OK - So they seem totally over priced but a new mom will fall for anything... We had Jude's infant pictures done yesterday and they turned out great!!
He was great the entire time until we got to the family shots and then he was not having it! We got some totally cute ones though...
The packages seemed like total rip off's but the framing seems very reasonable. We just decided to go with the CD of all the pics (which was $250) and that way I can send, order, change, enhance, or do anything else that I want to do.
On the link below all the pics are low res - I have the hi res version as well if anyone want to make copies.
ENJOY!
Much Love
http://picasaweb.google.com/ChaMcFarlane/JudePortraitPeople?feat=directlink
Friday, August 7, 2009
Wednesday, August 5, 2009
6 1/2 weeks later
So I have been very good about updating my facebook every day - but my last blog post was the week Jude was born- Oy Vey!!
It has been an exciting 6 1/2 weeks and I love it more than I could have EVER imagined. I was so nervous to be a Mom and to have some little person relying on me, but I cannot believe that I was ever worried. It is the most fulfilling experience I have ever been through. He is the light of my life. Just looking at him makes my heart fill and puts a smile on my face.
Jude Kingston is now the best thing to happen in my life!! And it would not be possible without my loving husband (of almost 1 yr) Adam. He is such a great dad and boy does that kid love him. He gets way more smiles than I do!! Adam has been such a great help!!
Also- I am SO thankful to both sides of my family. The Hicks' have been there to help through EVERYTHING!! YaYa is a Godsend - she was here for the 1st 2 weeks - it was WONDERFUL!!!
Aunt Jess, Aunt B, and Grampa all came to visit too and all were SO MUCH HELP!!
Grama Judy loves this boy so much!! They have such a special bond it is so fun to watch!!
There have been so many firsts already and he is getting SO big - time is FLYING by!!
Jude is up to 13lbs now and we still have another 2 weeks until we go back to the Doctor. He is not sleeping through the night yet, but he is only waking up 1 time during the night. He is going through another growth spurt and he is eating like CRAZY!
I am going to add all the recent photo albums here so feel free to take a look at this CUTE little boy!
I LOVE HIM SO MUCH!!
Much love to all
First Doctor Visit
Jude's First Bath
Trip to ATL
Misc Pics
6 1/2 week Pics
It has been an exciting 6 1/2 weeks and I love it more than I could have EVER imagined. I was so nervous to be a Mom and to have some little person relying on me, but I cannot believe that I was ever worried. It is the most fulfilling experience I have ever been through. He is the light of my life. Just looking at him makes my heart fill and puts a smile on my face.
Jude Kingston is now the best thing to happen in my life!! And it would not be possible without my loving husband (of almost 1 yr) Adam. He is such a great dad and boy does that kid love him. He gets way more smiles than I do!! Adam has been such a great help!!
Also- I am SO thankful to both sides of my family. The Hicks' have been there to help through EVERYTHING!! YaYa is a Godsend - she was here for the 1st 2 weeks - it was WONDERFUL!!!
Aunt Jess, Aunt B, and Grampa all came to visit too and all were SO MUCH HELP!!
Grama Judy loves this boy so much!! They have such a special bond it is so fun to watch!!
There have been so many firsts already and he is getting SO big - time is FLYING by!!
Jude is up to 13lbs now and we still have another 2 weeks until we go back to the Doctor. He is not sleeping through the night yet, but he is only waking up 1 time during the night. He is going through another growth spurt and he is eating like CRAZY!
I am going to add all the recent photo albums here so feel free to take a look at this CUTE little boy!
I LOVE HIM SO MUCH!!
Much love to all
First Doctor Visit
Jude's First Bath
Trip to ATL
Misc Pics
6 1/2 week Pics
Friday, June 26, 2009
Baby Jude - 6/21/09
Hi All - In case you haven't heard Baby Jude came into this world on Sunday June 21st... Father's Day at 4:23pm weighing in at a nice 8lbs 6oz and 20.5 inches long.
