Week 1 Photos

Here are 29 shots of the little guy’s first week… and first few days at home.

Beanlet Photos

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Beanlet Arrives

After hours of dealing with induced labor, Erin underwent a c-section, and the Beanlet (a.k.a. Sean Joseph Perez) was born yesterday evening at 6:40pm. He was 8 pounds 9.5 ounces, and measured in at 20.25 inches long.

Beanlet says, “Sup?”

More later. I have to get back to the hospital to spend time with a recovering momma and brand-new Beanlet.

In the meantime: Beanlet’s First Photos on Flickr.

Win-Win-Win Situation

What do you do when the kid is 5 days late & shows no signs of arriving any time soon?

You go to hockey.

Of course.

I noticed that work’s season tickets were available for the Caps vs. Lightning game last night (Glenn & Dan had ours), and it came to me in a flash. If Erin wasn’t giving birth by 4pm, I was going to snag the tickets & we were going to head into the District for the game.

Convincing Erin that this was a good idea was surprisingly easy.

See… I figured if we couldn’t go to the game, or had to leave early, then that meant that Beanlet was finally on his way out. Some progress (any progress!) would be welcomed, and the kid would be born soon thereafter.

Or.

If Beanlet stayed put, at least we got to go to the game.

Win-win, and Win… considering the Caps smoked ‘em and his former teammates hung 4 on Olie Kolzig in a homecoming I’m sure he’d rather have missed.

Week 40: Still Cooking

Today was Beanlet’s due date. He did not get the memo.

Erin went into the doctor for a scheduled appointment. They gave her another sonogram to check the amniotic fluid & everything was fine… except the little guy has not moved down to where he needs to be to get out.

According to the fetal monitor, his heart rate is good. Erin is having minor contractions, but none of them are strong enough to affect her cervix, so nothing has really changed.

The doctor will begin inducing the delivery on November 12th if he doesn’t arrive before then.