Excited Big Sister

He's Here!

Gavin Philip Rainsberger is here! He was born on 9-9-09 at 4:35 PM. He weighed 7 lbs 3 oz and was 20 1/2 in long. As you can see in the picture he has some bruising and abrasions on the top of his head from the vacuum. The Doctor had to really pull to get him out because his pulse started to weaken during the contractions. It ended up that Meghann was really close to having a C section because the cord was wrapped around his neck one time.

Other than that Meghann had a relatively easy delivery. She was induced at 7:30AM and didn't really start hard labor until 3:30 PM. Meghann and Gavin are doing very well.

Adelyn was very excited to see her little brother, she couldn't wait to hold him.

Progress on the home front

As you can see we have had a lot of help with the process. Here Luke, Adelyn and Courtney are helping to prepare the ground for the foundation. We like to keep them hard at work. :) Actually they love to do anything that allows them to get dirty and this project definitely has offered a lot of opportunities.
We had a company out of Michigan, Superior Walls, precast and set our basement walls. This was something new for our county so it was and exciting step. There are wood studs on the inside so when we are ready to finish the basement we can hang the drywall directly to the existing walls. They also have enough insulation so that we do not have to add any additional unless we choose to.
The men setting the walls used the huge crane to life each section from a trailer bed and set them precisely where each needed to go.










Jayson, my dad and Dave all were a big help in setting the floor trusses. We have rough framed the bedroom, bathroom and mechanical room in the basement.

Since these pictures were taken we also have a sub floor and steps into the basement. The kids started school about 2 weeks ago and after about a week of safety classes they have put up most of our exterior walls. The process is exciting and it is amazing how easy it is to spend money. We have had a few surprises, spending more here, getting a good deal there....so our hope is that it all works out in the end.

We are still awaiting the arrival of the baby, and are hoping for this week. His big sister is ready to meet him, as are mommy and daddy. We will post the important information when we have it.