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I'm just your average 30 something white geeky male who want's to be cool... but it's hard when you drive a minivan!
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As the title explains it I'm a little cranky. This morning I was swaddling Cate up and Amanda gives me a sleepy look and says "she has that burrito look", I snap back with a "WHAT?!?!" (as in what the fuck are you talking about). She responds "I may sleep a lot but you get cranky!"
Amanda says I'm an old man because I go to bed at 9 pm and get up at 5 am so I can hit the trails at 6:30 am. We just started bottle feeding Cate so now she only needs two feedings at night. One around 2 am and one around 5 am, I figure I can still go to bed at 9 pm and do the 5 am feeding then push my ride back to 7 am. Now all I need to do is stop acting like an ASSHOLE. Maybe I could start playing wife ski-ball, hit a few 100 pts to earn enough tickets for a Mountain Bike ride.
Side by Side Comparisons
As usual we have been discussing who Cate looks most like (me of course). Amanda keeps saying Tanner (my nephew) and I keep saying Grace. I just wanted to put this debate to rest and show you the evidence:
Grace:
Cate:
If you didn't have a decreeing eye you would think this is the same baby, just a few weeks apart. Grace was more filled out but what do you expect from a 10 pound baby!
Catherine Jayne Cowan
I just got back from an amazing day at the hospital, if you haven't already heard Cate was born today. Once we got to the hospital they hooked Amanda up to the meds and she started having mild contractions that got increasingly stronger over the next several hours.
Once she got to 5 cm the anesthesiologist gave her the epi, she was pretty thankful to see him.
By around 4 pm she was about 7 cm and the contractions got extremely strong and Amanda was feeling a lot of pressure. About the fifth or sixth one in to the really strong ones we thought, "hum maybe we should call the nurse cause something seems to be happening." The nurse came in and told Amanda to try and breath though these ones and try to resist pushing while they called her doctor. That worked for about 30 seconds until Cate's head started poking out. She then called for the staff doctor to come in. By the time she got there Cate was already born. I think it only took two pushes and out she popped. It was pretty amazing to see.
She weighed 8 pounds 7 ounces and is 21 inches long.
Amanda and the baby are doing absolutely wonderful. She didn't have any tears (ouch!). Everyone in the room was pretty impressed at how quick it happened. We joked that if we have another baby (which is not going to happen) I should get training on how to deliver a baby, just in case.
This went a lot smoother then the first one. I think it helped that we got a good night sleep and went into it without too much anxiety. It was surreal to be in the hospital having a baby and not being nervous about it. When I left tonight Amanda was pretty happy and relaxed. This was a stark contrast from our first experience.
Welcome to the family Cate...
