As expected, Emberlea and Alannah were anxious to meet their new baby brother. Ember got to hold him and Alannah got to briefly look at him from Daddy or Grandma's arms.
Tuesday, March 10, 2009
Delivery team
Dr. Jenny Tufariello delivered Asher as well as Emberlea and Ethan. She is very sweet and a good doctor who has taken great care of me and the kids throughout each pregnancy. She didn't get to deliver Alannah as she was not on-call when I went into labor, but one of her partners, Dr. Matt Haugen, who also happened to be the one to do my tubal ligation surgery that followed on Sunday, February 22nd, delivered Alannah. He is also very competent and helpful.
The coming of Asher!
Asher came at 13:32 on February 21, 2009 and he weighed in at 8 lbs. 8 oz. and was 21inches long. He seems so tiny still for such a big boy! Although his sisters had dark hair when they were born, he has lighter hair, bordering on blond. He wanted to nurse right away, and so he did.
Anticipation of Asher
Here are the faces of somewhat anxious parents waiting to meet their son for the first time. We had a scheduled induction on February 21st, due to some complications with the pregnancy, at 39 weeks gestation. Amazingly, they turned us away from the hospital when we showed up at 6AM on that Saturday, because they were full. There had been so many women show up in the middle of the night who were in active labor, that they didn't have enough nurses on call to go around! SO we were bumped back to 8 AM...much to our frustration! But we were shown to a room when we showed up yet again and a nurse was found for us. A pitocin drip was started at about 9:10AM and almost 4 1/2 hours later, we welcomed Asher Nicholas Orr into the world!
Monday, March 9, 2009
Some Emberlea moments at home...
Emberlea is learning more and more these days. She is getting to be quite the speller of 3 letter words. She constantly asks us how to spell everyday items around the house or things she thinks of in the moment. Then she immediately goes to her "Word Whammer" (Leap Frog brand toy for learning words) and tries to spell it out with the magnetized letters on the refrigerator. Additionally, she is excited to go to Kindergarten in the Fall and is very proud of her progress with words. She is also a great little helper, including washing dishes, of all things! She actually enjoys it and jumps at the chance to do it. Her latest prayers at bedtime include asking God for very specific dreams, which always makes us chuckle a little. Currently, she asks him to make her a "Who" to be able to play with Jo-Jo, the "Who-boy" from the Movie Horton Hears a Who! Her biggest news is that she recently lost her first tooth; and when I say lost, I really mean it.
She has no idea where it went and claims that she didn't swallow it (although we have our doubts).
Some Alannah moments at home...
Alannah is a very busy toddler. She has become quite the climber. We are now having to tell her not to jump on the couch and not try to stand on the windowsill or crawl on the coffee table. Of course, her big sister is not exactly the best example in this department, so these lessons are somewhat lost on her so far, but hopefully she will soon learn! One of her favorite things now is to climb on the recliner ottoman rocker and "body surf", while saying, "Whee,whee,whee!" This is not something her sister taught her, however; she learned this one all on her own!
1. Christmas Eve at the Larabee grandparents'
Christmas Eve, we went to the grandparents' house as we do every other year. It's always a fun, family time with decent food and treats! It was good to catch up with cousins, aunts, and uncles to find out what they have been doing; since we don't see them all that often. Of course, it's a "zoo" these days with our girls at Christmas. It seems whenever we are out at some one's house, we wear ourselves out chasing the two of them around the house and making sure they don't break anything or hurt themselves. Thank goodness for present opening time so they can focus in on one activity!
Snowfall!
One day in December, we woke up to snow on the ground. Emberlea had fun making snow angels and throwing snow at the fence! Uncharacteristically for this state, the snow stayed around for a while and the folks who don't know how to drive in it, were less than thrilled. However, Nick and I got to have a random day off from work due to the snow, which was a welcome one-day, impromptu vacation.
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