Author: Ben

4/6/2008 Elias spent a lot of time in the swing today. He really seems to be at home in it. He loves the motion and it has a noise maker that plays the sound of the ocean that he also seems to like. We didn’t do much today since we got everything we needed to…

Well today was a fun day for me. I run a photography site that has a forum. So I spent some time over the weekend making a new theme for the forum that was bright pink AND backwards… In order to have some fun with the members I had to stay up until midnight so…

This shot is of Elias on the couch late at night with Dad. When I get home from work, I get to hang out with Elias as much as possible while Nikki tried to rest as much as she can. This usually mean Elias gets “tummy time” with Dad while I watch TV, a movie,…

3/18/2008 I shot this when I got home tonight. It’s Elias in his crib swaddled. It seems this helps him sleep in his crib a bit better. He loves sleeping on either of us, but sometimes when we set him in the crib alone he wakes right up… Who knows though, maybe it’s just each…

We’ve had a nice slow Saturday around the house today. Elias again only needed one feeding in the night (and Nikki probably needed it just as bad at this point!). Everyone got a decent night sleep. We woke up pretty early to feed him, then I stayed awake with him sleeping on my chest in…

No fun at all. I’ll admit I shed a tear or two leaving Elias and Nikki (with Debbie) home alone. It’s been tough in the office all day missing them and the fact that I’m exhausted. It’s not just that I’m tired but it’s that I’m actually doing mentally demanding work. Diaper changes are easy…

Well we’re home!!! We finally made it home around 4pm. The Chinese food my Mom had picked up for me for lunch made a wonderful dinner for me and Nikki. As with everything else with this process it took way longer than it should have to leave the hospital. Check out is 11am, we left…

It’s been an exciting day so far. We’re at the hospital. No baby yet, but he is on his way… Nikki’s had en epidural and is feeling great, but tired (she’s trying to nap right now). She’s 100% effaced and is dilated 4cm. This is the beginning of active labor, so they say 1cm every…

Today we had our 39 week visit with the doctor. Technically it’s 39 weeks tomorrow, but close enough at this point. They put Nikki on another stress test “just because” and the doctor laughed when he saw us in there again. I guess they have done it the last 3 times just because they did…

OK, I figured since a lot of people are now checking the blog daily for baby updates, why not have everyone guess his stats before he gets here…  So please leave a comment with what you think his weight, length, birthday and name might be!  Closest one to the correct answer on any of the…

Nikki and I shot a few new pictures tonight. Hopefully I’ll have some more time to go through them tonight and get them up, but don’t hold your breath. Nikki is exhausted and watching idol. I made dinner (grilled cheese, weird we both wanted it for some reason and it was delicious). If Nikki hasn’t…

I know some of my family can only get update via the blog right now, so I’m trying to post a bit more often, especially when it comes to baby updates… (Hi Jess, your shots from Korea are awesome!)… The shot to the left is an updated shot of what the nursery looks like. I…

OK, I know a bunch of people are following the baby’s progress through the blog, so we’re going to update it even more often now if we can. I’ve been working on a PAD project (Photo A Day) and I’m going to try to make them as baby specific as possible. I’ll also be including…