Two Weeks Notice

Our baby is already 2 weeks old! Here are a few pics of the last 2 weeks! Enjoy!

I call this one "Milk Drunk with Gas Bubbles". ^^ above^^

These pants are newborn size and they are still too big!

That's a Decal on Daddy's shirt, not drool :)

Our sweet little chimp :)

sleeping baby = the right time to put the headband on her head.

"Mom! Get this bow off my head!"

she has to have her hands up by her face as she sleeps, too cute.

Flopsy baby ball.

Pemberly Ro Gunderson

Sorry I'm late getting the announcement out, we've been a little busy and sleepy around our house.

On November 4th (which marked 7 years that David and I have been together) we had an ultrasound to determine how big our little one was, which was a concern considering the large babies that are born to both sides of our family. The ultrasound estimated our baby at 9 lbs and 6 ounces and by the size of her head and tummy was estimated at 41 weeks. We were actually barely 37 weeks. They ordered a follow up ultrasound for the following day to double check the measurements with a different technician at another location. That ultrasound found her to weigh 9 lbs and 7 ounces and growth to be at 41 weeks. With 3 weeks to go and this being our 1st baby David and I had concerns about waiting another 3 weeks until i was due to deliver the baby, with the risk of a c-section being greater as she grew larger. Luckily our doctor soon adopted the same concerns.

We were ordered to have an amnio sentesis (SP?) done the same day (November 5th) to check the baby's lung development. I really didn't want to get the test done, but they refused to even mention an induction without the results of that test. We consented to the test and went straight over the Northwest Hospital and got ourselves checked in. They decided to test me for gestational diabetes, again, just in case that was why the baby was so big.

So they pricked my finger, took a reading and then made me drink what i can only describe as a

bottle of flat orange soda. Then they performed the amnio, and let me tell you that is far less than

pleasant! They pricked my finger again and determined that they'd have to draw blood because

some reading was too low. Agh! we'd already been at that hospital for about 5 hours, of course my

blood sugar was low i hadn't eaten for close to 7 hours, grrrrr. I was so anxious by this time, because

of all the needles and tests and being worried about our baby, that they had a super hard time getting

the blood they needed to draw. But they eventually got it and we got a call a few hours later from

our doctor. She told us that our babies lungs were developed and that they had scheduled an induction

at Tucson Medical Center for the next evening (November 6th).

Turns out the November 6th was a very popular day to have a baby because there wa no room in the inn.

David suggested we try the stable out back, but i told him no, we would wait for a room to open. almost

2 hours later we were getting settled into a room and i was getting drugs to soften the cervix and start

dilation. I was on Oxyocin for hours and hours and was literally in labor for around 27 hours (though from

push 1 to push end was a clean 29 minutes).

So proudly I officially announce the birth of our baby girl, Pemberly Ro Gunderson, born November 7th, 2009

at 9:59pm. She weighed 8 lbs and 8.5 ounces (not quite as big as her ultrasounds had stated) and was 20

and 1/2 inches long. I positive that she is the most beautiful thing i have ever seen! We came home on

November 9th and have so enjoyed having her here. Speaking of which i hear her calling, hungry again.

Enjoy her pics :)

By the way we've gotten a lot of questions about her name. If it sounds familiar then you are prolly also

familiar with Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice. Pemberly is the name of Mr. Darci's estate (though

they spell it Pemberley), I've had that name picked out since I first discovered Pride and Prejudice. We

chose Ro for the middle name just because we liked how it flowed.

My Mama and her 1st grand baby.

Aunt Mila (Melissa) and her niece.

Grandpa Brent.

Papa and his first grand baby.

Grammy and her 6th grand baby.

Mommy, Baby and Dr. Chin, who delivered her.

Baby Pemberly being weighed for the first time.

Mommy and baby.

Emotional Daddy and his baby.

Sleeping baby after we got home.

Maternity Shoot

We asked our cousin Millie to take a few pregger pics of us. Taken in beautiful downtown Tucson, AZ. Tucson made a beautiful backdrop with the evening sunlight. We haven't got all the pictures back yet but here is a sneak peak of what's to come. We'll post more when we get them all back. Thanks Millie! We had a really fun time :)

Pinata, Parade and a Rodeo

This past weekend we traveled to Snowflake to visit the Beatty clan. We had fun with all the towns festivities along with those planned by my parents. here are pictures to document just a few.

