Josiah Andrew Swick is here!!!

At 6:30am on Monday July 23 Katie, Jason, and Amanda check into Ruby Memorial Hospital.

Amanda still looks great with her contractions.

At 5:05pm baby Josiah was born!

Josiah decided to sun himself and enjoy the warming bed while they were checking him out and cleaning him up.

Man, he sure is a good looking kid!!

Finally, on Wednesday Josiah was able to go home. Here is his leaving the hospital outfit.

He also really likes to look around.

Baby's Room

After the baby shower Jason and I spent the next two days getting all baby's clothes washed and the bed put together. Here is the finished product. A lady from church made the slip covers for the crib. I think she did a great job. Now that the baby's room is done we are just waiting around for him to make his appearance. I went to the doctor yesterday and he said I was 2 cm dilated. So it could be any day now. The little guy has been hyperactive the past couple of days, so I think he is ready to get out.

Baby Shower

Saturday the ladies at church held a baby shower for me. It was wonderful. The ladies made some amazing food. We had an egg casserole and they made my favorite dessert, fruit tart pie. Jason and I were blessed to get most of the things that we needed. Here are some pictures of what we got.

Here is a picture of some of the ladies that came. There was a big turn out of about 25 ladies.

A group of ladies got together and bought us a bunch of stuff. The bouncer and the stuff in the baby bath were just some of things we got.

Here is a picture of one of the outfits he got. It was a cowboy outfit with a cowboy hat and boots. The lady who bought it for us was born in Wyoming and knew we would enjoy it.

Coping with the Heat

Last Monday it was over 90 degrees here in Morgantown. To help deal with the heat I went to Jason Locke's house (he's the campus minister here) and played in his pool for a couple of hours. It felt really good to be in the water and take some of the pressure off my pelvis. This is a picture of me riding the alligator because I was getting tired.