A Lot of Pictures!

Our first Thanksgiving with Thomas was very busy and very fun. It started on Wednesday night when our friend, Sarah Pearce and her mom and dad stopped by to see Thomas. We had some cookies, caught up a little bit, and then The Pearce Family got to witness Thomas and his amazing sprinkler system in full effect. Not once, but twice while I was changing him, the sprinkle system kicked in and watered the baby room floor. We should see our first tree spring up any day now. Here is a picture of Sarah holding Thomas.

On Thursday, I got up and ran the Thanksgiving Day Race at 9. We then packed up the car and headed to my parent's house for brunch. That turned out to be baby central, as several under 3 year old's were there. It was fun and exhausting at the same time. We then headed to the Moore's Farm in Russelville, Ohio for an old fashioned Thanksgiving in the country. Here are some pictures of that evening:

Emily carving up our 22 pound Turkey!

Thomas (with Aunt Tricia) learning the correct hand posture for praying. He actually did this on his own several times over the weekend. As first time parents, it does not take much to impress us.

Thomas meets Aunt Kate.

What do you do after dinner? That's right, take a nice bath and get cleaned up.

Overall, Thomas did pretty well on his first family holiday. He will be a crafty veteran by the time Christmas gets here.

Happy Slapsgiving!

If you don't watch How I Met Your Mother, first off shame on you, it's an awesome show, but this clip may not be that funny. Still worth a watch. Happy Slapsgiv....I mean Thanksgiving everyone.

I didn't go on my first date until I was 16!

Thomas had his first "date" last week. Emily's friend, Katie, brought her baby Liliana over for a play date. Liliana is a few weeks older than Thomas so Katie has been a great help to us with advice. I was not home for this date, but from what I heard, it went pretty well. The parents have already started planning the wedding details!

So You Say It's Your Birthday! (6 days ago)

Happy birthday Coley!

This is about 6 days late, but it's the thought that counts, right?

Boy's Night In

Last night, Thomas and I had our first boy's night in together. Emily was feeling good and her book club was getting together, so she decided to head on out for a few hours and let the Anderson boys hang out at home.

I have to say, at first, I was a little nervous. Emily provides the one thing that Thomas always wants.....food. What if he got a sudden hunger pain and I couldn't help out? Well, Emily was able to leave me with some food with the help of a pump and a bottle, and we had some pre-made formula that the hospital was nice enough to give us, so I felt OK on that front. The other thing I was worried about was not being able to keep him happy and/or sleepy. Turns out I really had nothing to worry about at all. I got to feed him at 7, which he happily took. I got some good awake time with him. Good meaning, he was awake, he was focusing on me and my funny stories, and he was not crying. Then around 8:00, he fell sound asleep until Emily came home at 9:30. Not a bad first boys night in, if I do say so myself. This picture shows you the extent of what Thomas did:

I think he took it easy on me, knowing I was a first timer.

You Know What's Fun to do at 3 am with a crying baby?

NOTHING! Just kidding.

I've actually learned a few things about myself being up that late trying to get Thomas to go to sleep. First, I learned that I can count the individual nails on the hardwood floor in our dinning room at least 3 times before I get distracted and have to start over.

Second, I learned that I can make up a song on the spot and repeat it over and over again for an hour. Some of the better lines from these songs have words that rhyme with "Tom" "Poop" and "Diaper".

Speaking of diapers, third I learned that a diaper is not clean until you confirm that it is clean. You could have changed a dirty diaper 2 minutes before, but if he is crying, you better check again.

Finally, I learned that no matter how much he cries and keeps us awake, Emily and I are going to have the patience and the energy to wake up and help calm him down. I can't believe how quickly we both have adapted to this new schedule. Just when we think we are too tired to be productive, Thomas will do something new and get us all excited and re-energized. It really is a lot of fun. Besides how can you not have all the patience in the world for this little face:

WARNING: Half Naked Baby Photos Ahead!

We took Thomas to the doctor on Monday for his first checkup. Everything looked great, even his jaundice was gone. He is really doing so well. He eats a lot, he poops a lot, and thankfully, he does not cry a lot. (Talk to me in a few days and that last statement may be different). Here are some pictures from the doctors office.

I am the CHAMPION!

What you lookin' at, Mom?
Thomas William Anderson....Good to meet you Dad.

Time to go home....I'm sleepy or maybe I'm hungry, or maybe I need a diaper change.

Home Sweet Homer....Just Got a Little Sweeter

We are all home now and it feels great to be there with our little man. Thomas is doing great and mom and dad are feeling pretty tired and happy. Here are a few more pictures of him and us at home.

Picture Picture and More Pictures

If anyone wants to come down to say hello and see the live version of Thomas and all his pooping, sleeping, and crying action, we are at Good Sam in Clifton, floor #13 Room 1372. The best time to come is after 4 PM, between 4 and 8.....Children under 14 need to have documentation of a flu vaccine or they won't be allowed in to the wing. If you want to call us, our cell phones are not getting very strong signals, so the room phone is 513-762-3822.

Now....Here are the first pictures of Thomas William Anderson.



This is our AWESOME doctor...Dr. Wurzbacher.



Mommy and Thomas see each other for the first time.



Proud GrandMa Moore getting a look at her Grandson.

And We Have LIFT OFF!

Baby A is now officially Thomas William Anderson. He came to this world very reluctantly, but wide eyed and crying. He was very big at 9 Lbs 4 ounces. It got a little dicey at the end. Emily did not take any pain medication thru the entire process, but Thomas was just too big. So after they tried the vacuum, the doctors decided to do a C-Section. He finally came out screaming at 5:16 PM. Mom and Baby are doing great, dad is a little light headed (GrandMa Moore said I did awesome). The final tally on the INCFP was around 35, I lost track once Thomas arrived, but I know I said some pretty inappropiate things.

Pictures to come at some future point. Thanks for all the great comments, I read them to Emily during the really hard contractions and she said they helped.

Doctor Doctor. Give Me the News.

5 AM ready to leave the house.


We checked into the hospital at 5 am. We are now 4 hours in, Emily has been given Pitocin and we are waiting for the doctor to come in and break her water. It has been pretty calm so far, Emily has even fallen asleep for an hour or so. The pain level is on around a "1" according to Em, but she has had some contractions. We are now watching Martha Stewart and letting the medicine work. I have some good pictures, but am having trouble uploading them. I will hopefully get those up soon. We are keeping a running count of inappropriate/nervous comments from Patrick. As of now we are at 4.

UPDATE 9:45 AM

The water was just broken. Inapprpriate/Nervous comments from Patrick: 9 (this will be known as INCFP from now on)


This was when we first checked in....before the Pitocin.



UPDATE 11:15 AM

The contractions are getting more intense and longer. They are now lasting a minute and Emily's pain level is a "5 or 6". We are losing our nurse, Kim, to a shift change. She was awesome. The new nurse should be in soon to check on everything. Hopefully we like her too! INCFP Count: 12

UPDATE 12:15 PM

4 cms dilated. Contractions are lasting about 1 minute and are 2 - 3 minutes apart. We are moving out of early labor and into active labor. Basically that means in the next 3 - 5 hours Emily should get to around 7 cms dilated and have the same kind of contracions.After we reach that, the next stage will be accomplished when Emily gets to 10 cm. Then it will be almost time to push. INCFP Count: 14 (not many opportunities the last hour) By the way our new nurse's name is Precious.....all those cat dreams we had just came flooding back.

UPDATE 2:45 PM

6 cm dilated. Long LONG contractions, very close together. This may be my last update. Doc says we are getting close. My wife is a breathing CHAMPION! INCFP Count: 14 I am in the zone.