Tuesday, October 14, 2008

Day 4 of life is good

Hi everyone. I have a few minutes to update (although it's slow going, typing with one hand). Riley was able to come home yesterday evening, and is getting used to the creaky floors in his new house. Gramma and Granpa Meyer came to help out and have just left. Riley has had a busy day today- with his first well-baby exam this afternoon. Turns out they mis-measured his length in the delivery room. He's actually 19.5 inches! He's only lost 3% of his birth weight, so it looks like all is well in Riley world. He has a touch of jaundice, but below the level where they would be concerned.
We're basically just working out the kinks with feeding, and Andrew is trying to learn how to function with poor sleep (I've been training for 8 months!). Here are a couple of pictures, in no particular order...more later!



Enjoying getting dressed to come home!



Homecoming




This one's from just a few hours ago. 4 days old!





I second that.

Sunday, October 12, 2008

Here's Riley!

Riley Dombard joined our family on 10 October 2008. Baby is fine, Mom is fne but sore, and Dad is giddy.

For those keeping score at home, here are the full spces: Riley Francis Meyer Dombard, born at 9:02 pm CDT via c-section. He was 7 lbs 6 ozs and 17 3/4 inches long. He has all the appendages and accessories you would expect from a little boy. He spent some time in the NICU the first day because of a false-positive high bilirubin count in his cord blood. Don't worry, he's all good. Currently, we are working through the kinks of breastfeeding (right now he sucks at sucking, but he can scream like an old pro).

Here are some pictures. Enjoy!!



Friday, October 10, 2008

No baby yet...

Hi all. Andrew here. D'Arcy and I are still sitting in her labor and delivery room 44 hours after coming to the hospital. The kid is being stubborn, but both he and Mom are fine. Things are just going slowly. The good news is D'Arcy seems to be fairly immune to contraction pains, describing them as cramp-like. So at least it hasn't been 2 days of seething agony! In fact, she is currently enjoying her lime sherbet.

We are nearing the end of the induction phase of the program. If this doesn't bear fruit (and by fruit, I mean baby), we will consider other options. It looks like 10/10/08 is a good bet for his birthday!

Wednesday, October 8, 2008

OMG

Hmmm. Having baby today, or tomorrow. Turns out my water broke this morning...
We'll keep you posted!

Tuesday, October 7, 2008

Meyer Babyshower

We drove down to St. Louis this past weekend for the baby shower that my Grandma and parents organized for us on the 5th. Mind you, Grandma had minor surgery on the 1st (she's a go-getter). Lots of fun with the Meyer clan- which can be a bit hectic at times given the shear numbers of people that typically attend such events. We have a lot of really nice stuff! I think the baby will be well-clothed and warm, if nothing else! Now we're just taking stock of what's left to do and waiting...
Also bought a car seat this weekend. Things are getting official.

Just a quick sample of the "flavor" of the shower. Here's a crowd of Meyer-associated women taking pictures of me with the cake. Grandpa, my Dad, and Rew are around too, but somewhat outnumbered. Age range of crowd= 1yr to 80+yrs.


Check out this beautiful blanket that my Grandma cross-stitched for il bambino. I'm afraid to use it- I would feel horrible if some misc baby...substance...got on it. I guess that goes with the territory.

Sunday, September 28, 2008

Dogs on parade

We were awakened this morning to the sounds of dogs barking. Eventually, we figured out that our park was having an event called Barkapalooza. We couldn't resist checking it out, and were rewarded with one of the silliest spectacles we've ever seen. There were a gazillion dogs parading around our pond, and lots of tents with area businesses and charities. The highlight was a brief Border Collie frisbee-catching demonstration. Those dogs can fly, and it was a hoot to watch all the spectator dogs getting all excited.

A view of some of the booths and the parade of dogs walking around the pond.

This dog's name was Midnight, and she was really good at jumping...

Case in point! Andrew had fun with the fancy action shot options on our new camera. He took about 130 pictures in well under an hour.

Wednesday, September 17, 2008

Signs...

...that you're starting to look REALLY pregnant. Well, other than the obvious and symptomatic ones that is.
1. When you pass people in the hallway, or going in/out of doorways, their eyes hit on your belly before they meet yours.
2. You've begun to consider the walk to the gym as part of your actual workout.
3. The girls in the locker room avoid the lockers around yours, as if your pregnancy is contagious or infectious somehow. At least it means I get more bench space.
4. Not sure which is worse, the fact that random strangers have started to ask when I'm due, or being asked by colleagues every other day, "now, when are you due again?". It's like they think I'm going to pop any second and they want to plan their escape route.