At the Hospital

We're at the hospital now, waiting in the delivery room for things to progress. We were at home keeping close track of how frequent the transactions were. They were pretty regular, averaging about 15 minutes apart for an hour. We were trying to decide whether to start getting ready to leave or wait for another contraction when Lacey's water broke. That made the decision a little easier.

A few minutes ago there was a guy in the hallway trying to give someone directions to the hospital over the phone. I think they were having some problems communicating, because it sounded like he was getting pretty upset.

"You're where? 395?! How'd you get over there?"
"You're in Pasco? I thought you were in Kennewick!"
(To a female voice in the hall) "She's on Elm--she's not supposed to be there. Do you know where Elm is?"

Things have quieted down, so I guess they figured it out.

Contractions Increasing, Snow Falling, Patriots Crying

Lacey has been having contractions throughout the day, including 3 in the last hour and a half (as of a few minutes ago--she is sleeping now). She tells me that the intensity of the contractions is also starting to increase, as they are also becoming more and more regular. This whole baby thing is starting to sink in and become a little more real.

In other news, the snow from last week finally melted, just in time for some fresh powder to fall on Saturday. Here is a picture I took on Saturday night. I tried to get my HDR groove going, but I don't think it really helped.

Finally, I feel that this entire NFL season has been a success. Even though the Cowboys weren't able to win a playoff game, and subsequently lost nearly their entire coaching staff to the Dolphins, and even though their bitter division rival went on to win the big game (after losing to the Cowboys in both regular season meetings), and even though Marion Barber didn't get half the carries he should have, and even though I had to hear about how great Tom Brady and the New England Patriots were every single week, this season finally made up for all of its shortcomings on Sunday night when the Patriots lost. What a time to lose their first game of the year.

One more thing - February 5th is my half-birthday (I will be posting a wish list very soon), so if the contractions continue to progress as they are, there is an outside chance of Number Two coming on a semi-special day for me. If he misses that date, the next notable date is February 10th, which of course is (my sister) Amy's birthday. But I don't think any of us want to wait that long...

Thank Heaven for Little Boys

I took some pictures of Lacey's big belly and some baby stuff and put them together in a little slideshow. Running time is 1:56. I hope you enjoy it!

Week 14 Photos

I took some pictures of Lacey and Rian this weekend with my new camera lens. I intend to take more photos every couple weeks so we can look back and see her belly grow as we close in on the due date.

I took a set of photos in front of our living room curtains, but I really wasn't happy with them. We don't really have any studio-like places in our house where I can put up a background (even if I had one) and control the lighting, so it was hard to find a place where Lacey and Rian could stand without having a messy house behind them. I ended up throwing a bed sheet up over a couple doors in our bedroom, and it seemed to work out alright.

These photos are low-quality web versions of the originals. If you'd like to have one printed so you can hold it in your hand or put it on the fridge, let me know and I can either print it out myself or send you a print-quality version so you can get it printed.