Birth Story

Calvin couldn't have picked a better day to enter this world, he came right on time on his due date. I woke up needing to go to the bathroom a few minutes after midnight and on my walk to the bathroom my water broke. I woke up Michael and Becca, who was gratefully staying with us, and then rushed out to the hospital as my contractions were already quite painful. I got to the delivery room a little after 1 a.m. the nurse checked me and I was dilated to a 6 and then at 1:51 a.m. Calvin was born.
The nurses all said that next time I should just camp out at the hospital. I was glad it all went so fast but it did throw me into a little bit of a shock. Last time with Alden I had a little more time to prepare myself for the hard contractions, but I guess this time it went a little faster.
All in all we couldn't have been more blessed to have everything work out so well. The delivery went well and we have a healthy beautiful baby. He couldn't have come at a better time, Michael is on break, my sister was here to help, and my mom came in that day to help with Alden and the new little one. We feel very loved and blessed and are grateful for all of your prayers and support.

It's a Boy!

Early Monday we welcomed Calvin into our family . He weighed 8 lbs 7 oz and measured 21.5 inches long.










Alden meets his new baby brother. He was pretty excited and a little curious.
We sure love baby Calvin!

Becca Comes!!

We all love having aunt Becca here! She has been a huge help already and Alden loves playing with her. Anytime she leaves the room he gets nervous and starts asking for her. We hope the baby decides to come soon so he will have the extra attention when the new baby is here, but I guess we just will have to wait and see. Either way he is loving having so much attention, with dad and mom home and Aunt Becca. These are some pictures from our visit to the Riverwalk...

Blueberry Pancakes

Yesterday morning Alden woke up and wanted to read a book, specifically the Better Homes and Gardens Cook Book. He looked through saying the things he thought were yummy and then selected his breakfast.. blueberry pancakes.
He loves to help cook in the kitchen so he likes to pull down the cook books and find something to make. It was fun, he made most of the pancakes all by himself... I just had to hand him the ingredients. He has even gotten down putting the eggs in.