and a delicious prime rib dinner. We had so much fun seeing everyone and just enjoying the Christmas spirit. We received the very best gift this year- Parker and time with our loved ones. I couldn't think of a better way to spend Christmas.

Day 12 of our new lives

Our lives changed 12 days ago today.

I can't believe that it has already been 12 days since Parker was born- I am loving being a mom so much- I really do believe that I am supposed to be at this stage of my life right now. God has prepared us as a couple and individually as well. Kyle is an absolutely amazing dad already- he has been so helpful and I have nicknamed him "the baby whisperer" because his natural instincts with Parker are outstanding! I keep telling him that I never would have thought that I could love Kyle anymore than I already had but now that I see him with Parker that love has grown so much that I am astounded. We really didn't set ourselves up to have any expectations of life with a new baby other than that you just don't know what it will be like until he is here. I think that that helped because it has made our transition go so smoothly and it has been very low stress (yay!). Parker has already had a ton of visitors in his short time here. My sister, Erika came from Florida to visit for a few days, my friend Traci came from Seattle, not to mention just about every other family member and friend that we know- he is so loved already and that makes us so happy. He is sleeping and eating well. He gets up just about every 2 hours or so to nurse and get a diaper change (or two, since he really likes to pee without a diaper on) then its back to bed until the next round.

He already has such a great little personality and presence- he smiles and makes the cutest little faces and noises.. I can't believe that we are finally parents and that Parker is here- We already love him so much and can't thank God enough for our little miracle.

Wonderful little guy

Dad and baby meeting each other

Our new family

Amazing!!!

Well I am going to fill in a little bit for the blogger as she seems to be a bit busier then me. First I would like to thank all of our friends and family for their love and prayers. Our labor went incredibly smooth and was actually enjoyable. (I kow that might be hard to believe) Jessika is a champ. She went into labor and got right down to business. The total time was about ten hours and she ended up pushing for only about forty minutes. We were blessed to be able to have two of Jess' sisters with us and the third was deffinately there in spirit. Our nurse was awesome and gave us awesome coaching instructions. And before we knew it we were able to meet Parker face to face. All the feelings that i had had and all the emotions that i had felt could not even come close to the moment I saw him. The only thing that really describes it is perfection. Jess was feeling good other than the soreness and Parker got a clean bill of health so we were able to leave 24 hours after he was born. This is really short and lacks a lot of details, but I should leave something for Jess to do. :) Thanks agian for all the thoughts and prayers and for those that have been able to stop by and visit.

After much anticipation, here he is!

Parker Anderson Lewis

Dec. 2nd 2008 6:04 pm

7lbs 9oz 19 1/2 in long

This is actually happening!

To say todays appointment was progressive is an understatement- I was a bit worried when I got a phone call one hour before our appointment letting us know that my preferred OB is out with the flu that this day was going to stink. On the bright side, we still got to go in today just a few hours later, at a different office and with a doc that I have seen once before. They did the normal checkup stuff and due to the healthy size of the baby, the fact that my swelling is still an issue and that my blood pressure is kinda high (I forget what it was)- they want to induce us- TOMORROW MORNING!! Yep- so we will be officially heading to the hospital at 7am to get things going. I am dialated to about 1 1/2 and 75% effaced so they think things should go pretty smoothly. This is really happening. We went to dinner at our friends tonight, Chandra and Brians, as we had already planned, which has helped move the night along since we are definately prepared for this and it may just be impossible to sleep tonight- think of Christmas Eve times 100!! They say it will take 2-3 hours for the Pitosin to kick in, then labor starts (directly followed by an epidural) and hopefully be tomorrow evening we will meet our new baby! I promise I will get some pics and a new blog up telling all about how things go- keep us in your prayers!!