Ty's first trip to church

Tyler made his first trip to church last night. Things have certainly changed in our lives. I think we started getting ready at 5:30 for a 7:30 meeting. We did actually arrive about 15 minutes early though. I can't wait for Sunday morning, he may have to stay up after his 5:00 feeding. It was fun to finally get to take him to church and show him off a bit. Becca was just ready to get out of the house for a little while. Unlike lucky me, she doesn't "get" to go to work everyday. A lot of our friends from church had already been by several times to see him, but there were still plenty who were seeing him for the first time. I'll post some pictures later, but he wore a cute baby blue sweater vest and khaki pants that his granny got for him. He actually didn't mind getting all dressed up in it. We fed him 4 ounces at 6:30 hoping that it would put him out for most of the service, but oh no, Becca had to take him out after the second song. He had been having gas all day and his stomach was bothering him a bit. I hope the people around me didn't think that was me passing gas. He calmed down after a little bit and then she brought him back in and gave him to me. Let me tell you, having him on you shoulder is like having a heating pad on you. I was sweating like crazy, but was afraid to move him because I didn't want to wake him up. He was fine for the remainder of the services and slept most of the time. Of course we stayed around for 30 minutes after the services were over, talking to people and showing the little man off. I'll have to say last night was pretty easy. If we can just cut down the getting ready time and duplicate his performance in church, we should be on easy street. I just have a feeling that is not likely! Today we are getting our pictures taken. I wanted to wait a couple of months, but obviously I have no say so in these matters. I'm not even sure my objection was noted. I'll post one or two once we get them back.

PS. We changed over to this blog to make it easier on my friend Jason. He designs websites and does all kinds of internet/computer services. If anyone is interested just let me know. His work is awesome and his rates better than you'll find anywhere. Plus he updates around the clock because he has trouble sleeping! :)

Home with Ty

It has been a while since I've updated. Jason was on vacation and we've been busy with the little guy. He's small, but packs a powerful punch. We arrived at the airport on Saturday March 17th to a warm welcome. Our family and friends were there to greet us as you can see in the pictures (gallery 1 and gallery 2). There was a very excited "Granny" who refused to give him up. When we got back to our house our friends had decorated it for us and even left some food in the refrigerator! My parents stayed with us from Saturday until Wednesday and were great about getting up with Tyler in the middle of the night and early morning. Becca's parents came Thursday night and her brother's family came Friday night. They were such a big help with the chores around the house and with Tyler. Everyone left on Monday morning and we've been going solo since then. It's been nice just the three of us (and the dogs), but very busy. I've been playing catch up at work, so I've had to work a little later. By the time I get home at night, Becca is waiting at the door to give me "my son". She's been working really hard this week! She gets up with him every time he wakes up at night, and doesn't get to take many naps during the day. He's doing better during the night, but still wakes up about three times. He eats all the time and is getting bigger really fast. I'll try and write again tomorrow to let everyone know more.

Day 3

After the doctor's appointment yesterday, there wasn't a whole lot of activity; mostly just eating, sleeping, and changing diapers. We tried to keep Tyler up a little bit after each feeding, but he sometimes wouldn't agree. Once he decides it's time to sleep, there is little we can do to change his mind. Becca took the first shift last night while I got some sleep. He was good, but did not sleep most of her shift. I got him at around 3:30. He stayed up a little bit, but eventually fell asleep after making me change several diapers. After that, he slept the rest of the night. There's not been much activity today. Today's big event is the arrival of Uncle Steven and Aunt Kara. They are re-routing there vacation to come by and see "the little man". I'm including some more pictures of just Tyler. Dad so kindly told us that we were getting in the way of his pictures. Apparently we are not the focal point. I'll call yesterday a draw.

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Day 2

What a difference a day makes! We followed through with our plan to keep him up more throughout the day. He cried about that a little, but was a trooper for the most part. Becca and I took some naps during the day to make up for the lack of sleep at night. He slept most of the night except for feeding every 2-3 hours and boy can he eat! Becca and I alternated those and actually got the most sleep we've had since last Thursday night! We took him in this morning to see the doctor for his check up and everything was great. He really doesn't like getting naked and being put on the scales though. We got to hear his lungs working well during that. He's back up to slightly over his birth weight which is good. His body size is slightly bigger than average in weight and length. His head is in the 90% range, 37 cm I think. The doctor assured me that it is larger to allow for his large brain. Baby Einstein! He and Becca are sleeping now getting ready for Jmac and Jennifer. They are in the area and plan on driving up to see him. I'd have to give this day to the parents.

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Day 1

I'll try and post updates every day or so for the next two weeks as most have not seen him. Yesterday (Monday 3/12) was a big day for us. We actually got to bring the little guy home from the hospital. Everything went great! We were so excited, but at the same time it was a very emotional time. I've really matured and grown spiritually in the last several days. God has been in control and we have seen first hand the power of prayer. There are far too many examples to begin to state them. We got Tyler back to the hotel around 6. We took many pictures, a fraction of which are on this website. He was a complete angel all night. Then bedtime came! Apparently daddy's little angel is a daytime sleeper and a night owl. Becca took the 1st shift from 11-2. I was awake most of the time, but finally got out of bed to help and took my shift from 2-4:30. Becca got very little sleep during that time. She took over again at 4:30 then finished up the night. I got about 4 hours of sleep and she got about 2. All of a sudden 7 o'clock came and he was out like a light. We've tried to keep him awake more throughout the day today so we'll see how tonight goes. I'd have to give last night to Tyler.

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To be continued...