Photo Albums

Hey everyone. I was finally able to post pictures up on Facebook. Check these out:

The First Day
The Days following

Enjoy!

Steve, Brooke & Miles

Welcome to the world Miles Marcus

Hey everyone!

I would like to introduce you to my son :: Meet Miles Marcus Bensema !!!!!!

Weighing in at 9 lbs 2.6 ozs and 22 inches long, we are so excited to have Miles here with us finally! Check out these pictures. More to come soon!

Labor begins

Hey everyone! Steve here

Brooke started having regular intense contractions last night from 5pm on. From about Midnight until 2 am they started getting pretty intense, so we came to the hospital around 3, walked the halls for a bit and we were admitted around 7am. They broke Brooke's water around 8 and so far we are just waiting for the epidural! I can't believe that my little man is going to be here so soon!

Please pray for Brooke! Pray that this will all go quickly and that she will have the strength to push when the time comes. She didn't get any sleep last night because of the contractions every 5 - 10 minutes. They gave her some medicine to help ease the pain for a little while that is allowing her to nap now, which is awesome! I'll try to update as the day goes when I have a chance. Check back for pictures!!!

Week 39 and 3 days!

We are oh so close to meeting our baby and are feeling a lot of emotions right now: excitement, anxiousness, frustration... I have been having somewhat regular contractions for about 5 days now. I've have contracted, and contracted, and than contracted some more and have still not reached "active labor." At different times the contractions have been 5 minutes apart but the labor is still not "progressing." Today the contractions have been more painful (as in they wake me up when I'm sleeping.) Hopefully my body will be ready soon, and hopefully are next post will be with pictures of a beautiful baby! 

Week 38: Yay-it's my birth month!!

The nursery is perfect, the house is spotless, clothes are washed, beds are made... all we need now is a baby! I think our baby has grown quite fond of his little apartment inside my belly. I have been having lots of signs that labor is near though. Actually have had about every sign there is (dull back pain, false contractions that have been getting more uncomfortable, nesting instinct and many other things) with the exception of actual labor or my water breaking. Lately I go for lots of long walks, the other night I even started jogging for a couple of blocks-- quite the sight to be seen! But we are so glad that he is healthy and apparently very happy where he is. He will be here very soon. Here is a picture of me from this week, you can see how he has dropped.