Isaac Dennis Dempsey arrives 3 weeks early!

Okay, I know this post is very overdue, but the last 2 weeks have been quite hectic! My water broke early this morning. The pregnant photo was taken in our dining room (the remodeling is on the other side of the plastic). I started having contractions around 4pm, and we went to the hospital around 5:30. The delivery went extremely fast and he was born at 7pm! Isaac was ready to come out (even if we weren't quite ready).

The stats:
Isaac Dennis Dempsey
Born 4/23/08 at 7:00pm
6lb 8 oz
19 1/2 inches

Kitchen remodel underway

Our kitchen/bath remodel finally began April 9th and demolition is underway. The first photo shows our kitchen before remodeling. The next photos are taken just after demolition. Drywall is going up now and we'll post some updated photos as soon as we can.

Baby shower in Fort Wayne

My first baby shower was this weekend in FW. It was so wonderful! Thank you so much to my mom and sister for throwing a beautiful shower and to all of my family and friends that came and brought wonderful gifts! It was so nice to see everyone, and Junior now has so many great things. We just need to figure out where to put everything! The second photo is my mom and I, and the third photo is (left-->right) Jasmine (cousin), me, Sienna (cousin), Sandy (aunt and godmother), and Candy (aunt).

Baby weekend

Dave and I had a busy baby-oriented weekend. We spent most of Saturday working on the registries, and I think they are pretty complete. We're now registered at Babies R Us and Target. On Sunday, we had our first childbirth class, which was quite overwhelming. It was very helpful, but it really makes everything seem real and quite scary! We're both just hoping Junior stays put as long as possible!!

We also went out to dinner and a movie for my birthday, which was great, and we watched our teams battle it out last night. This time, MSU came out on top (honestly, they made IU look pathetic), so I guess it was a split this year (until the Big Ten tournament, maybe).

Who does he look like?

We finally got Junior to cooperate for some nice 3D photos! I work at a high-risk Ob office every Thursday, so we have ample opportunities to try and get nice photos. These look so sweet! I think all babies look the same at this point, but Junior is definitely adorable! He looks nothing like what I imagine when he's kicking me and doing gymnastics all night long :) He looks so peaceful. I'm sure he'll be a perfect, quiet little angel, right? Who do you think he looks like--a Dempsey or a Ternet? I can't wait to see him!!

Jersey Boys and baby shopping!

Karen (Melissa's mom) visited this weekend. We saw Jersey Boys on Saturday, which was great! We watched our favorite teams battle on Saturday evening (IU beat MSU by 19 points!). On Sunday, Karen helped us start our Baby Registry at Babies R Us and we went shopping for some clothes for Junior. We still have a lot of work to do on the registry, but it's a start. Who knew that there was so much stuff that you need for one little baby?

Starved Rock--Bald Eagle tour

We met Adam and Amber (Melissa's cousin and his wife) at Starved Rock State Park in Utica, IL, to check out the bald eagles. The tour was pretty lame, but the eagles were impressive.

Setting up Junior's Room

David and Doris (Dave's parents) came to visit this weekend to help us set up Junior's room. We put the crib together and bought and assembled his dresser. I'm about 5 months pregnant and you can really tell!

refinishing the floors

Dave pulled up all the carpet on our stairs and on the second floor. Then, we had the floors refinished while we were gone over the holidays. Tom (Melissa's dad) and Marna came to visit for the weekend and helped us fix-up and paint all the trim. It made a huge improvement! Why didn't we do this years ago?