Lydia Joy Cosby - Born November 1, 2009!

Our sweet daughter was born last Sunday, November 1st, at 3:20 pm. She and mom are both healthy and doing well! The Lord is so good and has answered so many prayers! She weighed in at 7 lbs. 2 oz. and is nursing like a champ. Now we are taking shifts on sleep, nursing, and just loving on her. We are just overwhelmed by the love and support from our friends and families and just very grateful for this little gift!

Last Few Days Before Baby!

We are now officially playing the waiting game, which has been made up of: nesting, cleaning, organizing, painting, and a host of other things. 4 days and counting before Lydia is due. Crazy! I would be great with any day now. I think the last days of pregnancy increase in length, but don't get me wrong, I am so grateful that she has made it over 39 weeks. With all the contracting I have been doing over the past several months, I was worried she might be born too early. I still don't think we really get it yet. We have so much to learn!

In the mean time, we are trying to be as productive as possible before the unknown D-day. Brian has been hard at work with the house reno stuff, now that he is done with his ordination exams!! After nearly a year of studying and taking multiple oral and written exams, he is at the end of that road. Praise the Lord! He is scheduled to have his ordination service on December 13. We appreciate all the support and prayer during this season so much! Please keep it up! I know we will need it more than ever as we start this new adventure of parenting. We are so undeserving of the grace the Lord has abundantly given us. I know He will use this child to draw us closer to Himself, because we know we cannot do this parenting thing on own. We are dependent on His promise that when we are weak, He is strong.

Here are some updated pictures:

Thanks Norm for taking some pregnancy shots!

Nursery work in progress

A few updated house pics

Brian put up the first 2 refinished cabinet doors under the sink. Yay!! More doors to come.

Nursery Furniture

Hooray for nursery furniture!! Brian spent a few hours this week assembling the 2 pieces. What would I do without my handyman?? They look black in the picture but they are really a dark wood finish. We will use the top chest of drawers for a changing table. 7 weeks and 4 days and counting......

Nursery 101

Hooray for painted walls and bassinets! My wonderful parent came down to help Brian paint on Saturday. Since we have had to paint the entire interior of the house (trim, ceilings, windows, doors, closets and walls), it has been a slow process. I wish I could help! I wish paint fumes and pregnancy were not an issue! The upstairs looks SO much better now, and the nursery is officially started! We got this bassinet at a church yard sale a few months ago. It cleaned up really well! I got really excited when I hung her first 3 little outfits in the closet yesterday. Here are some pics.

Pink and green

Not quite fully equipt yet, but we still have 2 months!

First dresses...thanks Mom! Piggy bank from Aunt Erin =)

Hallway upstairs. My parents should start a painting business.

What will she do when she is not our only baby??

Well finally a blog update!I promise at some point I will get better with the updates. I am glad to say we are finally done with our crazy summer! Between moving, home repairs, youth trips and activities, my sister's wedding and expecting a baby, it has been hard to find time to breathe. Brian and I decided we desperately needed some quality time together so we took a 2 night trip to the beach a few weeks ago. It was great to finally get to rest and spend some time together!
Before we left for the beach, Brian and Aaron started putting our fence up. Since then Brian has finished it! Yay! I am SO excited that we will have a place to let Ellie out once our little girl is on the scene! Not to mention it will be a great place for her to play in a few years!
I have not put any house pictures up since the move, so I included some for those of you who have not seen it. We are still working on lots of painting and trim work so we have not put anything on the walls yet.
As for the nursery, the picture is evidence that we have lots of work to do! I did pick a color green this week and my parents are coming to help us paint this weekend. The whole not being able to paint while pregnant thing, has proved to be quite frustrating since we are repainting the entire house. Brian has been a champ thought! He has proved to be quite the wiz at home repairs and remodeling. Praise the Lord for a handy husband! We have ordered the crib and chest of drawers/changing table this week, so hopefully they will be in soon.
As for the pregnancy, 31 weeks and counting! I cannot believe I am in my third trimester already! She is moving like crazy and seems to be growing on schedule. It has been fun for Brian to feel her and watch my belly move from a distance. We think we have finally settled on a name after changing many times....Lydia Joy Cosby. We can't wait to meet her!
Brian took the written version of his ordination exam on Monday and passed!! He has his committee oral exam on Sept 15, and then he goes before presbytery for one last oral exam in October.
Please keep Jud in your prayers. He and his guys have seen more action in Afghanistan than he did on his previous deployment. They had a very close call last week, but praise the Lord, everyone made it out.
That will be all for now, youth is about to start, so I better hit the road.

In the hotel lobby

29 weeks at this point

Nursery Quilt theme and color, Ellie approves.


Current nursery status

The new fence!!

Ellie chilling in her chair in the study

Ellie in the living room

Al fresco kitchen. I am liking not having cabint doors up top, but we will finish painting the drawers and put bottom cabinet doors on eventually.

More House Pics

These pics got deleted from the first post....so here they are.

Future Study
Master bath...we still have to stain the cabinets

Living room

Current Kitchen status....already so so much better!

House and Baby Update

Finally an update! Sorry to take so long with the new pictures. We have been alittle crazy to say the least! Today I had my 19 week ultrasound today. As far as they can tell, it looks like a girl!! Now that I am starting to feel some movement, I think it is starting to feel more real.


As for the house, the renovation is moving along. We have seen some pretty big progress over the past few weeks. Here are some pics of the the current status.

19 Week Belly-not too big yet



The new colors suit us much better

We have lost count on what number dumpster this is

Second attempt seeding backyard

Kitchen floor snapshot....this was quite the project for Brian but it look great!

Upstairs hallway

CRV full of lights

Downstairs 1/2 bath

Cleaner tub...still lots of cleaning to do