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The Sheldons have sucessfully survived the first 6 days of parenthood. The return policy for Miss Sydney ran up at 5 so I guess we'll keep her!!! It is amazing how much one little person can shake up your world. David and I are totally smitten with our little girl, and can't imagine a day without her!!!
It was great to get home after a couple days at St. V's!! Thanks for all of the visits... although most of them mysteriously came as I was just laying down to take a nap.... I am learning that functioning on little sleep is possible and am thankful for the naps that I have stock piled thus far. Sydney decided to really show us the meaning of sleepless last night with hourly feedings and one fussy baby. We had an appt this morning with a lactaction specialist at 9:00 and I am going on about 3 hours of sleep right now. David, Toby and Sydney are all cuddled in their beds and I can't get my mind to shut off to join them. This was never a problem before.

The good news is Sydney is very healthy!! She has already gained 9 oz and is above her birth weight!!! It usually takes about 10 days for babies to make it back to their birth weight! While she packs on the pounds I am hoping to shed some, although we have already been spoiled with some meals from friends and definitely took advantage of all of the milkshakes and the "night owl" menu at St. V's!!!! It was a lot like a stay at a "fine hotel", minus the "fine" and throw in some vicodine and an epideral. By the way praise the Lord for Epiderals!!!

Well I am hoping that the cupcake I just ate is enough to send me into a slumber so that's all for now.
Thanks again for all your prayers and support. We feel very blessed to have so many special people in our lives to share this with.

Lot's of Love
David, Amy, Sydney and Toby

( David is thinking about adding a y to the end of his name, because he is feeling a little left out)

Sydney's Here!

I'll let Amy give all the details, but the basics are:
Born on 8-9-08
Weighed 7lbs 11oz
20 1/4 inches long

Just a few pics here, waaaaaaaaay more to follow!

Good Intentions

Alright,So I had really good intentions of updating this blog more frequently, but between bowls of ice cream and naps its been pretty busy around our house!!! We are now only 4 days away from D-day, and no sign of Sydney!!! I wish I could say that we were totally at peace with waiting for her, but we are getting pretty anxious!!!

Here are a couple recent photos of the work on the nursery. Still a few finishing touches to be made, much to David's dismay!!! I have definitely had my fare share of nesting in the form of hours spent decking out Sydney's room and then changing my mind about what I just did!!! Also a picture of us in front of our garden!! I am sad to say that this has become my new staple outfit!! Davids drawer full of white tee shirts has really come in handy as I attempt to stay comfortable and cool. I have even had to go so far as to borrow a pair of his shoes, but mostly in an effort to maintain a good pedicure!!

Hope this finds you all enjoying the summer months and I look forward to posting baby pictures soon and of course all of the video of the delivery..... You know I am kidding right!!!

Take Care
The Sheldon's

One Big Belly

Things are about to get a whole lot more exciting in both the Sheldon's blog and the Sheldon's life. Up until now we have really only posted Europe and occasional updates from David, but with the addtion to our family you can expect us to take blogging to the next level. I can sense your excitement!!!!

We are dangerously close to the 3rd trimester and as you can see by the shots of my belly I am starting to pop out. This seems to mean that any women I come into contact with, from the restroom to the checkout line feel the need to talk to me about pregnancy.... If I wasn't always in a hurry to make it to the restroom this really wouldn't be a problem. David and I are still battling it out in the search for a meaningful name, that prepares our daughter for a very happy and successful future. No pressure.... He has already nixed my favorite name and I haven't been so fond of several of his choices... At least we have several more months to hash it out. We did get all of the baby furniture put together and thanks to a couple good friends have a closet and multiple drawers full of clothes for the little one. I can't wait to get some paint on the walls and finish decorating!!!
I am still feeling great and counting down the days until her arrival!!! David is busy coaching baseball, and loves practicing in this cold and rainy weather. He gets by thinking of how nice the hot tub is going to feel when he gets home!!!

