Thursday, June 29, 2006
The newest addition
As many of you probably already know, Abby Faith Hansen came into this world at 9:16 pm on June 28th. Hooray!
Jen had been having a few contractions all day but nothing regular. It was my staff party in Winnipeg and we thought nothing was going to be happening for a while. Plus Jen didn't want to pass up the Olive Garden. So during supper Jen had a few contractions, at 7:15 one really big one. We were suppose to go bowling after but Jen wasn't up for it (can you believe that).
We left Olive Garden at 7:45 and headed for home. On the way home, Jen began to have regular contractions every 5-7 minutes. So we thought that we'd go home and get ready for the hospital. As we walked in the door at 8:20, Jen's contractions intensified. So at 8:30pm we left for the hospital. At 8:40 we began to get settled into our room and Jen started changing into hosiptal attire. Then the next half an hour was a blur and at 9:16pm, Abby was born. Yes it only took 36 minutes!
Funny side story - On the way to the hospital we saw Jen's doctor standing in line at the Snak Shak (yes that's how its spelled). I said to Jen that we should yell at her to be ready in a couple of hours. When things began to quicken, at the hospital, the tried paging Jen's doctor but couldn't reach her. So an ER Dr. came up and just as Abby's head was poking through, in walked Jen's doctor. One push later there was a baby. Talk about timing.
Anyways, Abby weighed 8lbs 8 oz and was 21 inches long - exact dimensions of her big brother. By the way, Josiah loves being a big brother. He constantly wants to hold her and said that he would let me and Grandma have a turn. Josiah said to me in the car, "Dad, I'm so excited to be a big brother." Hopefully he'll feel the same way in a coulpe of weeks. Both Jen and Abby are doing great and should be home either Friday or Saturday.
Jen will fill in any details I missed.
Jen had been having a few contractions all day but nothing regular. It was my staff party in Winnipeg and we thought nothing was going to be happening for a while. Plus Jen didn't want to pass up the Olive Garden. So during supper Jen had a few contractions, at 7:15 one really big one. We were suppose to go bowling after but Jen wasn't up for it (can you believe that).
We left Olive Garden at 7:45 and headed for home. On the way home, Jen began to have regular contractions every 5-7 minutes. So we thought that we'd go home and get ready for the hospital. As we walked in the door at 8:20, Jen's contractions intensified. So at 8:30pm we left for the hospital. At 8:40 we began to get settled into our room and Jen started changing into hosiptal attire. Then the next half an hour was a blur and at 9:16pm, Abby was born. Yes it only took 36 minutes!
Funny side story - On the way to the hospital we saw Jen's doctor standing in line at the Snak Shak (yes that's how its spelled). I said to Jen that we should yell at her to be ready in a couple of hours. When things began to quicken, at the hospital, the tried paging Jen's doctor but couldn't reach her. So an ER Dr. came up and just as Abby's head was poking through, in walked Jen's doctor. One push later there was a baby. Talk about timing.
Anyways, Abby weighed 8lbs 8 oz and was 21 inches long - exact dimensions of her big brother. By the way, Josiah loves being a big brother. He constantly wants to hold her and said that he would let me and Grandma have a turn. Josiah said to me in the car, "Dad, I'm so excited to be a big brother." Hopefully he'll feel the same way in a coulpe of weeks. Both Jen and Abby are doing great and should be home either Friday or Saturday.
Jen will fill in any details I missed.
Sunday, June 25, 2006
Still waitng
As of Friday, Jen was officially at her due date. But still no baby. Any day now!
Jen at nine months.
Monday, June 12, 2006
Maternity photos
We had some beautiful maternity pictures taken a couple of weeks ago, and we're so happy with them. One of the wedding photographers that I worked with last summer specializes in maternity and newborn photos, so we had the awesome privilege of having him take these for us! (Plus my good friend Tasha took some for us, and did all the touch up work!) We ordered a great wall portrait for our bedroom and an album of about 12 other shots. We thought we'd put a couple up here for all of you to see!
Only 11 more days until my due date! I'm already looking and feeling bigger than I was in these pictures, not that long ago!
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