he's here!!!

Well, 9 months flew by and its still feeling like a dream, but julian and i are now the very proud parents of the most beautiful baby boys i've ever seen. The labor was 11 hours and though i know some people have longer , that was definately about as much as i could take. The doctors eventually had to use vacuum suction and i had to have an epesiotomy. He weighed 8 lbs and 7 1/2 oz and was 20 3/4 inches long. We are both doing quite well and the first 5 days as a family are going very well. Allistair sleeps really well through the night, which mummy and daddy are very thankful for!! He's just so perfect, i cant believe he's finally here! thank you all for your prayers and support over the last months! we appreciate it!












my beautiful son, allistair benjamin murphy







the proud grandparents!!


and with his auntie kris and uncle mark, who are both going to spoil him to death!!

Well, yesterday was the new due date the doctors gave us, but unfortunatley it came and went with nothing more than a sore back and a few tummy aches throughout the day. Mom and Julian were trying everything they could to make the little guy come but didnt happen.
The doc told me it could come any day now so i suppose we're just going to continue with the waiting game! wish me luck! i think im going to need it!

clean, paint, clean

Well! we finally got into our new apartment! Mom, dad and i spent last weekend cleaning like crazy and painting non-stop! but we finished and it looks amazing!! here are some before and after pictures...
After getting the baby room finished, we started laying the new carpet...it looks amazing!!

...a very pregnant carrie filling in holes in the wall! dad scrubbing down the walls getting ready to paint our bedroom.

The living room, sun-room, and bathroom....

jon came over and helped do the living room, which turned out so good!! and there i am, starting the kitchen.... below is mum and julian being goofy as...which is pretty normal for the two of them when they're together :P

this ones for you kris....wish you could have been here to join in the ..."fun"!!!

So yea, thats our new place so far. will post more pictures when its all done! as an update, the kitten has fully recovered to her hyper adorable self since her surgery 2 weeks ago. she is happy to be running around and charlie is happy that she cant claw him lol. As far as the pregnancy goes, we are defiantely counting down the days! i cant believe how fast its coming! its scary to think im going to be a mom soon. but very exciting all the same. he has started to drop, which is nice for mummys' breathing, but terrible for having to use the bathroom all the time! it wont be long now though!

these are the most recent pictures, taken at 36 and 38 weeks...