Introducing Silas Levi Deen

October 26th

Tom and I packed up the car and headed to the hospital mid-morning while my parents stayed at home with Micah until closer to the time of my surgery.

The nurse preparing me for surgery was really nice although she had to stick me in both arms before she got my IV in right.

I was beyond anxious and nervous considering the last time I was in that situation the experience was less than pleasant.
My doctor came by right before I walked into the operating room (yes, I walked into the operating room) to reassure me that he'd just gotten a copy of the new version of instructions for surgery lamonated and he wanted Tom to turn the pages for him. Joking, obviously to calm me down.

After I got the epidural, my feet turned really warm and I began to feel numb all over. A few minutes later Tom was at my side, holding my hand and looking me in the eyes as I cried from fear of another bad experience.

Just a couple moments later my Dr. was telling Tom to hurry and grab the camera.

Silas Levi Deen was born at 12:09pm.

Height: 18 1/2 in.

Weight: 8lbs 5oz
He has jet black hair and dark eyes.

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YMCA Adventure Guides

Since Sleep and I are not cooperating, I thought I would share some info on Tom and Micah's new father-son bonding.

A few weeks ago I was reading the weekly HOA email and discovered that there were a few dads in our neighborhood that wanted to start an Adventure Guides and Princesses group through the YMCA. Essentially, this is group of dads who are interested in spending quality time with their son or daughter through various activities suitable for preschool aged children.

Tom and Micah joined the group and went on their first outing last weekend to the pumpkin patch. Since I wasn't allowed to go with them (I gladly stayed home and relaxed in a quiet, peaceful house), I sent them on their way and made sure Tom had my little Canon PowerShot in his pocket to capture some of the moments I was missing.

Just In Case...

...you're anxiously checking my blog for baby updates, I have none to post.

No signs of early labor.

My scheduled C-section will be at noon on Wednesday as long as they aren't too busy in Labor & Delivery Wednesday morning.

Until then, I'll be watching the World Series and explaining the game to my husband. How is it that I've been married to Tom for 5 years now and not realized how little he knows about baseball? I suppose he could say the same thing about me and football though. Tonight's lesson: Where is short stop? I'm not kidding.

Life With A Three-Year-Old

Friday morning before school

Natalie: Micah, you need to pick out something for show-and-tell that represents Fall.

Micah: I wanna take my football.

Natalie: Ok, I guess that has something to do with Fall. How are you going to describe to your friends at school that football has to do with Fall?

Micah: All of the football players fall down on the field. Bloop, Bloop, Bloop.

Let The Countdown Begin

There's only 11 days left --5 more days of work --1 more weekend.

Silas Levi will be here in a week and a half, maybe sooner.

At my most recent visit to the doctor, he checked me and I've made zero --absolutely no --progress. So, the 26th will most likely be the day.

Wordless Wednesday

Cool Dude & Patches

Meet Cool Dude and Patches. They are the newest additions to our family.


In honor of Silas' upcoming arrival, we took Micah to Build-A-Bear to make Little Brother a welcome-to-the-family gift. And, well, we couldn't make one for Silas and not let Micah make one for himself too.
Micah paid very close attention to the stuffing lady. He added the heart and pressed the pedal that controlled the stuffing machine to fill Cool Dude, Micah's name for Little Brother's first teddy bear.

Patches was up next.

Daddy helped give them both a bath and pick out the clothes. Please note that Patches' outfit in the first photo above is a fishing outfit....figures.