Merry Christmas

Hello everyone

We just wanted to let you all know about the best Christmas present ever. On Tuesday, December 23, 2008 at 12:17 am the Bishop Family welcomed our beautiful daughter. Miriam Jeanine Bishop weighed 8 pounds 7 ounces and was 21 1/2 inches long. We love her and are so excited that she is finally here. We hope you all have a wonderful holiday season.

Baby's First Christmas

Bishop Family Christmas 2008

Vanessa, Michael, and Miriam Bishop

40 weeks

I manipulated this post so it was in order. Here is a picture of me right before we left for the hospital. (Sorry it is blurry.)

Even though my water broke I still had to shower, get dressed, do my hair, and put on make-up. Apparently I get this from my mother.

Update on Baby Bishop

Here is a short, hopefully not too detailed, update. As you can see from our little countdown, today is my due date and we don't have a baby yet. I am not too surprised since my mom was overdue with all 8 children. I went to the hospital for a Non-Stress Test this morning. They do these twice a week once you are overdue. Everything looked good today, so no need to induce. I go back to see my doctor on Monday. If still nothing is happening I will go in for another test. If there is no reason to induce me Monday, then my doctor will schedule an induction for Friday. So, unless I go into labor on my own I am planning on being pregnant on Christmas. He said he won't let me go more than a week over my due date.

So... that is it. We just wait. At the latest we will have our little girl here no later than the 26th of December. We are all ready and very excited.

Baby Update, Internship Update, and the Excitement of the Holidays

I know it has been a while since I posted, so I will just give a quick update. I am due in 9 days and I am led to believe our little girl wants every single one of those days in the womb. The doctor thinks so too. So, we will just have to wait. My biggest fear is being in the hospital on Christmas. Right now that is the only thing I can think about. I really don't want that to happen. Michael is planning on being done with finals by next Wednesday, so I am hoping she wants to come between the 17th and 20th. However, I know that I really don't have any say in this. She will come when she is ready. I have finally come to peace with that fact.

Michael and I have accepted an internship with PricewaterhouseCoopers in Washington D.C. next summer. We are very excited for this opportunity. We will be out there from about mid-June to mid-August. If all goes well with the internship we hope a job offer will come at the end of it. Luckily, Michael's parents have offered to let us stay with them. We are glad to have family there to help us out. We hope to do some sight seeing while we have the chance next summer. It should be a lot of fun (and hard work). After this semester Michael only has 1 1/2 years of school left. We are looking forward to what our future holds.

We are done with our Christmas shopping and preparations. I really didn't want to have to think too much about it after Thanksgiving. I put up my holiday decorations a week before Thanksgiving. We have been trying to shop whenever we can. Now I can focus on resting a bit before the baby comes. This is going to be a great Christmas for us. We can't wait to spend some time with all of my family.