Grandparents!

We were so lucky to have our parents come visit! My mom was able to come up Wednesday night(September 8th) and stayed until Tuesday(Sept. 14). She spoiled us! From dinners, diapers, and clothes, helping with bath time, appointments, walks, and relieving us in the wee hours of the night. It was so fun to have her here, and are looking forward to her visit in October!(crossing fingers...) (Eli and Grandma Wagner)
Craig's parents came up on Thursday(Sept. 16) to Saturday(Sept. 18). We are so happy that they are close and were able to come up. It was fun spending time with them, eating dinner with them, going to the park, and watching Eli with his grandparents. Grandma Fisher (this face is very typical of our little guy)

Grandpa Fisher(another very typical facial expression)

Dad,

I'm excited and verry anxious to introduce you to Eli. Although I want so badly for you to be here, I know there are more important things that you need to attend to right now. So in the mean time, we've been sure to tell him about his Grandpa Wagner and let him know that he's lucky to have your name embedded in his. We love you, and look forward to seeing you at Christmas(if not sooner...agian I'm crossing my fingers). Get better SOON. :)

With lots of love,

Kimberly Anne.

Finished Product

We've been meaning to post pictures of

the finished baby room BEFORE Eli came, buuuut he had something else in mind. :) So here it is... better late than never!

Happy Birthday!

Craig,

I am completely smitten with Eli, and am grateful that my Father in Heaven has given him to us. There isn't anybody else that I would rather share this experience with than you. I am so lucky to have such a loving and devoted guy. I can already tell that you will be a "hands on" dad. Eli was 4 days old before I even changed his first diaper, thanks for looking out for me. ;) I love you, I do. Happy Birthday!!! Here's to a LOT more!

Your one and only,

Kimberly Anne

Eli Paul Fisher

Our last prego picture of Kimi, just a couple weeks before Labor Day
Labor Day has a whole new meaning for Kimi and I. Kimi's water broke at 4:15am(talk about an exciting wake-up call!) I gathered up some things, we loaded up the car and headed down the road to Madison Memorial Hospital in Rexburg. Ten hours into labor(on Labor Day...ha ha, so ironic), Kimi was only at 2cm. After some discussion with the doctor, and the Lord we decided to have a c-section. Minutes after deciding on a c-section our little handsome man arrived. He was born on the 6th of September, 2010, at 2:57pm, weighing 7lbs. 2oz, and he is 21 inches long. We are so happy that he is here. Words cannot the describe our feelings and the joy we feel for having the privilage to raise him. We are excited about this new chapter of life.

Moments after birth, getting cleaned up.

He is one handsome little man.

Eli meeting his sweet, sweet mother. Kimi was so brave, and she has handled everything like a champion. I am so proud of her.

Our little family of three!

A work in progress...

I'm not really sure how it happened, or what made us ask, but our Landlord kindly gave us permission to paint the baby room. If you ask Craig, he'd say that I'm "nesting to the extreme," but I'd say it's fun. For our first time, I'd say we've done a preeetttty good job... I guess I don't realize how HUGE I am until I look at pictures of myself.

Practice makes Perfect

Hopefully he'll be just as willing to change the baby's diaper as he was this 2-liter of 7up. :)

Pictures of the newly-painted baby room are coming!

Tin Foil Dinners and Phase 10

The countdown has begun: we have 29 more days until our due date!
I'm getting so excited for our little guy to come, but I'm also trying to soak up every last bit of time that Craig and I have together before we have kids. I feel like this summer has been really busy, but I hear(correct me if I'm wrong...), that trips aren't as easy with kids. So, we've crammed a lot into this summer, and have been able to check a lot of things of our "to do" list.

Craig has said for months that he's wanted to go camping this summer, but because sleeping in a tent wouldn't be my idea of a good time(considering my circumstances), we compromised. I agreed to go out and have dinner, play games and have a fire in the mountains with him, if it meant that we could come back to Rexburg for the night. It ended up being a lot of fun, and something that I hope we'll do in the future. Craig got everything ready:the tin foil dinners, blankets, chairs, games, snacks, etc. The more I'm around him, the deeper and deeper I fall... :))