Baby Luke

So, we had our baby on Wednesday morning. We checked into the hospital on Tuesday night, and after a long and very painful process of dilation, Brienne was finally ready to push at 8 AM the next morning. Gratefully, the pushing only took an hour and a half, and before we knew it, our little Luke's head was squeezing it's way into the light. It was a very out of the ordinary experience. Not your usual, everyday type of occurrence, but a great one to have. We are grateful to have him with us. He weights 7 pounds 2 ounces, and is 19 1/2'' long. He did have some minor respiratory problems when he was first born, but being hooked up to a respirator for an hour did the trick and he's doing fine now. Mom is doing very well. She is happy that after a long wait, it is finally over, although a fair bit of soreness is sure to follow. We have decided to name him Luke Del Shumway. Luke because we like it, Del after my father, and Shumway because that's our last name. We thought of adding a Lupe-Fernandez on the end just for kicks, but then we remembered that we're not crazy. Thank goodness. Anyway, we love him. We think he is the cutest thing we have ever seen, and we have decided to keep him. Thanks to everyone for your support. Dave out.

Still no baby

Well, there is still no baby. Not outside of me anyway. I know that I still have 13 days to go but I am so excited! We have all the clothes, the car seat, the diapers, the cute little baby socks....but no baby. We thought that this weekend would work perfectly as it is a three day weekend and , but alas, he has decided to stick around in my belly a little longer.

Oh, and we got in a car accident. I thought I would share that with everybody. We were driving to Pleasant Grove on Friday night to watch some nieces and nephews and some guy decided to pull in front of us really fast making Dave slam on the breaks. We were on the freeway going average freeway speeds, 65-70 (Dave never speeds, and in the situation I am so glad that he doesn't). There was a little bit of traffic and as this guy in the left lane, we were in the middle lane, decided that his lane of traffic wasn't moving fast enough he decided to change into ours. Well, he was much too close to comfort and Dave had to slam on the breaks. As he did this our car swerved some to the right and then to the left where we were hit (did we hit him or did he hit us?). The front right of this car his the back left of ours, right behind the tire. I remember the whole thing like it was in slow motion and we were only going 10 miles per hour. But apparently we weren't. Anyway, we pulled over to the side with this guy and then discovered that the car that was directly behind us had slammed on his breaks when Dave slammed on our breaks and was rear-ended from behind. Well, the car that hit him from behind was totaled and had to be towed away. Goodness. And the guy that started this whole thing? The guy who pulled in front of Dave and I? Long gone. He just drove on into the darkness never to be seen again. Does he know that 4 cars were involved in an accident because of his split-second decision to change lanes? Who knows.

Dave was pretty disappointed in himself and started going over all the different things he SHOULD have done to keep this from happening but I pointed out to him that he's okay, I'm okay, and the baby is okay. We can deal with a dent in our car. As long as we are all okay than he did a great job in my opinion. It has scared me a little bit more now when driving. I am definitely a little more tense and I just expect someone to pull out in front of us at any moment. What am I going to be like with an infant in the car? Whoa.

Well, that's it for now. Hopefully we will be able to post news that we had our baby here eventually. Hopefully. We are having dinner with our friends this coming weekend that consists of some famous "pregnancy soup". The night that our friend Aimee ate some of this soup she went into labor and had her baby the next day. So, we are all going to try it on me and see if it causes labor. That would be awesome. And then we could all market this soup to the world and become millionaires. Wouldn't that be nice.

Alright, that's really all for now. Hope everyone is doing great!

What Baby?

Oh, that baby. Sorry, I forgot. It's not connected to my body like it is to someone else I know. Everything is great with the baby. Here is the official rundown. A few months ago we had an ultrasound where it was determined that one of the his kidneys is larger than the other one, because of a small buildup of fluid. From that time until now, Brienne has had monthly ultrasounds to make sure that it's now a problem. As it turns out, the doctors should have told us more, because a problem like this doesn't effect the birth of the baby at all. Thanks guys for freaking us out. Anyway, the build-up of fluid is probably due to a tube being slightly constricted, which can be fixed with a simple surgery after he is born, if the condition continues. So, that's the good news.
The bad news is, apparently we have to take care of this child after he is born. I know, I thought the government would do that. I'm pretty annoyed. If I knew there was responsibility involved I would have abstained. So, ya, our little man is set to come at anytime, although the due date is officially the 28th. Brienne is definitely ready to have him out though, and I must say I am too. We are looking forward to the day when that happens. Until then, Brienne is becoming larger and larger and much less mobile. One side effect of note is that with Brienne's lungs not having as much space to expand, there have been some very strange breathing noises during the night. Sometimes it's like I'm sleeping next to some strange animal, but then I remember that there's actually a reason for it. I am eager for the day when the baby is on the outside, and Brienne is back to her old self.
We do some new ultrasound pictures from this most recent one, so I'll try to throw those on later. Apparently getting good ultrasound pics is harder to do later one, because there isn't as much empty space in there anymore for him to move. Go figure. We will let everyone know, when there is more to tell.

Resolutions Die Hard

So a while ago I mentioned that I would be changing my major to English. I made it about that far. Once I had officially changed it I was left with the nagging feeling that I had made a huge mistake. Turns out that I'm going to stick with Web Design. I'm a technical guy and peering over the edge of a field that doesn't require me to be technical is about as scary as it can be. While I still feel as though I must do some creative writing in my lifetime, I can't commit to entering a non-technical field. Just wanted to let everyone know. I'm back to web design and that's the way it's going to be, however, I will author more than websites someday.