This is from our Childbirth Class Reunion on Saturday. This Shot is entitled "The Magnificent Seven" Due to a miscommunication most of the kids came dressed as Yul Brynner, as you can see the young lady in the middle was quite upset about it. 

I'm a lumberjack, and I'm ok, I sleep all night and I work all day...........! Monty Phython would be proud.

Looook intooo my eyes......... 

Can I put you on hold please?

We just got back from our friends house, and M went in the bedroom to change Adiran's diaper. She took off his soiled diaper and cleaned him up and was about to put on a new one, when Adrian started to pee at M. He only got M's leg, so to block him she just held her hand over him until he was done. So far I have yet to get hit, and I've mastered the art of quick changes. By doing so reduced the odds of getting whizzed on by my son. I have a bad feeling though, it could happen to me at anytime, and when it does I'll probably get it in the face.

Well hello out there! I feel bad that I haven't been keeping you all up with how we're all doing out here.

First off we had to take our car in to get some work done on it. For about 2 months or so M kept on hearing a "click-click" noise from the front end of the car. And for a while I couldn't really hear it until early last Monday. So that Friday M took the car up and dropped it off, and had them look at it. After they had took the car out for a short drive and looked over the car for what was wrong, told M that the noise was coming from the front right axel boot. They continued to tell her that it was their recommendation to get not only the right side replaced but to get both right and left sides replaced. The mechanic also told her that the timing belt needed to be replaced because it looked like it was about to give up. M gave the go ahead, and was told that the car would be ready to be picked up on Monday afternoon. Monday afternoon rolled around, so M called up to the repair shop and asked how things where going. They told her that the parts truck was running late and that they wouldn't get the part until later that day. So as of Monday they had the car for four days. All Towing which is where we took the car told M that they would try to get the car out by late Tuesday afternoon, which happened to be the day of Adrians baby shower.

So by then we where relying on the fact that the car would be ready in time for us to go get it, and to drive ourselves over to where the shower was going to be. So M had our friend N.M. come over our place to take M up to All Towing to get the car. She called up there to tell them that she was on her way to get the car, and the person at All Towing told her that one of the mechanics didn't like the way something was looking on the car. You can only guess what they said then. (Long pause) The car wouldn't be ready until Wednesday morning! OH MY GOD!!!! M told them that by not having the car ready made things more complicated for us. Because for the last few days I had been getting rides to and from school from my classmates, and we need the car back. So All Towing told M that on Wednesday morning they would come and pick her up here at our apartment. Wednesday morning came around and sure enough they came to pick M up, and M drove the car back up to the repair shop to pay for the work done on the car. Lets just say "ouch" and leave it at that shall we?

As I mentioned before some of M's friends threw a post baby shower for M and Adrian this past Tuesday. It was held over at a friends house and had about 17 people over. It was very nice and we all had a lot of fun. It was also nice to see some of our friends who we hadn't seen for a few months. We got all kinds of really nice gifts, one of my favorites was a framed black and white 8x10 close up of Adrian, taken the day after he was born. It was taken by our friend Diego. We got all kinds of baby supplies, clothes, books, and the likes. My Uncle Bruce and Aunt Irene from Long Island sent out a really nice outfit which will look might sharp on him when he gets a little bigger.

Speaking of getting bigger, Adrian had his two week check up with our doctor, Dr. Short today. Usually a baby is expected to gain their birth weight back with in the first week, week and a half. Adrian weighed 8 lbs, 3 oz when he was born, then weighed 7 lbs, 13 oz about a week later, today when he wieghed he was 9 lbs, 3 oz. He also had grown two more inches in length from 21 1/4" to his now length of 23". Which means he could be about 10lbs by this time next week. Pretty crazy.

So far it's been fun, and a huge learning experience for both of us. The whole time leading up to him being born I had gotten my self thinking the worse bout what it would be like to have a baby. And you know what, I like it! I don't care if his easy going temperament doesn't last because he is, well how can I put it, ........ he is who he is and I love him.

He is my son Adrian, soon to be who he will be.

Here is a shot of me with my Grandmom and Grandpop Sherida. It's been a while since I've seen a picture of my Grandfather, it's nice to remember all the great times we had togeather while he was alive.  

The person who is on the right side of the picture is my Uncle Stuart. As you can see I was very interested in the cat he was holding. 

This a picture of me with my Grandfather Sheridan from 1981. This was taken at my grandparenys place up in Riverhead, Long Island. NY

Here is a picture of Susan the mid-wife we had for M's pregnancy. This was taken back on the 17th, 4 days after Adrian was born. 

A concerned sailor. 

Adrian in his hippo bath towel right after his first bath at home. 

Adrian checking things out as best he can. Here he is sitting up and supporting his own head. 

One day I'll be like dad. 

Here you can see how he likes to sleep with his hands above him. 

Adrian cracking a smile. 

Here are some pictures of Grandmom Fegan with Adrian. "Grandmom I can see you".  

Resting on the bed with mom after a whole day out and about town. 

A hungry boy. 

Father & Son just before bed time. 

Here's a picture I took earlier today, and took color out of parts of the picture. The title of this picture is ( Sleep Mode ). 

Events as they unfolded.

Adrian is finally here! Almost two weeks after his due date. Let me fill people in on how it went down on the night of the twelfth. M went to bed around 10:30 pm or so. Carol was still up using the computer and I went into the bedroom to go watch some TV. After about 15 minutes I turned off the TV and went to sleep, M got up to use the rest room and came back to bed 5 minutes later. I sort of woke up, just enough to see her come back to bed. Next thing I realize Carol is waking me up telling me it's time to go to the hospital. By now it's 11:45 pm on Tuesday the 12th. I get up and I hear M moaning really loud, and it hits me what's happening, she started contractions. I scampered to change into warm clothes as Carol and M call the doctor. They tell the doctor that she's started and he told them he would let the hospital know we where on the way up. We left our place just after mid-night and got up to the hospital a little after 12:20 am. Once we got there we where taken into a small room so the nurses could monitor M's and Adrian's vital signs. When the nurse checked to see how far M was along she told us that she was 6 cm dilated. That's when our nurse Merry-Ann moved M to the larger room so M could get into the tub and in some warm water. By then the nurse checked M again and said that she was 8 cm dilated. M was in the tub having contractions for only about 30 mintues or so, that's when she first started feeling the need to push. The time is now 5 minutes to 2:00 am, M started to push and 18 minutes later Adrian came into this world at 2:13 am on January 13th 2005.

It's a boy! Adrian on one of his many short sleeping moments this morning. 

Adrian taking a nap before we went to bed last night. 

Here's M with Adrian right before we left to go home. 

A very happy mom and a tired little man. 

Nice warm and cozy. 

Getting ready to go home. Dressed for the cold Northwest weather. 

Getting dried off by Grandmom and the nurse.