today, kenny and i were so honored to sponsor our godson, owen maddalena, into the family of God at his baptism. it's an event we've been looking forward to for a long time. :) "baby owen" is one of rowan's favorite babies, and will soon graduate to "owen" as "baby owen" is already 6 months old! amazing how time flies when you watch a child grow.

owen with his parents, amy and roger (who are rowan's godparents!):
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now that the baptism has taken place, we are "all clear" to have this baby. even though i've been DYING to give birth over the past few weeks (mostly only in the middle of the night, when it's 2:30, i can't fall back to sleep and i've already been to the bathroom 7 times), i prayed every day that he would hold on until after today. but now, "the game is afoot!" we took all country/bumpy roads back from pittsburgh today and i actually was having pretty consistent braxton-hicks contractions. they've since stopped...hours ago. :(

i'm 38 1/2 weeks along which makes me full-term, so the baby is fully cooked...i'm 1.5 cm dilated and 50%effaced...the house is pretty well unpacked...rowan asks daily about "the baby" being born, so he's just as ready as i am...and i'm just plain miserable. kenny keeps telling me that i have at least a week and a half to go - i think he's keeping me from being disappointed if i don't have the baby early. i probably won't. but i can be hopeful.

we finally decided on a name for him. boys names get harder and harder the more you have. we've used four of our favorite names with rowan (tucker) and sawyer (cole), so it was hard to come up with two more. it's still a secret...but if you really want to know, rowan will be glad to tell you his name!