Baby Survey & Baptism Pics

Well- I am going to steal the baby survey from my darling Aud, who stole it from my darling Mari- and post it here :).

But first- Thank you soooo much to my love KAT, for helping me fill in the background of these pictures. I took them myself, and she blacked out my wall- and between the two of us, I think they look kind of professional if I do say so myself. Kat also made the b/w just to make it harder to choose. I printed both in color in wallets to send in our baptism thank yous. (although the smiley one I was not a fan of printed as a wallet b/c it cut off the top of his head).

I am not sure if you remember the post I made back in March about how my Grandma left me her cross- the cross itself is formed from her engagement ring, and the circle it is in is her and my grandfather's wedding bands both welded together. B wore it in church for his baptism- it was so special. I really miss her.





Baby Survey:
1. Were you married at the time? Yes

2. What was your reaction when you found out you were pregnant? Shock, elation, disbelief, fear

3. How old were you? 27 for both the BFP and the birth

4. How did you find out you were pregnant? HPT on 9/30/09

5. Who did you tell first? My H and TF girls

6. Did you want to find out the sex? We went team green- and I wanted to go team green, and am happy we did, but there was a point I totally would have caved :)

7. Due date? June 13, 2009

8. Did you deliver early or late? 4 LONG days late!!

9. Did you have morning sickness? None. There was about a week I dry heaved at night, but that was it.

10. What did you crave? Tiramisu- Brooks is part Tiramisu

11. What irritated you the most? "you just wait" comments.

12. What was your first child’s sex? Boy!

13. How many pounds did you gain throughout the pregnancy? 18

14. Did you have any complications during your pregnancy? PIH pregnancy induced hypertension- led to some extra u/s's and annoying NSTs

15. Where did you give birth? Pennsylvania Hospital- our nation's first hospital!

16. How many hours were you in labor? My water broke at midnight. Cramplike contractions that were nothing on and off from then. The painful stuff=birth, about 4 hours

17. Who drove you to the hospital? Eric

18 . Did you take medicine to ease the pain? Nope- med free (which is awesome b/c that was my goal- shhhh don't tell that I begged for an epi and just didn't have time)

19 . How much did your child weigh? 7 lbs 4 oz

20 . What did you name him/her? Brooks Nicholas

21 . How old is your first born today? 4 months and 1 week & 5 days

22. Who does your child look like? The 1.5" of his face from his eyebrows to the tip of his nose is me- everything else is Eric

23. Did you get mad at your husband during labor? Only once- after we left the doctor and he decided he wanted to go to Nuts For You to buy snacks for the hospital- and took 20 minutes while I was in active labor in the freaking park waiting for him. I was totally thankful for the said snacks during our hospital stay though.