Some more Emma pictures

Thanks to everybody for your congratulations and wishes. We really appreciate it! By popular demand, here are some more pictures.

Emma this morning, up close:

In her crib:

Held by Mom:

With Mom and Dad:

With Papa (Grandpa Wurtzel):

With Grammy (Grandma Wurtzel) and Aunt Stephanie:

And Aunt Stephanie by herself:

Introducing Emma Rose O'Shea

We'd like to introduce Emma Rose O'Shea. She was born at 4:17 p.m. Eastern time today (Wed. August 19th, 2009). She is 19.5 inches long and weighs 6 pounds, 10.5 ounces. More to come soon!

Love, Melissa, Brian and Emma

The last post before Emma comes (we think)

Here's one last picture of Melissa before Emma actually arrives (her due date is tomorrow). You can tell that Melissa is being very, VERY patient with her loving husband who won't just take the darned camera and leave her alone.

Pregnancy, week 36: misc. pictures

Hi everybody,

By popular request, here are a few pictures!

Melissa at 36 weeks:

The sweater that Melissa knitted for Emma:


And, finally, two pictures from the ultrasound that the doctor did today to tell if Emma's head was pointed up or down. This one is of her torso, but all you can really see is her spine:


This is of her head. You can actually see an ear!

It turns out that Emma's head is pointed down, which is good, and she has dropped quite a bit. We hope that this means she'll be a couple of weeks early, but the doctor remains skeptical. We'll see!

Here are some pictures from the baby shower that Aunt Stephanie and Grammy Linda hosted in Okemos. Thank you for the lovely gifts, everyone!

Hi everybody! Here are some pictures from the baby shower that Aunt Christie, Grandma Jean, and Great Grandma Marcia hosted in Chicago. Thank you all for the wonderful presents!

Melissa and her friends Jenn and Caitlin:


Rose, helping Melissa open gifts:

Some of the attendees:

Hi everybody! It's been a while since we posted something. Melissa's getting bigger (She officially goes into the third trimester on Tuesday!), and we can feel Emma kicking. Sometimes you can even see Melissa's stomach jump when she kicks or punches really hard! We've been told that Melissa was like this when her mom was pregnant with her, so what goes around comes around.

We just picked up all of the furniture for Emma's room, and here are a few pictures.

Crib and changing table:
Dresser:

A really, really comfortable rocking chair and rocking footstool:

And, finally, the fan that Grandpa Tim installed this weekend. Brian helped a bit (and spent a bunch of time crawling around up in the attic splicing wires together) but Grandpa Tim was definitely the brains behind the operation:

Thank you, everybody, for the lovely furniture and fan!