New Baby Update

I'm still running the show here on our fantastic blog site. As a little game I am going to consciously make a grammatical error and see if anybody can find it. Have fun with that.

Now on with the new baby stuff. Kambria is doing well, as is her mother. She really likes to be held, so that didn't work out very well for us last night. She is really small and nobody here is used to being around something this little. It's pretty interesting dealing with a newborn again. She seems to be motoring right along and enjoying life as much as somebody can this early in life. Delson seemed like he finally realized something was up about the little baby that just showed up. I don't think he's quite figured out she's going to be here all the time like him, but it should be entertaining when he does. Now onto the real reason you are reading this, the pictures. By the way, there are more pictures in the post below.

These are extra pictures from the above post. I can only fit five per post.

More Pictures

I don't want to waste too much of your time by typing a lot. We just had my mom and dad visit their new granddaughter and I ended up with a couple more photos of the three of them and with Delson too. So here are some more pictures. By the way, Delson got a haircut today so I'm including a couple pictures of him also. We'll have more pictures again later, maybe some closer shots, but it depends on what happens.

I Know What You're Thinking...

So, by now you may have noticed that this is Alex, not Kristen, and when you see that it's me then you're probably wondering what's going on. Well, Kristen had our second child, a girl, about an hour ago. It was really quick and we checked in around 9:30 this morning. She was dilated at 8 cm so they rushed us into a room to get her an epidural. A little less than 2 hours after we checked in it was all over and I was looking at a brand new little girl.

We named her Kambria Kate Christensen. She is 20 inches long and weighed in at 7lb 1oz. We're very excited and everybody is doing well. Kristen is doing exceptionally well. She feels a lot better than last time and is only moderately mad at me. I do have a few pictures right now, but there will be plenty more to come later. Delson is with his grandparents right now and after his nap he'll come back to visit his new sister. I'm pretty sure he has no idea what happened in the past few hours.

We will have more info later. These are just the preliminary pictures and we will have many more later. Thanks for checking in and we'll get more as soon as we can.

Update

Sorry there are no pictures associated with this post, but I figured it has been over a month since my last post and I needed to update everyone on our family's status. I have 4 days left until my due date, and nothing much seems to be changing. Last visit to the doctor, I was dilated to 2cm and the baby's head is very low, so those are good signs, but no contractions or anything as of yet. We are just waiting for her to decide when she wants to come. However, I am scheduled to be induced next Thursday, February 4 if she has not decided to come by then. So within the next week, we will have a new baby in the house! I am excited!

My last day of work was last Friday, and it is nice to be done. I'm sure there will be times when I will miss associating with adults in a work environment and doing accounting (and of course the extra income), but overall, I think this is the best decision for our family for now. It will be nice to be home all the time with my children.

Delson is learning and growing everyday. He is 13 months now and we can really see him making huge mental strides lately. He has gotten really good at signing "please" not only for food but when he needs help with a toy or wants to be held, etc. It is nice that he can sign this because there is a lot less whining now. Sometimes he will even actually say "please," but that does not happen very often. He has also gotten really good lately at dropping things on the floor and saying "Uh Oh." He likes that one a lot. I'm glad he is trying to talk, but constantly dropping things can be a bit of a nuisance since bending over is not so easy for me lately. Also exciting this week was when I asked Delson what the dog says and he replied with "woof woof." However, when I asked him what the cat says, he replied with "moo" which is still pretty good considering one of our cats is named MooMoo and so....Delson is a bit confused. Poor boy. Of course when we named MooMoo we never thought about how that would affect our future children. We are working on "meow," but for now "moo" is good for the cat. Delson is such a sweetie and I am grateful that I will be home more often to spend more time with him. He will be a wonderful big brother!

And since I probably won't make another post before our little girl is born, here is the link to the newborn gallery at the hospital: http://www.kadlecfoundation.org/newborn_gallery.php . They will post a picture of the baby soon after she is born. We are planning to name her Kambria, so be looking for her name next to ours and you can find her picture. We love you all and appreciate your prayers and love at this busy time in our lives.