Its been pretty busy around here lately…. here is a recap of the past several days.

October 6th, 2012 1:36pm – Camron Hart Darlington enters the world. He weighs 7 pounds 11 ounces and is 21.6″ long.

Minutes after Camron is born, the first family photo

After he was born and got to spend some time with his parents he was taken to the nursery to get a quick check up and make sure he was alright. While Ally was recovering I got to tag along and keep him company.

Camron relaxing in the nursery after his grand entrance

Once Camron was given the “all clear” by the doctors he and I got to visit Ally in the recovery room. She was hooked up to a couple monitors and they all started sounding the alarm when we came in.

Cam and Ally getting some snuggle time

The first day was a bit crazy so once we finally all settled in and had a chance to admire our baby we had our families visit us in the hospital on day two so we could introduce Camron to the family.

Cam’s Grammy (Eric’s Mom)

Great Aunt Holly (Eric’s Aunt)

Camron’s Great Grandfather (Eric’s Granfather)

Camron’s Great Grand Parents (Eric’s Grandparents)

Grampy (Eric’s Father)

Camron, Dad, Grampy, Great-Grandfather

Auntie Jen (Eric’s Sister)

Cam’s G-Pop (Ally’s Father)

Grandma (Ally’s Mom)

Grandma #2 (Ally’s second Mom)

Day three was a bit scary, nothing bad happened or anything, just that it was time for us to go home. We had to leave the comfort of the hospital with all the wonderful nurses and amazing doctors all looking out for baby and momma. The entire staff at the hospital was simply amazing, everyone was so kind, caring and professional, it truly was a wonderful experience.

Getting dressed to come home

Bundled up for his first car ride

It was the scariest car ride ever, again nothing bad happened, just that we now had this extra little person in the car. We ended up taking all back roads home, I drove like a 90 year old, I wanted to only make right turns so we didn’t have to cross traffic. It was scary…. Eventually though we all made it home safely.

Welcome home Camron

Now begins the next chapter in our life, already it has been so amazing, we are all looking forward to many more wonderful memories with out newest addition to the family.

P.S. Rusty and Cuervo are both getting along great with Camron, the cat pretty much just ignores him. Rusty will come stand and stare at us when he starts to cry, when we take him out of the crib he has to smell him to make sure everything is okay. He even gave him his first kiss!

Camron Hart Darlington was born October 6th at 1:36pm. He weighs in at 7 pounds 11 ounces and measures 21.6 inches. Mom and baby are doing well! We’ll post some pictures once we get home.

We can’t believe the due date is here. It’s been quite a journey, with ups and downs along the way, both literally with hiking throughout pregnancy, and emotionally with the miracle of carrying a child. Pregnancy was nothing like I thought it was going to be. I had somewhat of an idea what to expect as many women (make that pretty much every woman that has had a child) love to share their experiences, but I’ve come to realize everyone’s experience is different and feel mine has been unique as well. It hasn’t all been easy, there have certainly been bumps in the road, but overall it has been an amazing experience and I’m happy to have had the chance to go through it.

Today, October 3rd, the estimated date of delivery, we completed a hike up Wachusett Mountain, I still can’t believe we kept hiking the whole time. But quite honestly I feel my best when I’m hiking, before pregnancy, during pregnancy, and hopefully after too! It’s been a great pregnancy and we can only hope that it continues for labor and delivery… whenever that might arrive! At this point I am looking at labor and delivery as one of the most difficult hikes I will ever do, with meeting our son being the most beautiful summit I will ever reach. So here’s a couple pictures of our past week, from hiking Wachusett in the clouds and at sunset, to taking a trip to the National Seashore, we are just waiting on baby-to-be to arrive. No signs of him yet!

Watching sunset last weekend from the summit of Wachusett

Enjoying some beach time with Rusty

Summit of Wachusett on my due date in the fog

Only days left before we welcome the newest addition to our family. We thought it would be fun to do a comparison on what our baby will look like. Below are photos of me and Ally when we were newborns. Wonder what he is going to look like….we are so excited to find out!

Baby Ally

Baby Eric

Things are getting down to the wire around here, baby could arrive anytime now. We passed the 37 week mark so he is officially considered full term, however, we are still hoping that he gives us a couple more weeks to get all our final preparations squared away.

Ally is still doing great, we went for a hike up Wachusett yesterday and plan on going again today, she is starting to get a bit uncomfortable, but she is taking it all in stride and already is a great mom!

We are becoming regulars at the doctors office now, as we are there once a week for a check up, as of Friday, the baby is still right on track, healthy, and head down. We had another ultrasound to get an estimate on his size so we got to see his cute little face again. They estimate him at 6 lbs 14 oz, perfect for this stage.

Two weeks ago we had our friend Corey Fitzgerald take maternity photos for us. He is awesome, you should check him out and hire him to take some photos! Here are a few of the photos from that shoot.

Our two little pumpkins

Baby love

For some time now we’ve wanted to do a night hike during a full moon, well last night was the night. With a couple good friends that have night hiked with us before, we met at the trailhead a little before 10:00pm. Thankfully, we made it to the top of Wachusett Mountain without running into any wildlife (phew…). Eric of course brought his camera and took some time taking pictures on the summit. It was a nice relaxing hike on one of the last nights of summer, we finally made it down around 12:30am.

Here’s a couple pictures and of course an update of the baby belly that is growing by leaps and bounds, can’t believe only one more month! Still feeling good, we kid around and say next full moon we should go for a hike, its only a few days before our due date and rumor has it, full moons put women into labor, haha!

The new fire tower on the summit

“Full moon, Friday night”

Our group relaxing and enjoying the summit to ourselves

The belly at the start of the final month…

There is so much to buy for the baby in preparation for his arrival, it has been quite overwhelming. However with help from family and friends we have started getting the essentials and started a registry for those that can’t wait to buy something for baby to be. Even Rusty got in on the action!

A few items Rusty bought baby.

Here is where Baby Darlington is registered:

Target

Amazon

Pottery Barn Kids