Lizzy is Two Months Old!!

Where has the time gone? Lizzy was two months old yesterday. Here are some pics from our monthly photo session.

Lizzy is One Month Old!!

Here's a slideshow of Lizzy celebrating her first month of life!!

Home Sweet Home

Finally after five days in the hospital, we were able to bring our little one home today. Here are some pics taken over the course of the week, from birth to homecoming.

Blue Light Special

We thought we'd be bringing our sweetie home on Wednesday, but the OB wanted Nydia to stay a while longer because of some high blood pressure readings. So another night was spent in the hospital, of course, there was no sleeping involved. Lizzy stayed in the room with us all night. Today we had hopes of bringing her home again, but the jaundice came back. Our little girl is under the lights again. Nydia has been discharged and is staying in the room with Lizzy so she can be breastfed. It looks like it may be a few more days before Lizzy can move in to her new home.

Lizzy Walworth

Here's a few more pics, taken just a few hours ago after a feeding.




We wish you could all be here with us to enjoy this special event!

A Brand New Member to the Walworth Family

She's here! Our beautiful new baby girl! Elizabeth Sophia Walworth was born at 9:23pm Monday night (5/25). She weighed 4lbs 11.9oz and was 17 inches long. We're still in the hospital right now, but we'll be going home sometime tomorrow. Here are a couple of pictures that I have available right now. More to come!

Almost!

We had a false alarm this morning. Nydia's contractions were four minutes apart for a few hours so we went to the hospital. Sure enough, as soon as we get there, they stop. So we spent a few hours in the hospital. She's now 2cm dilated and having stronger, more painful contractions. It may only be a few more days until we get to meet our new daughter!!

Baby Update

Nydia saw the doctor today and all is well. She's 1cm dilated (same as last week). We'll be seeing the doctor every week now until the big event!

Me @ Work During Hubble Mission

Here are some pictures of me and some of the Orbit 3 team during the Hubble repair mission:

This one is of me and Mike Bohac who is also in training.

Here is me, Mike Bohac, Debbie Klein, and Tommy Smith. Debbie and Tommy are manning the console while me and Mike watch and learn.

Me @ Work!!

For those of you who missed seeing me on NASA TV sitting at the PDRS console, here is a picture of it:

I'm wearing green for St. Patrick's day. Of course, the NASA TV view shows me from the opposite side.

STS-119 Launches!!

119 has launched safely!  For those of you wondering, I'm working the Orbit 2 shift, just training, but I'll be at the MCC console. Tomorrow, from around 5:30pm central to almost midnight, you can catch a glimpse of me at work!!  Just watch NASA TV at the following link or the cable channel if you have it:

Watch me on NASA TV!!

I'll be the one sitting in the lower right of your screen when they show the MCC view with the three large front screens (it's their most common view).  I'll try to pick my nose as much as I can in an attempt to embarrass the Walworth name.

Also, Mom and Baby are doing great.  We can't wait to meet her!!

Wal-mart Fail!

So we were looking for a new coffee maker and came accross this one.  Trouble is, we don't know where to get it. I thought it was funny, so I sent it to failblog.org.

More pictures!!

Just a quick post this time.  I thought I'd share more pictures of our little girl. These are all the pictures we have so far, some you've seen, some you haven't. Click below to view them.  Enjoy!!

Baby Pictures

Great video from ISS!

Have you ever wondered what it was like on the International Space Station? Expedition 18 Commander Mike Fincke recorded this 35 minute (in 4 parts) video tour that's been posted on Youtube. Take a look and think about how cool this would be on the moon or Mars.

Part 1:

Part 2:

Part 3:

Part 4:

It's a GIRL!!!!!!

We went to the doctor's office today for an ultrasound and found out our baby's gender.  Here are a couple pics:

Baby and Mommy are healthy and doing well! Now we need to agree on a name.  Do you have any suggestions? Leave a comment.

I actually DO work!

Well, the last shuttle mission happened over Thanksgiving, but I don't think I shared any pics. Here are a couple of me at work during the STS-126 mission:

Yes, I'm trying to look busy for the camera. The guy sitting on the far right of the second photo is at the RMS Support console position. This is the position I've been training for for over a year! Fear not, though, I start working sims in February and am scheduled to work the STS-127/2JA shuttle flight currently launching in May. That will be a very busy mission delivering parts for the Japanese Experiment Module to the ISS. 

The next shuttle mission to fly will be STS-119/15A next month. I helped design portions of this mission and also helped prepare the crew. Here's a pic of them:

That's it for now. If you have a question, post a comment!

Welcome!

Welcome to our blog!  We decided to start this blog so that family and friends around the country can find out what's going on with us and, of course, the BABY!!  No, I don't mean the dog.  I mean an actual human, we hope, baby.  Here's the most recent pic:

This was taken at 12 weeks. We'll be going to the doctor on the 21st when we'll find out if it's a boy or girl!! We can't wait!!

Well, that's it for now. Check back soon for more updates on this growing Walworth family!