Our Baby Has Arrived!!!

Name: Cooper Edward Burnett

Stats:

Length: 19"

Weight: 5 lbs 10 oz

Birthdate/Time: October 12, 2008 6:52 pm

Everybody is doing great!

Surprise Virtual Baby Shower!

This week has been full of surprises for me. Thursday when Paul and I went to see the doctor for a routine baby checkup she said it was time to deliver the baby. So to our surprise we will be heading over to the hospital Sunday morning at 7 to start the labor process. Since I am having the baby on a scheduled day, my mom was able to catch a flight out yesterday! It has been wonderful having her here.

My second surprise this week was today. A surprise virtual baby shower with friends and family from across the country. I absolutely love the internet! My mom and Paul have been secretly planning this for about a month. I knew something was going on when my mom called and wanted to talk to Paul more often than me. So today about 11:00 am mountain time Paul called everyone on skype and they all yelled surprise as I walked into our office. It was so much fun to visit with family and friends all at the same time while we were each doing something different. I received many wonderful gifts for my very-soon-to-be-born baby boy. I felt very loved and spoiled all at the same time. Thank you so much to all who attend the first ever Burnett virtual baby shower as well as those who couldn't be there. A special thank you to my mom and Paul for pulling off a wonderful surprise.


Can you believe it was actually snowing today?!


Here is a "group" photo of everyone who attended the virtual baby shower. Mom,me and everyone on the computer.

Here are a few pictures of some of the fun gifts I received for the baby. Thanks everyone.










Thanks again to mom and Paul for making this a special day for me.

Joyful Misery

This is not groundbreaking news to anybody who has children, but since this is our first baby, I feel compelled to share my perspective on the pregnancy process. The third trimester has been filled with some adventure and humor. The preterm contractions at 30 weeks were a little scary, but we got through it with no problems. Kelly threw herself off balance with her stomach and almost fell over last week, generating quite a laugh between us. Speaking of laughing. Every time Kelly laughs, coughs or sneezes, she holds her belly. I haven't figured out whether she is trying to keep herself from going into labor, or trying to keep her belly from throwing her off balance.



Kelly is at 37 weeks and now sleeps a lot. And when she's not sleeping, she is usually sitting on the couch with her feet up because it is the least miserable position. My job is to do what I can to make her comfortable. When she eats anything sugary, the baby moves around...A LOT. At this stage the baby is large enough that you can see impressions of legs and other unknown body parts showing through her belly. I found this a little disturbing at first, but now I think it's cute. It's almost over and Kelly is doing...Spooktacular (it is October)!

Paul's Restoration Video

This is a video documenting a project Paul did on the South Fork of the Ogden River. Paul's coworker, Phil Douglass, did an awesome job putting the video together. Paul and Phil did the interview onsite, and also captured the underwater footage of fish.

Our Little Boy's Room

I can't believe it, the nursery is finally complete. A few weeks ago, Paul's mom (Terry) graciously came to help with painting. Little did they know, they were in for a challenging weekend. Before Terry came Paul patched up some holes with Spackle and primed the walls. We wanted to make the room colorful and since we couldn't decide on just one color we decided to use four. I have always liked the look of stripes so we decided to paint the top half of the wall a solid color: sage green, aka willow wind, and the bottom half in a striped pattern consisting of the colors light blue, aka surf spray, orange, aka sassy peach, and sage green.


Here is a picture of Paul being creative with his painting techniques.



Here is Terry putting tape on the walls to paint the stripes.


Terry and Paul are a little frustrated because when they pulled off the tape for the stripes patches of paint and primer came off as well. What a huge pain!


In the middle of the wall we decided to put a chair rail in the color of yellow, aka shoreline. In this picture Paul is frustrated, yet again, because he is trying to nail up the trim and the nails keep bending. Eventually it all worked out.


This is the finished product. This room looks so cute! A huge thank you to Paul and Terry for working all weekend to create this adorable room for our little baby boy.

Here are some pictures of Paul putting together the crib and glider. He's such a handy man!





This is what the nursery looks like finally complete with furniture and all. We haven't decided how to decorate the walls but are thinking of a cute bug theme.




Now all that's left if to add a cute baby boy and everything will be complete.

Baby Shower!

Yesterday my friends Amber and Shannon threw me a baby shower. It was fun to see my friends and visit will all of them. Thank you to all who came, showed support, and brought fun gifts for my little baby boy. Here are some pictures from the shower.


Me opening fun gifts.


Me and Jaynee


Lara and Letitia


Danielle


Look at these cute pacifier candy treats Amber made. She is so creative.


Amber, Kelly, Shannon

A special thank you to Amber and Shannon for putting such a fun shower together.

Finally For Sale!

As most of you know since my dad retired several years ago my parents have been getting their house ready to put on the market and move from Ohio to Utah. After much hard work and preparation it is finally on the market for sale! Here is the link to see their gorgeous house. Mom and Dad's house They haven't had any potential buyers yet but hopefully they will soon. Please keep them in your prayers and send them good thoughts that their house will sell soon so they can move to Utah to be close to their new grandchild.