Our little Miracle

When Julie was born there was a true knot in the umbilical cord. The doctor pointed it out to the resident with a little bit of amazement in his voice and showed her how it was a knot, but then did not say anything more about it. I did not think to much about it at the time, but this morning that phrase, True knot, kept popping up in my head. I looked it up online this morning. In the early stages of the pregnancy, Julie went through a loop in the umbilical cord and made a knot in it. At any time had that knot become tight, we would have lost her. I felt I needed to acknowledge our little miracle. She is truly a blessing to us. Our lives are filled with many miracles and blessing, we just need to acknowledge them. May this new year bring many blessing to all of you!

The Rundown of our day

From the marquee:

12-31 9:45AM - Sitting at the hospital... Nothing to report yet...
12-31 10:40 - Pitocin started via IV...
4:00PM - They broke her water...
5:00PM - Epidural put in...
9:45PM - 5 cm dilated...
10:25PM - 7 cm dilated...
10:55PM Fully dilated and ready to push...
11:26 - Julie Marie is born 5 pounds 8 ounces!
19 and a half inches

01-02 12:40PM - Lisa and Julie return home.

Julie Marie

Julie Marie was born at 11:26 pm. 5 pounds 8 ounces. 19 and a half inches. Mom and baby are doing well.

Ben's Laptop

Opening Presents

Ben was so excited to open presents this morning. He did not care who the presents were for, he was just opening.

Jamming out

Ben got this keyboard from MacGill family. He was having fun with it when I got home. I just had to record him.

Baby Blanket from Amy

Amy made an I Spy Quilt for Julie. Thanks Amy.

Baby Blanket from Aunt Lynne

Julie's first Baby blanket. Thanks Aunt Lynne.

Christmas Presents

We exchanged Christmas gifts during Sunday dinner at Mom's today.

Christmas Photos

Not ready to give up the bottle just yet

I have not been giving Ben a bottle during the day, but give him one when he goes to bed. Today I asked him if it was time for bed, and he grabbed his blanket and the sippy cup and goes to the gate at the bottom of the stairs. OK... We go up the stairs, I change his diaper, and tell Ben to get in bed. He looks at his sippy cup and then picks it up and hands it to me, Then grabs my hand and takes me to the gate at the top of the stairs. He said Ba and then waited for me to go get him a bottle and then he was ready to go to bed. He just can't want to.

Wrapping Moms present

I went to wrap Lisa's present today and Ben wanted to help. Ben was such a big help, but at one point Ben picked up the scissors and started cutting the scrap paper. I had to stop what I was doing and hide them. When we were done, I put one present under the tree and Ben went to the table and started putting all of them under the tree.

Talking on the Computer

More Photos of Ben

Better than falling out of Bed...

We found Ben sleeping like this the other night. If the mattress was not on the floor, that would have been bad.