6 Month Pictures

Go to this link to see a new album I just posted on Facebook. I'll get the pics up on our website soon as well.

And I'll post a few of our professional 6 month pictures soon!

Funny, Funny Video

New Pics!

Check out our picture site: http://littlewoogie.shutterfly.com

We put up some new pictures of the last two weeks!

40 Weeks!

Hey everyone! Sorry it has been so long, but things get a little busy with a newborn!

Here are the pics we took at 40 weeks, the actual due date. At the time of these pics he is three weeks old! (He has the hiccups in the front picture, it looks like his chest is deformed!) So he would have been a pretty big baby if he had gone full term.

But he is so cute and such a joy to have! There have been some rough nights, but all in all he is a pretty good baby. We thought he had a cold but it ended up being acid reflux (go figure) so now that he has some medicine for it he is doing much better. Growing like a weed, he is about 9 pounds now at four weeks old!

We'll still try and spell out the events surrounding his birth some time on here, it is a pretty good story. Pray for Emily to get some sleep and for Noah to continue to be healthy!

He is just starting to wake up so I have to go, but thanks for keeping up! Check out our pictures at littlewoogie.shutterfly.com!

Love you all,

John, Emily, and Noah

HE'S HERE!!!

He's finally here!!! Noah Wesley Wohlgemuth came at 10:38pm on Christmas Eve weighing 6lb 14oz and measuring 19 inches long. All is well, he is a great baby, and we are so excited. I don't have time to write out everything just yet (maybe I'll hit that at one of the early morning cry sessions...) but I did post a bunch of pictures at our new picture site: http://littlewoogie.shutterfly.com/

Check that one out and look at the absolute cutest baby in the world! We will keep updating that picture site and this blog (hopefully) so keep checking in! We love you and are so blessed to have Noah here! Thank you for your prayers and they were definitely answered!

36 Weeks (Finally!)

Ok, so we're now at the point where some people say the baby is full term. Thank you, Jesus! And not a moment too soon, as Emily had another doctor's appointment on Monday and she is now dilated to 1 cm. So the process has started (officially, even though it seems to have been going on for seven weeks now!) and we are on our way. Emily has had a little bit of bleeding but nothing too worrisome, it is often a sign of the coming labor. The doctor was not concerned. And as you can see, not much change on the outside!

Noah's room is basically done except for some further organization and we feel ready to bring him home ASAP after the delivery. Our bags are packed and ready to go as well!

We will try to get a quick update on here when Emily goes into labor but that will not be our first priority! Just know that as soon as we can we will post pictures and get a message out about what is going on. Keep praying for us, please! The next couple weeks will be the craziest and best of our lives. What a Merry Christmas this will be!!!

Love you all,

John, Emily, and Noah

35 Weeks

Today (Tuesday) is 35 weeks. We are so close. Yesterday was another doctor's appointment and thankfully still no dilation but the thinning is now to about 75%. So we are getting closer every day. Emily is still planning on laying around until about 36 weeks and then we will let Noah come when he comes! But the doctor was so encouraging and was on board with nearly all of what we were planning for the labor and delivery. That was great and we are looking forward to the process.

I also finished my semester last night with a Hebrew final. God gave me so much grace through this whole thing and there was no way I would have been able to finish it without Him. So that is a relief for a few weeks while Noah comes into the world. I only have 15 hours left and plan to get them done in the next year.

The baby room is nearly done (only the border left) and it is going to be so cool. I will post some pictures (if we get it done before he comes). This picture is what we are planning off of, and it should be close!

I am leading worship and teaching at youth tomorrow night, so once tomorrow is over I will be able to relax a little bit while getting ready for Noah. I love to do what I do with the youth and I am really looking forward to tomorrow night! Pray for me as I teach on one of the harder parables in Matthew 22.

Love you all and the three of us will see you soon!

The Woogie's

Nearly there...

Hey everybody, not much change since last week! Emily went to the doctor again on Monday and still no dilation but her cervix is thinned out to about 50% now. So we are still progressing a little too quickly for comfort, but the doctor is fairly confident that Noah will not come for at least another week or so as long as Emily stays on her back. So at this point we are really not worried about anything but we are getting anxious for Noah to get here! It is amazing to think that we could have a son in the next few weeks. God is so good; may we be good stewards with what He has given us.

After this weekend (hopefully!) we will have Noah's room done so we will post some pics of it. It will be a great room for our little pilot (that's the theme). Thanks so much to everyone who gave us all of our great decor!

