2:30am Fire alarm

At 2:30 in the morning, I discovered that while this can't put out a fire...

.. it does an excellent job of putting out fire alarms!




For some reason I couldn't wrangle the cover off to stop it, so I just put it out of its misery..

Yup, more cuteness..

I'm now that guy, the one who thinks everything their new-born does is blog-worthy. Couldn't help throwing this one up... she's so dawgon adorable! Credit to Gramma who took it, she's visiting with us for the week to help out.

Sleeping like a baby

I can't remember the last time I slept like this.. Of course, my spine is not that flexible any more. But I'm talking about the restfull part.

My scariest cut

I've cut a lot of things over the years, with a lot of different types of saws. I've used various big saws to remodel my kitchen.










I used my mighty 17" reciprocating miter saw to cut my grandpa's casket lid in half (for more on that click here).











I used a scroll saw to make the drawer and closet handles for Giovana's room.














But yesterday I made the scariest, most nerve-wracking cut in my cutting-history...




I used this

to cut these






off of this




Never been more nervous about a cut in my life! Fortunately all went well, and baby and fingers are fine. Dad is a little spent, though.

We had our baby!!!

8 lbs 9 oz, 20 inches long, and 3 count 'em 3 hours of pushing!

All of it, of course, worth the effort. She was born yesterday (Monday the 2nd) at 7:48am. She was born 2 weeks prior to our official due date, but has no signs whatsoever of being a preemie. Er, the 8lbs 9oz says it all. Camila's new least-favorite word? "Push!!!"

From Giovana's Birth

We weren't supposed to deliver until the 17th, but Sunday we hadn't felt the baby kick so we headed to the hospital to check it out. I remember our conversation on the drive to the hospital. It went something like this:

"You know, we should probably finish packing our hospital bags so we're ready when this thing happens for real."

"I agree. Let's do that after we get home this afternoon."


Well, when we got there the doctor diagnosed Camila with Preeclampsia which is a very serious condition that can only be cured by child-birth. Also serious because the mother feels fine, until symptoms like seizures and death happen. So they admitted Camila immediately and started her on labor-inducing procedures. So much for packing hospital bags. By 3am, Camila's water broke and she was in full labor. At 5am we started pushing. At 7:48 our baby was born. And at 8am our OB showed up to deliver our placenta. Wasn't that nice of him?


Here's some footage of some of mom's first moments with our new Baby.




And here's Dad and baby...





We're all doing fine at the moment. Dad is a bit of a zombie. As of this writing we're crashed at the hospital, all 3 of us wiped out from a night of delivery. We're sooooooooo grateful to all the support, text, calls, and emails we've gotten from our family and friends.

Thank you!!