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Thanks to the Mayer families for the cool flowers!

Tyler Anthony has arrived!

We are excited to welcome the arrival of Tyler Anthony Mayer at 2:51 p.m. this afternoon. His arrival was swift, and he is doing great! We will try to publish a few more pics once things slow down a bit.

Proud Mama

Tyler Anthony

Dr. Tillman

Proud Papa

Overdue!

I cannot believe we are now 5 days overdue with this little boy!  We had a sonogram last Thursday (at 39 weeks, 6 days), and everything looked great.  The sonogram estimated his weight at 7 pounds, 14 ounces then.  We are scheduled to be induced tomorrow (unless we get bumped by other inductions) tomorrow . . . unless this kid decides to finally come on his own.  I expect his birthday will be the 23rd. 

He is so cozy in my belly that a minor car accident didn't disturb him.  My mom is in town, and mom and I were stopped at a light yesterday, waiting to turn, when we were one of the middle cars of a 4-car fender bender.  A car hit the back of the car behind me, which then hit me and caused me to hit the car in front of me!  Crazy!  The impact wasn't bad, since we were all stopped, and the damage was minimal.  To be safe, we ventured over to the hospital to check on the baby.  We spent 4.5 hours at the hospital, listening to his heartbeat, monitoring for contractions, and watching him on a sonogram.  Everything is fine with the baby, and we got a cute shot of his face.  Check out those chubby cheeks below! 

Hopefully we'll finally meet this little guy tomorrow! 

Playing with Carly

I have enjoyed spending time with Carly now that I'm off of work for a while.  I bought her some number flashcards the other day.  The girl loves her ABC flashcards, so, as expected, these are a hit as well.  She recognizes all her letters and even knows what sound each letter makes, but she isn't very good at recognizing numbers.  These cards may or may not help, but it is fun to watch her counting and trying to figure out the numbers. 

Carly has also been playing in her kitchen more lately.  One day, instead of taking a nap, she cooked in her kitchen.  She came downstairs dressed in her full chef attire - hat and apron, plus oven mitt. 

 

38 Weeks with Baby Boy Mayer

I am terrible about making sure I have pictures of pregnant me, but John snuck a shot today at the Arboretum.  We are 38 weeks, 1 day pregnant with baby boy Mayer and looking forward to his arrival!  Carly is excited about brother coming.  I keep telling her that he'll be here after a birthday - first her birthday, then Uncle Robert's (August 31), and now Aubrey Cate's (September 8).  This week on Uncle Robert's birthday, I asked if she wanted to call Robert.  Her response?  "Can my baby come now?" 

Today we saw Aubrey Cate, and Carly excitedly told AC that baby brother was coming after AC's birthday!  I personally hope he holds out for several more days after AC's birthday, but who knows what he'll do! 

Note that Carly calls this baby her baby. She talks all the time about changing baby's diaper, feeding baby a bottle, giving him his pacifier, etc. I let her pick out a lovie to give him last week, so she is soooo ready for him to get here!

Brother has a name, but we haven't told anyone his name yet.  We jokingly call him Oscar (Oscar Mayer), but Carly only knows him as Brother. 

We'll post news of his arrival here soon! 

Dallas Arboretum

It was gorgeous in Dallas today, so we took a family trip to the Arboretum (or the Flower betum, as Carly was calling it).  She had a great time.  Her favorite part was running around in the frog water area. 

A funny Carly question for the day.  She has been very interested in kindergarten lately, and she talks about going to kindergarten when she turns five.  I told her we were going to the Arboretum, which is a flower garden.  She then asked me if kindergarten would also have flowers.  Silly girl! 

Scheel Family Reunion

We drove to Marion the first weekend of August for a Scheel family reunion.  The kids had a great time, as usual, at Grandma and Grandpa's house. 

John took the girls on a quick tractor ride. 

Carly was not interested in a family picture.  I'm 34 weeks pregnant here, I think. 

Carly had a lot of fun swimming . . .

and playing games with the big kids!