Shepherd Eliot Todd

Shepherd Eliot Todd was born at 7:12PM on September 26th. He weighed in at 7lbs 80z and measured 20.5 inches.  Mom is doing well.  She is sore from labor but is already up and moving around.

Dad is geeked for his son to finally make his appearance.

Pictures to come!

D-day

K went to her doc this morning.  The story? Nothing.  No change.

SO!  Tomorrow morning at 6 the process of induction will begin.  Hurrah!

You can keep betting on weight, but time is done.  Both winners will be announced in the next post.

See you next time with our baby boy!

N & K

N: no baby as of Wed 4:30 A.M

Still nothing.  I was intending to cross out each person's time as we got closer to the next one but for some reason it looks different on my computer compared to the rest of y'all.  Don't worry if I accidently crossed out your weight, you're still eligible to win.

N: Current Standings *updated Sun 10:18 PM

No baby.  Not yet anyway.  Sheesh.

Karen D.	16-Sep	3:00 AM	7lbs 13 oz
Claire H.	19-Sep	10:13 AM	7lbs 1oz
Andrea S.	19-Sep	9:12 PM	7lbs 10oz
Sarah E.	19-Sep	10:00 PM
Sharon K.	19-Sep	11:35 PM	7lbs 5oz
Sheri L.	20-Sep	7:12 AM	7lbs 9oz
Kelly K.	20-Sep	5:13 PM	7lbs 7oz
Jason B.	20-Sep	8:17 PM	7lbs 13oz
Lindsey F.	21-Sep	12:01 AM	8lbs 2 oz
Neil K.	21-Sep	2:21 AM	7lbs 11oz
Sara B.	21-Sep	3:15 AM	7lbs 3oz
Steve S.	21-Sep	9:19 AM	7lbs 14oz

Jen H.	22-Sep	5:47 AM	8lbs 14 oz
Jenn T.	22-Sep	6:08 PM	8lbs 12oz

Jill A.	23-Sep	9:21 AM	7lbs 0oz
Karlee B.	23-Sep	morning	7lbs 15 oz
Sally T.	24-Sep	7:00 AM	8lbs 9oz
Beth H.	24-Sep	2:00 PM	8lbs 3oz
Andrea S. 2	24-Sep	4:17 PM
Kandace B.	25-Sep	7:46 AM	7lbs 2oz
Sarah O.	25-Sep	8:00 PM	8lbs 7oz
David H.	4-Oct	1:00 AM	14lbs 0oz

I downloaded an album from iTunes.  First read this.  Then you can check out the album I got.  And yes, i know two people above chose 7lbs 13 oz.  They are both disqualified.

just kidding.

out.

*Andrea S. 2 is not in running for a second date and time prize but can still totally get the weight prize.  The 2nd guess was cause she was eliminated earlier.

*David H. is a cruel individual who we no longer think is gorgeous on the inside. ; )  

N: Still Taking Bets!

Still waiting!  Tomorrow we have another appointment with our OB.  Hopefully she will say something like "Congratulations.  It's a boy."  instead of "Looking good at 1cm."  That second one will be one quick way to get some angry eyebrows from K.

SO.  Still open for bets.  I have put together what we have so far so that you don't have to read through all the comments.

ALSO.  Frappucinos are changing.  BIG TIME.  But the customer won't notice as much as the employee.  They taste fantastic.  The change nationwide next summer.  Waco & Austin wide at the end of the month.  I digress.  The current bets organized by due date:

Karen D.	16-Sep	3:00 AM	7lbs 13oz
Claire H.	19-Sep	10:13 AM	7lbs 1oz
Andrea S.	19-Sep	9:12 PM	7lbs 10oz
Sheri L.	20-Sep	7:12 AM	7lbs 9oz
Kelly K.	20-Sep	5:13 PM	7lbs 7oz
Jason B.	20-Sep	8:17 PM	7lbs 13oz
Neil K.	21-Sep	2:21 AM	7lbs 11oz
Sara B.	21-Sep	3:15 AM	7lbs 3oz
Jenn T.	22-Sep	6:08 PM	8lbs 12oz
Jill A.	23-Sep	9:21 AM	7lbs 0oz
Karlee B.	23-Sep	morning	7lbs 15 oz
Beth H.	24-Sep	2:00 PM	8lbs 3oz
Kandace B.	25-Sep	7:46 AM	7lbs 2oz
Sarah O.	25-Sep	8:00 PM	8lbs 7oz

N: Place Your Bets

Family and friends recently threw a baby shower for K and me in Rockwall.  It was a Mad Hatter baby shower and tea party.  Pretty awesome time and lots of colorful decorations.  The pictures are all from that party.

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We will be
soon be joining the other crooning parents of the world searching for
something, anything!, to sing to our crying and uncomfortable baby boy.  
I mentally went through a short list of
lullabies, only able to make it about halfway through each one before trailing
off into the next one.  I’ll check
the web for lullabies later. 
Towards the end of my short list I started to mix in some campfire songs
and folk songs.  Camptown Races was
the song I knew the most words to. 
Remember the chorus? 

"Gwine to run all night!
Gwine to run all day!

I'll bet my
money on de bob-tail nag -- Somebody bet on de bay!"

Ahhh
yes.  Singing about gambling to a
young impressionable child.  Makes
you feel all good on the inside.

So in honor
of LP, gambling, and songs I’ll sing to my son, I thought we could do a thing
or two.  As a reader you have an
easy opportunity to win not one but two pounds of coffee from Starbucks.  You can win 
one of them by guessing the
day and time that LP will be born. 
The person who gets the closest wins a pound of whatever coffee they
want (as long as it is available). 
Another guess you can make to win another pound of coffee is his birth
weight.  The person who is the
closest wins a pound of coffee. 

I would
suggest for the when guess to pick a day AND a time.  For the weight, guess pounds and
ounces.

You can
guess by leaving a comment after this post.  Easy easy.  Make
sure you enter your correct email address so I can get in touch with you if you
win.

Here are the
facts we know:

According to
an internet calculator the due date is September 20.  According to the most recent ultrasound and LP’s
development, it is the 21^st. 
According to the chart in the OB’s office (which doesn’t account for
leap year) our official due date is the 22^nd.

On August
11, according to ultrasound, LP weighed 5 lbs 4 oz.

As of last week Thursday, K was 80% effaced, 1cm dilated, and baby was at +1.

Happy
guessing!  You should
check out Rockabye Baby! after making your best guess at delivery date and time
and/or taking a stab at birth weight.   K and I bought an album’s worth of songs from iTunes
for LP once he arrives.  

N: Swing Bob

K had a couple ideas for after the birth of Lonestar Pie.  One of those she couldn’t wait any
longer for. 

K was able to donate about 12 inches of hair to Locks of Love.

Stunning huh?