It’s the Dawsons!

Well, we’re about to depart for West Allis Memorial Hospital and get this baby here!  After a doctor’s appointment Monday, Kari’s OB decided that he didn’t want to wait for her cervix to cooperate (it’s been called all sorts of names recently, but the moral of the story is that is isn’t effaced or dilated at all).  Kari’ll be put onto a Cytotec dosage throughout the evening and night with the hopes that Ms. Cervix cooperates a bit more.

If all goes well, they’ll induce tomorrow morning and at some point our little girl will come into the world pink-faced and screaming.  If the Cytotec dosage doesn’t improve the cervix, the doctor will have to decide if we wait another day to try it again or go in and get her via C-section.  We’re excited, nervous, giddy and bit scared.  All-in-all, the exact emotions you’d think we’re going through right now.

Once Baby Dawson arrives, we’ll be sending out pictures (and yes, revealing the name) via e-mail, Facebook and on this site.  For those of you in Milwaukee, we’ll let everyone know if/when we’re ready for visitors.  We’ll be posting when we can.  Love you all.

Hello and welcome to the Dawson corner of the web.  We are preparing to welcome our first child and for our lives to change forever.  We wanted a place where we could share news and notes about the two of us, our new daughter and our experiences as parents.  We hope you all enjoy coming along for the ride on this exciting new journey.

This site will grow and develop along with our little girl.  Right now it’s pretty simple.  On this page you’ll see general posts about our family - specifically our daughter.  We’ll be posting pictures and videos here quite often - just wanting to show off our daughter as much as possible - while also sharing stories about her and our family.  We’ll also both have our own blogs. 

Both Kari and I have our own little sections of the site and you can get to those on the sidebar to the right.  We’ll be writing about our experiences as new parents (no promises on frequency of posts - we’re new to this whole parenting thing).  We welcome comments and suggestions to make this a better experience - please join in the discussion!

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In the slideshow you’ll see pictures of Kari’s pregnant belly from weeks 4, 6, 13.5, 16, 20, 25, 29.5, 31.5, 34, 36 and 39!