Homecoming

Yes, the annual "how's your liver" weekend is upon us. Although I may not get to stick around for the full beer band circuit, I am scheduled to appear in all Homecoming activities. So tell the bartender at Gabe's/The Picador/Whatever the hell it is now to get the lemon drops ready!!
And the little guy will be joining us at The Vine on Thursday and will also get to watch his first ever Homecoming Parade! Here's a pic from us watching his first Hawkeye game together:

I'm a Dad!

This morning at 12:29am, the little guy finally decided to enter the world. We went ot the hospital to induce labor at 7:30am on Saturday, broke the water aroun 8:30 and sat around contracting, dilating, and shitting away another game to ISU in Lames. Finally, around 9pm the doctor announced that we were at 10 centimeters dilated and could start pushing. So we pushed. And pushed. And pushed. At 11:30, the doctor could still feel the baby's head, with little progress since the last check. So it was determined that his head just was too big to fit through the birth canal and all she was feeling was the top of his skull, which had been pushed into a little cone.
Off to the OR we went, with a quick change into scrubs and a big extra dose into the epidural. Sure enough, he had been pushed into the birth canal and was wedged right into the pelvic bone. He was literally stuck in there, and it took the doctor pulling him from the chest side and a nurse reaching in from below pushing his head to get him unstuck and out of there.
So it goes without saying that the little dude was pretty stressed out when he came out and it took a little bit to get him to come around and perk up for us (scary moments). But after a few moments, he was on his way and I got to hold him in recoevery while Colleen was being stiched up. His breathing was faster than normal, so we had to take it easy this morning, but his last few checks are starting to even out and everything looks perfect. Colleen is pretty sore and very, very exhausted. After all, she did all the work of a vaginal birth and also had to endure the C-section surgery.
All is well and we look forward to coming home in a few days with the new guy!

Baby Watch 2007

So the due date has come and gone and we are still waiting. If he doesn't decide to join us today, we are heading to the hospital and they will induce labor on Saturday morning. Does anyone know if Mercy Hospital gets the Vs. channel in their cable lineup?

And btw, it's 11:11 and Iowa State STILL SUCKS!! (And apparently, this year, much more than usual)

GO HAWKS!

Another quiz

Again, stolen from Wendy. I wouldn't post it, except, well, I did better than she did :)

80%The Movie Quiz

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Waiting Game

Still no baby yet. This kid seems to have a Spanish sense of time. Yesterday was the due date. We have another doctor's appointment this afternoon, so hopefully we will get some idea of how things are going and what the plan is for if he decides to keep hiding out for a while.

Fun Quiz

Blantantly stolen from Wendy. But I thought it turned out fairly accurate. Enjoy.

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