Welcome to the world

Ava Kai Ripp joined our family on May 15, 2008 at 3:04 pm weighing 7 pounds 10 ounces. With a little help from the doctor Keegan delivered her.

weekly doctor apt...

holly cow.... she is on her way. get ready the doctor says. 3cms dilated and very thin and she is dropped even lower. and well when i was there her heart beat was good and they could measure some strong contractions.... just not regular ones yet. Looks like the next 24 hours. I am still a little pessimistic but that is because I do not want to jinx it. I went ahead and made an apt for Monday.
So leaving I might go into full on labor today.... what did I do as soon as we got out of the doctors office.... naturally i mean what any crazy pregnant lady would do.... but rush home and clean the whole house, do laundry, freeze all the fresh fruit in the fridge, change our sheets, scrub the bathroom floors and showers, iron a few things, shower myself and actually shave my legs and pack the rest of the hospital stuff. pregnancy is so strange. now i am just kind of oh my "god"ing. As is Keegan... he is trying to work but I do not know how productive he is exactly. But he also does not have the same feeling in his belly that I do.
let you know when she arrives... and what Jobina's real name is ....
maybe wish me luck or send labor vibes our way.

baby baby baby

jobina,
come out soon please. i am uncomfortable. i know this is not all about me but i think you are squished in there too. Daddy is really ready for you to come out. He is sick of reading books to my belly and not to your face. we want to see that pretty face of yours.
love,
us

pregnancy cravings

So yes.... people say pregnant women crave strange things. this may be true... okay it is true.... no pickles and ice cream for me but the latest craving and i mean intense real craving. Like I would lie in bed and think about it ...a lot ... and for several nights... was to "walk on bananas". I do not know why or how I came up with the idea it probably stemmed from my feat hurting all and feeling so dry but really since the first time I thought of it I have not been able to stop thinking about it. So my loving husband made it happen. And let me tell you, it was incredible. Here are the pictures:






yea.... so overall it was a little different then I thought it would be. Like i pictured the mush feeling so good and fun and it really did feel good but it was more fun and felt even better to crush the whole banana between my toes first. Don't worry I made sure no banana went un smooshed.

this month

so its true.... sometime this month we will have a baby! I have been pregnant for more than nine months.... we are headed to 38 weeks. I can not really believe it... I mean we are so excited and I guess as ready as we can be but at the same time we do not know what to expect or even how to begin to know how different our lives will be. Keegan is so excited and every morning he wakes up and has something new about the baby that makes him excited or that he is thinking about. It is pretty sweet. The weekly doctor appointments have started and the check-ins give us more of an update in terms of being 1.5 cm dialated, or that the head is right there but really there is no telling. We have a small pool of dates when people think she will make her entrance. Submit your date if you want....
Next weekend one of Keegan's best friends from high school is getting married about 31/2 hours away by car. So we will check in with the doctor on Wednesday and see how she feels about us going. I am a little worried about the idea as I do not really want to have her in Oklahoma (not that I have anything against Oklahoma I just think I would prefer to be at our house) but we will see I also am not okay with Keegan going and me staying here.... I think no Keegan would be worse than delivery somewhere else. and shoot that means I have to find a dress to actually fit me. help. I shall keep you posted on what we end up doing.