Ten weeks and 3 days later...

I can't believe it's been that long since our son has been born, and since I have posted anything to our blog. Our boy is growing up so quickly. I know a lot of parents can relate to this sentiment. Easter night was a great step of progress for us as parents...Nathaniel slept in his crib, in the nursery, all night. He's been there ever since too. A step in the right direction obviously, and a huge victory for us as parents. He's also able to roll over by himself, still considered a "work-in-progress." For new or expectant parents, a Bumbo chair, is totally worth it!! There are quite a few albums for viewing. I've posted them in the order of his life... Pregnancy & Birth Hospital & first couple of weeks or so at home Nathaniel & Family 6 week old professional portraits More pictures There are still plenty more pictures to be seen, we've just got to find some time to post them to the web. Oh, and I'll also try to make sure we post more frequently as well, but with a baby it'll be interesting to see when we get time to do that...

3 Weeks...

3 weeks ago we were in the hospital getting ready to have our son. Today marks the first day for us, as new parents, being alone with our son. My parents came the first week after we were home from the hospital, and Lynda's mom came last week. Today is our first day as a family of 3. What a journey it will be.

B-Day

Today was the day...and what a day it was! We have been planning this ever since we knew we were pregnant, but reality came today.

Our son, Nathaniel Earl West, was born at 11:58 A.M. 9 lbs. 0 ozs. 21.25 inches long, and a healthy set of lungs. 9's and 10's on his Apgar tests. What a day it has been. Mom and baby are both doing fine. Lynda hasn't been in too much pain since the c-section, and was even cutting jokes as she was being sutured.

While there are many parenting challenges ahead, we are going to take time to enjoy this day, and the next few days with just the 3 of us.

I posted photos on facebook, but they are here as well for those who aren't members, and can't see that album.

Inauguration Day

Tuesday proved to be quite an interesting day for us...take a look at some of these pictures to see what I mean...

Snow this far south doesn't happen too often, so it was a bit of a surprise to actually see it...

The second surprise of the day was when we had to go to the hospital.  Nathaniel hadn't been moving much since the night before and Lynda was in pain that morning.  We called the O.B. and since they were closed due to "snow", we went down to the hospital.  They monitored both mom and son for a few hours to see what was going on.  She was actually having contractions, but was given some medication that stopped them, and monitored some more.  After a few hours we were free to go.  

We've been keeping a close eye on the situation since then, but so far so good....it was definitely an interesting day.

Nursery Photos

We have a couple of pictures from the nursery that we've been working on.  I also posted these on  Facebook, but for those who don't use it, here ya go...