Kelsey's 2 week birthday

Our 1st day at church

Hanging out with daddy


It has been a really fast 2 weeks. On Wednesday we are going to Houston to visit Kelsey's great-grandparents for Birt's 91st birthday.

We had a lot of 1sts this past week... Our first church Sunday, our 1st bath - which was highly successful, but a little painful for me since Kelsey didn't seem to enjoy it at all. We have both been feeling really good - we go for a walk every day in the neighborhood, sometimes just to the mailbox, other times for a couple of miles.

We appreciate all the wonderful well wishers who have called or have been able to stop by and see us. She is changing everyday and we will keep the pictures coming.

First Day at Home

Rob and I went in on Monday and we were checked in our room at 7am and had Kelsey before noon. Kelsey and I got home yesterday after 2 days at the hospital.
Here are some pictures of our first 2 days at home

We Welcome Kelsey!

Filling our arms with love
And our hearts with happiness
We proudly announce the birth of

Kelsey Ruth Bartlett

April 7, 2008
7 pounds
20 ¾ inches

Coming down to the Wire

The last week of pregnancy I have discovered is the hardest week of all. All Rob and I want to do is meet our daughter and she is really not that interested in coming out. She is apparently very comfy in the belly and still has plenty of room to move about.

I am still working and will be until delivery day - but I wouldn't mind having her any day now. We had a huge project at work that is tomorrow, so after that - any time would be great.

The nursery is finally done. The cradle room is done. Everything is cleaned and vacuumed and well...ready for the arrival of BGB.

Baby Girl Bartlett

Baby Girl Bartlett is due April 7, 2008.

So I am at 19 weeks and I still have not felt BGB (that's what my dad is calling our daughter right now --Baby Girl Bartlett). Rob and I are in the process of trying out names. I think that we will test a new one out each week and see how it rolls off the tongue.

So this morning I finally broke down and ordered some
maternity pants. Of course I can't just go and buy some at the store because all those pants are high waters on me. Thank goodness for internet shopping.... some canadian company has realized that women are taller than 5'9" and those same women sometimes will get pregnant.

We're Pregnant....and it's a Girl!

So Rob and I have finally decided to get off our rear ends and start a blog that we have been talking about doing now for months.

We have just gotten back from our 2nd ultrasound and the doctor has told us we are having a girl. Rob immediately went into shock with costs of college and weddings dancing through his head. All I could think about is peeing again after being poked and proded trying to get the baby to move enough to realize that it was a girl.

We are re-arranging rooms/painting/apparently I'm nesting. I can't seem to keep the house clean enough and wake up in the middle of the night and start organizing things that have been in disarray since we moved into the house 4 years ago.

The "cradle room" is connected to the master bedroom and will house Baby Girl Bartlett for 3-4 months in the Brumby Cradle. The Brumby Cradle that is being refinished in Goliad as we speak. Supposedly it will be done by March which gives us 1 week to get it to Kyle and set it up. Let's hope all stays on track. Then we are also moving computers and files out the study -- who really needs one these days with wireless internet - and that will be the nursery. Rob has a lot to finish on his never ending "honey-do" list.