Welcome Baby Beau!

Sorry this has been so long in the making....who knew having a newborn takes up every minute of your time?

So last time I posted was the day before our scheduled induction. My mom had come into town last Monday and we had been getting the condo cleaned up and ready. We spent Tuesday going to lunch, getting last minute things at Target, and then had our weekly Taco Tuesday dinner at Casey and Eric's house. We had started a betting pool a month earlier at a Taco Tuesday on when Matt and Miller would have their baby girl. Since no one guessed the right birth date the pool went to guessing our due date- the person who guessed the closest to the date without going over won. That Tuesday we joked at how Bill Brown- a Dart cousin who joins us every week- was going to be a rich man because we had been told we had to be induced and he guessed the day after the induction (24th) which is when the doctor said the baby would be born. So we all went home that night ready to sleep in for the last time and have a leisurely day getting ready before heading to the hospital at 3:30 pm.

Well......I woke up at 12:15 in the morning to my water breaking. We do some last minute packing and get to the hospital around 1 am. After settling into our room I get checked and find out I am already 6 centimeters dilated! So we decide to go ahead and get the epidural done since my contractions had started and the nurse had gone to page my doctor. Once I had my epidural they started me on Pitocin  around 3:15 to make sure my progress didn't stall. I was feeling really good so we decided to get a nap in before I got to 10 centimeters. At 5:45 I was checked again and was 10 cm dilated ready to go. The nurse had another girl ready to deliver in another room and asked if we wanted to have the other woman go ahead and deliver first or us. I decided I wanted to wait so I could freshen up and look not completely dead in pictures.

Mom brushing my hair right before all the excitement

I had an amazing labor and delivery experience. It was fast and easy and at 6:36 am Donald Adams Robarts Dart II was born!! He weighed 6 pounds 10 ounces, 20 inches long and absolutely perfect. We are so blessed to have baby Beau home and we are so happy.

Going home- baby's first car ride

Finally home!

Grandmama and Beau

Beau and Tita

Daddy and Beau video chatting with Uncle Matt and Cousins Will and Liza

 

With Papa

Papa and Aunt Haley came to see us

Snuggling with Daddy

40 Weeks and Induction

We made it to full term! We go in tomorrow at 3:30 pm to be induced and look forward to Baby Dart joining us on May 24. Please keep me, Beau and the baby in your prayers. Will be posting plenty of pictures once we return home and things settle down. I cannot believe he will finally be in our arms in less than 48 hours.

Until then, the last picture of pregnant Kate....

39 Weeks

Size of baby: Watermelon

 

 

Developmental milestones: 

• He's probably able to flex his limbs now.
• His brain is still rapidly developing
• His nails may extend past his fingertips  

How I'm feeling:  There was a definite point that I crossed where I am no longer nervous or anxious about him coming, I am 100% ready to meet him today. The big bump, getting up every 2 hours for the bathroom, aches, etc. have lost their appeal and I am ready to begin the mommy adventure.

Highlights of the week: I had my 39 week doctor's appointment yesterday. He is measuring perfectly to the day, with a great strong heartbeat. I had her do an internal exam and the baby has definitely dropped. He was so low in my pelvis that she said she could feel where the top of his head is. He is at a +1 station. For some perspective a +5 station is the moment when a baby is being delivered. She also told me that she will not let me go beyond my due date so if he does not come on his own by the 23, I will go in to be induced Wednesday afternoon and he will be born May 24! It's so exciting to know there is an end date and in a week or less he will finally be here!


Other things going on this week:

- We closed on our new house. Now remodeling can begin. Hopefully we can get construction underway in a few weeks.

- Casey and Beau joined a USTA doubles league and had their first game yesterday. Unfortunately they lost but they looked great and now that they have gotten a loss out of the way the rest will be all wins.

- I wanted to say good luck to all my family competing in the Warrior Dash this weekend in North Georgia! It is a crazy race where runners dress up and have to go over obstacles and at the end everyone celebrates with beer and turkey legs- Viking style. Hope they have a great time and cant wait to see the pictures. Below is a picture I found online of what the race looks like.

Sold!

Just wanted to share the news that we officially sold our townhouse! I was up cleaning out the house until the last minute but we got it done and it feels great to have it past us now. We close on our new house this Wednesday too!

Yesterday at 6 pm....

  

This morning at 9 am, all cleaned and ready for its new Yankee owners

 

 

And for those who have not seen our new house, here is a pic of the marsh view.....

I also wanted to say Happy Mother's Day to my Mom, Jenelle, Mimi, Mrs. Dart, Miller, Casey, Aunt Lou, and Rhonda ( my godmother-in-law). Hope everyone had a great Sunday and know that Beau, Baby Dart, and I are thinking of you and love you.

Side note: Matt Kuchar, Georgia Tech grad and Saint Simons resident, won TPC yesterday! Go Jackets!

Happy Birthday Mr. Dart

Today is Bill Dart's birthday. We had a celebratory meal at Waffle House ( Mr. Dart's favorite- he loved the All Star Special) and then went to drop flowers off for him. He would have been 62 today. He was a kind  generous, loving man. He is greatly loved and greatly missed.

38 Weeks

Size of baby: Pumpkin

 

 

Developmental Milestones: 

- May have about an inch or so of hair already.
- Full term! He is now ready to live outside the womb! 

How I am feeling: Getting more and more excited to finally see him. I am not completely ready for him to come just yet because I want to get past the closings on houses and clean and set up more but I am more than ready for him during his due date week.


Highlights this week:  We close on our new house this Friday and close the sale of the townhouse on Monday! Once we get past this Monday I feel like all the business stuff will be done and I can focus completely on the baby. Movers came this past weekend and moved all of our furniture out, now all there is left to do is grab leftover kitchen things and some clothes and we are finally out of 809 Mallery Street! We are already living at the office condo and so far so good. It is very small and we are still trying to figure out where to put everything we brought over but it has been fun to be somewhere different. We are within walking distance to the beach and look forward to going a lot over the next few weekends to relax before baby.

Big Big News!! Baby Dart had a new cousin born May 3!! Elizabeth Jane Dart is the newest member of the family and we are so happy for Matt, Miller, and Will. She will be going by Liza. We cannot wait to meet her when they come down to visit this summer.