My handsome Papa and lovely Mama.

Sorry these are backwards, but this after the pinata broke wide open. Those kids were crazy!

We let the kids hit the pinata youngest to oldest. Here is our first batter up, Emma ( it was so cute how she held the bat backwards!).

Here is my mom's baby, she is the biggest 3 year old ever!

Ian and the kids at the playground at Pioneer park.

David, Ian, Ashley and the kids watching a bunch of funny YouTube videos. LOVE LOVE LOVE this picture!

Another shot of everyone squeesing on the couch to watch YouTube.

Rainbow in the rainstorm. Lovely.

The quilt that my Grandma made for us when we got married, so beautiful.

A super cute picture of Ashley and Ian at the Rodeo.

Rockie playing for the Beatty talent show, he's way better then this recording by the way.

Snowflake Marching Band in the Pioneer Days parade. Rockie is the Drum Major and Connor is playing saxaphone.

Heather on the 6th ward float in the Pioneer Days parade in Snowflake.

Some hick doing idiotic tricks way too close to the crowds, but at least he was entertaining.

We had such a good time! Can't wait until next year! We already miss you guys, Love you all!

My Country 'Tis of Thee..... in San Diego

For the 4th of July festivities we were so happy to meet up with a few of our family members in San Diego. Though we didn't truly get to the beach this time around we participated in activities that were super fun!
Here we all are at the Padre and Dodgers game on July 3rd, it was really fun and the ballpark food was GREAT (for ballpark food)! I LOVE this picture of Sara and Dave.

Levi and Priscilla with their son, Baby Thomas. Itn't he adorable? a BEAUTIFUL family. Thomas turned 1 on July 4th, his family threw him a way fun birthday party, I didn't get any pictures while we were there (tears) but it was so fun!

David and I at the Pardres Stadium, our seats were all the way at the top of the bleachers, talk about exercise for a pregnant lady! We had a great veiw though.

David and I with San Diego as our backdrop :)

We helped Sara and Dave move to their new apartment and towards the end of the day we banged up the Uhaul truck (thank goodness for foresight in getting the insurance). It'll be a funny story in a year or so :)

Levi and Priscilla were so sweet to show us around and give us a tour of the Hotel del Coronado. David took this picture of me in front of a beautiful flower bed.

We had a ton of fun and can't wait to get back to that lovely weather again soon :)

Pretty as a Picture

Baby Belly at 19 weeks! I'll be 22 weeks tomorrow so I'll post an update with 22 week belly pictures later. I took these myself because David was sleeping and I was up late with heartburn, yea. They aren't the best, but you get the idea :)

... can I just add that I LOVE my gauchos! They are so super comfy with my sensitive-to-pressure tummy, definitely recommended!

Okay, you should be able to click on the picture below to maximize it and see the labels. We are SO excited! Tell us what you think, the doctors are 95% positive that we are having a little GunderGIRL, but that leaves 5% wiggle room to have a GunderBOY.

Enjoy, though we probably find all this much more interesting than the rest of you. Thanks for humoring us and letting us indulge in the moment :)

We just got home from our appointment!!!

We're having a baby GIRL!!!!!!

(Pictures to come......)

Tomorrow We Find Out!

We have an appointment tomorrow to find out the gender of our baby! Hurray! How exciting! Rachel is about to go decoration-crazy. As of right now it all rests on the question of going with blue, or going with pink :)

Sea World and San Diego

Unfortunately our camera decided to erase a bunch of the cutest pics we took on our vacation. But we do have a few to share that are all from our day at Sea world on April 18th, 2009.

Some fish...

The Seal Show...
a star in the seal show...

a very cool picture that David took of some jellies...

Monster Crab...

Side view of a spotted shark...

Me with a huge fish called a grouper...

an accidental picture that turned out pretty cool, "Hi Mr. Sea Turtle"...

David with Mr. Big Fish...

A Big Thanks to Sara and Dave for going with us and for their hospitality during out stay!

We had an Awesome time, I'll take more pictures next time and hopefully be able to keep them all, dumb camera. LOL :)