Amen

Little bug has a little angel doll that says good night prayers. It starts off with "Now I lay me down to sleep", and finishes with "Amen" - all in a cute little angel voice.

Mommy just called me at work to tell me about Bug's latest 'awwwwww' moment. She brought the doll to mommy and said "On?" Mommy turned the switch on so Bug could squeeze it and listen. The doll started reciting, and finished. But turned to mommy, and in perfect angel english, said "Amen". Actually, it's more like "aaaaaa-men." Mommy said she had a look in her eye that said "This oughta earn me a hug" - as if she'd ever have to earn one!

Thank you peanut

Peanut hasn't been the best sleeper. I mean he's not terrible, but he's just not the sack of potatoes that Bug was. We spend every evening poking him, playing with him, and doing what we can to keep him awake so he actually sleeps when we go to bed.

Well, this week we had two nights in a row where he slept 4.5 hours. Much better than the three (max) we're used to at night. Last night, he went to sleep at 10:30 and didn't get up until 5. That's 6 1/2 hours! Oh yeah, let's keep it g oing. Mommy was so happy she got in the shower at 6:30 and got dressed and ready for the day.
Keep up the good work buddy! (especially since the next two nights are daddy's)

Swimming

Bug has been in a little tot swimming class for the past 8 weeks. Now we've taken her swimming before mind you, quite a few times. But our first class was not a happy time. She didn't want to explore, or play or splash, she just wanted to cling to mommy. Ditto on week 2. It was very odd, since she always, always loved swimming before. We attributed it to the fact that during summer there was a long gap with no swimming... and she just got old enough in that time that the pool was a bit scary.
So as the weeks have gone by she has become much more comfortable. There is a little slide in the toddler pool, we tried sitting her on top a couple weeks ago. She slid down into mommy's arms and was hooked! For the past 2 weeks every time she saw it she shouts "lie!lie!" If we set her on the edge of the pool she runs over there, up the ladder, and right down. So cute. Not afraid at all.
Now jumpin off the edge into our arms... That's still going to take some work.

Kissy time!

 

Peanut's pics from the hospital

Wide awake and ready for the world:
Getting studied by big sister Bug:

Just relaxing, ready to come home!

 

The arrival of Peanut

Well, exactly as expected, Peanut joined us on the 10-day overdue mark. Here's how the arrival went down:
830 AM: received phone call from the L&D unit asking us to come down. Mom was up already, I was still sleeping. I got up fast! Ran downstairs to wake up Gradma and Grandpa to let them know and so they could watch Bug. After a quick shower and pack, we left for the hospital at 9:10.
9:30: Arrive at hospital to a very quiet L&D unit - only one other girl in there!
10:00 Mom is induced (gel)
12:00 For some bizarre reason (they were too busy? come on!) they moved us down to the Mother Baby unit. Before moving us, they determined mommy was 1-2 cm dilated. In the new unit, we shared a room with another woman, not sure what stage she was at. This move was ridiculous. The only plus was at that point they let us put our name down for a private room, usually you can't hit 'the list' until you have your baby and you're ready to move. So by the time the baby came around, we were first on the list! Most of the rooms are public, meaning there's 4 beds, 4 chairs, and curtains. Not very nice for moms, there's never any rest with 3 other newborns in the same room and friends/family in and out.
2:00-2:45 Went for a bath, to help the process along and to ease the cramps that were setting in. The cramps got more intense. Asked nurse to come check.
3:00 Cramps really intense! Waiting for &*#$% nurse
3:15 Water broke Calling for ^&@# nurse!
3:30 Sent back to L&D; 3 cm now
5:00 Epidural administered. Can you say relief?
5:25 8 cm dilated now.... things are getting more interesting by the minute.
5:45 mom has to pee, but nurse doesn't think that's such a good idea. One last check verifies things... She says "Well, why don't we just have a baby then?"
6:00 Pushing really commences
6:23 Baby arrives (At this point still nameless!) Everything looks OK. Unit intact. Alright!
After a quick hold in mom's arms, he's whisked off to the bedside table for Apgar scoring (9!) and the usual wipedown. He's back to us shortly (although it seemed like forever)
8 lbs 14 oz! Little big guy. That's my peanut!