Aunt Naomi and Uncle Toby are here - Hooray!

Kathy M.'s pretty present. :-)

Kathy M. sent such a pretty package to Helen. Inside was a cute Mackinac Island onesie.

Outing to the Botanical Garden

Judy and I went to the Botanical Gardens on Thursday morning. It was a great day to go - overcast and cool. Helen slept through most of it and we got to see all kinds of interesting stuff. Judy had fun naming all the flowers and shrubs that she sells in her garden center. :-) Helen's Pond (tiny pond and plaque in the background).

Third week - various pics

Walter is getting more comfortable with the baby and her stuff, obviously. Time to wash this blanket!
Helen's first real bath. She sort of liked it until I went after her face.

More pictures with visitors

D took Judy, Jane and Chelsey to Stone Mountain for a leisurely walk on Saturday afternoon.
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Helen's first book reading session. Jane got a great book with lots of contrasting colors!
"Uncle" Peter came for a visit and gave Helen a silky blanket. Judy has been eying it ever since.

Aunt Jane is here - Hooray!

Aunt Judy and Cousin Chelsey are here - hooray!!

A few more pics the first week, part 2

Pics from Helen's first few days at home

A few more pics from the hospital

High five.

I loved this Mother Theresa style swaddle one nurse did for Helen. So cute.

She's here!

Helen Rose was born on August 4th at 2:01 p.m.! She weighed 8 lbs, 5 oz and was 20 inches long. We're so glad she's here!

Here we are at 38.5 weeks. 1.5 to 2.5 weeks to go!

Walter being uncharacteristically naughty.

July 4th - 35 weeks.

So far, we've had a nice July 4th weekend. On the 4th we ended up at the last minute high-tailing it to my office building and the 16th floor where I work for hopes of good views of fireworks. We saw lots of different sets of them which was really cool. The Stone Mountain fireworks were the best. Yesterday we went on a 2-mile hike/walk at Stone Mountain and then went for a nice swim at our pool (finally - our first time in). Moving around felt good as I'm getting pretty waddley and creaky and sometimes move around like a determined 90-year old without their walker. This next month should be interesting!

Hope you had a good 4th weekend too!

Here's a picture taken today at 31 weeks. At my ultrasound yesterday, they said she weighed about 4.5 lbs, which is a bit higher than what the books say... I almost asked during our tour of the hospital earlier this week how soundproof each labor/delivery room was and now I wish I would have!

David signed himself up to ride a bike on May 18th to raise money for diabetes. One of his co-workers asked him if he wanted to sign up and ride with him and he got to thinking about it. First, he likes to ride bikes, but then, aha! Diabetes strikes close to home with everything Doug has been through over the past couple of months, so it sounded like an even better idea.

If you'd like to find out more about the cause or make a donation, click here:

http://main.diabetes.org/site/TR/TourdeCure/TDC218008030?px=4166804&pg=personal&fr_id=5020

Thanks!!

Also, I just wanted to provide proof that Walter is alive and well (I took this picture 3 minutes ago). It was just the fish we killed during the move, I swear.

Ok, and here's the real reason why the tigerfuss blog has been re-launched (well, more so the upcoming blessed event). Here's what I look like now. Happy?

1st note to viewer: first picture taken January-ish (white tank); second picture taken early April-ish (striped shirt); third picture taken late April-ish (brown shirt).

2nd note to viewer: D only takes pictures of me on the weekend when I haven't showered and my hair is a mess. Normally I look much more glamerous.