6 weeks old

. . . and we are doing great, he won't let me put him down though. I always have to be holding him, with the exception of when daddy is home from work. Then he prefers dad, and I am free to get something done (but usually I just take a nap). Sometimes he lets us put him in his car-seat. He sort of bonded with it.

Big Boy

Ari has been growing so fast. At his first check-up he weighed 9lb 13oz. His doctor was impressed because that is up 2lb 11oz from his birth weight.

photo booth shots

I left my camera at grandma's house so I have to use the photo booth. He is already growing so much, didn't want to miss documenting any of it.

sleepy baby

The New Cute Overload

As some of you know Cute Overload is my favorite website, but since we have been home with this little guy I haven't needed my daily fix of pictures of baby animals. He makes me so giddy with his cuteness! We are all doing awesome, and love being home.

New Arrival

He is here! We named him Ari Vincent. He was born on Monday, July 20th at 6:09 am. He weighed 7lb 2oz, 20 inches long, and has dark hair all over his head. He is really cute. We are still in the hospital because I have been having fevers and he is under the lights for some jaundice he got from a bruise on his head. Tomorrow should be our check out day.
This whole thing ended up being a lot harder than I thought. I got toxemia and had to be induced, the labor took 18 hours with 2 hours pushing. I don't know how I made it through it, but somehow I did. Mikey was awesome through the whole thing. I couldn't have done it without him.

waiting and waiting...

I was going to keep working till Ari came, but everyone at work was freaked that I would go into labor there. So now I am just waiting at home and there isn't a whole lot of tummy action going on today so I think that he will be late.
We are also waiting for my brother to be home from his mission in Italy. He is due tomorrow night. I hope Ari beats him.
Thankfully we don't have to wait to see Harry Potter. We saw it last night, it was great.