Oh, you guys. Wow. This is IT. Everything went off without a hitch. Jeanine said that this was by far the easiest of the three pregnancies and deliveries. Praise God on that one!

But I can't stop staring at my baby girl and have to finish this up so I can go back to it. Here are the stats:

Name: Faith Claire Teague.
Weight: 7 pounds, 11 ounces.
Height: 21 inches. Probably got Jeanine's legs.
Birthday: 9:18am, November 30, 2008.
Age at birth: The boys are very clear on this. She's zero. (But two weeks and a day early.)
Age as I type: 7 hours. (Wireless Internet, Facebook, and crazy camera-phones have raised everyone's expectations on this part. Three and five years ago, days were still acceptable.)
Hair: A lovely light brown-ish blond. Not too much. Just the right amount.
Diapers changed: 3 (out of approximately 2,500).

In lieu of this week's TPODs (those are gonna have to wait until we're home), here are some photos fresh off the camera:

Posted by Beau at 03:31 AM | Permalink | Comments (27)

Thanksgiving - the perfect time to debut another list about the two little people I'm most thankful for...some of the many things I love about my boys #7:

• How enthusiastically Silas cheered for Luke at his soccer games ("Luuuuuke!")
• How Luke hears a sweet song and gets confused as to why he's tearing up
• How Luke doesn't like to go to school as much on the days that Silas doesn't (only Wed!)
• How enthusiastic the boys were to go to a "sibling class" at the hospital where we're delivering Faith
• Hearing Silas pronounce his friends' names from school - Rohan, Ayli and Eshvar
• Silas's incessant posing
• How Luke has discovered his own favorite color that is not mine (black)
• How the boys help each other play video games
• How Luke tells Silas what he's good at doing...even if he's not...just to make him feel good
• The boys' "trumpeting" of things they're excited about ("I'm going to clean up the pillows so that we can play - dun da da daaaa! - puzzles!")
• How the boys have made up their own lyrics to the Indiana Jones theme song (no, they haven't seen the movie) - "We're two brothers...and a sister...we're two brothers...and a si-i-ster..."
• Silas's use of the word "nasty". ("Mommy, the roof on that house is nasty!") I don't know where he got it from, but it cracks me up.
• How Silas runs and slides on our hardwood floors in his socks like he's sliding into home plate
• Listening to the boys pray for our new president

I needed to post this list now because first of all, it's Thanksgiving, and I couldn't imagine being more grateful for the precious gifts of all my boys. Secondly, I will need to change the title next time since I will be having a little girl come Sunday. Yep, I said it. Faith will be born this Sunday, November 30! I realize that was the initial date we put out there, so just ignore my last post. :) Apparently, I've made enough "progress" that the doctor thinks I will make it no where near my due date. More to come!

Happy Thanksgiving!!

Posted by Jeanine at 10:30 PM | Permalink | Comments (4)

Faith's birthdate is no longer scheduled for Nov. 30. I had another appointment with my doctor this week, and we discussed the date again. I was a little concerned that it was too soon, and he agreed. My due date is Dec. 15, and he typically likes to schedule a c-section about a week before that (Silas was born at 39 wks, 1 day). He's on call Nov. 30...and Dec. 10. Somewhere between the two is probably where we'd like to be, so we still need to figure it out (and yes, my doctor is willing to come in on a "day off").

I'll keep you posted.

...back to using my due date as her "arrival date" for the time being. :)

Posted by Jeanine at 09:01 PM | Permalink | Comments (3)

It was pretty much an immediate thing. Took 'em off, and away he went. Now I'm wondering why we took so long to take the training wheels off in the first place. At least we know that Silas is ready for a training wheel-less bike too. Thanks, Like-a-LIKEaBIKE!

Posted by Beau at 12:00 AM | Permalink | Comments (4)