Nora turns 2 weeks old!

Well time is going by pretty quickly and it is amazing to see the changes that have taken place with Nora already. she is starting to look less like the angry old man when she came out, to a sweet baby girl. She is definitely growing. She started at 6lbs 4oz, and went...

Nora’s Birth Story (part II)

Okay, so there we were in the delivery room, I had just cut the cord. They then placed her on Sharon’s chest and we both cried again, all three as a family at last. The moment was perfect. But as with all moment they are fleeting, but the memory of a great one...

Nora’s Birth Story

(As a preface, I must tell you I am typing this entry as I sit in the dark at the hospital with Sharon taking a rest and baby Nora in her bassinet sleeping snug as a bug in a rug right next to me making the cutest cooing noises ever, all is perfect in the world at...

Inducement day

Well the time had come, we spoke with the doctor and told him we are ready if Nora is. He had no problem inducing as long as Nora’s lungs were fully developed which meant having an amniosynthesis. But we did have to wait also until two days later because he had...

A day to relax, lament and prepare

Sharon and I took Labor Day as a time to spend with each other and the dogs out at the beach. It was a great day. Little Jinny ran and ran, and she just loves to be in the water. And Jack loves to explore the shoreline, sticking whatever dead and decaying, nasty thing...