More pics for everyone to enjoy. The kiddo sleeps alot...
Though he is alert sometimes :)
But mostly, it's sleepytimeThursday, September 11, 2008
Wednesday, September 10, 2008
Olivia's First trip to the dentist
She loved the dentist. they put some sunglasses on her and scrubbed her teeth. The hygienist was so great with her and made it lots of fun for her.
Gabe's First Bath
Yeah...he didn't like it much. The boy squeals like a piglet when you do something to him he doesn't like, so you can imagine that it wasn't the quietest moment in the house when this was going on.
Yay...two shirtless pics of me in as many days...
Tuesday, September 9, 2008
The Birth of Gabe Part 2 - The Re-Creation
Since we were so into the moment of that night, we didn't think to bring a camera in the car with us, so we decided to recreate the moment in the driveway, sans the half-naked wife and mess. They forced me to take my shirt off to accurately portray my role in the event, so I apologize in advance...
So roomy, so nice with the leather seats and tan interior. It just needs a set of stirrups.
So roomy, so nice with the leather seats and tan interior. It just needs a set of stirrups.
Mom calling the OnStar guy an idiot. Yes, she really did.Nana wrote up the story in great, funny detail on their blog: http://sherckle.blogspot.com/2008/09/arrival-of-gabriel-josiah-sarine-90508.html and http://sherckle.blogspot.com/2008/09/birthing-shrine-of-gabriel-josiah.html
Saturday, September 6, 2008
Baby Gabe Pics
Here are some more Baby Gabe pics for y'all. Mom and baby are doing very well. He's a quiet little guy, only getting upset when we take his shirt off to feed him. Otherwise, he just looks around and watches everything and sleeps when he wants to. He's taken to breastfeeding very well, certainly better than Olivia did. :)
Big Sister
Pop-Pop
Nana
Pop-Pop
Nana
A funny thing happened on the way to the hospital...
So....
Rebecca started having some random contractions a couple days ago, but they were so far apart, it wasn't anything to worry about. Then she worked last night and had contractions once an hour. Again, no big deal. Today, we had planned on going to Charlotte around noon, but I had a last minute meeting in Danville, VA, so we postponed leaving until 8pm tonight. I called Rebecca at 6:30pm to tell her I was on the way home and she said she's still been having the contractions, sometimes as close as 10 minutes apart, but not lasting more than 10 seconds. I said we should rethink going to Charlotte and she said, "well, I'm going to go get a pedicure and we'll see when I get done."
Well, she got home and we decided not to go. By then it was 8:30 and olivia really needed to go to bed, so, around 9pm, we put her to bed and went to our room. Almost immediately, she started having contractions 5 minutes apart or less. We were supposed to go for two hours like that before going to the hospital, but by 10:30, she was ready to go, so we piled everything into our car and then decided to put Rebecca and I in the back of my mom's Chevy Equinox while she drove and my dad drove our car to the hospital (a neighbor came up to stay with Olivia, who was sleeping through the whole thing).
So we got about 5 minutes down the road and Rebecca started to holler that she had to push. I tried to tell her not to, but she said "his head is already out!" Sure enough, there he was. I called our Doc really quick and she said to get his shoulders out, so I turned his head a little bit to the side and he shot out like a watermelon seed. I'm lucky I caught him! My mom had called 911 and the EMT's were on there way.
So here he is, Gabriel Josiah Sarine born at 10:48pm near the corner of Lake Brandt Road and Plainfield Rd, delivered in the back of my mom's SUV by his dad. It certainly wasn't how we planned things, but it was definitely a memorable experience.
So now here's all the important info: born 9/5/08 at 10:48pm, weighing 7 lbs even, 19 3/4" long. Mom and baby are doing very well and I promise to post some more pictures tomorrow, once we've gotten a little sleep.
Rebecca started having some random contractions a couple days ago, but they were so far apart, it wasn't anything to worry about. Then she worked last night and had contractions once an hour. Again, no big deal. Today, we had planned on going to Charlotte around noon, but I had a last minute meeting in Danville, VA, so we postponed leaving until 8pm tonight. I called Rebecca at 6:30pm to tell her I was on the way home and she said she's still been having the contractions, sometimes as close as 10 minutes apart, but not lasting more than 10 seconds. I said we should rethink going to Charlotte and she said, "well, I'm going to go get a pedicure and we'll see when I get done."
Well, she got home and we decided not to go. By then it was 8:30 and olivia really needed to go to bed, so, around 9pm, we put her to bed and went to our room. Almost immediately, she started having contractions 5 minutes apart or less. We were supposed to go for two hours like that before going to the hospital, but by 10:30, she was ready to go, so we piled everything into our car and then decided to put Rebecca and I in the back of my mom's Chevy Equinox while she drove and my dad drove our car to the hospital (a neighbor came up to stay with Olivia, who was sleeping through the whole thing).
So we got about 5 minutes down the road and Rebecca started to holler that she had to push. I tried to tell her not to, but she said "his head is already out!" Sure enough, there he was. I called our Doc really quick and she said to get his shoulders out, so I turned his head a little bit to the side and he shot out like a watermelon seed. I'm lucky I caught him! My mom had called 911 and the EMT's were on there way.
So here he is, Gabriel Josiah Sarine born at 10:48pm near the corner of Lake Brandt Road and Plainfield Rd, delivered in the back of my mom's SUV by his dad. It certainly wasn't how we planned things, but it was definitely a memorable experience.
