Month: June 2011

We just moved our blog from http://baby.obermillers.com to http://obermillers.com. The rest of the content will be moving soon also.

It has been a long time since we last updated, so be warned, this will be a long post. We’ve been really busy preparing for baby, and our whiteboard list continues to shrink. At first, Olivia had the entire board filled with tiny lettering, and each weekend (8 of them!) had a bunch of tasks. We slowly crossed out each weekend, but unforunately some stragglers were always left. So here we are at 39 weeks, and our list still looks like this:

Thank goodness for paternity leave! After the baby is born, I’ll be taking off for four weeks to stay home with Olivia and the newborn. That is when we plan to finish all the whiteboard tasks…hopefully.

Olivia had a wonderful time at the baby shower, and it wouldn’t have happened without all your help. Big thanks go out to Jackie for throwing an amazing shower; this baby is lucky to have an Aunt like you! It was great catching up with everyone, and all the gifts went a long way towards preparing us for baby. We also really appreciate the gifts from those of you who couldn’t make it in person. All this love and support means the world to us.

Here is baby’s first outfit from Aunt Jackie, in which we plan to take baby home from the hospital:

Many of you have been wondering what we plan to do for the baby’s room. Well, we have been working really hard, and after many steps and many days of taping, painting, retaping, repainting, and touching up, we are finally done. We did a full wall mural of overlapping letters and numbers in various shades of green, plus a green stripe around the whole room:

Now we only have to get new carpet, buy all the furniture, decorate, and then we will be done! We hope this mural will be enjoyed by many children for years to come.

Baby update! Olivia has been going to the doctor weekly since the 36th week, and everything is going well. Three weeks ago there was no progress at all on the cervix front. After some really painful contractions two weeks ago, she was about 50% effaced. Just this last week, she was about 0.5 cm dilated. It is pretty safe to say baby isn’t coming quite yet, although it could all happen any day. In doctor news, we are getting pretty low on personnel. Our main doctor broke her arm last week while mountain biking, and she had to have pins and a permanent metal plate installed. Needless to say, she is not ready for baby catching yet. The midwife we see when our doctor isn’t available is also going to be out of town next week, so it is likely that some random doctor will be delivering our baby. We are finally taking a hospital tour on Monday, so we will see the whole childbirth center and get a feel for the place before the big day.

Speaking of which, we will have internet at the hospital, so we will definitely keep everyone updated and post pictures when baby comes. Olivia has also setup her skype id, oliviaobermiller, so just head over to skype.com to setup an account and download the software, so we can video chat for FREE. That way you can see baby, and baby will get to know all the people who love him. After you have installed Skype, click here to call Olivia. After you hear the news, try to get on Skype, and we will video chat with you instead of calling.

In case you were wondering how big baby has gotten, here is a picture of Olivia, and a picture of us on our anniversary last Thursday (6/2/2011):

Also, here is a bonus photo from our Mother’s day dinner at 36 weeks: