5 Days Old!

Marlo is now 5 days old. She was weighed this morning by a visiting home nurse and she came in at 8lbs 4oz. after weighing 7lbs 11oz when she left the hospital. She has been on a two hour feeding cycle around the clock for the most part and spends most of her days sleeping. Eleni is still loving and glowing about being a big sister! Eleni just got her big sister present, Baby Alive which she can now feed and change it's wet diaper and be "the Mommy" to her baby. Guess what she named her?.... "Marlo Rose, but I'm going to just call her Marlo." We are very proud and loving every minute of it!

Welcome Home Marlo!

We are home! Marlo has finally figured out the nursing thing.
Eleni is Super proud and we are all doing great!

It's an exciting time here at the Schmitz house.

With a major blizzard welcoming Marlo's entry to this planet, it was a good weekend to be snowed in at the hospital. With spring fever running though our veins the past week and a half , it was nice to just shut the blinds, block out what was happening outside and take in Marlo's first few days.

Here's some new pictures.
Tony, Nicole, Eleni & Marlo

SUPRISE!!!.......It Is a GIRL!!!

It's a GIRL!
Marlo Rose
Saturday April 5th, 2008 10:09pm
8lbs 2oz. 19 1/2" long
Nicole was amazing!! I'll get into detail more later.
No drugs, meds, or epidural, She continues to amaze me!
I love you Nicole!
Welcome to the world my "little girl"!

Still Waiting......

Nothing yet, but some things are starting to "contract" off and on keeping us up last night.
Could be today, tonight, tomorrow, Sunday.... Stay Tuned.

Due Date = TODAY?

Well, it's our Official Due Date, and ......no Baby yet.

Our Dr. Appointment was fairly uneventful. "Could be any day, could be a week. We'll either see you soon, or at your appointment next week." So, not a lot to go on there. Dilated t0 1cm right now, same as last week actually.
Tonight Nicole and I went for a walk down to Zorbaz for some pizza as the weather was nice and Eleni rode her bike. Hoping to stir some things up to see if we can make some things happen.....The pizza was good, and cold Summits were good for me! Eleni got some Sponge Bob stickers out of a vending machine, that was exciting!........waiting...... To be continued.

IT'S A GIRL!

April Fools!

With one day until our "Due Date" Nicole is done working and at home relaxing & waiting for our little one's special delivery. Not sure when the stork will make the drop, but we are ready and when we ask Eleni, she always says, "Tomorrow". She's been saying that for two weeks though and her names are, Butterball if it's a boy and Rosebud if it's a girl. (from the movie Snow Buddies) She's pretty persistent that those will be the names and when we throw out other options she says no. . . . So we'll see how she takes it when the day actually arrives and we give the little one a Name.

Stay tuned, as I'll try to keep this updated more often in the next couple days.
We also have a Dr. Appointment tomorrow so we'll see how everything looks!

Anxiously waiting.... Tony & Crew