Ghost Hunter Calvin

One of Calvin's favorite things to do is to watch the shadows on the ceiling from the ceiling fan.  When he is in a bad mood we can set him on his changing table and he will calm down and smile.  When he first started staring up at the ceiling it was a little disconcerting because we couldn't tell what it was that he was looking at.  We kept wondering if latter in life we would hear him say "I see dead people".  Gulp!

High, High up in the sky

In an effort to get out of the house a little more for Maria's enjoyment and our sanity, we headed out to the Zilker Park kite festival this weekend. Cal slept through most of the festival.  Maria loved all of the kites up in the sky.  We were even able to prevent her from getting hit by the kites that were falling from the sky.  The kite festival is a little chaotic in that there are people and kites everywhere. That chaos can be a little stressful if you are trying to protect a 20 month old and a newborn, but we did just fine.  It was a really nice day to get out!

Calvin: Month 1

Hey Calvin- today you are 1 month old!!! Yeah!!! So far you have been mostly a good baby but your cry is like nails on a chalk board. You like to be held- a lot- I mean- a lot, a lot. Maria is super sweet to you and I hope that continues. She really likes putting things on you while you are in your swing. She also likes to pat you but she isn't always so gentle. We have to keep an eye on her when she is with you. I'm trying to remember all the things you have done in your first month of life because believe it or not we haven't just been sitting around the house like we did when Maria was born. You've been out shopping with us on multiple occasions.

 Since we are having such a mild winter we go out on walks whenever we can. You are ok with being outside but you really like bouncy stroller rides or riding in the car. On February 11 we had big family gathering at Nanna and Gramps' house in Driftwood to celebrate Nanna's birthday. You met all your cousins and aunts and uncles on my side of the family for the first time. You've even met some of our friends! You eat like a maniac and sleep quite a bit. You wake up about every 2-3 hours during the night to eat. Daddy wakes up with you to change your diaper and I feed you. This is all kind of a blur to me because of the lack of sleep. My parents took Maria for one night and we only had you at the house. Wow- what an easy night that was! Having just one child is so much easier than 2! We love you Calvin but please take it easy on the crying because it is seriously loud and annoying.

daddy gave your first bath!

our little soccer hooligan!

happy birthday nanna!

On the day that you were born. . . .

before

Welcome to the world Calvin Piers Tyler! Here is what happened- the story is pretty quick so don't blink! We checked into Seton Main hospital about 8AM. We got settled into the labor and delivery room. There was an admin nurse that went over a bunch of questions with us. There was a training nurse and her instructor that gave me an IV port. Dr. Gooch came in about 9AM and broke my water, started a pitocin drip about 15 minutes later. About 9:30AM I started having regular contractions. About 10AM I asked for an epidural. About 10:10AM the nurse came in to check on us and to get the epidural started. This is when things got interesting. She checked me and then said she would be right back. She came back into the room about 10:15AM and much to my dismay informed me there was no time left to give me an epidural because I was already at 10cm. The look on my face must have been priceless followed up with "chris- whatthefuckamigoingtodo ican'tdothiswithoutanepidural!".
I only had about 3 minutes to panic because the next contraction I had was a pushing contraction she told me not to fight it- to go with the flow. 3 minutes later the head nurse in charge was in the room telling me not to push and at the same time telling Dr. Gooch that if she was going to deliver this baby that she better run, Calvin's head was already out. The nurse in training was in the corner of the room looking like a deer caught in headlights (probably similar to my look when I found out there would be no epidural). My doc got into the room just in time to catch the rest of Calvin. His official birth time is 10:25AM. The lady next door to me asked for an epidural at exactly 10:25:01AM. The first piece of info we got was the baby was a boy. The second piece of info we got was that he weighs 9 pounds 5 ounces. The third piece of info we got was that he was healthy with all of his limbs, 10 fingers and 10 toes. The rest of the info I got is TMI but let's just say, Calvin is a big baby that came out very fast. . ..

The rest of the day was spent recovering and staring endlessly at our handsome baby boy. My parents brought Maria to the hospital later on in the day. She was very interested in meeting Calvin for the first time. She was very sweet and gentle with him.

my parents, maria and chris went to eat dinner at waterloo ice house and brought back my free chocolate shake! this my new favorite picture of chris and maria.

The first night with Calvin was about as smooth as it can be with a newborn. Between him being checked out, me being checked out, him needing to be fed and nurses dropping in, there wasn't much sleeping going on.

this is chris changing one of the 6 poop diapers that calvin made on the first day.

I can't help but feel blessed- somewhere, sometime in my life I made some kind of good karmic choice so I that ended up with 2 sweet, beautiful healthy children- at least for the time being....

talkin' and drinkin'

Dear Maria- I have no idea where you picked up on this. . . .

lazy sunday

yay! maria slept all the way through the night last night! i hope she is on the mend and this cold is going away. she was pretty quiet this morning. chris made french toast and then we hung out on the sofa and watched some cartoons for a little bit. maria is starting to look more like a little kid and not so much like a baby anymore. i am also feeling very, very, very pregnant these days.

cute pix of Maria

These are my newest favorite pictures of Maria.

She grabs on to this little bell on the back door whenever she wants to go outside. She grabs it like every 5 minutes! Unfortunately she picked up a post trip cold and we've been dealing with snot and coughing and several wake ups through out the night. I hope she gets better soon.