Stamp my passport please!

Camille has been quite the little traveler! Last weekend before my mom left, we decided to visit her sister and kids (my cousins!) in Nebraska. I haven't seen some of them in over 10 years so it was great to catch up. Camille has now been to Illinois, Iowa and Nebraska...besides being born in Wisconsin. She slept pretty much the whole drive there. Here she is ready for her first girl's weekend!

Camille got to bundle up when she woke up to her first morning of snow!


We made some delicious caramel apples

My aunt and a 2 of my cousins

My second cousins?? I am not sure....they are my cousin's children.

Ready for the trip home

Mom helped put up some Halloween decorations the weekend before. I suggested she wear the vampire cape while doing so, and she obliged.

And last, the merits of a good baby sling. Works like a charm every time.

This is the first week of my life....

That's actually a really great song modified a bit (Nate and Jen's wedding song!) I can't believe my baby girl is a week old today! I feel like I was cheated a bit though, because 3 1/2 days of the first 7 in her life I wasn't able to have her with me. Camille had to be in the NICU for a few days and didn't get to come home until Wednesday afternoon. She is fine now, but when she was born she had a temp of 102, and her cord pH was 7.0. So I only got to hold her for a few seconds before she was whisked off to the nicu shortly after her birth at 8:37am. I didn't get to see her again until around 7pm that night, and only for a short while again. She started gagging and spitting up fluids, so they had to stick a suction down to her stomach and put her on an IV and a reflux med. Her doctor wanted to monitor her for quite awhile, and although everything turned around quickly they wanted to keep her there to make sure she was eating well. She had a hard time nursing at first but has finally started to get the hang of it. We are so glad to finally have her home and in our lives! What a sweet little blessing she has been.

Here are a few pictures of her first week....sorry they are kind of backwards!

Dressed in her skirt on sunday...even though I didn't take her to church




First doctor's visit


First bath

Camille LOVES getting her hair washed







Tiny baby in her big crib



Going home!



Camille's nicu bed

Her little IV....she pulled it out one night and ended up with sticky glucose all over her!
Getting her bath at the hospital right after she was born!

Grandma Wilson!

Right after my epidural and feeling MUCH better!
Daddy's girl
Cute pigs!

Baby!

Thanks to Nick for posting while I have been recovering. She was actually born at 8:37 am :) She finally has a name: Camille Vera Harker! We are so excited to finally hold our sweet baby girl. Thanks for all of the phone calls and messages everyone! More pictures to come

Baby Girl Harker

Baby Harker is here. She was born at 6:37 and weighed 6 lbs 11 oz.

2 Days to D-Day!

Well the big due date is in just 2 days, and our little princess still has not made her grand entrance. Que the old wives tales for inducing labor! My doctor's appointment went great today, and although my doctor still thinks I'll go into labor on my own, she did schedule to induce me on the 24th (next thursday!) at 7am. I am kind of thinking it will be sometime in the next few days though. I am 2 cm and 50% effaced. She also stripped my membranes, and I guess some people even go into labor that night! So our bags are packed, we're ready to go.....wish us luck! Hopefully the next post will be accompanied by some pictures of a cute little pink bundle!

White Coat Ceremony

Marquette had his white coat ceremony last weekend. The students all got to take an oath about being a "dr in training" and got white lab coats with their names on it. Kind of fun, and then afterwards there was a fancy reception with yummy food. Prego's delight. Here's a picture of all 8 of the LDS guys in their class of 80 people. Not bad for a catholic school!


All of the LDS "dental wives" and some of the children

At the reception in the dental school lobby
Outside the dental school building

"Dr Harker"

Proud wifey and baby

Shaking hands with some of the faculty


Class photos





Yay for Nick