First family photo

First family photo
Originally uploaded by navratil

Well, here you go. This photo could use some cropping, but it's our first photo as a complete family since Pete's birth. Thanks, Ghedie!

Navrus of Borg

Navrus of Borg
Originally uploaded by navratil

So, on Flickr I added the fairly generic (overly obvious) followup "You will be assimilated." It just occurred to me that it might be more interesting to give the backstory for this photo.

This was Pete's first ECG. He's obviously a happy camper, no? Turns out an ECG for a newborn is pretty much the same as an ECG for an adult: A bunch of sticky leads, a bunch of wires, sit there for a couple seconds, and you've got your results. Of course, everything is new and weird and discomfiting at nine days old, so he wasn't nearly as calm as you or I would likely be.

So there we are, Debbie and I and a nurse, trying to keep Pete calm enough to get a valid reading (that doesn't have page-wide slashes where he was screaming), and Debbie and I naturally are joking about having to get a picture of Pete and his amazing technicolor leadcoat. Eventually (after three attempts, I think), the nurse gets a good reading, and starts to take the leads off.

"Oh.. darn," Debbie comments.

"You didn't..." I start.

"Did you want a picture of him wired up?" the nurse asks.

"Wah!" Pete continues.

"Er. Yes, please" Debbie responds.

So the nurse, indulging the silly parents, hooks Pete all the way back up, Pete continues to be unhappy -- effectively at our request, now -- we take a few pictures, and that's that.

Yeah, we're great parents, why do you ask?

Arrr!

DSC03225
Originally uploaded by navratil

Pete's been having an issue of some kind with his right left eye.

Until it clears up, he's Pirate Pete. Arrr!

(Of course, I think he looks kinda like Dean Stockwell, but I might be alone there.)

Announcement Photo?

Announcement Photo?
Originally uploaded by navratil

So we're thinking of using this picture (with perhaps a little editing) as the announcement photo, since we were out of the hospital before the Your First Photo people could overcharge us. Whaddya think?

Home Sweet Home

Mom, Dad, and Baby are all home and doing fine.

And soon to be sleeping.

Three minutes old

Mom & baby

Franks Four and Five

Welcome Pete!

Posting on behalf of Joe --

Pete is here and doing splendidly.

Born at 5:03pm
10 pounds, 14 ounces (much smaller than the last one)
22.5" long

Mom and baby are doing very well.

In a word, not yet

Yes, I know it's two words. That's what passes for humor on two hours of sleep in a chair that's comfortable in neither the "chair" nor "bed" states.

So, no, Pete hasn't decided to grace us with his presence yet. Pictures will be here once he gets over his stage fright.

Mom's doing fine, baby seems to be doing fine. We had a small scare early this morning, but everyone's been fine since about 7:30am.