Camping June 2009

We braved a family camping trip with Pippa earlier this month...I have to admit I was hesitant...but we all ended up having a great time! Pippa especially loved being outdoors so much and was entertained by a constant stream of live action from her 4 cousins.
Our first night sleeping in our 2 person backpacking tent proved to be a challenge for Patrick and me, although PJ didn't seem to notice! We upgraded to a larger 4 person tent for nights 2-4 and were much more comfortable. Pippa had her own tent for daytime, she enjoyed hanging
out and playing with toys in there.
We ate well, hung out by the river, did some tubing (boy was it cold!!!), hiked among some huge sequoia trees, and lounged by the campfire. I can't wait until next year!

6 month snapshots

Sitting tall!
Hanging with Great Grandma Jane
Visiting Great Grandpa Lovell

5 Month pics

Helping Dad work is fun!
My first dress!
I'm a tummy time champ now!
Hanging with Mom...aren't we cute?

4 month snapshots

Big smiles
Tummy time is hard work!
Sophie the Giraffe is my favorite!

3 month update

Hanging with Ethan.
My favorite sleep spot: Dad!
I love my swing.
My first tooth, yes at 3 months!!

Wow...babies take a lot of time!!!

Whew! How embarrassing! I was so intent on blogging every few weeks or at least each month and updating everyone on how Pippa is growing and changing. HA! How little I understood about motherhood, right???

Well, PJ is three months old, I am just starting to work part time again (from home thankfully), and it is finally time to sort through what seems like a thousand pictures on my camera and get to updating!!

The next few posts will be a bit out of order...but I'll put highlights from month one, month two and month three...then try to keep up from there!

We are all happy and healthy, and I can't wait to start sharing photos and milestones with you all once again.

Pippa Jane Arrives!!

Well, November 29 was my due date...and the day our baby girl decided to make her appearance! Patrick and I decided to take a long walk on the beach that morning, then still feeling antsy we decided to go downtown to do a bit of shopping and have lunch. During lunch I sort of realized I didn't feel all that great..and that maybe the contractions I was having were no longer the braxton-hicks kind. We decided it was prudent to be a bit closer to home if this was "it". This photo is me right when we got home from lunch, about 2:45 in the afternoon...and only about 5 hours from when our daughter was born!!!

Everything happened so fast; once the contractions started they came on strong and close together. Patrick waited about an hour to call our midwives thinking we'd be in for a long day and probably night, but when the first midwife, Alice, arrived around 4:30 I was so far along that instead of all the stuff to help me through labor she got busy setting up for the baby's arrival!

A few short, but intense hours later our baby girl was here!

Pippa Jane Redman

born 11/29/2008 at 7:50pm

7 lbs 1 oz

20.5 inches