Welcome Home Grant

Grant is now home and the cats are getting to know him. Fortunately everyone seems to be getting along very well. We are trying to get into a pattern of sleeping and feeding, but for now we are at little Grant’s beckon call. I can understand how easy it will be to lose track of my days. The transition from day to night is a haze, and it is so easy to lose time as I watch him sleep.

We’ve been overwhelmed by the seemingly endless deliveries of fruit and flower baskets, so a quick thank you to everyone for your kindness. Pauly has been taking such great care of Grant and I, and our families have also been very kind and generous in their care of us.

Grant has had some exciting “firsts,” including riding in the car, going for a swing, and taking his first walk in the stroller (which by the way corners like it’s on rails). Grant also met his 7-month old cousin Laurel. It seems that Grant’s feet are already the same size as Laurel’s!

 

Grant also gets to root for the UConn Women’s Basketball team during his first NCAA Basketball Tournament. Go Huskies

Unfortunately, Grant also experienced his first Tornado warning as well. It was bound to happen at some point — luckily we didn’t have to go into the crawl space.

 

 

2 days in and all is well

Grant and Sarah continue to do well.  Sarah is recovering from the c-section while poor Mr. Grant is recovering from his snip-snip with the Dr. this morning.

We had a few visitors yesterday and we look forward to going home tomorrow.  Hope the cats are ready for their surprise :)

More pics are up as well!

24 hours to go (or less)

Well, we head into the hospital at noon on Monday.  So in 24 hours from right now we will be getting into the car and driving to the hospital to deliver our son.  That is of course if he doesn’t decide to make an early appearance on his own ;)

It’s nearly time… for my license to expire.

It looks like now we have even more reason to look forward to Monday. Not only will we meet our new baby, but I also get to go to the bureau of motor vehicles to get my license renewed. Apparently OH requires that you renew it every 4 years. It’s a good thing Pauly mentioned it, or I would never have checked the expiration date. Here’s how our Monday schedule is shaping up:

8am – go to the Ohio BMV

12 noon – go to the hospital

2pm – deliver our baby

Perhaps I should try to work in a dentist appointment?

A nursery that’s fit for a baby

Hooray, the nursery is finally just about finished. The walls are freshly painted, the clothes have been washed and put away and the changing table/dresser is refinished. I feel a great sense of relief knowing that everything is in its place…at least for now. It will probably never look as clean or put together, but that’s okay. All that remains is to hang some pictures and decorations, but those will come shortly. Check out the images in the Pictures section.

Still here

Ah, early spring.  Nothing like grabbing an almost 9-month pregnant wife, three cats, and some flashlights while dashing into the crawl space during an unseasonal tornado watch.  Everything worked out, and we’re just glad labor didn’t kick in while under the house :)

Henderson and Kenny

Henderson and Kenny

Welcome

Well, what can I say?  Our blog for information and photos that Sarah and I will be sharing.  I’m not really a fan of uploading my pictures to sites like Facebook, Google, Flicker, and others.  Hey, I’m a geek and a geek with storage.  So there it is, I want to get this site up so that we can share information and pictures of our new family.  So enjoy and please keep in mind the paint isn’t dry yet on this site, so bear with me :)