Please welcome Elliot Randal Owens!

Our new bundle of joy has finally arrived!  Elliot Randall Owens made his appearance on January 4th, 2012 at 12:46pm weighing in at 8 pounds, 6 ounces (1 ounce bigger than his brother) and 21 inches long.  Labor and delivery were a bit different than last time; I was induced at around 8 am and things progressed very quickly.  I held out until 11 am to get my epidural, and under 2 hours later we had a baby!  There wasn't a whole lot of time to react, and even an hour after he was born, I told Nick that I still couldn't believe that he was here already :)  There were also a record number of babies born at Maple Grove Hospital that day (18), so things were crazy busy the whole time we were there.

Here are a few pictures from our stay at the hospital, as well as a few from Elliot's first days at home.

Waiting patiently for Pitocin to kick in

Not happy about being cold :(

Proud Daddy

All nice and warm

Big brother Noah checking out baby...'look Mommy, he has dirty feet, naughty!'' 

Noah trying to divert Mommy and Daddy's attention :)  

Watching Elliot's first bath 

Noah giving his brother a kiss good-bye

Waiting to go home, and enjoying a bottle 

Not loving getting dressed 

Ready to go home! 

Noah playing Elliot a song on his piano

Hmmm, what does he do?  Can he play with me? 

Enjoying a nap after Noah goes to daycare

Nick and I feel very blessed to have two happy, healthy little boys.  We are working on getting a routine down in our household, but for now are just enjoying the chaos that having two children brings :)

Baby Update

A note from mommy......the doctor has been monitoring the new little guy closely over the past few weeks.  An ultrasound a few weeks ago showed that he already weighed almost 7 pounds so she doesn't want him to get too big.  Since Noah was almost 9 pounds, the chances are good that this one will be a bit bigger.  The decision was made at the last appointment to induce on January 4th.  We can't wait!  My doctor still thinks that I will go before that, but as the days go on, I think she might be wrong :)  One more week to wait and see!
Noah is getting more aware of the baby coming, and although he is doing really well, he has his moments where he lets us know that he doesn't care for the idea that much.  For example, when we were putting the baby seat in the car today, he had a meltdown and insisted it was 'his car.'  We re-assured him that his carseat wasn't moving anywhere, rather, he was just going to share the backseat now with baby.  He also can't seem to leave the baby's cradle alone.....I guess he just wants to be 'the baby' of the family for a little while longer :)

We are praying for one more week of a healthy pregnancy before baby arrives!  The end is near!

Christmas 2011

Since my baby brother is going to be born soon, Mommy, Daddy and I didn't go anywhere for Christmas this year.  Instead, the three of us stayed home and had a great holiday!  Daddy stayed home with me on Friday since daycare was closed, and I get to spend all day Tuesday with him too.  I got a lot of nice presents for Christmas, I am a very lucky little boy.  Here are some pictures from this holiday weekend:

Making carmel corn with mommy 

Opening one present before church

Opening one present before church 

Ready for church!

Our attempt at a family picture this year...take 1 

And take 2 :) 

Helping hand out presents

So excited!

All of my presents...lets get started! 

Rock and Roll Mickey!

Cars! 

Finding Nemo!

Vikings Mickey....no more tantrums when we goto Toys R Us now :)  

Cars Geo Tracks!

Daddy's favorite gift...I wasn't as excited.  Sorry, Daddy.  I changed my mind
after he spent all day putting it together for me :)   

My new fort, so much fun!  

Helping Daddy put together my Cars Geo Tracks

Playing with my car mat on Christmas morning

Thank you to mommy, daddy, Grandmas and Grandpas, Aunts and Uncles and everyone else for all of the cool presents I got this year.  I am a very lucky boy!  Next year we will be back with everyone to celebrate the holidays!
Merry Christmas everyone!