pictures

of course there are more, he has his own folder on the computer for heaven's sake, but these are good for now.

in answer to Mitch's question

no, the baby doesn't really sleep all that much. Except at night, but then so do I. He's going through his 2 week growth spurt right now, which apparently involves eating a lot more and being generally unhappy, but should only last a couple of days. I haven't updated earlier because for one, I have very little going on that doesn't involve the baby, and he really isn't very exciting to anyone but us, he's adorable but just eats, sleeps, and dirties diapers. He's getting to have more awake / alert time now, which is fun, but isn't generally up for much beyond cuddling and being walked around. Also, this taking care of an infant thing is quite time-consuming. It's very much moment-to-moment, like, ok, what does the baby need now? Food? ok. Ok, what does the baby need now? New diaper, check. Now? More food? Ok. We're starting to get into more of a routine, he's starting to go a bit longer between eating times, so all is pretty well.

Like I said, nothing else going on. Haven't seen any good movies lately, have been watching tv and staying up until about 11-12 at night because that's when the baby gets up to eat his bedtime snack meal, so I might as well stay up as be woken up shortly after going to bed myself. The cats are dealing with the interruption to their lives pretty well, they entertain themselves most of the time, and one of us is always available to pet them, so they're fine. They haven't quite figured out what this new little alien creature is, but don't seem to care too much either way.

My dear fiancé is going to do the bedtime snack feeding, so I'm going to go to bed myself.

baby!

posted this on the olde preggo blog, but just in case anyone hasn't wandered over there yet, here you go..

ok, so short and to the point, because I'm tired, and frankly would rather be hanging out with my sweet boy or napping than sitting in this remarkably uncomfy chair at the computer.

woke up at about 2am Saturday with contractions, they were far apart though, so we just sat tight and I went back to sleep. Woke up at about 3:30, they had progressed to what I would say is fairly painful and about 5 minutes apart. Woke everybody up and headed to the hospital. 12.5 hours, GBS antibiotics, phentenol, laughing gas, and a pedundal block later, I have this to show for it.


Robert Kieran (Kieran, not Robert)
8lbs 9oz
Born April 9, 2005 at 6:24pm


I wouldn't rush out and do it again, it was really painful and incredibly tiring, and every part of me aches still. It wasn't absolutely horrible though, and I think I managed pretty well. I'm amazed at myself, and what my body knows how to do, and what the last 9 months have given us. I'm way more hormonal now than I ever was while pregnant, my stomach is just...horrific, lol, but that's to be expected, and I'm so tired I could fall over. And it's so worth it. I'm going to go look at my baby. He's so soft and perfect and I just want to look at him and touch him and sniff him all the time.

More later when things settle down.

update

No baby yet...so, if nothing happens before Sunday (I'm still hoping, but it's looking less and less hopeful), I'm scheduled for an induction Sunday morning. It's kind of scary, since I don't know what to expect exactly. I mean, I'm going to have my water broken, but I mean as far as the whole labour process goes.

I rented Sideways, and just was not in the mood to watch it. I feel bad, because I'm pretty sure it's a really good movie. I got just over halfway through, and then gave up. It was a really nice day out, so I went for a walk and sat out on the deck instead. What can you do? I'm excited for Fever Pitch, it came out today. I know it's going to be predictable, but hey, Ebert and Roeper gave it "two thumbs WAY up", so it must be decent. I'm hoping Jimmy Fallon is good, he was SO good in SNL, but his movies have just looked...terrible.

yeah, update for real, baby is here, I'll add more later, he was born Saturday evening and is absolutely gorgeous. We're all home safe and sound!

(that first part was supposed to publish like, last friday, but didn't)

finally (or, most links ever)

some good stuff on video! 3 movies came out today that I'm excited about. Or at least happy about, and will be watching. One, Spanglish, I've seen, and recommend that you all see also. Adam Sandler also has a new movie coming out, a(nother) remake of The Longest Yard; it looks pretty funny. I'm very excited about Sideways, because it never came to theatres near me. Fredericton is the worst, Closer came to the theatre here 3 weeks ago, the movie came out on video last week. Nicely done. They overlapped for almost a week. Idiots. Anway, I'm also looking forward to watching Suspect 0, because it looks cool, and has Ben Kingsley, who's one of those respectable type actors, as well as Aaron Eckhart, who I just really like, and Carrie-Ann Moss.

Today is the day I find out if they're going to let me be pregnant forever, I'll be sure to update you on whatever I find out.

My hair is getting really long, probably the longest it's been in years. I've actually stopped automatically putting it in a ponytail every day, and I think it apprecitates that. It's also looking pretty good, considering I've only dyed it once, with a washout at that, the whole time I've been pregnant. It's not that I need to dye my hair, but I have been since high school, and I enjoy it. It's been just about every colour, but not black. I'm pretty sure that wouldn't go with my 'yes, actually, I do go outside, but no, you can't really tell' complexion.

Noah, no!

all over the world...or at least continent, women's hearts are breaking. I know my sister's is for sure. They do have a new cute doctor guy on there, but still. Noah is the only guy left who's been on ER the whole time. It's kind of sad, but he's leaving for legitimate reasons, so that's good. Bring on the new cute doctors!

This is kind of a pathetic update, but there's just not much going on.

I (heart) spring in Canada

yesterday, it was +13, sunny, beautiful. No jacket required. Presently, it is freezing raining / hailing / wet snowing and definitely not +13. April Fools, it's not really spring!

I (heart) Google

no need to ask why, really. Gotta love a company with a sense of humour. Also check out your gmail account today, fun things going on there. My favourite is the graph, so sophisticated looking! If any of you want / need gmail, I have invites still, or again, or something. I think everyone I know has it though.

Happy April Fools! nobody pulled any pranks on me today. It's also spring forward weekend, which is significantly less fun than fall back weekend. Unless you're working on call or something, in which case it's fun to lose an hour of time.