Cameron Andrew Ellsworth

After a 5am call from the hospital on January 12th, Kevin and I headed downtown to the hospital for the scheduled induction. At 6:30am they had me all hooked up to the pitocin and at 6:50 the doctor came in a broke my water then left us to get things started. He came back within about two hours later and I had progressed from a 2 to a 9, so he said give me about 15 minutes and then we would start pushing. After a LONG hour and the help of a vacuum, Cameron's head was finally turned and he arrived at 9:52am weighing 8 lbs 7 oz and measuring 20.5 inches. He is cute as can be, bald like his brothers were, and such a good baby (so far anyway)!
Thanks for all of your prayers, thoughts and well-wishes, we were certainly blessed with a little miracle!

Updates

Okay all of you blogger geniuses, how do you add a video to the blog? Our video camera has been busted for so long that the settings have changed and I no longer know how to upload one here. Any great ideas?

Unfortunately I was so excited about our new video camera that I forgot to take any stills of the action Christmas morning! Here are a few pictures after the presents:

Carson putting together his Christmas gift: a 4-D Model of a shark

Christmas morning breakfast:

Connor (Daddy) putting together his Christmas gift: a wooden airplane model:

I have no pictures to post of me (you can thank me later) during these last few days of pregnancy, but I wanted to give you all an update that my doctor scheduled me to be induced next Tuesday morning (sometime between 3-7am), so keep checking back to see pictures of the new little one!

December Events

Phew! It has been a busy month!
Here are some of the highlights:

Home Depot with Santa!

Making annual Cookie Trains:


Visit from Grandpa and Grandma Ellsworth:



A visit from Santa on the Firetruck:



Caroling at Connor's Preschool Party:


Snow day!!


Look closely: You can see Daddy's snowball splattering on Carson's behind.


Baby's Room!!

We'll keep you posted on any new events so check back soon!

Merry Christmas everyone!

Halloween Fun- Again....

Hmmm.
After about an hour of reading through everyone else's complaints on the same issue I found the suggestion to switch to a new editor, and it seems to have worked for now.
At any rate, I have a lot of catching up to do!
We'll start with the most recent:

Halloween festivities: carving pumpkins

Connor's Spider Hat he made in preschool:

Trick-or-treating: Yes, Carson is a ghost again. Add it to the list of amazing costumes worn by this child.

Another reason I have been absent from the blog: Project #1 sanding down and restaining the crib.
Before:

After the sanding:

Color of first try...

I put about 5 coats on (with sanding inbetween each) and decided it was just getting redder and redder and redder, which is NOT the look I was going for. So... I sanded it down again. Thanks mom for your great suggestions and now I can actually get the color I want!

Finished product TBD..... (Still waiting for a sunny day to be able to work)

Project #2: Sanding and restaining the dresser/changing table:

Before:

Finished product also TBD. It only needs a couple coats of poly and then it is officially done! What a project to be completing at 8 months pregnant! My neighbors all think I am crazy....

Project #3:

Creating the rest of the nursery

Luckily, I have the best mom who came out to help me continue the tradition of a fun nursery. We got a little crazy this time around though. Who would have thought two moms (one a grandma, one hugely pregnant) could cut and put up a room full of mouldings alone? We thought we could, and we did it! It looks amazing, thanks mom!

Before (notice the tiny baseboards and lack of crown moulding and trim?):

After:

Yeah right. Like I am going to post a picture without any furniture. It just won't do the whole project justice. You just have to check back soon to see what the WHOLE thing looks like all together! :)

Well that has been what I have been doing for the past two months, but we will certainly keep you updated from here on out (now that I can post again).

Hope everyone is healthy and well!

Halloween fun!

What is the deal with my blog?
I have tried to upload pictures for months now and they just don't upload. I am getting more than a little frustrated...
It seems I am not the only one with this problem. Any suggestions?!!!

August catch up

I have completely neglected the blog lately, so if anyone is still diligently check up on us we are still here and doing well!

August has brought lots of exciting activities! Here are a few pictures of what we have done so far...

A trip to Pittsburgh Zoo:

Home Depot:

Making Cinnamon Rolls:

Surprise!!