Introducing... Frank August!

T2 is here...

Frank August
born August 22, 2009 @ 1:35pm
Weight: 6 lbs, 14oz
Height: 19.5 inches

After last Monday's fake-out, we were a little hesitant to head back to the hospital again, but Friday night at dinner, Amy's water broke. She wasn't sure if this was the real deal or not, but we had to head in to be safe. Both of us were feeling like we'd just be sent home again, so other than the pre-loaded car, we didn't even do much prep - after all, she wasn't even in labor.

But it only took a few minutes into the triage room to confirm that it was the real-deal, and we weren't going home this time. We got moved into the Labor & Delivery room, and they got started inducing labor.

Things were fairly slow going at first, but by late morning things were well underway, and Amy & I were both thrilled to meet Frank when he finally arrived!

Happy Mommy & Baby

The whole experience was much better for Amy this time - no preeclampsia, so no magnesium sulfate - she was aware & bounced back after birth MUCH faster without all that crap in her system.

Frank with his namesake - his grandpa Frank!

Happy to meet big sister!

Because of his timing, we still wound up staying until Monday, but we were able to head home fairly early Monday morning.


More pics are at Nana's site, and on Facebook (under my (Max's) account - visible to friends only).

Mommy's 30!

Mommy's 30th birthday was Tuesday and we had lots of fun. On Monday I ate for the first time at the Cheesecake Factory and then we went to Texas Roadhouse on her birthday. Mommy also took me to the doctor on her birthday to make sure I had gotten rid of my ear infection. It's finally gone and now I weigh 21 pounds, 5 ounces (with clothes on) and am about 31 inches long!
I enjoy helping mommy clean up--when she gives me a paper towel I find yucky spots on the floor and take care of them! I don't think mom and dad realized I could be so helpful with chores this young. We are getting a deck at my house and it is almost done so I got to stomp and play on it today! Then we went for a walk; as you can see I pushed the stroller:)

Happy Birthday to Evie...

Today was Evie June bug's first birthday. We can hardly believe it is already here. We spent the morning together, mommy made dairy-free pancakes and we played until Evie took a nap and then Nana and Grandma came over and we opened presents and thenwent to lunch and to Franklin Park Conservatory to see the butterflies. Here are some pictures from the conservatory:They have a great new kids room which she loved playing in! Then we watched the new butterfly release before heading out:After that we picked up grandpa and all came back to the house for dinner, present opening and the first birthday cake fiasco. Evie did not really like the cake--she got upset when the icing got stuck on her fingers and she flung it everywhere trying to get it off. Eventually most of it ended up mashed in her hair!

And finally, here 1 year card picture. Note how different it is from the days old version: