Family

Having Judy and Dale and Kirk and Marti here has been a huge help. The honeymoon continues next week with the arrival of my Mother, Nadine. Benjamin and Alina are lucky to have such awesome grandparents.

Swaddler

"They" say it's all about the swaddle. Right now I believe them.

Time flies when you're having fun!

It's hard to believe our little boy is already 10 days old. Time flies when you're having fun. This picture looks fun right?

Welcome home Benjamin

Michelle and Johnny had some big signs on the house when we arrived home yesterday. Very sweet. Benjamin had a great first night. He slept with us on some little newborn thingy. You'll have to ask Carrie about that. We actually, sorry, I actually got some sleep. Carrie is not getting much sleep at all and is still in a little pain but her spirits are very high. Ben's breastfeeding practice is starting to pay and he is getting the hang of it. He def doesn't like to be changed but we use a hair dryer to calm him down. A little high maintenance for me but Ben likes it. His Dr. appt went well today. Everything is normal and he has gained almost all the weight he lost. Back to 7lbs 3oz. Anyway, its great to be home. Less stressful and more peaceful. The start of a new family.

P.S. I had some trouble loading pix so visit this link http://willardphotoblog.shutterfly.com and you can see more Ben pix. (He's the one with dark hair if you couldn't tell.)

Benjamin Kirk Willard

Our little boy came via c-section early Sunday morning October 14th @ 3am. Carrie went through a lot for this little one. His birth weight was 7lb 6oz and his length was just over 19 in. Not as short as I would have guessed coming from a short guy like me. He is healthy and beautiful. I wish I had more time to call every one at this moment but as you can imagine our world has changed so much in the last few days. It is amazing. I will get some better pics up too once we go home. We are scheduled to leave the hospital tomorrow. We love you and thank you so much for your warm thoughts and prayers.

No baby yet.

We went in Tuesday night and after 5 hours of the run around, they gave Carrie the standard Oxytocin to induce labor. (They skipped the pill to soften her cervix because she was already having small, weak contractions.) It was a bad night of sleep, the room was making weird noises with all the equipment, the IV was uncomfortable and her contractions were never really that strong. (We did eat great burgers from Tony's Cable Car though.) Wednesday they kept increasing the dosage but things never really progressed. We walked small laps around Labor and Delivery saying hi to the same people trying to help move things along but no luck. Finally around 2pm today they suggested stopping the induction and sending us home. They would like to avoid a c-section if possible. The baby is healthy, Carrie is healthy and there is no risk in waiting. We wait until Friday for induction again. Let's just count on that for now. I know I said we would be three by the time of the next update but who knew? Only God and a little baby cuddling. Ciao.

It's time.........

...to go to the hospital. Carrie went in for testing today and they monitored a contraction. She felt a few more tonight during the Cowboys game. Maybe that was just the excitement of the game, not really sure. Anyway, she is scheduled to be induced tomorrow. We are a little nervous pacing around the house, packing like we are going on a cruise to the Caymans. But we will try and get some sleep because we are going to need it. It has been a long 9 months for her and she is ready so direct all the peace and positive energy you can share her way. The next time we update we will be three!