It was a relatively easy birth - I broke down and got an epidural after being in early labor for over 24 hrs and 12 hours of somewhat painful contractions... so I did get to experience some of it - and that was enough for me!!
We went to the hospital at 3:45am and I was 2cm dilated...then it was a waiting game.
We had a little scare with the epidural, after it was administered (at 10am), my BP dropped to 70 which in turn caused baby J to drop and he fell off the HR monitor for a brief second... SCARIEST thing I have ever had to deal with, but the nurse was great, one shot of ephedrine and I was back...
They broke my water at noon, YaYa arrived at 12:30 and by 3pm it was time to push. I spent an hour pushing when I couldn't feel anything so they turned off the epidural at 4pm and Baby J popped out 4:23pm... Adam was so worried he would be born at 4:20... we missed slightly!
Everyone is happy and healthy and loving life... more updates later, but this is all the energy I have...
Here is the website to view the beginning moments of Jude Kingston McFarlane
It was a relatively easy birth - I broke down and got an epidural after being in early labor for over 24 hrs and 12 hours of somewhat painful contractions... so I did get to experience some of it - and that was enough for me!!
We went to the hospital at 3:45am and I was 2cm dilated...then it was a waiting game.
We had a little scare with the epidural, after it was administered (at 10am), my BP dropped to 70 which in turn caused baby J to drop and he fell off the HR monitor for a brief second... SCARIEST thing I have ever had to deal with, but the nurse was great, one shot of ephedrine and I was back...
They broke my water at noon, YaYa arrived at 12:30 and by 3pm it was time to push. I spent an hour pushing when I couldn't feel anything so they turned off the epidural at 4pm and Baby J popped out 4:23pm... Adam was so worried he would be born at 4:20... we missed slightly!
Everyone is happy and healthy and loving life... more updates later, but this is all the energy I have...
Here is the website to view the beginning moments of Jude Kingston McFarlane
Saturday, June 20, 2009
39 Week Photo
Good Morning -
I wanted to make sure I got my 39 week photo up before anything happens...
It could be anytime now!!! We are just going to continue walking and we will see what happens!! I am feeling great but I have a feeling Lil J may be on his way before we know it!!
Thursday, June 18, 2009
39 Week check-up and a GOLDEN K
WOW! It has been an eventful couple of days... but no baby yet!
Last night I found out that I was awarded a Golden K from my company - my entire team is in Chicago at regional/national meetings for the week and last night was the awards celebration. My boss called and told me to listen, but all I could hear was gibberish and then clapping. He asked if I heard all of it and I said no, what was that... he said "that was you winning a Golden K". It is a pretty big deal - they give out just a few each year and only one per team - I am SO happy!!! It felt great, but it would have been nice to be there to accept it! Oh well - Jude will be be just as exciting!!
I went to the doc this morning and found out that I am still 1cm - no further progress. She wanted to schedule my induction since she won't let me get to 41 weeks. So after much thought and some tears and some advice from Mom and Husband... I picked the 25th of June and I am just going to hope that I can get him to pop out before then!
I have a whole list of things to try to get him to move along :) I won't go into too many details - LOL!!
I will update pictures this week and my Mom is coming on Sunday!!! TIME FOR BABY!! Well, at most he will be here a week from today!!
Much Love!
Last night I found out that I was awarded a Golden K from my company - my entire team is in Chicago at regional/national meetings for the week and last night was the awards celebration. My boss called and told me to listen, but all I could hear was gibberish and then clapping. He asked if I heard all of it and I said no, what was that... he said "that was you winning a Golden K". It is a pretty big deal - they give out just a few each year and only one per team - I am SO happy!!! It felt great, but it would have been nice to be there to accept it! Oh well - Jude will be be just as exciting!!
