First Bath

Evan wasn't exactly thrilled with the idea of a bath. Such a boy...

He didn't seem to mind getting his hair washed. Stayed very calm for that part. Good practice for baptism.

He seemed pleased by the results though.

The Siblings

The hospital called at 4:30am to say they were full and to push back our arrival time. So the kids were confused to find us still there when they got up for school. Aidan thought it was hilarious that there were "too many ladies having babies". They got to say good morning to the 'new baby' one last time. Aidan was fairly religious about having to kiss and hug my stomach every morning and every evening and say "Good morning/Good night, new baby".

Brennan on the other hand, was pretty oblivious to the whole thing. If you asked him where new baby was, he'd point to my stomach 75% of the time and say, "No baby!!" The other times, he'd point to himself. Brennan still had a cold and low fever (due to ear infection) on Tuesday morning, so he was even more oblivious than usual.

I called the hospital back at 9:30am to get a guess as to if we were going to do this today, but really to make sure that I hadn't fallen off the radar when the shift change occurred. They said to come in, so we were finally off!

The hospital didn't allow anyone under the age of 16 into the maternity ward in order to prevent the spread of the flu. So the kids had to meet Evan quickly in the hallway and then through the glass in the nursery until he came home on Thursday.

It's a Boy!

Evan Joseph arrived on December 15, 2009 at 9:12pm. He weighed 8lb 12 oz and was 19 and 1/2 inches long.

On Schedule

We are scheduled to induce next Tuesday the 15th--yay! At 5am--ugh! I'll try to get photos up here from the last few weeks before then. I know I haven't even put up Halloween pics yet...

Winter Wonderland

Houston got snow! Not a lot, but enough to turn everything white for a while.

Making snowballs

Brennan was happy to stay inside. He REALLY doesn't like precipitation. But once it stopped falling, he had fun running around in the leftovers, despite being forced into a coat.

The kids even managed to make a few snowmen.

An Aidan-ism

I know he's not the first to say this, but Aidan cracked us up a little while ago by very seriously explaining the difference between certain animals.
"Durnal animals hunt for their food during the day, and NOT durnal animals do NOT--they only hunt at night. They have eye-shine." You try explaining to him that the word is 'nocturnal.' He actually does learn a lot from Dinosaur Train.

He's also very into wearing his pajamas all day long, if he can get away with it. This morning Brennan somehow got Aidan's pj's a little wet, so I told him it was time to go ahead and put clothes on. He went upstairs by himself (which is a miracle in itself) and came back down with new pajamas on.

Number 4 in 4-D

I'm a little disappointed with how the OB's office is handling things this time around. Lost my first ultrasound pictures and took a month to decide to let me redo, no seasonal flu shots, no swine flu shots, no reminder to register at hospital or take classes (not that I was going to take classes this time), and no reminder to see if I wanted to do the 4-D ultrasound. Luckily these things are occuring to me to ask, ableit late!! Just b/c I've done this before doesn't mean I know what and when things are supposed to be happening. Hopefully this means that we'll make up for it with a fantastic birth experience.

So, I'm a month past when you were supposed to do 4-D ultrasounds, so the baby is already head-down and facing back which is good for birth, but bad for picture-taking. Here's what we could get:

The umbilical cord is the thing squished up against the face, but you get the basic idea.

The tech kept saying I could come back and try to redo it another time, but I really don't want the baby to move out of this position, thank you very much! These pics are just fine!