Welcome Enoch!

As you probably gathered from the new blog header, Enoch was born this morning! He was born at 7:13 a.m. and is 7lbs 7.7oz and 20 3/4 inches long. Lindsay was in hard labor for about 50 minutes when he came out. This has been the most amazing experience of our lives, and we hope that you will join us in welcoming our new son to the world. Here are few pictures of him not long after he was born.

This is Enoch and daddy sharing some much needed nap time this morning.

This is Enoch getting weighed, measured and getting ointment in his eyes. He also had just gotten his Vitamin K shot, so he was not too impressed.

And finally this is Enoch and Mommy sharing some close time in the postpartum room.

Water Broken!-- And it feels like I'm making a mess.

FYI: At 1:50 pm, they broke my water for me (and it was clear--which is good). I was put on Pitocin around 9:30 am-- and nothing had really changed. They are hoping the pain will come--as I have had none as of yet.

OH, and in a side note, our nurse, Ina, is friends with the actor who plays Jack in the Jack in the box commercials...ya know, they guy with the big white ball over his face. She's very nice and Dr. Tu is on call today---so, everyone has been nice.

And...they gave me a liquid lunch at 12 pm, and I am so hungry now! It was 1 cup of chicken broth, 4 oz. apple juice, and a cherry ice dessert. (Good, but not enough.) They also offered me tea...but I'm not a fan--even when it's decaffeinated (and missing tea leaves). But, I look forward to real food when all this is finished...oh, that's of course in addition to the awesome appearance of Enoch. I totally look forward to him more!
-Lindsay

We are in the hospital waiting for Enoch!!

So we checked into the hospital this morning to be induced! (This is Shaun taking the reins on the blog by the way.) Lindsay is hooked up to all of the pumps and I.V.s right now. Here is a picture of Lindsay in the bed and all hooked up.

This is a picture of breakfast this morning. It was the last meal that Lindsay gets to eat for a little while. Some fruit, cheese, meat and a croissant.

Check back often for updates as we will post new stuff as it happens!

Comedy and Enoch Update!

I don't have much time---so, sorry for the brevity.

FYI: We saw Brian Regan on Thursday night and it was AWESOME!!! Check out the video of Brian's opener, Kermet Apio from Seattle (and some Brian Regan thrown in too!)

Also, we went to our doctor apt....for Enoch. They checked my cervix and apparently I have a very favorable cervix and my induction should go wonderfully. My cervix was very soft, I was 80% effaced, and 1 cm dilated. She decided to even sweep my membranes! (A bit uncomfortable by the way.) So, the doctor made us a sooner induction date---Sunday Morning at 8am, instead of Monday morning at 6am. We have spent the last few days getting everything in order--buying groceries, doing laundry, finally packing our bag (which we have a few more things to add to), buy baby items we didn't have--like a bathtub, saline drops, thermometer, etc. We are SOOOOOOOOOOO excited. So, we'll post pictures after we're done and feel ready.

Also, if anyone would like to comment on their guess for the weight, we will announce the winner later. (Shaun thinks this is a super fun idea so please give it a shot!)

Take care all!

Nursery Beginnings

Shaun was my helpful buddy-o this weekend when he cleared out our office and put together the IKEA dresser I showed him was perfect for us. There were so many little parts! And while we don't have our paid-for-black-crib yet, we have placed our adorable bassinet in it's place until it arrives.

Cool, huh?