Baby Berto

While most of the Seattle area slip slides into anarchy and chaos, we took advantage of the sunny, yet really cold, weather to introduce Kylah to the snow.

Kylah and Chubbs The Pug check out the snow.

Kylah stayed nice and bundled up for the 87 seconds we had her out side.

Chubbs seemed to only want to eat it. Didn't eat any yellow snow though.

Kelci and I recently conquered the new parent rite of passage known as the pumpkin patch. While Kylah wasn’t quite old enough for the hay rides, we managed to show her a few new sights and sounds. (more…)

The last 72 92 hours 8 days have been amazing. That seems to be the only fitting word to describe the 92 hours of my life since Kylah was born. It’s been 92 hours 8 days since I looked into Kelci’s eyes and told her “Just one more push, I can see her head!”

Or as it probably sounded between sobs: “Come thoan Kel… Ohhhh I can theee herrrrr head!!!”

Right before Kylah made her grand entrance. I hope Kelci doesn't mind me reposting this one

I’m not sure where to begin, continue or end this post. I’ll start with a brief update. Kelci and I made the harrowing journey across two towns to bring Kelci and Kylah home. Well, not exactly harrowing. We drove about 3 miles and pulled into our driveway.

The first few days at home have been a blur of family, feeding, sleeping, doctors and friends. At some point, somebody asked how old she was.

I’ll admit, I had to choke back some tears when I proudly answered “Almost three days.”

I mentioned doctors above. Nothing to be alarmed by, just a quick checkup to make sure her weight loss has slowed down (it has) and that all the parts are in the right place (they are). She weighed in at 7 lbs, 10 oz yesterday, so I’m thinking about editing my earlier post about having  a big baby… By her second doctor’s appointment, she had already put back on another 5 ounces. Definitely her daddy’s girl.

This has been such an amazing adventure. It’s hard to put into words. I’m sure I’ll be speechless for a while.

It’s not common to have an ultrasound at 39 weeks, 5 days. But that’s what we did this morning. As you can imagine, I am pretty capable of making a big baby.

I was 10 lbs, 21 inches

Kelci was 8 lbs 8 oz

All three of my sisters were 10 days late and bigger babies.

And now let me introduce you to Kylah, who as of this morning’s ultrasound is approximately 9 lbs.

Meet Kylah. Sorry for the glare, but it's a picture of a picture. It's what I could do.

The doctor isn’t worried. She wants us to carry on and wait for a natural labor to start. All of the pieces are there and all of her systems are working wonderfully. Oh, and she’s definitely still a she.

We won’t get beyond 41 weeks, though, so by the end of next week, we’ll be welcoming Baby Berto into this world and out of her comfortable home.

Also, we’re not the only ones waiting for our baby to arrive. Our friends Josh and Annie are patiently waiting for Ali to get here too. Annie posted this hilarious list on why it’s time for Ali to come. I’d like to add #11 to the list: Play dates!