Update & New Pictures

Annika and the baby are napping now so I thought I would take a minute to post some new pictures. Sabrina was delivered via c-section as she was breech. As many of you know she was quite the gymnast in there since pretty much every week she would change positions radically from vertex to breech and back again--just last Wednesday she was perfectly vertex.

Annika is recovering slowly from the procedure so we are taking it easy today. She still has not been able to get out of bed but that is most likely due to the fact she has not eaten since 1 PM yesterday (and the major surgery). She just gobbled down some chicken broth so hopefully that does the trick!

The staff at Paoli has been absolutely wonderful and we thank God for them. We've prayed for this day so long and God's hand has been powerfully evident.

Saluti alla nostra famiglia in Italia!

Ringraziamo Dio per il nostro nuovo bambino Sabrina Grace. Era nato 30 Novembre 2009 alle 10:16. Lei è 3.373 kg e 53.34 centimetri. Attendiamo con ansia al suo incontro a tutti voi un giorno non lontano! (For those of you who can't read Italian, this post is for our family in Italy.)

First Picture!

Here she is! More later :-)

Announcing Sabrina Grace Chiodi

At 10:16 PM Sabrina Grace Chiodi was born 7 lbs 7 oz, 21 inches! Mom and baby are recovering. Pictures to come soon. Keep us in your prayers!

At the Hospital We Are!

Well, it looks like we will be having our baby very soon. Annika called me at work today around 4 to say that her water had broke and that I should come home ASAP. Needless to say I shutdown my laptop faster than I have ever done before (OK, i just closed the lid and stuffed it into my bag not really caring if it had actually shutdown, gone to sleep or whatever).

As is customary at hospitals we've been doing a lot of waiting around for results (and if the proposed health care overhaul goes through you know this wait time will probably triple). Right now they are still not actually 100% sure if her water broke or not but we're told we should know by 9. Please keep us in your prayers and check back often for updates.

Happy Thankgiving!

We celebrated two special occasions yesterday as a family, one of course being Thanksgiving Day, that of which we truly do have so much to be thankful, and the other, Tyler's 2nd Birthday (7 days early). Since I am due to have Tyler's baby sister any day now (and really feeling it!), we figured with family all together for the holiday, we would have a little celebration for Tyler. He was VERY excited to have his very own party hat and birthday cake.

Mommy and Daddy got him a bike and helmet for his birthday and I am not quite sure which he was more excited about, the bike, or the helmet and knee pads.

Thomas the Train has been his new interest the last few months.

Handsome Men