Welcome to North's Blog!

I've been lax about getting pictures of North onto a computer so that they could be shared--we forgot to bring our camera to the hospital and then I was just pokey about getting them from the camera to the computer once we got home and snapped some. Finally have a few uploaded though and wanted to share our exciting news of North's arrival and pictures of our new baby boy with friends and family.

North was born by c-section in the wee hours of the morning on June 2, 2008. He weighed 9 pounds 9 ounces at birth and was 21 1/2 inches long.

Alan and I could not be happier. We are having a great time getting to know our new baby boy.



It's been an exciting couple of weeks here (long labor plus a few complications during and after delivery--North was born with a 104 fever and wacky white blood cell count and I got stomach acid in my lungs when they intubated me to knock me out during the c-section). A few days of antibiotics for both of us and we were feeling great and ready to come home though.

When Alan went to get the car to pick us up and take us home it turns out that someone had broken into our new car in the hospital parking garage and vandalized it. The hospital loaned us a new baby seat (North's was covered in glass) and some plastic to tape over our missing windows and we finally made it home. The jeep is now in the shop and will hopefully be back to new in no time.

Then some massive flooding of the neighborhood and all surrounding roads left us holed up in our house for few days (which thankfully stayed dry as a bone) and gave Alan, me, North, and the dog and cat a chance to snuggle in and bond.

Now the roads are once again clear (mostly) and we are all doing great and having a wonderful time settling into a routine.

Thanks to everyone for all of the support and well wishes.

I'll post again with more pictures and news when I get a chance.

Naked baby in his cozy blanket from Nana Nancy

Ender loves North

Correct number of fingers and toes

First sponge bath at home!

Bath #2 -- so many fun towels!

Fun quilt from Great Grandma "MiMi" Milner -- North loves laying on it and staring...