Liam Has Arrived!!!!!!

Our sweet Liam is here with us! We are enjoying him so much, and every day we somehow love him more. Weighing in at 8 lbs 2 oz and 20 inches long, he arrived at 12:15 AM on November 5th. With the exception of about 2 hours, he slept all night last night - hooray! He is just precious. Here are a few pics!

Our family pic - after I got to take a shower :)

This is one from Liam's "photo shoot" right before we left the hospital in his take home outfit!

Our first family picture!

Comfy Baby

We have decided that Liam is a little too comfy in my belly :) Saturday my due date came and went. When we went to the doctor Monday, they scheduled me to be induced Thursday morning... that's TOMORROW! Woo hoo! So today I am trying to rest some, get some things done, and rest some again. I'm making one final "clean sweep" through the house and hopefully will be just tired enough to sleep good tonight... although Nathan and I think neither of us will be able to!

Can't believe tomorrow is almost here! Nathan and I are liking this "schedule" thing... haha. Since he's nice and comfy in there, we might not actually have a baby tomorrow (although of course we're hoping we do!) but we know that we will get up in the morning, go to the hospital, and won't be coming home until little Liam is coming home with us! AHHH! Anyway, back to more of my "resting some" before I get back up to clean a little. Next time I get on here, it'll be a baby picture!!!

Waking up to a Crib

This morning Nathan and I woke up to a cute, tiny little crib... beside our bed... for the baby that will be in it soon... My mom came yesterday and helped me clean and do random odds and ends for the baby, make some returns, and put up this crib. She also got to see the bedding all put together in the crib for the first time! It's all washed and ready - even though Liam will be sleeping nice and comfy right here for a little while :)

We even have the little diaper caddy all stocked and ready for our little guy... so weird!

Nathan and I knew this day was coming. The day we would officially have a crib in our bedroom. After both agreeing that it would be so weird - in a good way - but nonetheless weird - to have a crib right beside us, the day finally arrived. We are so excited, and getting there as far as the readiness factor. Towels, washcloths, blankets washed. Diapers and wipes ready for that cute little bottom. Diaper caddy for our bedroom stocked. Diaper caddy to keep in the living room stocked. Hospital bag partially packed (finishing that today). All we have to do is pick out one preemie outfit just in case he's not 10 lbs (haha, gosh I hope not!) and then I can wash all the clothes and bibs. After that one load, all his stuff will be nice and clean with that great "Dreft" baby smell :)

Now we're down to crunch time - finishing up some final random things and waiting for our sweet Liam!

Anxious!

Well, I had a fabulous 25th birthday yesterday. My husband and family are incredible!

On an anxious note, I am so ready to meet this little guy! I will be 34 weeks on Saturday, and I can't believe I am already to that mark. In about 6 weeks depending on whether he's an early-comer, perfectly punctual, or just plain stubborn - we are going to have a baby. Wow. I am definitely getting anxious - in a curious kind of way. Not too nervous, and not worrisome, just curious. I'm curious what he will look like. And who he will look like. Nathan's baby pictures are just beautiful, and just maybe he'll have that cute red-auburn hair that Nathan had when he was little. Just maybe he will be calm and patient and sweet and strong like his daddy. I just have so many things I'm wondering about. I hope he is healthy (which all things point that he is). I hope he loves us the way we love our parents. I hope one day we will be able to see him be baptized when he chooses for himself to follow Christ. I am excited for him that he is going to have such incredible family surrounding him. He is going to have amazing grandparents, amazing great grandparents, and even an amazing great-great grandmother. He is going to have amazing and fun aunts and uncles. I'm excited about the things that they are going to teach him about life that Nathan and I can't. I'm excited for the first time he rides a bike with my dad and for the first time he goes fishing with Nathan's dad. I'm excited about the first time he sits on the counter with our moms and makes some cookies. I'm excited to see the look on our parents' faces when they meet him for the first time. And I absolutely can't wait to look at Nathan the first time we're holding our baby boy - and I hope I have a million pictures. I'm excited for the sense of accomplishment he will fill as he learns to do things.

I have all these hopes and dreams for this little guy I haven't even met yet, and curious, hopeful, anxious, excited is exactly what I am.

Happy Day :)

Today we had our second baby shower! It was a church shower with some really great friends, and it was so good to just hang out with everyone after we have all had some crazy summers. Also, my parents were down and my mom took some pics of us in our backyard. I was having a hard time making myself pay for pics of me and Nathan together and since my mom has done well for us in the past and I really just wanted a few good ones to have of this time in our lives, she gave it a try for me - and they turned out great! I am super excited about getting them up in the house! Blogger would never load the pics but for you facebook-ers I posted some of my favorites up there. Happy Almost Monday! I'm off to get some sleep!!!

And Labor Day weekend comes to a close...

We had a very successful weekend in the Coggin household this weekend! Friday night, Nathan and I relaxed at home in preparation of a busy weekend with some amazing family. Saturday, Nathan's' mom came over and helped me finish emptying the nursery and cleaning it from top to bottom. That night, her and Nathan gave the closet a fresh coat of paint and Nathan hung the new closet shelves. By Saturday night, we had a nice, clean, blank slate to start working on Sunday. Sunday after church my parents and Nathan's aunt came down and started painting! The two colors look so great, and the chair rail looks great too! Everything in our little one's room is completely cleaned and freshly painted - trim, doors painted, carpets shampooed. Everything looks so good, and we are so grateful for amazing family that are always there to help! Sunday night we got the dresser put together, and Monday we were able to move it into the room and put the crib together as well. It looks so cute, and I can't wait to continue adding things as they come! We are even closer to welcoming our little boy, and we are so excited! I posted all the pics on facebook, but here are a few.

Pictures!

Here are some pics from the first baby shower!!!

I haven't gotten them all yet from everyone taking pictures so I'll have to post some more later!