Troy and Melanie (dot com)

Yeah… it’s 4:30am and I’m awake… I get the late night shift for a couple of days. I’m not complaining… he’s fun to be around (when he’s not screaming and I can usually calm him down so I don’t spend too much time dealing with him yelling at me ). Here’s a little video that Melanie shot today shortly after we arrived home (I love the little bear feet!).

I can guarantee that this is going to be a recurring theme Enjoy the photos.

PS. I will work on finding a better way to display a large number of photos… I know this isn’t ideal. For now you can click on the smaller gallery image to view a larger version of each photo.

PPS. I changed the presentation to use a slideshow instead. Let me know what you think of it.

Hello intrepid website visitor. We’d like to introduce you to our son Cole… all 6lbs 12oz and 21.5 inches of him. We’re quite smitten

Yes… another rejected baby name (though I can hear this one coming out of the mouth of a hardened Irishman… feeergooos

Our little man should be here tomorrow, if not sooner.  In light of that, I wanted to take a moment to process and reflect upon the last 9+ months.  It’s all a bit overwhelming.  It’s a mix of “wow, we’re here at this point” awe and “finally.”  At times, it has certainly seemed like this point in time was so far off, but at other times, it has felt like the days and weeks were just flying by us.  I’m going to go with the compromise then and feel that it has moved at just the pace it was meant to…the pace we perceived it to be moving at at any given time.

So, how to best reflect?  Hmm.  I think I will just recount some of the most memorable points in this journey…

>  Seeing that blessed “pregnant” on the little white stick and sharing that moment with Troy

>  Sharing the news with family and friends

>  Hearing that heartbeat for the first time

>  Every ultrasound, but particularly the first, the one where we found out the sex, and some of the moments within others where we could see his profile so well and we could see his little legs kicking around and when he was holding his hands up to his face like “no pictures, please”…our little character  :-)

>  The amazing “us” trip to California that Troy and I took…so glad we did that

>  Feeling his first slight movements and then feeling them increase in frequency and intensity…little dancer…or kickboxer.

>  Troy feeling him move for the first time…and then every subsequent time.

>  Visitors and visits (those traveling here and us traveling to PA)

>  Baby showers and just feeling happily overwhelmed by everyone’s thoughtfulness and good wishes  (read: thank you all again!)

>  This final week and a half of preparation…Grandma B. being here…laundry, nursery finishing touches, final dr’s appts, finishing up at work, etc.

>  Troy’s foot massages and general awesome husbandness/daddyness

>  Watching my belly shift around, seeing and feeling the bottom of my belly button, generally loving this belly mound and being amazed by it

So, there you have it…yes, there have been some less happy aspects/memories, but the ones that really stand out…what really matters most…are the things listed above.

And now…on to new memories…on to mamahood.  :-)

Continuing the list of “nope, not my baby’s name”…

In honor of the Peanut’s impending arrival (we’re talking days here folks) I thought it would be funny to post a few of the “ain’t-no-way-we’re-naming-our-kid-that” names we found on babynames.com. This, of course, will happen over a succession of posts so for now you get one . Check back tomorrow for another.

Okay, two. Can you picture someone actually naming their kid Peanut?