Today is the day!!! Chloe will be here soon!!

No earthly joys could bring more pleasure.
Than a little child to love and treasure.


God has been so good to us this year and our wait for Chloe is almost over. Chloe will be sure to bring much love and pleasure into our lives. Jeff and I are ready to share our love with this gift from God. We look forward to spending time together as a family and loving each other. We are so thankful for all the love and support from family and friends. We are truly blessed!!!

Happy Thanksgiving!!! Week 39

Chloe is now at week 39 and waiting to greet the world! She continues to build a layer of fat to help control his body temperature after birth, but it's likely she already measures about 20 inches and weighs a bit over 7 pounds, a mini watermelon. We will see in the morning. The outer layers of his skin are sloughing off as new skin forms underneath. Chloe is due to arrive shortly after 10 am in the morning via C-Section!! I can hardly wait.

Today, we enjoyed time with family as we celebrated Thanksgiving!! We have tons to be thankful for this year and God has blessed us beyond what we deserve.

Here is part of George Washington's Speech announcing Thanksgiving---

Whereas it is the duty of all Nations to acknowledge the providence of almighty God, to obey his will, to be grateful for his benefits, and humbly to implore his protection and favor – and Whereas both Houses of Congress have by their joint Committee requested me “to recommend to the People of the United States a day of public thanksgiving and prayer to be observed by acknowledging with grateful hearts the many signal favors of Almighty God, especially by affording them an opportunity peaceably to establish a form of government for their safety and happiness.”

Now therefore I do recommend and assign Thursday the 26th day of November next to be devoted by the People of these States to the service of that great and glorious Being, who is the beneficent Author of all the good that was, that is, or that will be – That we may then all unite in rendering unto him our sincere and humble thanks – for his kind care and protection of the People of this country previous to their becoming a Nation – for the signal and manifold mercies, and the favorable interpositions of his providence, which we experienced in the course and conclusion of the late war –for the great degree of tranquillity, union, and plenty, which we have since enjoyed – for the peaceable and rational manner in which we have been enabled to establish constitutions of government for our safety and happiness, and particularly the national One now lately instituted, for the civil and religious liberty with which we are blessed, and the means we have of acquiring and diffusing useful knowledge; and in general for all the great and various favors which he hath been pleased to confer upon us.

And also that we may then unite in most humbly offering our prayers and supplications to the great Lord and Ruler of Nations and beseech him to pardon our national and other transgressions – to enable us all, whether in public or private stations, to perform our several and relative duties properly and punctually – to render our national government a blessing to all the People, by constantly being a government of wise, just, and constitutional laws, discreetly and faithfully executed and obeyed – to protect and guide all Sovereigns and Nations (especially such as have shewn kindness unto us) and to bless them with good government, peace, and concord – To promote the knowledge and practice of true religion and virtue, and the increase of science among them and Us – and generally to grant unto all mankind such a degree of temporal prosperity as he alone knows to be best.

Given under my hand at the City of New York the third day of October in the year of our Lord 1789.

Famous Birthdays for November 27th

CHLOE'S BIRTHDAY WILL BE THIS FRIDAY ALONG WITH THESE:


