Wednesday, August 31, 2005



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Sunday, August 28, 2005



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Saturday, August 27, 2005

too cute not to share


too cute not to share
Originally uploaded by digiears.

Krispy Kreme is the best medicine


Both feeling better today


Both feeling better today
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Fuzzy little ear


Fuzzy little ear
Originally uploaded by digiears.

Proud papa


Proud papa
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Rosella and David


Rosella and David
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Soooo tired


Soooo tired
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5 minutes old


5 minutes old
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Lorie's little joke


Lorie's little joke
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Thursday, August 25, 2005

Mom and baby are fine



Originally uploaded by digiears.



Lorie and David are doing great. It's been tough on Lorie, she's been in a lot of pain from the operation. He's been worth everything. We're trying to get into feeding and some routine, plus letting him go to the nursery while we nap.

Getting warm and cleaned up.



Originally uploaded by digiears.


In this picture David is less than 15 minutes old. I walked him to the nursery while Lorie was getting stitched back up. That disc on his chest is measuring his temperature.
7lbs. 14.5 oz, 21 inches, big fingers and Monkey toes!

In the operating room



Originally uploaded by digiears.


Still in the operating room, just 2-3 minutes old. He LOVED getting poked and cleaned up.

Came out screaming



Originally uploaded by digiears.


David hadn't even cleared the womb when he started howling! It was really cold in the Operating Room and he didn't like it. As a matter of fact he peed on the doctor-showing that babies are really expressive when they need to be.

Waiting



Originally uploaded by digiears.


At this point Lorie was on Oxygen and just waiting it out. We couldn't keep our eyes off the baby monitor. It told us David's heart rate and when she was contracting.

Wednesday, August 24, 2005

went to Doctor's office at 8:30...



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Went to Doctor's office at 8:30...Went to the hospital at 10:30 am, [edit for accuracy] 12:30pm contractions start, epidural at 12 midnight, c-section at 11am, David Alban at 11:05am. Happy family ever since.

Tuesday, August 23, 2005

playing with new camera phone



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Saturday, August 13, 2005

Quilt from Matt


Quilt from Matt
Originally uploaded by digiears.
Matt in Columbus sent this quilt for the baby. AND it has robots and lightning bolts on the other side! Just right for a boy!

Thursday, August 11, 2005

Waiting for baby is like...

Waiting for my wife to go into labor and deliver our first baby is like...

Imagine signing up for a mission trip to build an orphanage in Turkey and the trip coordinator can only give you an approximate time when the plane takes off. You could book your own flight but he doesn't reccomend it. You know it's a great cause, you feel called to do it, you've been reading all the handyman construction books, your passport and visas are all up to date. It's all the anticipation of a working holiday. You feel sick because he might come in the middle of the night, while you are at work or asleep when the call comes:

3 am
*RING*
(groggy) "...hello"
"Geoff, it's time"
"..huh? who...OH! TIME!"
"see you outside in 5 Minutes, buddy."
*CLICK*

And off you go!

Wednesday, August 03, 2005

"Clumsy Egg" or "PUSHED!"


"Clumsy Egg" or "PUSHED!"
Originally uploaded by digiears.
I can't decide what I'll tell David.

Cow jumping over the moon


Cow jumping over the moon
Originally uploaded by digiears.
I don't know if you can tell, but the characters are painted on cardboard to give it some depth. Really cool work.

Nursery is decorated now


Nursery is decorated now
Originally uploaded by digiears.
2 paintings by Todd Greene. Thanks Todd.