Bringing Home Baby!!!

We brought Adriel home from the hospital Thursday and are thoroughly enjoying our new adventure of parenting. I'm fortunate to have a few days off work to just be here with my girls. I'm doing my best to take care of both of them and loving every minute of it. Adi has settled into a pretty good routine of sleeping and eating. She usually wakes every 3 hours or so and is ready for "mama time". For the most part we're trying to sleep when she sleeps but we also love to lay near her and just watch her sleep. She is soooo precious.

Our amazing church community is providing meals for the next two weeks so that is a huge blessing. There's so much else to get used to and figure out that it's great not having to worry about what we're going to eat.

On a side note - we're in what local meteorologists are calling the largest snowfall on record. It started Friday afternoon and as of right now (Saturday afternoon) it hasn't stopped. When it's all over we should have 30 inches on the ground. And this from a state that has an average annual snowfall of 18 inches!

I'm sure most of you have seen pics from the hospital but we thought it would be fun to share some from home. Enjoy...

A Baby Burrito!

Adriel Joy Ogden

Well after much excitement and great anticipation we finally got to meet our precious little wonder. Adriel Joy was born on Tuesday, the 2nd of February at 8:12 a.m. She weighed 7 lbs 2 oz and was 21 inches long. Christina labored through the night and began pushing around 8 o'clock. About 10 minutes and 9 pushes later Adriel was introduced to life on the outside. We are so blessed by her presence. We find ourselves just staring at her in wonder and amazement and incredible gratitude that our Father has shown us such great favor. Adriel captured our heart immediately and we have fallen in love with her.

The Blizzard of 2009.....

Well, we had our first big snow storm of the season over the weekend! It was absolutely beautiful and gave us a MUCH needed excuse to stay home and do nothing! With all of our free time, we decided to get creative and have a pregnant belly photo shoot. Ben got really into it....and wants to be a photographer now. :) We have lots of baby stuff planned for this week....touring the hospital....meeting with a pediatrician....and we are super excited for the whole family to be here on Saturday! Can't wait to see everyone!!!

Growing by the minute.....

Well, I seriously feel as though I am getting bigger by the minute! We are at 33 weeks and are getting more and more excited! Adriel is so active these days that sometimes I am sure she is trying to push her way out of my belly! (She may have inherited my tendency to be directionally challenged....uh oh.....) We have been super blessed lately by our church community. Every day in December we have received a package of diapers by a mysterious phenomenon that we refer to as the "diaper fairy". We have also mysteriously received our stroller/car carrier combo, the crib bedding and just today - our glider/ottoman! We are constantly overwhelmed and humbled by how God provides for us and at the amazing love that we receive from our church family. Words do not suffice......

We had our first snow over the weekend! Being snowed in gave us a good excuse to decorate for Christmas and we even got a tree! The last time we got a tree was our first year of marriage when we were living in Florida and it was at least 85 degrees! We were sweating by the time we got it home.....so I was excited to experience it in the colder weather...as it should be experienced. :)

33 weeks and counting......
This is what a "bringing home the tree" picture should look like....

Just a little guy but perfect for us!

Ben and the band he's been playing with at a concert venue

Our small group had a dinner/game night

SNOW!!!!

Our new glider....thanks to our church community.

31 Weeks and Counting.....

Only 9 more weeks til our due date! We are growing more and more anxious to meet Adriel as the days get closer to her arrival! She is SO active.....rolling around and kicking all the time. I am still feeling good and getting bigger by the minute! So far, I have really been able to enjoy being pregnant! (Not counting the first trimester and the constant nausea....) Ben had an awesome time out in Seattle for the worship leader's conference that he went to. He will be speaking about worship in church next week so that should be fun! We're looking forward to the holidays and getting to spend some time with family as well as taking a break from our jobs! Here are some recent pics......

31 Weeks!

Ben tries to get creative with his picture taking.....

The pumpkins we carved for Halloween!

Ben is super picky when it comes to choosing a pumpkin...

We went pumpkin picking with some of our small group!

The finished products!

The recent life of the MD Ogdens....

Life is a whirlwind these days! Things are super busy with both of our jobs as well as our church and in the midst of it all we are trying to get ready for our baby girl's arrival! Ben is taking off for a worship leader's conference in Seattle this coming Wednesday through Sunday so he is super excited about that! (But 4 nights apart! It will be the longest we've ever gone.....) Things are going well with our pregnancy and I seem to be getting bigger by the minute! My two best friends along with my Mom and my Aunt threw me a baby shower last weekend so that was super fun! It is simply overwhelming how much stuff we got...and how much stuff we still need! All for this little tiny person! Ben and I are minimalists at heart so we are determined to get only what we need...but babies sure do seem to require a lot! We are loving life though and look forward to sharing more with you as the days go by......

Belly at 27 or 28 weeks.....I forget.....

My baby shower cake!

At my baby shower!

Opening presents......

Oooooh....a must! Or so I hear.....

Trying to get organized....

Ben went rock climbing with some guys from church and had a blast!

Putting together the crib! Yay!

He's good. I think I'll keep him. ;-)

Just a few pics from our recent life. Most of them are from over the summer and since I'm such a blogging slacker, I am just now getting them on here. Things here are going well, but crazy busy. Ben has been having to work some ridiculous hours for his job (can you say 3:30am until 5pm??? Ridiculous!) He is in the process of looking for a new job. :) Naturally. Adriel is like a tiny little acrobat inside my belly so that has been super fun. We seriously cannot wait to meet her! I seem to be getting bigger by the day so we will have to put some more belly pictures up here soon! Until then.......

Me and my nephew Gabriel!

Visiting the Sterners! Cousins!

Having fun at the Italian Film Festival! We can never get Jenn to look normal......

Going out to dinner on our Babymoon!

At a farmer's market the day we found out we were having a girl!

Going on a date!!! He is so handsome....