Buster Merryfield born on November 27, 1920

Bruce Lee born on November 27, 1940

Eddie Rabbitt born on November 27, 1941

Jimi Hendrix born on November 27, 1942

Gregory Hoblit born on November 27, 1944

James Avery born on November 27, 1948

Kathryn Bigelow born on November 27, 1951

Curtis Armstrong born on November 27, 1953

Bill Nye born on November 27, 1955

William Fichtner born on November 27, 1956

Callie Khouri born on November 27, 1957

Caroline Kennedy-Schlossberg born on November 27, 1957

Frank Boeijen born on November 27, 1957

Steve Oedekerk born on November 27, 1961

Samantha Bond born on November 27, 1962

Fisher Stevens born on November 27, 1963

Vladimir Mashkov born on November 27, 1963

Robin Givens born on November 27, 1964

Michael Vartan born on November 27, 1968

Kasey Keller born on November 27, 1969

Brooke Langton born on November 27, 1970

Kenix Kwok born on November 27, 1970

Nick van Exel born on November 27, 1971

Joe Mesi born on November 27, 1973

Samantha Harris born on November 27, 1973

Twista born on November 27, 1973

Alec Newman born on November 27, 1974

Jennifer O'Dell born on November 27, 1974

Jaleel White born on November 27, 1976

Jean Grae born on November 27, 1976

Jimmy Rollins born on November 27, 1978

Joshua Harris born on November 27, 1978

Radek Stepanek born on November 27, 1978

Teemu Tainio born on November 27, 1979

Gary Lucy born on November 27, 1981

Natasha Watley born on November 27, 1981

Stephanie Ly born on November 27, 1981

Aleksandr Kerzhakov born on November 27, 1982

David Bellion born on November 27, 1982

Rach-L born on November 27, 1983

Alison Pill born on November 27, 1985

Lauren C. Mayhew born on November 27, 1985

Alexandra Astin born on November 27, 1996

C-SECTION SCHEDULED FOR 11/27/09 at 10am

Chloe is still frank breech and we have elected not to have external cephalic version (ECV) where the doctor tries to turn her so C-Sections is set for November 27at 10 am.

Chloe has really plumped up. She weighs about 6.8 pounds and she's over 19 1/2 inches long (like a leek). She has a firm grasp so we will soon be able to test when we hold her hand for the first time! Her organs have matured and are ready for life outside the womb.

Hopefully Chloe will have blue eyes. If she's born with brown eyes, they'll likely stay brown. If she's born with steel gray or dark blue eyes, they may stay gray or blue or turn green, hazel, or brown by the time she's 9 months old. That's because a child's irises (the colored part of the eye) may gain more pigment in the months after she's born, but they usually won't get "lighter" or more blue. (Green, hazel, and brown eyes have more pigment than gray or blue eyes.)

A last minute to do list is now underway!

37 Weeks

Chloe at 37 WEEKS

WE WERE ABLE TO SEE CHLOE ON 3D FOR A LITTLE BIT, BUT SHE WAS NOT BEING COOPERATIVE WITH HER HANDS AND FEET IN HER FACE. SHE IS BREECH STILL. WE MET WITH DR. ALT WHO PUT US ON THE MONITOR BECAUSE OF CONTRACTIONS. WE WERE THEN SENT TO THE HOSPITAL FOR EVALUATION WHERE CONTRACTIONS CONTINUED FOR ANOTHER 2 HOURS. TWO DOSES OF BRETHENE HAD TO BE GIVEN TO STOP CONTRACTIONS. WE WERE SENT HOME TO REST. WE SHALL SEE IF WE MAKE IT UNTIL NEXT WEEK FOR OUR NEXT APPOINTMENT. WE DID GET TO SEE LEIGH IN THE OFFICE WHO WAS SO NICE AND ASSURED US SHE WOULD SEE US IN THE DELIVERY ROOM!! VALERIE WAS THERE FOR HER APPOINTMENT WITH SWEET BABY EMMA WHO WILL HOPEFULLY BE ON HER WAY NOV. 30th!! WE ALSO SAW HOPE WHO WAS WORKING YESTERDAY AFTERNOON!! WE ARE TRULY BLESSED AND HAVE LOTS TO BE THANKFUL FOR TODAY!!!!

VETERAN'S DAY

THANK YOU DADDY FOR ALWAYS THINKING OF OTHERS FIRST!

36 Weeks--Doctor Visit

This week we were able to see Dr. Matthew Smith. He told us that Chloe is breech again and we are scheduled for another Ultrasound next Wednesday to see. I hope that our friend Leigh is working so that we will be able to get a higher resolution of the ultrasound!

Chloe is still packing on the pounds — at the rate of about an ounce a day. She now weighs almost 6 pounds (like a crenshaw melon) and is more than 18 1/2 inches long. She's shedding most of the downy covering of hair that covered her body as well as the vernix caseosa, the waxy substance that covered and protected her skin during her nine-month amniotic bath. She swallows both of these substances, along with other secretions, resulting in a blackish mixture, called meconium, will form the contents of her first bowel movement.

At the end of this week, your baby will be considered full-term. (Full-term is 37 to 42 weeks; babies born before 37 weeks are pre-term and those born after 42 are post-term.) Since Chloe is not in a head-down position, our practitioner may suggest scheduling an "external cephalic version," which is a fancy way of saying she'll try to coax your baby into a head-down position by manipulating her from the outside of your belly. I do not want this at all. The ultrasound will tell us more.