Car Seat

June 28, 2010

Did you know that these days kids are legally required to be in a child seat until the second year of grad school?

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Day One

June 28, 2010

Good morning, it’s Day One here.  Yesterday was quite an experience.  Once labor started happening she arrived quite quick, in just 20 minutes!  The whole experience was remarkably calm compared to what I was expecting. We’re still working on her name, we’re getting closer.  She arrived at 9:49 am.  Six pounds, four ounces.  19.5 inches. […]

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More Snoozing

June 27, 2010

Taking a snooze.

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More Photos

June 27, 2010

Things are starting to quiet down at last.

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Morning

June 27, 2010

We’re all sleepy.

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More Photos

June 27, 2010

Pix

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She’s Here!

June 27, 2010

She’s here!

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Real Contractions

June 27, 2010

I went home to feed the cats and fell asleep on the couch.  Lisa says that at 3am the real contractions started, came on strong, more than she could handle.  Lisa was hoping to avoid the use of the drugs, but oh well.  She got the epidural.  She’s all woozy now.  We’re going to nap […]

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Loo-Dee-Doo

June 26, 2010

Yep. Still waiting.  So here’s the deal, Ally McBeal.  It’s about 8pm here.  The barn door isn’t open yet.  In fact, it’s not even cracked a smidge.  Los medicos are going to do this thingie whatchmacallit to relax the cervix and get it in a baby-having mood.  It’s expected that process will take 12 hours […]

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No Action Yet

June 26, 2010

Lisa’s getting impatient. She’s going for a walk to see if she can shake the baby out. I went in search for Chinese food. At 5pm the staff will start trying to talk us into inducing, but we’re going to hold out a bit in hopes of avoiding all those interventions.

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