1st Bath

Well tonight was his first bath. Thankfully he did not pee or poo on us! We kinda got the feeling he wasn't too happy....

During bath:


After the bath:

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Could that be any funnier? She is my new hero.

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Kai decided to be in one of his moods tonight. He was super fussy and cranky. So while I waited for Nicole to get ready I sat on the toilet (with shorts on) and turned on the blowdryer. He stopped crying. So of course I turn it off..and he cries. So I let the bastard run for 5 mins and sure enough Kai fell asleep. So now I am going on Overstock.com and looking for another dryer..one for us and one for him!

Slacker

Wow I'm a slacker! It's not like I'm working right now. I do go back to work tomorrow so that is going to be fun getting up at 5:00am. Th elittle guy is doing great..iin fact home boy slept 6 hours last night. Too bad Bandit got up at 3:00 and 5:00am. NICE.

We are getting him used to sleeping in his bassinet. Well at least for 15 mins at a time. The rest of the time he is still sleeping on Nicole's chest.

1 Week Old

Today Kai is 1 week old. In the past week we have slept an average of 4 hours a day, changed a million diapers. Thankfully I have not been peed on..yet. He did get close today. His umbilical cord is coming close to falling off.

Here are a couple of pics from today:

All I can say is Wow

Night number three sucked ass. He refused to sleep in his bassinett. We tried everything..well almost everything..the only thing we didn't try was letting him nurse on my chest. But at 2:00am you try anything. We fricken drove him around town at 1:30am. Finally at 2:30 we gave up and let him sleep on Nicoles chest in the chair. We put a TON of pillows around both of them..and sure enough the "Little Pooper" fricken slept for 3 hours. Nicole nursed him when he woke up and then he slept for another 3 hours..he did this three times. So needless to say we are sleeping in the front room from the start.

Whenever he cries Bandit barks. It's kinda funny. I think he's telling us to "Shut that baby up, I am trying to sleep here. So far the dogs are doing great with him.

We have our one week doctors appt on Weds with a new doctor. It will be interesting to see if he figures out we are a couple. My ortho has no clue...like I have my "bestfriend" come to every appt. Thats why we loved our OBGYN, she is very gay friendly. So I would recommend her to anyone, and no I don't get a free pap smear for anyone I get to go to her.

I only have one more week off of work, but they put me on the day shift 6:30am-6:30pm in the kit room. So all I do is hand out equipment for 4 weeks..and work 13 days out of 28. You can't beat that.

PS. I admit I watched the Victoria Beckham special tonight..and it was funny. Maybe I'm partial because we are country mates...

Me so Tired

Okay night number two down and we actually got about 4 hours sleep. Yes. I cannot believe we are happy for that. We are going to try to nap every time he naps. Thats hard because when he naps we are usually running around trying to get things done. It's crazy that he is only 4 days old but we can already notice a difference in his looks and personality.







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No that is not a photo from work, or from the Anna Nicole Smith Autopsy. Thats the placenta. That was his home for the past 10 months. We might try to flip that placenta and sell for a profit.

Name the Word

What is 5 letters and sounds like creep? If you guessed sleep you win! Seems like our little man is on a watch 3 schedule (PM watch). He loves to stay awake all night. The little guy has been sleeping from 3:30pm until now..7:15pm! So we now the guy can do 4 hours. Why can't those 4 hours be when it's dark?

We'll see how tonight goes.

Just a couple more pics

Kai Zackery Rolland-Engel

He made it! 2:23pm pst, 7 lbs 15 oz and 22 inches in length. Both Nicole and the little guy are doing great...we'll he is. Nicole is tossing her cookies as we speak. I need to get back to the hospital..but here is a little photo of our guy a few mins old. I will give the birth story later....

Stand By

It might be time. Nicole woke up at 0130 with her first contraction. It's now 0445 and we are heading to the hospital. The contractions got as close as 5 mins, but are averaging 15 mins or so. Nicole has already told me she is going to be puking...nice. Thats what I want to hear.

More to follow!

Heather

Nada, Zip Zero

Nothing...absolutely nothing. I am getting a ton of calls from everyone asking me if he is here. Nope!

Tomorrow Nicole has a follow up visit. At this point I think they are going to send her for an ultrasound. I remind her everyday that everyday he is in there, thats another day he has to get bigger. The bigger he is the bigger the exit door needs to be.

Zero Days

Well here we are day 0. Still nothing. No sign of a contraction or water leakage. At this point I think the only pains she is having are gas pains. I never knew someone could be dialated for so long yet not have a baby. I keep telling him to head towards the light. I have been telling Nicole that I swear she is going to call me at work to tell me she is labor. The same feeling I had knowing we were having a boy. So we will have to wait and see.

1 day.

Tomorrow is what we think is his due date. I cannot believe his ass is still not out. I swear he is going to come out talking at this point. I think Nicole thinks tonight is going to be the night it starts. As long as he doesn't come this Friday. It's Friday the 13th. I had her bouncing on an excercise ball today. That was a site.

I had a LONG week at work. It didn't help that I worked 18 hours on 4th of July. I guess thats what I get when I tase someone. Never again. If you are looking for illegal fireworks for next year, befriend a long shoreman. Those guys had MAJOR firworks. I swear it looked like Disneyland that night.

So we now are really waiting. If this little guy isn't out by Tuesday we go back to see our OBGYN. Nicole does not want to induce..at this point she might not have a choice.

3 Days???

Okay we now think he is never coming. I really want him on 7/7/7. We have yet another doctors appt. tomorrow morning. Of course I am working and wont be there.

Hopefully she goes in and she is 4cm dialated so she has to be admitted..which is the 6th. Then she is labor until 12:01am on the 7th. Works for me!

Then again our Dr. has our due date as the 9th...

6 days

Now we have 6 days until his due date and still nothing. I'm thinking 7/7/7 is going to be the lucky day.

I'm off to work...let me tell you working in the uniform with vest and belt sucks when it's this hot. Especially when we get a 9-1-1 call of: Man in a bikini. WTF?
Yes that was a real call and yes we found him. Yes he was 350 lbs wearing a speedo and told us that he used to wear a thong, but not no more. Of course he tells us: "If I had breasts none of this would be a problem" referring to nobody would call 9-1-1 for a female in a bikini. Of course I said to myself: "Sir you do have breasts, and you do need a bra"