I went to the doc this morning and found out that I am still 1cm - no further progress. She wanted to schedule my induction since she won't let me get to 41 weeks. So after much thought and some tears and some advice from Mom and Husband... I picked the 25th of June and I am just going to hope that I can get him to pop out before then!
I have a whole list of things to try to get him to move along :) I won't go into too many details - LOL!!
I will update pictures this week and my Mom is coming on Sunday!!! TIME FOR BABY!! Well, at most he will be here a week from today!!
Much Love!
Tuesday, June 16, 2009
6 days to go!!
I am working from home this week while the rest of my team at Kellogg's is all in Chicago for a regional/national sales meeting... I am slightly bummed that I have to miss all the fun - they did not do one of these meetings last year, but I DO NOT want to be walking around with an almost 10 mos pregnant belly up there!!
It was such a great weekend and BUSY!! Keisha came to visit on Thursday and stayed until Saturday. It was so great to see her - boy has she gotten SKINNY!! We just hung out and we also went down to the NCAA outdoor track meet. She got the cutest C-USA onsies for Jude - he will love it!
She left Saturday morning and then I got to go pick up my in-laws at Walmart since they had locked themselves out of the car - what is with these McFarlane's and locking the keys in the car lately!?! After that fun adventure Adam and I went to hang with the old crew (Tony, RonJovi, Pat, etc) at the pool - it was such a nice way to take the pressure off the belly!
After a night of poker, my parents arrived from KC (they had a wedding to attend) and they spent the night. Sunday we all got up and went to Judy's for some breakfast and I took my parents to see the hospital where Jude will join us.
It was a GREAT weekend!!
Below is my 38 week belly shot - not too many more of these to take before I am holding a precious little boy in my arms!!!
I'll update again after my doc appt on Thurs morning!
Much Love
Thursday, June 11, 2009
38 Week Dr Appt
It was a good appt, not any new news, but my Doc was sure in a good mood! (She just got back from vacation)
My BP is still normal and weight - I don't know if we want to talk about that this week... 5lbs this week, but I am blaming that on the fact that my appt was in the afternoon and I had JUST eaten lunch, oh and my ankles are slightly swollen - so I could be retaining water too.... It has nothing to do with the fact that I eat whatever I want, whenever I want - right?!?!
Lil J has a HR that is still in the 130's - perfect for him and I asked my doc what she thought about the size of this son of mine... her 1st reaction was "LONG" and then she felt my belly and said he felt about normal size... who knows, I am still hoping for a 7-pounder, but since I am so tall she said it could possibly be 8... we just have to wait and see!
Then came the "fun" part of the appt (gosh it is a bit painful to get checked for dilation) and she said that she would generously give me 1cm... I asked if that was different than the "finger-tip" that I got last week, she chuckled and said - it is barely more. She also said that she doesn't let her patients go longer than 41 weeks, so if he is not here by the 22nd, he will for sure be here within a week of that time.
Off to enjoy the sunshine!!
Much Love!
My BP is still normal and weight - I don't know if we want to talk about that this week... 5lbs this week, but I am blaming that on the fact that my appt was in the afternoon and I had JUST eaten lunch, oh and my ankles are slightly swollen - so I could be retaining water too.... It has nothing to do with the fact that I eat whatever I want, whenever I want - right?!?!
Lil J has a HR that is still in the 130's - perfect for him and I asked my doc what she thought about the size of this son of mine... her 1st reaction was "LONG" and then she felt my belly and said he felt about normal size... who knows, I am still hoping for a 7-pounder, but since I am so tall she said it could possibly be 8... we just have to wait and see!
Then came the "fun" part of the appt (gosh it is a bit painful to get checked for dilation) and she said that she would generously give me 1cm... I asked if that was different than the "finger-tip" that I got last week, she chuckled and said - it is barely more. She also said that she doesn't let her patients go longer than 41 weeks, so if he is not here by the 22nd, he will for sure be here within a week of that time.
Off to enjoy the sunshine!!
Much Love!
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