Our Young Married's class at church (and many others at church and in our family) has been amazing through these last few weeks by cleaning our house, cooking a ton for us, and helping decorate both Noah's room and for Christmas. We are so blessed to have a 'family' like we do!

We are so close to the end of this it seems surreal (which is actually the beginning, but you know...). We are so excited to share Noah's God-ordained life with you and have you help us raise a godly man who is both a warrior for and a slave to Christ. May God give us the grace and strength to do this.

The Woogie's

32 Weeks (or so...)

So Emily is now at a little over 32 weeks, which is great because we are still progressing along nicely! We went to her doctor again on Friday (Nov. 21) and had a sonogram to make sure everything was okay, which it was. Also, Noah measured out at about 35 weeks (they said he was a little over 5 pounds!). So we still think he will come a little early (like the first of January). We also recorded his heart beat and womb sounds to place inside the teddy bear that I built for Emily and him when we found out it was a boy. The pictures are from 7 weeks and 32 weeks, amazing difference!

Emily’s doctor was not too concerned with the ongoing contractions but did say to stay off of her feet even more so now because her cervix is beginning to thin a little bit due to the pressure of the baby’s head. No dilating yet (thankfully) but the thinning is the preliminary step. So now even minor laundry, dishes, etc., are out of the question for her, and she is only supposed to get up to use the restroom and very few other times. Some of you may have experienced this before and you know that it is not much fun for anyone. We are ready for this baby to be full term now ASAP and move on to the next stage!

Because of this bed rest, Emily wasn’t able to go to the baby shower in Stillwater last weekend so I went alone. It was an amazing blessing to see everyone and to hear their concern for us and to have them provide us with so much great baby stuff! So many family members and Hillcrest people (our church there in Stillwater) came to love on us and we are so grateful. And, as usual, my sister (Lori) and cousin (Sarah) put on an incredible display of décor and creativity. It was so cool! Check out some of their pics through our Facebook pages or at this link.

Today John and some friends will be working on getting the house ready for this baby to come by painting the baby’s room, putting together furniture, cleaning, etc. We seem to have a lot to do yet and it appears that Noah wants to get here quickly, so we better get on it!

Work is still going well for John and he is getting further along in handling his own stuff as they give it to him. Still learning a ton but seeing a little more light in the tunnel now. And his head is clearing up from the concussion a couple weeks ago as well, but still only to about 97%. Keep praying for our health!

We can’t say it enough, you are awesome to us! Such an encouragement, very needed, and so loving. If only we could reciprocate it to each of you! And just thought I'd include a picture of our boys as they prepare for a new addition to our family as well!

John, Emily, and Noah

P.S. Our SS class is having a baby shower for us at our house on December 7^th. We are still registered at Babies R Us and Walmart, along with gift certificates to www.cottonbabies.com for reusable diapers.

30 Week Update

Ok, so it's been another interesting week! The last two weeks have been the most demanding and challenging weeks of our lives, but I guess it's all preparation for the rest of our time with children!

Last Saturday (Nov. 1) I was playing in a flag football game at the seminary when I came down hard after a catch and hit my head on the ground. The "screen flashed" and I went cross-eyed for a few seconds while feeling dazed, but felt okay enough to finish the game. Had a headache the rest of the day but the fun began that night. I woke up at about 3am and felt like I was on a carnival ride spinning so fast, I couldn't even stand to lay down. Woke up again a little later doing the same thing then felt like I was seconds away from throwing up. Laid around all day and felt a little better but all week I have had those dizzy spells at night and just a touch hazy during the day. The doctor on Friday didn't seem worried and this weekend it has been getting slowly better. Please pray for that!

Emily hit 30 weeks on Tuesday (Nov. 4) and has still been having regular contractions. They increase in the evenings but they are not consistent/severe enough to cause concern. Some of them hurt, but she is more frustrated with the fact that she has to lay around all day and feels like she can't prepare herself for the delivery. Everything else seems to be going smoothly with Noah, he is still moving a lot and nothing appears to be progressing too early. Emily actually went to work for four hours on Friday morning (Nov. 7) and did okay but was pretty worn out and had a few abnormal contractions. Please pray for her encouragement, strength, and healing. God is good and we are so blessed to be saved first of all, and also to have the love of friends and family that He has given us.

We are praying for you as well, and we love you. We hope to both make it up to Stillwater this coming weekend for our baby shower up there, but it may just be me. We'll see how Emily feels.