So now here's all the important info: born 9/5/08 at 10:48pm, weighing 7 lbs even, 19 3/4" long. Mom and baby are doing very well and I promise to post some more pictures tomorrow, once we've gotten a little sleep.
Sunday, August 24, 2008
Wednesday, August 6, 2008
More Baby Gabe Pics!
We did our second 3D Ultrasound on Tuesday and Gabe was looking great! We were amazed by how much he already looks like Olivia.
He opened his eyes a few times for us.
Last time, we made him cry...this time, he smiled!
He actually made a few funny faces...
And he even came close to sucking his thumb.
Sunday, August 3, 2008
Natural Science Center
Olivia and Daddy went to the Natural Science Center. The NSC has all manner of kid-friendly displays and fun things to see.
This thing is freaking awesome. Olivia and I could (and did) sit and watch it for a long time. It's like a rollercoaster for little steel balls, with jumps and loops and trap doors...it's really something to see. 
They have a big maze that has a three big frogs in it. Olivia loves running through it and finding all the frogs.
This is another favorite display. It's a water table that pumps the water from the bottom back to the top end of the table and you can put barriers in the water to create rapids and waterfalls and watch the boats float around and over them.
Wednesday, July 23, 2008
Gabe's "Room"
Not to be outdone by the lair of cuteness that is Olivia's room, Gabe now has a room of his own. Nana's ingenious idea to use bi-fold doors to create walls has given Gabe a perfect place of his own once he moves out of our room. Of course, he first needs to move out of Rebecca...
These doors can be closed so he won't be disturbed by anyone walking by.
She managed to find this very adorable bedding set. Considering Olivia's penchant for octopuses (yes, we looked that up) and fishies, I was surprised that she wasn't the least bit jealous of Gabe's decor. She simply pointed out what each animal was and left it at that.
These doors can be closed so he won't be disturbed by anyone walking by.
She managed to find this very adorable bedding set. Considering Olivia's penchant for octopuses (yes, we looked that up) and fishies, I was surprised that she wasn't the least bit jealous of Gabe's decor. She simply pointed out what each animal was and left it at that.
Sunday, July 6, 2008
Olivia's Room
We spent this weekend decorating Olivia's room. It took the better part of 2 days, but it was worth it. The room looks wonderful and Olivia loves it! A huge THANK YOU to Nana and Pop-pop for helping us out!
Saturday, July 5, 2008
Pictures of Gabe
We went last weekend to Tiny Toes Imaging, a 3D ultrasound place, and got a great set of pictures of Gabriel.
His eyes were open for some of the appointment.
He kept trying to hide from us, so the tech kept pushing onRebecca's belly to get him to move around.
We actually made him cry! :(
Of course, being my son, he wasn't upset for long and was ready to go back to sleep in no time.
All that wavy, scrambled egg-looking stuff on top of his head (not by his cheek) is hair!
Friday, July 4, 2008
Rebecca's Wallet Adventure
Since Rebecca hasn't gotten around to telling the story, I will. :)
About a week ago, Rebecca went shopping and then to a friends house to hang out. After she left her friends house, she was going to grab Olivia a bite to eat at a Chick-Fil-A and she realized she didn't have her wallet. Uh-oh! She had put it in her pocket when she checked out at the store, so she went back to see if she might have dropped it. No luck. No one had turned in a wallet and it wasn't lying in the parking lot. She called her friend and they searched their house, but it wasn't there either. When I got home from work, I searched through her car and the bags she'd had with her, but once again, no joy. So we called and cancelled all our credit cards (except my Amex) and her ATM card. About 2 hours after we went through all this trouble, she was checking her email and she saw a Facebook friend request from some 20-year-old UNC-G student. She was about to blow him off when she saw that he had sent her a message. She accepted his friend request, read the message and lo and behold, he had her wallet! He'd found it in the middle of the street between the store and her friend's house. Apparently Rebecca had taken the wallet out of her pocket and set it on top of the car while she buckled Olivia into her car seat. She must have driven off with it still on the roof! She got the guy's address and we went and picked up the wallet. Everything was still in it, including the cash, which we gave him as a reward.
It's amazing that this guy went through the trouble of searching Facebook to find her and return her wallet. It kinda restores our faith in people that someone would make that extra effort to return the wallet rather than going on a shopping spree before we could get the cards cancelled.
About a week ago, Rebecca went shopping and then to a friends house to hang out. After she left her friends house, she was going to grab Olivia a bite to eat at a Chick-Fil-A and she realized she didn't have her wallet. Uh-oh! She had put it in her pocket when she checked out at the store, so she went back to see if she might have dropped it. No luck. No one had turned in a wallet and it wasn't lying in the parking lot. She called her friend and they searched their house, but it wasn't there either. When I got home from work, I searched through her car and the bags she'd had with her, but once again, no joy. So we called and cancelled all our credit cards (except my Amex) and her ATM card. About 2 hours after we went through all this trouble, she was checking her email and she saw a Facebook friend request from some 20-year-old UNC-G student. She was about to blow him off when she saw that he had sent her a message. She accepted his friend request, read the message and lo and behold, he had her wallet! He'd found it in the middle of the street between the store and her friend's house. Apparently Rebecca had taken the wallet out of her pocket and set it on top of the car while she buckled Olivia into her car seat. She must have driven off with it still on the roof! She got the guy's address and we went and picked up the wallet. Everything was still in it, including the cash, which we gave him as a reward.
It's amazing that this guy went through the trouble of searching Facebook to find her and return her wallet. It kinda restores our faith in people that someone would make that extra effort to return the wallet rather than going on a shopping spree before we could get the cards cancelled.
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