Category: Samantha

We have had a lot of visitors again in the past few weeks.  Mommy and Daddy took a lot of pictures.  Here is one of Samantha in her swing toy!

And this one is zoomed out so we can see her enjoying the movement of the swing.

Most of the Balderrama girls came to visit us as well.  Here is a bunch of shots with them holding Samantha.

Ann always wanted to hold Samantha more!

Eventually everyone got a chance to hold Samantha.

Today we took Samantha out for a little stroll in the neighborhood.  She wasn’t awake for most of it, but we did get some good photos.

Dad got his chance to hold Samantha too.

This next one is a good picture of me, but Samantha was starting to get fussy.

This one seems like a good shot to leave off with.

There are more pictures at our Picasa page.

Samantha has had a lot of visitors last week and some this week already too.  Below is a picture of her cousin Charlie holding her.  From left to right is: Grandmama (Grace), Charlie, Samantha and Suzie.

Isela and Jonas also visited last Thursday when Suzie was here.  This is Isela holding Samantha.

And here is a shot with Jonas holding Samantha.  Jonas is the photographer who shot our wedding!  We can’t wait until he can snap some shots of Samantha!

Here is Michelle’s Aunt Ann who came to visit with her Aunt Mary Jo as well.  I even got to see them briefly when I came home from lunch.

Here is a good shot of both of the Aunts.  Are they fighting over who gets to hold Samantha?

Samantha really likes Aunt and Godmother Lisa!

Here is Uncle David putting together Samantha’s toy play area!  I can’t believe he fit in there!

Here is a picture of Samantha’s Aunt Lauren just before she went to work at Disneyland for Miley Cyrus’ 16th birthday.

And a shot of Grandpa (Jim) holding Samantha.

Lastly, one of my favorite times of the day.  When I get to hold and play with Samantha my beatiful little girl!

Today Samantha had lots of visitors!

Here is our first family photo with all of us in it!

This is Samantha with the flowers that Grandma Lyn and Daddy gave Mommy after Samantha was born.

Grandma Lyn Visited and brought Grandpa Duane and Aunt Melissa.

Grandpa Duane holding Samantha.

Click here for the same album as below..but with more pictures added today.

Samantha

Mom and baby are doing great and will come home tomorrow.

Ok so here is the deal…

The nurses pretty much kicked me out of the hospital tonight telling me to go home and get some rest for the big day tomorrow.  What happened today is…

When we went to the doctors appointment they performed a test that monitors the baby’s heart beats and Michelle’s contractions.  Michelle really was not having “big” contractions at that time, but after a long time hooked up to this machine the doctor looked at the print out and said there was a decline in the baby’s heart beat and we should go to the hospital now.  She stressed that this was not a bad thing and the baby’s heart beat is VERY strong.  The baby is just fine and was most likely just moving and that caused that machine to register a drop.  Michelle said that the baby was moving a lot and I remember looking at the printout at the time she said that and seeing the needle drop for a while then come back up.

However, our doctor felt it was best if we went to the hospital to get a ultasound and make sure everything was okay.  So we did, after a long wait we finally got the results of the utlrasound.  She got an 8 out of 8.  A perfect score.  So no problems there, but the doctor said, “Well, you are already here so….”  The doctor wants to keep her there overnight while we wait for a room in delivery to open.  They can only accept 20 patients and that is what they have now.  Since they want to induce Michelle to kick start the labor, she is second priority to all the women already in true labor.

The plan is for her to stay the night and try to get some rest at the hospital.  At 9am they will move her back to Labor and Delivery and induce the labor at that time.  So most likely the baby will make his/her appearance tomorrow, sometime.  I will Twitter as much as I can tomorrow.  And when we get home I will post more information here.  Thank you everyone for your encouraging words and constant, “Where’s the baby?”.

With all the questions we have been getting I’ve decided that everyone will be notified at the same time, through Twitter.  You can follow our updates through your mobile phone or via the web.