Wild Thing
I made this costume for Arri last year for Halloween. To be honest it was more because I wanted to make it than it was because he wanted it. Typical parent right? Trying to correct our lost opportunities through our kids. He wore it briefly for one sugar filled night and it has hung in the closet ever since. To my surprise, he asked me if he could wear it this last weekend. I was happy to oblige, and took the opportunity to take a couple pictures that I never got around to taking last year. Thanks for the memories Arri!
Happy Birthday Arri!
Arrington turned 3 years old last week. I can’t believe how big he is getting! We had a nice low stress birthday party for him and his friends at the Fairmont Aquatic center. We had over 14 kids there in all, and it was great fun. I didn’t take as many pictures as I thought I did, but you can see the few I did take on Flickr.
His birthday cake was the only wrench in the spokes. He had told us a while ago that he wanted a Batman cake. When I called Baskin Robbins to order a ice cream cake Batman wasn’t an option. I opted for a the Lightning Mcqueen and ‘Matter cake. Apparently they just heard the “queen and” part and I showed up to a Queen Anne cake. Not exactly what a 3 year old wants. We ended up just throwing Lightning Mcqueen and ‘Matter on top and calling it good. When it came time to blow out the candles Arri burst into tears. We almost couldn’t get him to do it. I figured he was just feeling pressured having everyone watching him, but later he told his mom “I don’t like that cake, I want a Batman cake”. Luckily his mom was happy to oblige a few days later with round two. And now the video…
Sumertime…
Summer time and the livings easy….
A special thanks goes out to home depot for the orange race car swing and rope, and our across the street neighbor Brad for the soccer ball net. Man I love summer.
Super Hero’s
We are all about super hero’s at our house. Arri has been championing the effort for some time now, but it looks like his little sister Elie is catching on to the vision. It wasn’t even a year ago she was brought into this world, and already she is doing her part to keep our streets safe.
Baby Elouise
Baby Elouise
Last night at 9:13 the world welcomed a new light. Elouise Alicia Fitch tipped the tiny scales at 5 lbs and 5 oz and measured 18 1/2″ long. She was born after 37 weeks and three long days, the last one being the longest of all.
Tues the 28th Michelle went to see her Dr. for her normal routine checkup while I was at home with Arri packing for a short trip to Denver to pick up my car for the Fiesta Movement. I got the call from Michelle at around 10:30 saying that she had pre-eclampsia (pregnancy induced high blood pressure) and the Dr. wanted to induce her that day. The next couple of hours consisted of me scrambling to cancel my trip, and calling all our wonderful family and friends to arrange for help as I got ready to go to the hospital. To make things even more fun I went downstairs to discover a leaky water pipe in our basement that was slowly flooding our house. By 2:30 I finally had someone to watch Arri (thanks Sage and Starr) and a repair man at our house to fix our pipe. When I finally made it to the hospital Michelle was happy to see me to say the least.
They had started her on Pitocin at around 1:00 and she was having regular strong contractions. Her blood pressure was still quite high and she was actually have blurry and double vision, likely due to the pre-eclampsia. The Dr. was back and forth about whether to give her Magnesium which helps raise the seizure threshold but makes you feel lousy. Luckily some Tylenol and a good back rub was able to get Michelle back to seeing normal. At around 5:00 Michelle got an epidural which did a wonderful job at helping her to feel comfortable. By this point she was dilated to about a 3 and 50% effaced. Still a ways to go. Over the next couple of hours she slowly progressed to a 7 and 70% effaced. Despite the progress the nurses were becoming increasingly concerned about little Elouise. During the contractions her heart rate was dropping and she was slow to recover back to baseline. As we approached 9:00 PM it was becoming more and more apparent that she wasn’t tolerating it well. To add to the concern Michelle was having more than normal bleeding which pointed toward the possibility that the placenta was starting to detach. Shortly after Elouise had a couple long dips in her heart rate and it was decided that a cesarean was best for both mom and baby. We rushed back to the OR and at 9:13 little Elie joined our happy family. She is the most adorable thing you have ever seen, and quite the little eater. Good thing too, because she has some chunking up to do…
Fiesta Movement Entry Video
A while ago I heard about a little contest that Ford was putting on. They were giving away a 2011 Ford Fiesta to 100 lucky individuals. All you had to do to win was submit a video along with a resume. They were looking for people who were into social networks and had an audience to which they would be able to share their experience. I figured it would be fun to enter, so I threw together this short little video and submitted it. Little did I know that I would actually win a car. I pick it up April 28th. Anyone need a ride?