He peed on himself

I was going about my business changing a diaper, which are now more frequent again and nastier, when I felt his clothes and noticed they were all wet. Then I felt above his head and that was wet too. So I'm pretty sure he peed on himself which explains why he got really angry. I told him to warn me next time so I can have the video camera ready to see what kind of air he can get.

My current favorite thing that he does is his snort. It sounds just like a pig and he usually does it when he is hungry. Still working on getting him to sleep in his crib or the pack n play, he usually tries it for about 20 minutes and then starts crying. So sleep at night involves sleeping in a chair with him on the chest. Fine for now, but I told him this will not last past age 12.

I have to go back to work tomorrow, although we are going to buy a lottery ticket tonight to see if I can become a permanent stay at home dad. More pictures down below including a demonstration on how to play video games with a newborn and his patented fist under the chin sleeping move. Time for us to eat, Ginny made us lasagna on Sunday and we've been eating it for every meal since, so time for some variety although obviously it was really good because I usually eat leftovers once at the most.

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Day 3 of Parenthood

We've decided we are going to keep the little guy. We've made a little progress over the last couple of days, especially after the nurse showed up today and told us we were doing everything wrong. So get the bumpers off of the crib, when he cries feed him no matter when he last ate, and pretty much let him do what he wants. We followed these rules and immediately he sleeps for like 3 hours straight. Best part of that is he slept on my belly while I played PS3. So now he hardly cries and sleeps a lot. Exactly what he's supposed to do. He also let out the loudest belch today, uncle Rich would be proud. You also know you've reached a new stage of your life when you start looking forward to a poopy diaper. (so you know he's actually eating enough) Plus he just threw up in Laura's hand. Yeah!!! It's the little things.

We had to get his earmuffs out today as we watched the movie Role Models. Their are a few words he probably shouldn't hear in the movie. We also made sure he faced away from the TV since it is the unrated version. We have to enjoy this while he still doesn't understand what is going on. Then it's all Disney movies and Nickelodeon. Can't wait for the telletubbies. Not much else going on, he timed it right so I got to miss a couple of classes, so he's scored some points from me already. We may try to venture out tommorow, so we'll see how that goes.

Chase is here!

For some reason blogger is blocked here, so I’m keeping track in word and then you are seeing it all at once.

Friday Morning - 4 AM

Well, we’re assuming today is the day. It’s 4 AM, we’re in the hospital, Laura has her drugs, and she’s trying to get a little sleep. At the doctor’s appointment this morning they sped the process up and it obviously worked as by 8 tonight the process had begun. Tough to know when you are actually supposed to come in, but with us being 40 minutes away we didn’t want to risk it. We got to the hospital at about 1 and by the time laura got drugs it was 3 hours later. She kept emphasizing that she wanted drugs though, and made sure the nurse did not forget.

At the time of the epidiral I was just standing in front of her and holding her hand. The doctor had just relayed a story about how a guy fainted and hit his head on the sink and had to go to the ER. Luckily I have practice in fainting so towards the end, I felt it happening again. This time instead of trying to shake it off, I sat down. So Laura’s getting a needle shoved in her back during a huge contraction, and the nurse has to get me some juice since I look green. Good thing I’m not having the kid. They have informed me there will be a chair ready for me during the actual delivery.

Pretty crazy to think that we will not return home by ourselves after this weekend. I was playing some PS3 when it started, so I got my last bit of that in as well as our random suppers of chicken wings and fries. Laura’s doing really well. Comments she has already made.

- I don’t want another kid
- Get me drugs
- Get me drugs now
- Did I mention I want drugs
- My husbands a fainter, watch out for him

I’m going to try and get some sleep now, obviously at the end of this there will be a link to pictures.

Friday Morning - 6:49 AM

Pretty rough last hour, the pain medicine wasn’t working and Laura was in a lot of pain. At first the machine distributing medicine broke and stopped letting medicine come out. They checked everything 3 times and then decided to just redo the epidural. When she sat up they realized that the first one had come out, so whoops. Laura had some pretty bad contractions at that point and was thinking she’d have to deliver the baby naturally which scared her the most. They restuck it in though, this time no fainting worries, and it looks like she might actually be sleeping again now. So I believe this sets the timetable back another few hours, hopefully she can get some sleep though. Kind of stinks when there’s basically nothing you can do to help. Plus I would say Laura and I tend to skew more towards the sarcastic side when talking with each other, that doesn’t quite work when you are feeling the most intense pain you have ever felt. Sun is coming up, we’ve been at it for around 11 hours now. Still hasn’t had her water break, so I think they might force that at some time.

