3 Weeks or 1 Really Long Day?

Has it really been 3 weeks already?  Cause it seems like 1 really long day.

TROOEY
The highlight for Truan this week had to be the broken water main 2 doors down.  The city had to bring in a digger to dig up the road and the yard, several dump trucks to haul dirt, and several guys to stand around with shovels pretending to look busy.  We were pretty much out there all day!
P.S. He likes to hold the baby.

TRUSTY
When he is not hanging on da-da, he is busting his new move on the dance floor.  Might be his version of "the piston".  When he hears "When the boys light up" by The Newsboys he can't hold it in.

And again...

Nice work Trusty, you can dance, but still no walking at 16 months!

ARAYA

Still busy eating...whoa, look at that belly!

And, still has day and nights mixed up.  Praying that will turn around.

The first 2 weeks...

OK, so these first couple weeks with 3 kids has been quite a change...at least bigger than we thought going from 2 to 3 would be.  It's been terrific & trying, fun & frustrating, marvelous & mayhem, cool & crazy, tremendous & tiring.  (The boys are every second word of those examples).

Hey people, thanks very much for the visits, the gifts, the calls, the packages, the cards and notes of encouragement, and the e-mails and comments!  Much appreciated.


Comments from the peanut gallery:

Angie - I feel like I'm in a daze and this has been 1 really, really long day.  But I am enthralled with little Araya Hope, and I think she was worth the pain now.  I am not 100% on that yet though.

Todd - Week 1: Hmm, well this will be interesting...I will be spending a lot of time looking after these boys.  Well, I am up for the challenge.  I can do this.  It'll be fun!

           Week 2:  Who signed me up for this parental leave jazz?  When can I go back to work?

Truan - I wanna hold the baby (repeat 4x).  Hey dad, wanna go downstairs with me and play semis? (repeat many times each day).

Trusty - Da-da.  Da-da.  (Repeat every 30 seconds, and every time he sees da-da or a picture of dada or any male {i.e. the dude on the Bee Maid honey jar for example}).

Araya - Zzzzzz.....waaaaaaaaaahhhhh!  (repeat)


Enjoy the pics!

Proud Great-Gramma!

Proud Mama!

Proud Gramma!

Proud Nana!

Psalm 127:2: "...He grants sleep to those He loves." 

  

I wanna hold the baby!

Aunty Becky has her crashed...nice beret little girl!

Come on dad, nobody messes with..."the do"!

Super-Trusty

Dada had a birthday

Sleep with one eye open...

Cute hat little buddy - maybe a little tight?

Good cake!

I second that motion...

Snuggles with Mom

Thank you for the strategically placed cloth mommy!

Got the 90 degree tilt going...

OK everyone...Let's at least make it look like we are enjoying this!

Araya Hope is born...a whirlwind adventure!

At 3:20 PM on August 4, 2010, Angie had a hard contraction and they were immediately about a minute apart.  Todd loaded up the boys into the van, grabbed the cell phone and told Angie that she would eventually have to get into the van!  After a couple minutes she made it in the side door.  Todd drove through the beginning of rush hour traffic, trying to get to the General Hospital as quick as possible while calling the Dr. and parents, arranging for someone to meet us there to look after the kids, and listening to crying kids and a wife howling in pain.  Arrived at the hospital at 3:40.  Got strangers to help look after the kids, grabbed a wheelchair for Angie who was laying on the sidewalk outside the hospital, wheeled her up to the labour/birth area, looked after the kids, met Grandpa, and back to the delivery room just in time for the baby to come out at 3:59 PM!  Third time's a charm...a little girl...Araya Hope.

Truan Just took 1 hour from water break to being out...Trustin Emmanuel was 3 hours.  Araya Hope...40 minutes.  Never thought the 1 hour record would be beat.  Wow.

Dr. Miller indicated all went well for mom and baby, and we could head home that night if we wanted.  We wanted.  Discharged by 9:30 PM.  We've got this down to a 6 hour science now (he he).  But seriously, it was nice to be home for the first night.