some pics

there are some more pics up on the flickr site.....

Zulu + 10 days

About time for an update I think :) Things are going well, Jr is eating, sleeping, and pooping as he should be. He went in for his 1 week checkup on the 17th, he'd already gained back his birth weight and was 7lbs 2oz, Doc said everything looked fine and keep doing what we're doing...right on!

Wy is holding up well, we're both just tired, her more than I since she cheats and lets me sleep a bit more. Not a whole lot I can do on the feeding side of things, but I'm the pick up and put down guy, and on the hook to fetch and gather, which is fine.

San Diego does this thing with first parents, where they send a nurse out to check on you, and answer any questions you may have. Its funded from cigarette taxes, so I guess we paid for it over the years. (Yes, we're still not smoking, though I'll the occasional cigar, like I did today...but even that is wearing pretty thin). She came out this morning, and he's now 7lbs 4oz's, so he's still eating (and pooping!) fine. Wy and Wyatt are over at Cim's place currently, Cim's husband is in the Navy and is out on the Reagan carrier for the next 6 months, so they're doing some hanging out there. And I'm catching up on work mail and cleaning a bit.

More updates soon, and yes yes, more pics will be taken :)


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Wyatt Emery born 5/10/2008, 7:31 am PST

Those of you that know Wyoming know that she is early for everything...and giving birth is no different. Wyatt was 'officially' due on 5/17....

Had an early evening friday night. Grabbed food from On The Border on our way back from Best Buy, picked up a new washer and dryer since our old ones were not long for the world of the working. My copy of Disney's Alladin came on thursday, so we figured we'd hang out, watch a movie, and she would go to bed early while I played video games. Which is exactly what happened. She went to bed around 10:30, and stayed up enough to watch Letterman, I blew people up online. My whole week has been super wonky with work, schedule wise, so I finally got to bed at ~2:30. At 3 she got me up, didn't feel exactly 100%. I'll spare you the details, but suffice it to say she was NOT having a good time. Told her to call the oncall doc and Cimbria. I started putting everything together (ran the dog, got all the bags together, etc). Oncall doc called back at, literally, the same time Wy started vomiting...fun for the whole family! Oncall said to come in. Cim picked us up, we made it to the hospital around 5, up and setup in the room by ~5:30. They start checking her out and she's already at 7cm! 2 hours of hard labor and pushing, one final olympic push, and Wyatt is with us.

Mom and baby are fine, Wy has some complications that they are working on, but is mostly tired. I'm completely fried as well. I'm back at the house for an hour or so, trying to get my eyes working (I was sans eyes for all of the labor and birth, but was able to put them back in around 8).

Think they'll be in the hospital a couple of days, but still working out the details there. Will update when I have more, and will get some of the pics and vids moved over.

Quick snap from my phone:

quick update

Baby: mucus plug is gone, contractions on and off.... then I'm back to where I was and no sign of anything to come. Sigh, we'll see...

Skin: got results back from that biopsy on my arm- pre-cancerous sun damage (actinic keratosis).... wear sunblock and keep an eye on it.

Happy Mother's Day weekend to all you mom's out there!

Makin' Progress....

Wy is passed out currently, as I will be shortly, but I've needed to make an update on whats going on in my little side of the world. In no particular order

work
work
work


To say I've been busy at the office is such an astonishing understatement as to be insulting to understatements everywhere. Its non stop, all hours, all the bloody time. They're in for a rude awakening once Jr. decides he really wants out, though. I've warned my boss a couple of times now, and I think he gets it...but I don't think he gets it. Will be a fun few months at least.

What else, let's see. Not sure if Wy mentioned or not, but my friend Scott came out from the Big O for a few days, he just got back from Iraq again, so we hung out at the house and got all maudlin and grilled an egregious amount of meat. (And killed almost 2 cases of corona, not bad for 3 days...).

Dad and Pat were in town a few days this week, leaving later today(friday), heading to Irvine to hang with some of Dad's Mini Cooper friends(Its like a gang, but we had dinner with some of them this evening and they are _VERY_ nice). They were down dropping my little sister's Jeep off, since she's going to grad school in Hawaii. She and Jeff are the over achievers in the family, I weep for Tim and I :).

Wy seems to be doing fairly well, holding up as it were. Aches and pains and whatnot, which is to be expected. I suppose I'm doing fairly well as well, equal parts excited and freaked out. All of the standard questions. All of the standard 'fears'. Some examples:

1. Will I be a good parent?
2. How do I get this thing to stop crying?
3. Is there a return policy?
4. Who's toy budget is larger, Wyatt's or mine?
5. Can I get a pacifier too?

etc. I'll leave as an exercise for the reader which of those questions is real...:)

More in a day or so, I need sleep.

Dr. Guru says.... any day or 5/19....

2 cm now.... head still down, bp was 122/78 but it was a bit high for me b/c  dr. had us waiting for 30 minutes past our appt. and i was just antsy. she was stoked about the 'you're measuring a good 2cm' though so that's promising i guess, better than a bad 2 cm. so some progress...

she brought up the fact that she may have to induce if labor doesn't go quickly enough b/c i'm going to need antibiotics in my iv to fight a strep b bacteria (fairly normal ~30% of moms get and they want the kid out quick in that case)- that doesn't make me happy (the induction part) b/c i've pretty much heard that if they start the pitocin, i may as well get the epidural b/c the strength of the contractions will kill me plus the whole bp meds in the iv b/c of the pitocin so more meds.... so that doesn't make me happy but if it's necessary, i guess we just gotta do it.

we'll see how goes....

unemployment and 38+ weeks

Ok, so since I was only working part-time, it's not that different-- but it is... plus today is rainy, perfect day to lounge about and not do anything but I know I will. I am definitely moving slower, he's riding lower but there's still stuff to do on my list of stuff to get done. Funny how that works, all the stuff I never had time to do, now I do but I can't move as quickly and efficiently as I used to- kinda frustrating- it's still getting done, just not as quickly as I'd like.  T and I cleaned out the laundry room (our mini-garage) Sunday- we got rid of for sale signs and other junk that's been accumulating the last couple of years. I got to vacuum all the little cracks I've been missing lately around the house yesterday, polish the floors, grocery shopping and did some more laundry.... stuff like that.

Doc appointment tomorrow see if junior is on the move or not... I'm feeling the weight, for sure- especially in my upper ab muscles and hips. Bags are packed; T's got snacks and change of clothes, I got my stuff for the most part (maybe like 90%). Car seat is in- thanks Keith. Now, I'm just eating and sleeping as often as possible waiting for the time he's ready. Dad's gonna watch the dog whenever the time comes.

T's Dad and Stepmom are coming into town tomorrow afternoon so that should be fun, figure out something good to grill and hang out some... looking forward to the next few days with them in town. Cim and family are up at Disneyland for the next few days then we're going to Tapas Picasso on Saturday for Mother's day- yummy! Other than that, not much else planned.