Well I don't want to overwhelm anybody just yet. I will save that for my daily posts after our little girl arrives. Hope this finds everyone happy and healthy
God Bless
The Sheldons

It's a girl!

So, we have high-speed internet now and a new computer, so we should be able to post more updates. With that said, we went in for the ultra-sound last Thursday and found out we are having a little girl. The technician said not to quote him on it, because you never really know until you're holding the baby in your hands, but it is most likely a little girl.

So now the name game begins. We haven't really had much chance to discuss it because Amy flew to Arizona for the weekend with a bunch of her Bible-study friends. I'm sure when she returns that we'll start bouncing some ideas around. The big question is do we tell anyone? The baby names books seem to say that we shouldn't just because people seem to feel free to criticize...I think that's a bunch of bologna! So we'll probably let everyone know.

Attached is a picture of us with our friends Rob and Blake making a big 'ol snowman. By the way, if there are any of my students reading this, be sure to let me know how you're doing. Take care everyone, Dave

Baby, Wrestling, and a New Year

Hello everyone- Well the cat is out of the bag...Yup, Amy and I are going to finally cross that bridge into parenthood. Pretty exciting and scarry. Everyone keeps asking me if I'm ready or saying stupid things like, "Oh, you're life's gonna change now." Thanks, I didn't know that and besides, my life has already changed as Amy has unofficially joined the secret sorority of mom's. This sisterhood feels like it is appropriate to induct new members by sharing intimate details of their own pregnancy(ies). Things such as: pinched veins, constipation, moodiness, and tearing...ummmmm yeah, I have an active imagination and so when I hear that I can see it and that pretty much sums up how my life has already changed...thanks so much for finding out my wife is pregnant and then sharing with her (while I'm standing there...really appreciate my 'honory' membership though association) your 'tearing.' Super.

On a different note, Wrestling is finally over. This is two years in a row that we got clobbered. I am feeling pretty discouraged by it right now. There is an article that from the Oregonian from early in the year that reads "Woodburn, Oregon's soccer city." Pretty much sums it up. A follow up article could read "Woodburn, do other sports exist there?" That's how I feel sometimes. We just get beat up and I continually have to remind the kids that they are wrestling very athletic kids with a history of wrestling...but who's reminding me? Sometimes all I see is my coaching getting pounded on. It's hard to not internalize your teams performance as a reflection of yourself. Anyway, it's over for another year. Time to lick the wounds and move on.

Well, the New Year is year and so much lies ahead. I will post some more pics of backdated stuff just so you can peruse some of what happened in 2007. Take care, Dave

Loooonnnggg time...no post!

Okay, so I don't even know if anyone is even reading this blog since I stopped updating it about a century ago, but I thought that with the free time of X-mas break, that I'd put a few things down.

Let's skim over the past few months. Amy has just been plugging along at work and I started back with a new group of kids in September. The year has gone pretty well so far and they are really nice kids. It's just always hard to start over with a new group after two years with the previous group. This group of kids is a high functioning academic group though and very personable so I think that we are bonding quickly.

Brent (Amy's brother) and I had season tix for Duck football and the first part of the season was unreal, but with all of the injuries towards the end, it was a bitter finish. I'm going to watch the bowl game by myself so that I can turn the tv off and do something else if necessary.

In October, we hosted our annual F-day again. It was really great. Lots of: friends, family, food, fun, and the Fumpkin patch. I'll try to post some pics from this, but my computer is crazy slow with the 'ol dial-up.

We hosted Christmas Eve at our house this year and I was worried about accomodating all of the people in our little home, but it went really well. On Christmas day, Amy and I both had killer headaches and so we just stayed home and chillaxed all day.

Oh, I also started a new wrestling season in November, we are not a very athletic or experienced team, but we are trying our best. It just sucks to get beat on by almost everyone. Oh well.

Well, that pretty much sums it all up for now. Hope everyone had a great X-mas and will also have a good New Year's. Take care, Dave n' Amy.