Into Week 2

Sorry I haven't posted for awhile, Ive been uploading pics and videos instead. Things have been a mix of crazy and peaceful around here. For one, Caden doesn't do much. He sleeps a lot, doesn't play, and only has his eyes open a few minutes every day. He isn't fussy unless he is hungry or cold so he is pretty uneventful. For most of the last 5 nights, he has slept through the night and Sarah has to wake him up every few hours to feed him. There have been exceptions of course, like the other night when he threw up about 10 minutes after feeding. That soaked his entire bassinet and freaked him out so we had some work to do to get him back to sleep. He is still jaundiced so we have to take him to the pediatrician on Monday and get him tested again. The remedy so far is to sunbathe him twice a day for 10 minutes, and make sure he is going #2 a lot. He is. Speaking of that, its funny how changing diapers is not only not utterly disgusting, its something I look forward to. I know, Im a little crooked, and you moms are probably saying, just wait its still early. But prior to him being born, I was NOT looking forward to diapers, and my mind has done a 180 since then.
He has gained all his birth weight back so he is feeding plenty and packing on the ounces.
Donna is staying with us for a couple weeks and has been a big help around here. Sarah is up and moving more each day, but still sore and tired throughout so having her mom here had made both our lives a lot better.
I am not looking forward to August 22nd, when I go back to school. Its going to be hard to leave him, but I should be thankful for the 3 weeks I will have with him before then. Some of you may not know that I am taking paternity leave beginning in late November through February. Sarah will stay home with him until Thanksgiving.
Thanks to everyone who has come over, or made special trips to see the baby. Thanks for the cards, presents, flowers, and especially the phone calls. We feel very lucky right now. c

Baby Videos

I am uploading short video clips of Caden as we speak. They take awhile so there is only one up right now but will be more coming. I know Im over excited and posting lots of pics and vids, but I dont care. Its fun!

Click here to go directly to the first video I posted.

Click here to go the webpage on my website that will have a catalog of videos soon.

Click here to go to the home page of the website.

Click here to go to the Flickr pics (web photo album) of Caden.

You can bookmark any or all of the links above to make it easier to access.

Finally Free!

Those hospitals don't mess around. We got stuck there and wallowed in the mud of incompetence for an extra 16 hours, and one full night longer than we needed. Anyway, no more beeching, we are home with Caden and really, really happy to be here. He has been sleeping, of course, Sarah is finally asleep, and Donna, Leslie, and me are playing on our computers. I've uploading a web picture album of Caden's 2 nights in the hospital and the videos will come next. Thank you all for your support and kind words through this wonderful event in our lives.

Waiting

Its almost 7 and we are sitting here waiting for a pediatrician to show up and give us the 'okay' for discharge. Our nurses dropped the ball this morning and apparently forgot to tell our doctor, who was on rounds at 7 am, that we were her patients. They forgot about us, left behind by the system. For you Mccaw ladies who are coming here soon, avoid Rita, the Nazi Nurse. Caden is doing okay, he has been sleeping all day, and when he has been awake he is feeding good. He hasnt cried at all, and is really good at disposing of waste. He has a baby rash, so he looks like a squashed tomato, maybe a smeared radish. Looks like we are staying another night, the doc just showed and even though nothing is wrong, since him and Sarah have different blood types, he wants to keep him in case anything should go wrong on a Saturday. Gotta run, will upload pics tomorrow, cross my baby's fingers. c

6 Days Early

Happy Birthday Caden. Well, he decided today was the day he wanted to come out. After about 7 hours of labor, and only 40 minutes of pushing, Caden came out, a brand new purple baby. He has dark brown hair, lots of it. He weighs 7lbs 12oz, and is 19.5 inches. The baby came really fast, so fast that all the nurses and docs were really surprised. So fast, that the epidural didnt have time to work before Sarah had to start pushing. So, Sarah had a semi-natural child birth. Go Sarah! Donna, Sarah, ane me are hanging out with a sleepy, well fed, peaceful, little boy. I will add pics tomorrow, hopefully.

Well. Something Is Happening

We are just not sure what? That pain that I referred to in the earlier posting today, you know, the one that mentioned Sarah not being able to walk, well there was a reason. At first we thought it was just cramps due to the dilation test earlier this morning, but we started picking up on some regularity, and thought, wow, could this be labor? Then we started timing them and when they, the possible contractions, got to 2 minutes apart and 45 seconds long, we headed off to the hospital. Right now we are hooked up to a machine waiting to find out if this actual labor. Will keep you posted. From the delicvery room, 2:30pm

39 Long, Hot, Laborious Weeks

Well, we just had our 39th week OB appt and everything is still going, still going, still going well. Sarah is 2 cm dilated, with no other new changes. We have another appt. on Tuesday, one day before our official due date to discuss some options. If Sarah's cervix is in prime shape, then we might induce Wed. or Thursday, possibly, cross my fingers. If her cervix isnt ready, well then, we wait. Update you on that news come Tuesday.

Well if prelabor pain is any sign of whats to come on labor day, we are in for a long one. Caden has been making Sarah hurt all over, and as of this minute, she cant quite walk.

Sarah finished Harry Potter, so if anyone wants to know what happened and doesn't want to read the book, send us an email. cjplough75@gmail.com

As for me, Ive just been working on the computer and watching movies, typical stuff. Im getting ready to add a wiki page to thefamilyspot of a bunch of cool sites Ive been playing with. They are mostly social tools for sharing things with friends, family, students,etc.

Throw us a comment and tell us how you are doing.