2 weeks

Welcome to the land of sleepless nights and poopie diapers. Abram is now 2 weeks old and has taken up his position as king of the household already. As we expected, there is not much routine just yet and everything revolves around when Abram wants to eat, sleep or soil a diaper. Thus far both of us had a catastrophic event while diaper changing. Twice in one day Melissa got the sprinkler treatment from the little guy. Soon she will remember to duck and cover while changing diapers. Ira's experience was much less glamorous, and we'll just leave it at that.

His battle wound from last weekend has healed and we are now just waiting for his little umbilical cord to fall off to give him a proper bath. He got his fingernails clipped so now everyone can see his cute little hands too (obviously this picture is from a few days ago).

All in all the first two weeks have been absolutely exhausting, amazing, frustrating, spectacular and magical all at the same time. Melissa is feeling very good, all things considered, and is healing up nicely too. We are absolutely loving being parents and living with our new little family. If these first 2 weeks are any indication, being parents is going to be so much more fantastic than we ever had imagined.

Bris weekend

Here are links to pictures from the bris weekend. More to come.
http://www.kodakgallery.com/I.jsp?c=x22z485.7rkqbc4h&x=0&y=myxexs&localeid=en_US

Birth Day

As was predicted in a recent post, Squirt put his foot down a little too hard on Saturday morning and broke Mel's water. At 2:20 am the water broke and by 3:30 am we were on our way to the hospital. Things moved very quickly as the nurses got everything ready for Squirt's big debut. The epidural was done and the next thing we knew the bed was moving towards the operating room. The nurses didn't give us much time to prepare so I was just trying to keep up while not losing all of our stuff and keeping the camera handy. The swift moving doctors had all the prep done very quickly and at 6:17 am on Saturday, June 14, 2008 we heard the first sounds out of Abram Justin. He weighed 6 lbs, 12 oz and was 19 inches long.


As a completely biased father, he is quite possibly the cutest (there's that word again) thing ever! When babies don't have to take that stroll down the birth canal they are born looking much less like aliens.

Abram has adjusted very well to life on the outside. Melissa is getting back on her feet and hardly missed a beat. Abram and Melissa will be heading home tonight. His weight has leveled off and mom's surgery wounds are healing nicely. More updates to follow very soon.

Peekaboo

At the 36 week visit to the doctor we got to take a sneak peek at the little guy. He is all measured out and looking good. The doctor thinks he weighs just over 6 pounds and is doing great. Squirt has been a joy to be around during this pregnancy, but has decided to enter the world in the less than conventional way. We guess that he just wants to make a statement by putting his feet down and telling everyone from the very start that he is the boss. Yes, Squirt is breech and unless we have a gymnast in our midst, he will be delivered on June 30 or possibly earlier if he decides so. So far he is calling all the shots so we never know what will be next.

Now that 36 weeks has come and gone, the final preparations are underway. The furniture has all been delivered, sheets are washed, and the clothes are clean and in the closet. Some clothes have actually made it to the hospital bag as we are getting ready for the final frontier.

Baby readiness...

This past weekend was fun-filled with family visiting and friend's hosting a baby shower. Squirt's baby furniture finally arrived and once the ceiling gets re-painted, Ira and I will be able to start organizing the room. We have received some lovely gifts from friends and family that I cannot wait for Squirt to start putting to use.

I cannot believe I am entering the final month of pregnancy. Ira and I have our 36-week doctor's appointment tomorrow. Weekly appointments will continue until birth.