9:22 AM - Saturday

So then it got a little busy after the last post. Laura was actually able to sleep until about noon and then we started the final part of labor. At the beginning she asked how long it would take, and I think we both thought “maybe 30 minutes”, obviously forgetting the class we took where it said it was a couple of hours. An hour and a half later, Laura was starting to get mad, which helped the situation. Finally, after 2 and a half hours, Chase Cameron made his way into the world, and man was he a lot larger then expected at 8 lbs 7 oz and 22 inches long. I got to cut the umbilical cord and then we took him over to get cleaned and warmed up. He came out with extremely wrinkly hands and feet due to some circulation problems, but everything was fine after a couple of hours. Overall the process was long, but Laura said it wasn’t too bad. She’s ready for the next one already. :) Laura did a great job, I tried not to laugh when she went for the 4th push during a contraction, but there was just this look of, “I’m sick of this, and I’m not wasting a contraction.”

We then finally invited the grandparents in to see their new grandson. Let’s just say Laura and I didn’t hold him very much over the next 8 hours. My dad just kept using the word Grandpa a lot, and people were making phone calls left and right. We then went through seeing some of his firsts, like a bath and his first meal. Unfortunately after everyone left we also got to experience the first diaper change. Good times. I faked like I was sleeping the rest of the night when he needed his diaper changed, so Laura took care of those. We actually slept pretty well during the night, he would sleep between feedings for the 3 hours without a lot of crying, so we’re feeling a little more rested this morning. I almost forgot that he got to see his first Twins game last night, although he pretty much slept through it, just like his Mom. 1-0 during his lifetime.

He stayed with us the entire time, and he actually just left us for a procedure. So hopefully they bring the right one back. I think we are planning on heading home today, so he’ll get to see all of the cool baby shower gifts he got. He can see the bobblehead collection, the PS3 that he won’t get to play more then an hour a day unless it is against me, and his basketball hoop that he can start shooting with. He should be able to start taking grounders in the next couple of weeks to get ready for baseball. :) That’s all for now, I’m sure when I’m up at 3 AM some night I’ll be able to write some more.

9:23 AM - Sunday Morning

Last night was a little longer then the night before. We think his current crib is a little big for him as every time we laid him down he would start crying. So we basically traded off holding him all night. That's not lasting much longer this week. :) He's pretty content now after eating a little bit. Grandma Friedrich has figured out that putting him in his stroller keeps him pretty content, so he's hanging out there now. Laura probably got around 3 hours of sleep last night, including an hour on the floor, so we've sent her back to bed for hopefully a good 3 hours. Overall he seems pretty happy, we already have the diaper changing down, and he seems to like both of us, so that's good. Here's a link to some of the first pictures, as we have more we'll post him. The 12th picture is my favorite, because he looks like an evil doctor or something with his old man hands in front of his face. His hands are back to normal now and he has lost his cone head, so supposedly that means he's starting to look cuter.

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30 days and counting

Well, it's crunch time. Something that felt very far away is now down to the final month and you know that it could happen any day now going forward. Laura's starting to get a little nervous, and wondering if we are all ready to go. I'm pretty much not trying to think too much about it, and hoping I figure it out once he is born. My dad asked if I've been reading a lot of books on how this all works, and I said not really, I'm more of an experience learner I would say. How hard can it be, right?

Good news is we do have a lot ready to go now. Two weekends ago Laura and Ginny worked on putting all of the bedroom furniture together. If you're wondering where I was as, I was putting together bookshelves downstairs, so don't think I was just playing video games or something. So the rooms all ready to go, and we have all these really tiny diapers that seem too small to be real. Just crazy how small he will be.

Laura has had some baby showers. What exactly the purpose of some of those games is, I really have no idea. What's the point of cutting a piece of string for how big you think the mom's stomach is. You are going to lose either way; either you cut it to small and lose the game, or you cut it to big and the mom hates you, you can't win. Laura supposedly cut her string 2 feet too long, to which she responded "that's how big I feel". We did get a lot of Twins and ISU clothes so we should be good to go. I'm proposing that for the kid's first picture, but Laura doesn't agree yet. My work team got us all of that stuff you don't know you need. It's also stuff you don't ever want to have to use. A lot of creams, ointments, and other awkward devices. This is going to be interesting.

We had our first of weekly doctor visits this week. Laura completely offended the nurse. Laura weighed in and she made a comment about how big she is. I'm pretty sure she still weighs less then the nurse, who's not pregnant. The nurse responded with a simple "You're pregnant", with a little attitude. So I don't think Laura made any friends. The stomach is pretty much growing straight out, almost to the point where Laura can eat off of it, which has been her dream all along. Everything seems to be in order, the little guy is already in the correct position, and things seem to be on track.

We head home this weekend for my Alumni basketball tournament. Which is a little scary that it's now been 9 years since we've graduated so we are now the oldest team in the younger division. Crazy. Next time I write will probably be after the baby is here, so look forward to that. I'm sure I'll have plenty of time to update as I'm wide awake at 3 AM feeding him or something.

Later