2 months have flown by.....

So, we've been so busy with the little monkey that we realized our last entry was when Easton was 3 weeks old! So, now he's about 2.5 months old, and is changing so quickly! Mom and dad got a new boat at the end of June - which may have contributed to the lack of postings and updates.......but Easton loves the boat so much, that we are almost forced to go out on it.......anything for the little man!! At least that's what mommy and daddy tell themselves!

E's 2 month appointment at the Dr. went well. I decided not to attend, as I have heard horror stories about the shots. Turned out, E was a champ. He weighed in at 11 lbs 13 oz. Almost doubling his birth weight. His next Dr. appt is on Sept 12th - the same day that his new cousin is supposed to arrive! We're all pretty excited to for that!
I think Grandma and Grandpa are really excited for Christmas this year.......3 infants under 1 year old, and two 6 year olds...........I'm already exhausted just thinking about it!

Easton got a chance to hang out with Grandma and Grandpa a few weeks ago. Here are some pics of the little man.

Sorta small, but it's E on the boat in his favorite spot.

3 weeks old.....

Well, Easton is just about 3 weeks old now. Mommy and he have been busy at home - Easton learning how to be a human, and Christy learning how to be a mom. Dad still doesn't have a clue.

There have been a couple of "firsts" like, first trip in the car, first Target shopping experience, first bath, first walk, and first time on his 'play mat'.

There have also been a lot of 'not firsts'.......like, not the first time pooping and/or peeing on mom and dad. He's pretty much got that down.

Take a look at a couple pics of some of his 'firsts' and a couple other pics, just for the heck of it.....and even a video.

First ride in the carseat on the way home from the hospital

First walk with mom and dad around the block


First bath......confused, and pissed.


First time playing on the 'play mat' and totally flicking off mom.

Time for a nap

Mommy and Easton

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It's a boy! Happy Birthday Easton (5/16/08; 8:29am)

Well, where do I begin? I decided on Wednesday night that I was going to take a vacation day from work on Thursday (5/15)....I thought I would be able to get a lot of stuff done on the deck that I'm building (and I made a goal to finish the deck before "Cletus" arrives). So, I get up early, I'm at Home Depot getting a bunch of stuff.....I get in the car to head back home and I get a phone call. It's Christy, "Um, Dan?", "Yeah?", "Um, my water just broke!"

Sweet! This kid's coming today!

We go to the hospital, get there around 9am, get admitted into birthing room 4. She gets set up to a bunch of monitors and the waiting game begins. I'm going to have to estimate from this point on, because the time just dragged on, and sleeping wasn't an option really.

From about 9am until early afternoon, nothing really happened. No contractions, just a 'dull ache' according to Christy. The most exciting part of the morning and early afternoon was Christy's trips to the bathroom.....and they were frequent. See below:

So, maybe around 3 or 4 pm, she started getting 'real' contractions. Bearable, but still a little painful. After several hours of not much happening, the nurses suggested that we walk around, and go up and down stairs to try and get labor started. So, we walked.........

This sorta worked, but not totally......after another couple hours, and in the middle of watching "The Office" and "Lost" she started getting really painful contractions. So, the IV started, and the walking continued.

Finally, after suffering through many tough contraction, at 3:30 am, she got an epidural, and was on the bed chillin' for a while. This meant that we could finally take a nap. We slept until about 5:30 or 6:00am.


At 7:00 am, it was time to switch nurses (I think we were there so long the we might have had every nurse in the hospital in our room at one point or another!) So, anyway, the new nurse comes in and decides to switch Christy from her right side to her left side - apparently, this needed to happen in order for the epidural to take affect on both sides of her.



As soon as she was moved to her left side, the baby's heart rate dropped significantly. So, they tried to move her back, and the heart rate didn't jump back up.......they paged the Dr and within minutes, this is what the room looked like



There were like 7 doctors in there within 5 mins, and it was apparent - we were having an emergency C-section. (Is it me, or does the one Dr's pose in this picture scare you? Scratching his head????!!!!!!) Actually, I think I took the picture just at the right time to capture that - these Drs were awesome! Oh, and I got to wear scrubs and sit in on the operation......cool, exciting, scary and nerve racking all at the same time.



So, bottom line, 24 hours of "labor"....no pushing.....C-Section...............................EASTON!!!








Mom is still recovering, it will probably be a while before she's 100% mobile. Easton is doing well - he was put on a IV just to be cautious, since he was having a tough time holding his temperature.....but after night #1, things are looking a lot better!


Christy is a trooper! I'm so proud of her! It's obvious that she's going to be a tremendous mother.

Oh, and about that deck......my new goal is the 4th of July. Much more reasonable, considering the last 48 hrs, don't you think!?

Baby Shower #3

The last baby shower, hosted by Gretchen Weiler was great. Christy had a great time, and we even got a free DQ ice cream cake out of it-on top of all the gifts! Long story...ask Gretch and Debi about it some day! Below are a couple pics:

Baby Showers

So far, Christy has had 2 showers and she's told me that both have been great! Thank you everyone for the gifts, and Whitney and Kristina - thank you so much for hosting. We've got some truly wonderful friends. We've started to accumulate "piles" of stuff. One pile is the "this stuff goes in the baby's room pile".......the other pile is the "Dan has to put this stuff together pile". So far so good, I haven't been stumped on any of the assembly instructions!

One more shower this weekend, so check the pics below, and come back to see more pics from this weekend.

Ultrasound #2

At the last Dr visit, our Dr said that Christy was measuring bigger than her anticipated due date, so she suggested an ultrasound to check and make sure the baby was measuring on or around June 7 (our due date).

Of course, I'm thinking......she's measuring bigger....great.....we're having this baby next week....either that...or.....TWINS!

Luckily, for my sanity, we're still only having 1! The ultrasound went fine, and Cletus is measuring pretty much right on time. The ultrasound calculated an average of June 3 for a due date. The tech said the baby was about 4 lbs right now.

I was going to post a picture, but honeslty, they look like weird black and white alien picturs, so I wouldn't even know what I'm showing you.........

The name game

The baby or as I like to call it "Runsome" (if you don't get that joke, ask me sometime)or "Cletus the Fetus" is due on June 7 2008. We didn't find out the sex of the baby, so we have several names that are possibilites. They are:

Girl:
Ainsley
Avery
Addison


Boy:
Aiden
Nolan
Easton
Camden

We'll keep you posted if there are changes to the list! I don't know why you wouldn't vote for your favorite on the right.