Keeley's First Halloween

Unfortunately, I had some postpartum complications that made our last two weeks in Miami very worrisome and exhausting. Thank God for my Mom who flew in a week early to help us come back to life. Despite my extended visits to the doctor and unpredicted surgery, we managed to get Keeley in her pumpkin outfit for her first Halloween which brought us a lot of joy.

First Beer/ First Bath

 After 10 months, I indulge in half a pumpkin beer and a cold cut sandwich- YUM!

 Hanging out - last night w our favorite Texans

 Keeley's first sponge bath- she screamed!

 All clean

Fast asleep

Bringing Home our Baby

 We get to keep her!

Dad mastered the swaddle

 Nanny was a life saver, there to greet us when we got home and help us for a few days

 So tiny in her car seat

Holding Daddy's finger tight

First Visitors at the Hospital

 Nanny & Grandpa get to meet Keeley after waiting 3 days with me past due date for her to arrive!

Good old Kyle and Taylor pay us a visit, too.

Keeley Rose is born!

 Tears of joy- finally a mother

 And just like that, we were a family

 Keely Rose gets cleaned up by our nurse, Asha. Oh the sound of that cry!

 Dad helps cut the cord one more time.

 First certificate- Keels did not like the paperwork

 10 fingers, 10 toes!

 7 lbs. 1 oz and so cold on that table!

 most beautiful sight in the world

 Daddy's girl

 Looks like Pops, I think

Our cozy suite in the hospital

In a few weeks or months, I'll reflect on the wonder that was Keeley's birth and the happiness we feel being parents. For now, until she learns about night and day, a photo journal will have to do for our first memories with our daughter.

40 weeks! Ready and waiting...

So we finally made it- 40 weeks! Today is Baby Ferriter's due date, although she seems not to notice, snug as a bug in a rug in there. I have definitely been "nesting" in the last 2 weeks, unable to sit still and rearranging her little onesies over and over in her drawer as I anxiously await labor pains. I have been lucky enough to have been feeling great to the very end.

No matter what the calendar boxes say, my Nanny Gorman's quote still remains true for every generation, "When the apple's ripe, it will fall." Speaking of grandparents, Mom and Dad arrive today which will be a much needed distraction and break from lazy days by the pool watching the time go by ever so slowly.

 At a beach in Naples last weekend on mine and Emmet's last spontaneous road trip before her arrival...

We have thoroughly cleaned and decorated the house for our baby two weekends in a row now...

 A simple, yet cozy nursery for our baby girl

Fancy outfits washed and ready to wear for her first visitors...

Now, all there is between us and parenthood is time, a week at most! Mom will take me to the doctor tomorrow for an ultrasound and check up and we'll go from there. Words cannot describe the excitement and anticipation in my head and heart these last few days. We're ready for you sweet child, whenever you are <3