Happy Thanksgiving!

We had a wonderful Thanksgiving here at our house. We sure had a lot to be thankful for!

Richie and the turkey

Steph came to see Richie from Denver!


Our family of 3
The Donahues and Davolis

Mimi and the Davolis

Home Sweet Home!

We arrived home from the hospital on Friday, November 19th to tons of flower arrangements, cards, and gifts all for Baby Richie. It was such a wonderful surprise and truly thank all of you for your generosity.

We also had tons of visitors who came from near and far who enjoyed coming to meet Richie! Thanks for stopping by everyone! :)

Rich, Aunt Grace, Amy, Richie

Shannon and Richie

Sara and Richie

Madeline and Richie

Aunt Kelly and Richie

Uncle Hugh and Richie

Elaine with Richie

Erin and Richie

Hospital Visitors

A huge thank you to all of you who were kind enough to stop by the hospital during our long stay. We loved that you were so excited to come and meet Richie and he loved being held by all of you!

Aunt Andrea and Uncle Ray

Great Grandmom "Gigi" with Rich and Richie

Gigi, Uncle Clifford, Rich, Pops, and myself
Aunt Donna and Richie

Steve, Heather and Richie

Jerry and Richie

Welcome and Happy Birthday Richie!

Rich and I joyfully welcomed our beautiful son Richard Joseph Davoli, "Richie", on November 15, 2010 at 11:41 pm. Richie weighed 6 pounds 10 ounces and was 20 inches long. Below are some pictures from our hospital stay that I know many of you have been waiting for me to post. Sorry for the delay in the post...life sure has become hectic but wonderful!! :) More to come in another post!

Richie just minutes after he was born...wide awake! Our first picture of our family of three

6 lbs. 10 oz.

Proud Daddy and a very tired Mommy with Richie
Proud Papa

A tired Mommy and Richie

Mommy and Richie cuddling

Granny Franny with Richie

Pop and Richie

Mimi and Richie

Pops and Richie

Auntie Amy

Still waiting....

It appears as though baby is very comfy in Mommy. I went to the doctor yesterday and I am 60% effaced and 2 cm dilated. So, I have made some progress; however, at this point I am not feeling anything that leads me to believe baby is going to come on his/her own. Other than being tired at times, I feel pretty good. I continue to walk most mornings and can move around the house fairly well to do chores, etc. I have been sticking close to home though in the event that baby decides he/she wants to get this process going a little faster! I am still scheduled to go into the hospital on Sunday night for my induction. The doc said they will bring me in Sunday and then if labor does not start on its own by Monday morning, they will break my water and give me Pitocin to get the contractions going. Wish us luck!!!! Hopefully, my next post will be showing pics of our precious baby finally joining us in the world! :) But for now, you get one last one of me and baby.

39 weeks 1 day

Halloween

For Halloween, we went up to Doylestown to see the McGovern girls and their fabulous costumes! Madeline dressed up as a "bloody nurse", Shannon as "Miss Florida", and Sara as Katie Perry. Thank you for letting us spend Halloween with you girls...we had fun! Oh, and we also have a cute redneck that joined our family. Looks like Rich misses living in the south so he had to bring some of the south to PA with us :)

We're almost there!

I had my ultrasound yesterday and baby continues to do well. Baby now weighs 7lbs. 9 ounces (58th percentile) and the heartrate was 130. We didn't really get a great view of the baby's face as he/she was covering the face with his/her hands. Today, I had my weekly appointment with my doctor and she said I am only 1 cm dilated. If I don't go into labor on my own by November 11th, I am scheduled to go in on Sunday, November 14th for an induction. The doctor stated she does not want the baby to stay in me for longer than 41 weeks due to my gestational diabetes. So hopefully, we will have our little miracle here with us by Nov. 15th if not sooner! We will keep you posted if anything else develops. Say some prayers for us that all continues to go well.....thanks!!!!! :)