Ewan the Big Brother

My first few weeks at home have been very nice. My big brother Ewan is awesome and really loves me! Every morning he says "Good morning Kiki Pipsqueak" and is always talking to me. Even when Ewan got really sick, he was still so nice to me. He loves to take me for walks, feed me a bottle, and he even helped give me my first bath. But Mama and Dada can't convince him to change my diaper yet. What's up with that? I would do it for him.....maybe.
I am really looking forward to being more mobile so my big brother and I can run around and play together. We are going to have such fun!

Home Sweet Home

Mama and I got the all-clear to leave the hospital today. Yeah! No more nurses poking and proding and taking my temperature in a place I won't mention... and getting woken up every 3 hours. How's a guy supposed to get any sleep in those conditions?!

Dada and my big brother came and picked us up and brought us home. My big bro Ewan is sooo excited to have me home, but I get the impression he wishes I could just jump up and play with him. Well it will happen soon enough, especially with him there to teach me the ropes and all I need to know. He has given me the nickname "Kiki Pipsqueak", I guess he thinks my name is too boring. But I think it is pretty neat how much he likes me, he is always giving me hugs and kisses and telling me how much he loves me. He likes to have me come into his bed at night and listen to Dada read us stories.

The resident cats are getting used to me, but the gray one Mischa doesn't quite know what to make of me.

Whew! This whole "being born" thing is exhausting so I am happy to be home safe and sound with my family and catch up on my shut eye...

Birth Day Pics

June 9, 2009

Watch out world here I come!

Hello everyone! Well I finally decided, on my terms, that I was ready to come and join everyone out in the real world on June 8th at the glorious hour of 1:25 a.m.

I thought it might be fun to give Mama (and Dada) a run for their money and make her labor come on real FAST and make her contractions only a minute apart by the time she got to the hospital (which luckily is only 5 minutes away!). Mama tried to push me out for 35 minutes (during which time poor Dada passed out) but I wasn't going to go along with that plan and she had to have an emergency c-section. It turns out all that rolling around I was doing in Mama's womb made my right arm get stuck behind my back. Go figure. So between my big head (hey I need a place for my big brain man) and my arm in an awkward position, coming out the traditional way wasn't an option. Somehow during this whole crazy event, one of the blood vessels in Mama's uterus ruptured and she lost 1.5 liters of blood. Sorry Mama my bad. But after getting 3 units of blood and plasma she was doing just fine.

And me, heck I was AWESOME! I was 8 pounds 9 ounces and 21 1/2 inches long. Bigger than my brother Ewan was when he was born. The doctor said I was the longest baby she had ever delivered.

So here I am! I wanted to make a REALLY dramatic entrance into this world and I think I accomplished that. I am looking forward to meeting all of you and seeing what this world has in store for me. I think I might like it here!