Three and a half weeks!

And hoo boy it's been a long weekend. We've had some nursing issues, but they are getting resolved. Zach has been a champ for all of it! It's good training for a comic book superhero.Why yes, the cat is licking Zach's head. Is this unusual?
Andrew is a CHAMP at getting Zach to calm down. When I hold him however, he's usually thinking FOOD. Sigh, that's me, a dairy bar who can change diapers. Moooooooooooooooo
Cute and adorable in Grandma's snuggling quilt!
Boy it's hard to get him to look at the camera!

3 weeks old today!

And boy is mom tired. All he's done today is eat and make dirty diapers! But, I suppose that's his job. Mom and dad are going to be deeply grateful when the 3 week growth spurt ends.Hanging with mom earlier in the week. Note, I look chipper and refreshed. In contrast to say, today where I look exhausted and drained.
Sleeping peacefully with Grandmere on Wednesday.
So, I got 4 smiles out of him today, including this one! I'm pretty sure he's trying to poop when he does it, but it is cute anyway!

Dude, stop taking my picture ans FEED ME.

You can't spoil a baby!

As it is obvious around here! Zach spent most of today being held by Grandma and Dad.

Into Zach's Third Week!

A better part of our weekend was spent snoozing on Dad. This is good for all parties concerned!
Lounging in the boppy before breakfast!

I LOVE my swaddle

Around 4 in the afternoon Zach starts to get very agitated. Dr. Harvey Karp and The Happiest Baby on the Block to the rescue!

Grandparent Visits!

Zach's grandparents have all stopped by to see their favorite comic book super hero!


Grandmere helping him sleep.

Grandad thinks the crying is pretty funny!

Grandma in seventh heaven!

Life with Zach

Hanging out in the living room!
We went to Suzanne's horse show. Robbie (the horse) just came back from the show season in Florida, and we all missed him!

Medchen is babysitting!

Tummy time with Grandad

Look! Snow in April. Actually, we just brushed the dog. Clearly she needed it!

Home again, home again....

Well, as Michele indicated, is been a long three days at the hospital

Suffice it to say that we had some really excellent care while we were there.
Gold Stars to Dr. Mayson, Astrid, and Carolyn ( or is that Shastity ) they're twins and
both Labor and Maternity nurses at Centrastate and they both took care of us over the months.

Of course there were more, but the names and faces start to blend to the sleep-deprived memory.



So Zachary is still a little bundle of cuteness and has started his own fan club.
Here is charter member and treasurer, Andrea with Zack.

And while in the hospital we started to get used to the changes life has in store.
Here Michele learns to feed Zachary an I learn to feed Michele.

Obligitory cute shot on Aunt Roz's blanket

But then it was finally time to wave goodbye to Centrastate and head home.....


and the story continues.

Home again home again!

Quick update here. Andrew hopes to post pictures tonight.

We are home, and happy to be so. We are doing great. Had a rough night last night, but that was to be expected.

Thank you all for your kind thoughts and prayers. I promise pictures soon.

Oh and if you are wondering, the cradle is working out GREAT!

Big Day + 1

It's seems I've been negligent in my husbandly duties.

It turns out that there are certain things people want to know about a baby.


How are they doing?


Mother and Baby doing well, and getting better each moment.


Also, the statistics
Born: 4/4/08 14:54
Weight: 8lb 7oz
Length: 21 in
ERA: 0.7 ( but not yet faced the minimum number of batters )




How cute is he?

As you can see, he is quite cute. Here he is sporting the latest head fashions from Gramere.




And people are also curious about the name.

Ladies and Gentleman,

Indroducing,



Zachary Andrew Pfannenstiel

The Big Day.....

.....And a half
.......... And then some


Andrew here, subbing for Michele. Please bear with me.

The day started with some routine testing but ended up with a scheduled induction,
so after supper we reported to the Hospital




After the Induction, the labor began and the contractions came and grew.
But we quickly hit the roadblock with serious, horrible back labor. An Epidural was the only option.
So after that, we had more successful laboring and progressed to 9cm.

Michele had contractions like a champ. Really, is was text book on how to have contractions.



But that was the end of the progress, we stall for 6 hours.
Now at 2pm the Doc called for a C-section


Cut, zip, bang! ( it really didn't feel like that at the time ) and TA-DA!

Mr. Pfannenstiel!

And even after surgery, Michele is as beautiful and photogenic as ever.
And that is as photogenic as I get.



And the result is this beautiful baby boy


..... now if we can only decide on a name!



Thanks to all of you for your prayers and support!

EDD +5

Andrew drilling dowel holes

The base is glued to the sides. Due to lack of flatness issues, Andrew is screwing the base to the sides. Tomorrow, I will grind off the glue excess and sand some extraneous bits off and then, lo, it might be ready to stain!
And today's cute baby animal picture! Just as soon as I have a baby, I'll post my own cute baby animal picture!

EDD +4

No baby yet, but really, not so bad considering it is April Fool's day.

The crib is coming along, Andrew was up making the bottom even till midnight last night. Once that's even, I think all we have to do is glue it. My dad is going to stain it and then, the baby will sleep in it!

Of course, we are still missing a key piece of the puzzle. He seems pretty content to stay where he is.