October Baby

Victoria and I are in the hospital this morning for her scheduled induction. Baby Girl has decided to be born in October, which means Mommy and Daddy are scrambling to find a replacement name for "September Rust." Actually, the name has been the only reliable aspect of the last stretch of this pregnancy.

Two weeks ago tomorrow, Victoria had strong enough contractions to warrant a little frenzy in the Rust household. We hurriedly repacked our bags (which had just been unpacked from our trip to Jordan's & Carmen's wedding). Elaina was following us around asking, "Where we going?" She knew something was up.

We thought something was up.

We didn't sleep well that week and neither did my parents who were on call to make the drive down here as soon as labor began. When Victoria went for her check-up on Thursday that week, the Doctor said she "would be shocked" if the baby weren't born within the next week.

Thinking we were days (or hours) away from our little one's arrival we gave my parents the go-ahead to drive down last weekend. We thought this would make the most of their five days off (weekend to weekend) and surely the baby would arrive before they needed to head back.

We lost that gamble.

Elaina has been on cloud nine all week with all the attention from Grandma and Grandpa. Meanwhile, Victoria and I have been able to relax, knowing we had babysitters already in the house all set for us to leave Elaina for the hospital. In fact, we were so relaxed, the contractions have remained at bay, even though we made multiple trips to the mall (remember how helpful Macy's was last time?)

At Victoria's appointment on Thursday, the Doctor was "shocked" to see Victoria was still no further along in the pregnancy. 2cm dilated and 70% effaced.

Sadly, my dad had to drive back today to be at work tomorrow morning. My mom took another day off and will fly out tomorrow evening. Jim and Sally arrived last night about 5pm. So now, we just need one more person to arrive (hint, hint, baby).

Victoria's now hooked up to pitocin and watching TV. She's feeling relaxed and hoping for a smooth delivery on this first day of week 41. This should be the day we've been waiting for! We look forward to introducing you to

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