Jacob Benjamin Dangerfield

Well, our little Jacob is here! And he was full of surprises! He came even earlier than expected with me actually going into labor on my own. :) Then when he popped out we quickly saw he had all this black hair - what a cutie! Then they weighed him and, oh my, he was 8lbs 2oz. Emma and Becca were both a little over 6 lbs, so we got ourselves a little chunker. Can you believe this sweet thing was inside of me?! I'm so glad he's now out in the world and making me smile. :)













Jacob Benjamin Dangerfield
Born Sunday March 29, 2009
8 lbs 2 oz
20 1/2 inches

The number 4

So, I have 4 more days till I get to meet our little boy. :) I'm VERY excited. And I went to my last appointment yesterday and I was surprisingly dilated to "almost a 4"! The doctor seemed to think that I may not make it to my induction date of March 31st, Honestly, I'd be surprised to really have to head to the hospital before then, but we'll see I guess. Just in case, I have my hospital bags packed... complete with snacks, card games, books to read, etc. I'm getting smarter and smarter about stuff to pack with each baby delivery and I intend to not be bored, in addition to getting lots of sleep and enjoying my abundance of hospital meals. I know hospital food has a bad reputation, but I really like it - probably because after having a baby, any food looks delectable! :)

In the meantime, while I wait anxiously for this baby to pop out, I decided I better get caught up on my blogging - in addition to all the cleaning/organizing/shopping I've been doing. I've got a random bunch of pics on my camera from the past month, so here they are-


First of all, we have awesome news! EMMA MATCHED! Who would have thought that Mayo would take a 4 year old, but we're just thrilled that she'll get to work side by side with her daddy through these tough residency years. She's been practicing her clinical skills as well as studying up from her textbooks this past week so that she'll fit right in with the other doctors.




A few weeks ago the girls had their first sleepover together. Ben got out the little tent and they had a little campout. I think what they liked the most about it was the flashlights.



They also recently played in their swimsuits on the tramp - we put a sprinkler underneath it and they loved jumping around through the water. LOVE Arizona!




We went out to a celebratory dinner together on Match Day. The girls (and I) loved the bottomless fries and the ice cream sundae we got to split. Becca obviously wished there was more ice cream left for her.



And, the last is a picture of Emma and Becca in their spring dresses outside of church. I love these girls so much. Can't wait to throw a boy in the mix too, though, just to keep things interesting. :)

So much GOOD NEWS!

So we found out this morning where Ben will be spending the next 3 years for his internal medicine residency! He matched with our first pick of Mayo Clinic in Scottsdale, AZ. Woohoo!! It's a great program and a beautiful hospital. We're seriously so excited about it and feel so much relief and peace to finally know where we will be - lucky for us, we won't have to go very far, seeing as the hospital is only about 20 minutes east of us - it's a relief to not have a big cross-country move to worry about.

In other great news, I had an OB appt this morning (it's been a very eventful morning!) and the doctor plans on inducing me on March 31st! That's only a week and a half away - holy cow!! I need to start getting my house in order for a new baby and I'm seriously running out of time.

To sum up, we are very happy today in the Dangerfield house! - lots of big changes coming up for us in the next few months and we feel very excited and blessed about it all. :)

Random Stuff

Ben says my blog looks sad, because it's been so long since I updated it. Well, what can I say - I just haven't been in a blogging mood. But I'll attempt to put together a new post anyway. :)

Stuff we've done and things on my mind over the past few weeks:

• Eating cake and ice cream: lots of friends have been having birthdays and as such, we've been eating lots of cake and ice cream. I'm looking a little rounder around the middle... that's the cake right?
• Ben and I had a fun date on Saturday - we saw Taken (which was entertaining... and a bit creepy), then we got hot chocolates at Starbucks... we usually go to Cold Stone for ice cream after movies, but it's cooled down a bit lately and we were not in the mood for something cold... we like to pretend like it's winter around here sometimes. At the end of our date we also made a quick run to Target to look at car seats and baby boy clothes. I'm really getting excited to have a boy!
• Match day is coming up in a week and a half, on March 19th. Ben and I have been having butterflies in our tummies for the past little while, and it only gets worse as the date approaches. We are very anxious/nervous/excited to find out if we'll be matching with a residency we want. I'll be glad when the waiting around is over!
• I'm getting a massage tomorrow! Ben surprised me and made an appt for me to go the Edamame Maternity spa and I can't wait! :) Ben's also been pampering me at home - he's had a very easy rotation the past couple weeks with an anesthesia doc and has been home quite a bit, so he's been waking up with the kids on most days and I've been sleeping in and taking afternoon naps. I'm giddy just thinking about all the sleep I'm getting. Maybe being prego isn't so bad afterall.
  
• Emma and Becca are super cute - he're a pic of them when we were eating lunch outside In 'N Out last week...