We all went down to the 4th ave. street fair yesterday and looked at all the crazy vendors merchandise. There was all kinds of people selling all of there with homemade odds and ends. Some were good and some were really bad. Fun experience overall. After about 90 minutes I was ready to go home.

Michelle's Dad and step mom are coming out this weekend to see the new brat. And some of Michelle's aunts and Uncles are rolling through town as well this week. I think I will take the Family (kinda wierd to say Family) to Pinetop the second week of April.

Saturday

The usual going on just at work and selling stuff. I am on lunch break and thought I would give an update on the happinings around here.

I did a workout yesterday at home that consisted of 20 minutes on the trainer, 3 sets of bench press, 3 sets of crunches, 3 sets of curls, 3 sets of bent over rows and 3 sets of tricep extentions.

Aiden is good he is sleeping more at night which means we sleep more. Last night he woke up at 11:00, 1:30 and 5:30. Way better than every two hours. The plan Michelle and I have layed out is I take the first shift until 2:00 and she takes the rest of the night. Since I am working and she is not She gets the later shift, Although we both only get up once.

On the home front Michelle has some family down from Wisconsin and we are supposed to go down to the street fair tommorow. This will be Aidens first major outdoor experience. Back to work.

Aiden is weighing in at a whopping 7 lbs 9 oz. He has gained 1lb 7 oz in two weeks. Not badI would like to see us try to gain 25% of our weight in two weeks. No news on the blood work as of yet although we will see on the next appointment. I am actually going to try to get a ride in this afternoon.

We are off to the Dr. we will see how the blood work came out and see how fat Aiden is getting.

Some snow on the mountain tops. We had a pretty good storm come threw here a week ago.

I AM TYPING THIS WITH ONE HAND SO I WILL USE ALL CAPS. AIDEN AND I ARE HANGING OUT TODAY AN WE HAD A DROOLING CONTEST. I WON OF COURSE ALTHOUGH HE HAD THE LONGEST BURP BY FAR. WE ALL WENT TO CHURCH TODAY AND HE JUST SLEPT THE WHOLE TIME AS WELL AS I ALMOST DID. WE HAVE A DR APPOINTMENT THURSDAY. JUST A FOLLOW UP. HE IS ALSO GETTING FAT HIS LITTLE CHEEKS ARE NO LONGER LITTLE. HE ALMOST HAS THAT CHIPMUNK LOOK.

There is a 180 mile ride in Death Valley in May but it doesnt sound appealing so I am out. Since I cant seem to ride much anyway it is proberly for the best. Maybe I could do the Brian Head 100 instead.

I am at work today and it is spring break here in Tucson so everyone is out of town and we are slow. So I will catch up on some behind the scene stuff around here.

Aiden sure does like peanut butter. I gave him a teaspoon last night and he licked his lips for hours. He is also becoming alot more aware of his surroundings and eating almost double the oreo cookies we were giving him two weeks ago. We took him allover Tucson yesterday and showed him off.

In other news I was able to go for a short ride yesterday and it felt great. The first time I have ridden in almost three weeks.

Last night went well and I am off tommorow. Michelle has an appointment in the am with her dr. Aiden has an appointment with his dr. also. I hope to get to ride in the afternoon since the weather has been so nice. The original name Nasal Drip was vetoed by Michelle. So we went with Aiden instead.

This pic shows the night we had last night. I think I had around 2 1/2 hours of sleep or so. I dont know why he was so cranky but I am hopeing to get more sleep tonight.

Here are a few random pics.

After you climb to the top of Gates Pass this is the eye watering desent you have in front of you. 50+ mph. Yea baby!!

Nice sunset from the shop.

50 year trail

Stay in inside today. The weather is very windy and there have already been two dust storms outside the shop. With the poor weather we are slow at the shop, maybe if I stand outside naked it will bring in some biz.

In other news mom is coming out Monday and she is staying until friday. Aiden is doing fine. He was a bit cranky last night so we were up late.

New format for the old blog. I figured with a new boy Blue was the only way to go. One day I will figure out how to create my own.

Last night went well. Aiden slept most of the night. We only woke up twice once at 2 and once at 5. Not bad considering we were up most of the night a few nights ago. I am back at work today and the weather has turned south pretty windy and cool temps.

This is my favorite picture yet. This seems to be his most used facial expression (i'm hungry)

This is us at the Dr.

Nothing really new here Michelle is still recovering from the big day and Aiden is eating like crazy. Last night we were able to sleep the most since the birth. Yesterday we took him out on the town. We went to the pediatricians office and took him to see Michelles co-workers. I might start a seperate blog for pics of the little guy.

Ya know whats funny is that Aiden will sleep from sun up to sundown without a noise, but as soon as it is our bed time he is like a heavy metal concert. I wonder why? Last night I thought he did not like the dark so I left a light on and tried some other things. Nope! The only thing else I can think of is is to crank the heat we will see tonight.

Michelle is doing much better and is able to move around fairly well. We have a pediatrition apt on Wendsday for His first check up.

Well were do I start? I guess at the beginning.

Sunday Febuary 26th, late pm
Michelle was feeling "wierd". The baby was moving around a whole lot and we were not sleeping.

Monday Febuary 27th
Around 2:30am Michelle's water broke and we knew it was time. We drove to the hospital and were checked in immediatly. Around 3:30am she was all hooked up to all the machines and we could hear his heart going like crazy. 152 bpm to be exact. At this point I thought he would be here in 8 hours or so. Man was I wrong! 8 hours came and went as well as 9, 10 , 11 12 , 13, 14 and the 15th hour. Finally on the 16th hour the nurse comes in and tells us we will have to have a C-section. Not the news we were hoping for but by this time Michelle was getting pretty tired and we were running out of time. I guess after the water breaks you have 24 hours to give birth b-4 infections can start. We had about an hour to get mentaly prepared for all this and I also had to change into scrubs that were made for a 5' 8" person (yea kinda tight). We went into the O.R. and did the deed.

After Aiden wad delivered I was the first to hold him. I looked into his eyes and knew right away he was mine. I was kinda scared and nervous at the same time but more happy than any thing. He has all his fingers and toes and is 100% healthy. We had to stay in the hospital for 4 days and that was no fun at all and I will spare you all the details of that. We were released Friday late afternoon and man were we happy.

We are happy to be home and all is well. Aiden is doing what all Babys do, ya know poop, pee and eat. and after the first night home we slept a total of 4 hours on and off. This is supposed to last a few weeks and then he will sleep more and more in the night. Thats all for now as I am going to take a nap b-4 the tonights debacle.

A few pics of the new brat.