A Rough Start

The good news is Blake's jaundice is much better. The bad news is he has a clogged tear duct (resulting in his left eye being goopy) and a herniated umbilical stump. Little Man is not feeling the love.

Other than that he is fine. He has developed this kind of stern, disapproving glance that Daddy is particularly proud of.

Big sister has not worn a diaper during the day for almost 5 days now! The trick is mostly not to ask her if she needs to go (she just says no.) I'm sure it would be liberating to stand in the living room and just let everything go.

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Our New Friend (The Baby Oompa Loompa)

Yea, Blake has touch of the jaundice. His biliruben count is at 17 (down from 17.4!) but Mommy is steadfastly feeding him every two hours, and we're trying to catch the sun when it comes out. Other than that he is fine. A regular eating, pooping, sleeping machine.

He took the bottle no problem. Danae helped feed baby brother.

'Nae has been awesome with Baby Brother. Except for the time she tried to pick him up by herself. I'm afraid Daddy scarred the crap out of her (scarred Daddy a little, too). We had to explain that Blake doesn't have a very strong neck yet.

The following are yet more examples of 'Nae's fine photography. We let her wander around with the camera and she took 117 pictures! I'm thinking about starting another blog just with her pictures!

Introducing Blake Damon!

Blake Damon was born on March 5th at 1:27 pm. He weighed 6 pounds, 9 ounces and was 20 inches long!

Labor was (relatively) pain free and Mommy feels good. Danae and Daddy are at home tonight while Mommy and Blake stay at the hospital. We actually left the camera in Danae's diaper bag, and Nama took her home for the night! We had to buy a disposable camera for the first 25 pictures.

Blake came out long and skinny. He looks just like Danae when she was born.
Daddy has the feeling that Blake will be a monk or a philosphy major. There's probably more money in being a monk

Here's Big Blake and Papa Jerry. Danae loves Papa Jerry!

Daddy has to go to bed now. Long day tommorow! I will write more later.

Someone Is Coming Today!

Mommy went to the doctor today for what was supposed to be a routine exam. Not so routine! The doctor said Mommy is running low on fluid, so we're off to the hospital to get induced! We don't even have the crib up yet, or a middle name picked out!So we're all packed up and ready to go! See you soon!