WEHADABABYITSAGIRL!

We had a kid!!  It's crazy and shocking and awesome and hard in a billion different ways.  I'm just going to post pictures because my brain isn't working and a well thought out blog post is not at the top of my list of things to do.  Mostly I want to sleep...and relax, sitting without thinking is golden.  So, bare minimum:

• Amelia Lucille (Because we like it and Lucille is her Great-Great-Grandma's name)
• Born 03/14 (yeah it's pie day)
• 9 pounds 6 ounces
• 21 1/2 inches long (Jared made sure I didn't miss the 1/2 inch)
• From beginning to end we spent 5 days in the hospital.  She might be a bit stubborn and she had to have a series of antibiotics 
• She has a TON of hair, which freaked me out at first but now I LOVE

THIS IS HAPPENING!

So, this is Jared making his very first guest posting on the wonder that is rowberryness. We are 2 days away from Nicole's due date and I feel it somewhat of my duty to make sure the world gets to see pregnant Nicole because she is awesome, a little fiesty at times, but awesome none the less. Also, I have been taking a few pictures of the baby bump and am sure everyone would enjoy the proof we really are about to have a baby girl.

  The left picture was taken under the threat of my life. Realizing we had no pictures recently to ever prove Nicole is pregnant for the sake of our daughter I tried to sneak this one in on a Sunday morning.      On the right my model was much more cooperative with the camera!








In other news besides the baby bump we recently survived Portland's latest strange behavior...Snowmageddon. Starting on a Thursday afternoon through Sunday we received about 9 inches of snow which is fairly rare here in the Northwest. In a light drizzle the people of Portland are great about just continuing on with life as if nothing is happening but change that to a light flurry of snow and the world is ending. Since nobody owns snow shovels or understands how to drive in the snow it got pretty exciting around here. My school actually canceled my Friday and Monday classes which provided a much needed 4 day weekend to study and sleep. Nicole and I ventured out on Saturday for an epic sale at Jo-Ann's that couldn't be missed (If you don't know me well enough to hear my voice reading this to you please add some sarcasm to the previous statement) and also a stop at Starbucks for hot chocolate. Thanks Dad for providing the gift card to make the hot chocolate possible! Starbucks is an essential to people here so it was a great place to people watch. As shown below we even spotted a lady cross country skiing to get her Starbucks coffee!