Liam and Graham

Tuesday, October 28, 2008

Picture overload!

Here are a series of pictures...

Graham laying in the sun to help his jaundice... he was smiling and squggling around on the blanket, it was so cute!

Liam and Graham on our bathroom counter

Liam trying to get next to Graham on the floor

Tuesday, October 21, 2008

Life at home with a new babe

Here are some pics from today, just hanging out at home enjoying the new baby.

Graham has just woken up in our bed

Liam having a cookie

Liam still eating his cookie and checking out Graham

Daddy can we keep him?

Can I play with him?

Whatcha got there, Mom?

Oh! It's that baby I like to poke!

Hey, he has a nose!

Liam enjoying an adult-looking beverage (my Dad came over to dinner and when the wine was poured, Liam wanted to join in... so we gave him pear juice in a little glass. I can't believe how well he drinks from stemware! It must be genetic :) ).

Saturday, October 18, 2008

Graham's first day

Here are pictures from the day after Graham was born, taken while we were still in the hospital. We only stayed 24 hours in the hospital as we had the worst room on the ward (right by the waiting room and the entrance doors - and the room was NOT soundproof!) We got absolutely NO sleep - great for recovering after giving birth! Also for some reason they did not bring me a single meal - I had to complain at every meal, until I gave up at dinner time because the food was so awful anyway.

The highlight of the otherwise horrid hospital stay was visits from family... here are the pics!

Liam getting to meet Graham for the first time

GM and Graham

Liam giving Graham's soft spot a good poke

Hmm, what is under that hat?

More baby to poke!

Grandpa came to visit as well!

Now THAT is a BIG baby!

Our last visitor of the day was Aunt Niki

Friday, October 17, 2008

Happy Birthday Baby Graham!

Graham Austin was born today at 9:19pm - he weighed 9lbs 3oz and was 21 inches long. He came into the world less than three hours after we arrived at the hospital - wow! We had an amazing natural & unmedicated birth (that Mom is in no hurry to repeat!)

Here is Mom checking out the readings from the wireless fetal monitor and contraction monitor... I'm all wet because I wore the monitors in the shower, which was pretty neat - the bands are soaked! Best part was I wasn't required to get an IV so I was free to move about... that's the way to go, let me tell you.

This is where the magic happens... I paced around the room for most of the labor, and was on the bed only for the last 1/2 hour - the "fun" part!

There he is! Mommy is happy it is over!

Daddy cut the cord

Screaming baby and happy Mom and Dad

Yes... he really weighed 9lbs 3oz! Ouch!

Margie the midwife giving Graham his first bath

Clean, pink baby

Daddy and his little bundle of joy

Thursday, October 16, 2008

Go fly a kite!

It was an amazingly windy day the day before Graham was born, and Daddy took Liam outside to fly a kite... Mommy and GM came out to watch too!

Liam was fascinated by the kite...