Being an international jet setter, Zev insisted on visiting 2 continents during his winter holiday. We got home from the US on Tuesday, had a nice long sleep and woke up bright and early to catch our train to Scotland. As usual, Zevry was a champion traveler, and was generally really good on both 5 hour train rides.
As you get close to Scotland, the scenery from the train is spectacular – lots of farms and rolling hills which give way to cliffs and an amazing view of the North Sea. …

Zev’s new goal is to be a better rapper than his Uncles Rico and Ricky so we have started to go to Baby Rhyme Time! There had to have been 100 babies and mums – plus one grandpa. Zev and Sophie were the youngest babies; most were more like 1-4 years old. Zev really loved it – he was looking around in utter amazement at the sheer volume of babies singing rhymes in unison. I liked it because I only knew about half the nursery songs – the rest were …

Zev can get quite angry sometimes – hunger, dirtiness in the pant region, and being awakened (versus waking up on his own) all get him pretty irritated.

After about an hour or so of private time in the delivery room you get moved to the postpartum ward. The ward is made up of 6, 6 bed units (36 beds). Each family gets a private area which is curtained off, but you are definitely in a group environment. My little section had the added benefit of being right in front of the nurses’ station, which basically meant that I got to listen to them bicker and complain about the doctors all night! The first night there were 3 …

First of all – thank you to everyone for your support, love and good wishes over the last several months. This blog has been a fantastic way for us to share this incredible time with all of our friends and family, and I love seeing your comments and knowing you are all rooting for us!
*** I decided to record this experience in some detail, so please don’t read it if you will be offended by that sort of thing.

The birth was an incredible experience. I started recording contractions at 2:40pm …

Update. Mom and baby came home last night and everyone is settling in quite nicely. Zev sleeps–a lot–and therefore it is hard to catch him in an active state. So for those who want proof he actually opens his eyes… and sneezes, with a look like what was THAT?
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Oh, wait… (sorry, but now that I am a dad, I reserve the right to employ “dad” humour.)

So here are the details to a some of the questions we have been receiving.

That wasn’t a misprint, Zev was 23 1/4 ” and 9lbs 13 oz.
Jen is still in the hospital, but because Zev is being kept for monitoring because he has an elevated respiratory rate. It isn’t anything to be too concerned about at the moment, but we will keep everyone updated. (That is why you haven’t heard much from her.)
Jen …

Heading to the hospital now! Baby is officially on his way and dear God does it hurt.

*this posting contains too much information, so don’t read it if you don’t want the gory details…
Midwife says I should have Baby in my arms in 24 hours. I am 3cm dilated, 50% effaced, and she can touch Baby’s head with her finger. I was so upset about an hour ago, with all the waiting and so forth that I wanted to cry but I am so happy now!!!
Every time you go to the midwife you have to give a urine sample, so I was doing that and I …

I think I am losing site of the prize here. For the last few days I have been viewing labor as the end goal, to the point where I have almost stopped thinking about the baby himself. I have been having contractions ranging from mild to quite painful for about 3 days now, averaging 20 minutes apart, but nothing is really happening. It is really frustrating. Its hard because I can’t really get a good night’s sleep, or even a good nap. The thing is, I have started to come …