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I'm waiting for my earlier blog entry to be "published." (The video has to be reviewed).

HERE'S PETRA

Petra was born, today - January 14, 2009!

She's a very healthy (and hungry) and beautiful baby girl!

Petra Anna McMahan was born @ 1:05pm, today.

She weighed 7 pounds, 8 ounces.

She was 21.7 inches long.

Natasha is very happy and relaxed to have completed her pregnancy and labor.

Actually, labor didn't seem to be that bad. Natasha received medicine to induce her labor and medicine for the pain of contractions and delivery.

Last night (Tuesday night) at about 10:30pm Natasha had her first real labor pain. We went ahead and went to bed, but the labor pains came back. We were already scheduled to come to the hospital at 7:30am on Wednesday, so we contacted the hospital and came over last night.

It turned out Natasha was having "false labor." But, we slept in our room over night, then at around 7:00am this morning, they woke us up, and started all the steps to deliver this baby.

Here's some pictures:

7 Days Left

Natasha only has 7 Days left! The doctor said if Natasha does not have this baby by January 15th, that he will induce her on that day. (Our due date was January 13th).

We're both anxious and ready for little Petra to come-out and let us see what she looks like!

Yesterday, our neighbor Belinda came over and took some pictures of Natasha and I together, in "Baby Shots"...

We're still finishing-up things here in our house. Natasha's busy cleaning baby clothes. I'm busy fixin' up the nursery.

Now, it's just a matter of waiting.

It's been hard for me to concentrate at work. I'm sort of wondering what my life will be like, as a daddy... I hope I'm a good one...

Talk to you later,

Kevin

Week 38 of Pregnancy!

It's New Year's Day, and it's the 38th Week of Natasha's Pregnancy!

Still no baby...

Natasha's belly is really big. Lil' Petra is kicking alot. We're both excited and ready to see what she looks like...

We had a nice party last night, for New Year's Eve. Alot of our friends spent the evening celebrating the New Year, at our house. We're happy so many of our close friends decided to hang-out with us...

We're still busy getting the house in order for Petra's Arrival.

Not much else is new.

We're definitely looking forward to a wonderful 2009! We're hoping Natasha's parents will be able to come and visit us and stay with us for a while. Alot of family and friends have mentioned that they would like to come and visit us. We'll see how it all plays out...

Take Care,

Kevin

Week 37 of Pregnancy

Tomorrow will be the start of Week 37 of Natasha's Pregnancy! It's getting close to the time when we'll get to meet our Lil' Angel! We can't wait!

Natasha has certainly been "feelin' the pain" of her Trip into Motherhood, these past few dayz... We hope everything will be allright, and Petra will be born healthy.

Natasha visited the doctor's office three times, last week. She keeps thinking something is wrong with her pregnancy, but the doctors keep telling us everything is fine...

Natasha's co-workers and friends here in Orange, VA threw a Baby Shower for her last Saturday. It was very thoughtful of them. Everyone has been so nice to us, buying us and Petra so many presents. They've spent alot of money. We are thankful for all that you have done for us. It's a good feeling to know so many people care about you!

Well, I'll let you go.

Keep your fingers crossed.

Also, we've been busy "bringing our house into order..." Painting rooms and buying stuff for the house.

Take Care,

Kevin

Week 35 of Pregnancy!

Today, Natasha went to see our doctor. Everything is going smoothly. She weighs 143 pounds. (Before becoming pregnant, Natasha weighed 108 pounds). Our doctor said it's normal to gain 25 pounds during pregnancy.

We're busy bringing our house into order. We just got our couch today. Next week our new t.v. is supposed to show-up. We've ordered a crib, changing table, and dresser for Petra's baby room.

Thanksgiving weekend has come and gone. Natasha had a great Baby Shower! So many of our family and friends gave so many presents! We're very thank-ful for the money they spent and the time they took to create and buy all of these gifts for us and our little girl! Thank-you very much!

So, we're getting excited about the baby coming in a couple weeks.

Talk to you later,

Kevin