Carson pictures

It seems like every person I've talked to has asked why there aren't any more pictures on the blog, so this post is for you! I've spent the last couple of hours getting these together, I hope you like them.

Here's our first set of nurses at the hospital, Amanda Jo (blonde hair) and Mindy. All of them were so incredibly awesome - we love that hospital and their staff. Their shift was 7pm to 7:30am.


Just some wishful thinking on the birth time... can't have everything be the number 10.


Here's Tracy. She was the other nurse during labor. The maternity ward was so busy they had to call in more nurses. This was supposed to be her day off.


Here's Carson after his first bath.


Showing off his full head of hair.


Here's angry Carson. Thankfully he doesn't show this side too often. This outfit was given to us by Aunt Jane. We love it!


All you have to do is fold him up like a burrito and he calms right down.


Why yellow der!


Grandpa Green checking on his favorite grandson.


GG looking on as well.


Even Shelby tries to catch some sleep during the day.


Here's the "awww" pic.


And here are the most recent pics. The 1 week mark for Carson.


"Whoa daddy, that's a cool camera!"


Can you tell we love these pajamas?


And here's the last one.


Hope you liked them!

Carson finally made it!

At 12:33pm on October 10th, 2008, Carson Daniel Green came racing into our lives at a portly 10 pounds 1 ounce, and 22 inches long. Lachelle is the talk among all the nurses and everyone refers to her as the "1o lb mother" and hail her as the Queen of Gateway Hospital. This may be edited by the time she reads it, but it's my interpretation of what an accomplishment she completed.

Lachelle had started having strong contractions around 5:30pm on Thursday, October 9th, and by midnight that night, we were admitted to the hospital. After enduring 2 1/2 hours of contractions, Lachelle went for the epidural and really helped ease the pain (and let me get a few hours of sleep). Around 8:30am, the real pushing started and continued until Carson made it. Lachelle was a super trooper throughout the whole ordeal and loved when the anesthesiologist came to help her deal with the pain. It truly was a miracle to watch it happen and I even cut the umbilical cord! (I can be a bit squeamish with these things but I did fine).

Right now both mom and baby are doing their best to catch up on some much needed rest while nurses are coming in every 30 minutes to check on something. If someone wanted to know if they can come by and see the baby, the best time will likely be on Sunday when we are scheduled to go home. Thanks for all your prayers.

The Name Game

One of the big questions we've been asked during the past 9 months (and especially more recently) is "Have you chosen a name?" My family relatives are known for keeping baby names under top secret until the child is born. It might be because they don't want anyone else to steal the name should the person asking happen to be pregnant as well, or because they don't want to hear any criticism about the name chosen. I had some clients tell me about their friend who named their child "Furious. Furious Gage." I don't know what his last name was, but they said he sure lived up to his first! Can you imagine a little Furious toddler running around and creating havoc for his parents? I can only imagine they will regret the name when he reaches his teenage years and they enter him into Anger Management classes.

So while we aren't trying to be bold and make a statement with our child's name like some celebrities have chosen to do, having the last name "Green" does limit some of the options for a first name. For example, Forest and Kelly are out. As are Leif, Sage, Hunter, Apple (ala Gwyneth Paltrow), Olive, Spring, Christmas, Gain (Gane) and any others found on this color list. There's also the consideration of how his name will appear on school rosters: Last Name, First Name. So that eliminates a few more: Pearce (too close to 'peace'), Bary (similar to 'bay'), Tre ('tree' and 'tea'), and of course, Tambourine :) Hey, we could have fun with this all day long, right?

I read on a baby name forum that someone named their boy Duran (like the 80's group Duran Duran). There were multiple comments about what a silly name it was, etc, but someone piped in that the parents would be forgiven only if they name their next daughter "Rio." LOL! I got to thinking about that the other day, and being that we live in the southwest, and Spanish is practically the official language in Arizona, if we were to ever have a girl, we could name her Rio. Rio Green. But the Spanish translation would be Rio Verde. Do I hear a yes??

And by the way, we don't know what we're naming our baby boy yet. Or maybe we do... and we just aren't telling! :P

Lyrics to "Rio" by Duran Duran:
Her name is Rio and she dances on the sand.
Just like that river twisting through a dusty land.
And when she shines she really shows you all she can
Oh Rio Rio dance across the Rio Grande.

No news is...

Well, there isn't really any news right now. So it can't be either good or bad. The little ticker on our blog would indicate that our little bundle of "boy" has arrived. Well...he hasn't. So the clock keeps on tickin' and we keep on waitin'.