Eleanor's HERE!!!!!!

Oh she is so beautiful and little for a North!!!!   

7lbs 1 oz.  

20 in

1:31pm

9.9 apgar

She only let out two cries and then she just looked around!  

Ye HAW

pics to come!

Hospitals are so boring!!

So I think that a Hospital would be a fun place to work but as far as being a fun place for patrons to be THEY AREN'T...

There's nothing on the TV, there's no WiFi access, no pay preview, no waist of existence video games.  It's just not a very fun place to be.  

Don't get me wrong, the people are "lovely" (Holly's word)... but don't you think if you owned a hospital that you could differentiate your services in the marketplace by making it a fun place to be?  

Do a Hotel style movie, video game, TV combo deal minus the adult entertainment.  Hey you could even nickel and dime people and add a revenue stream.  I bet that those who won't pay their hospital bill will rent a movie!!!  

And honestly why not do WiFi access... Live in the Now Man!

So back to the Baby and Mom.

They're still connected and we're still waiting.  Holly just fell asleep which makes me thing that we're still a ways off.    

We just found out that we're at 6 cm...  Hmmmmmm.... I don't think we'll have her by lunch time. I wonder if Holly will let me out of the room for some food... I'll have to think of a good excuse to sneak out because she can't eat anything and I don't want to make her feel bad...  naw I'll just tell her the truth and see where that gets me.

There you have it an update on the girls and a million $ idea if any of you end up being a hospital administrator.  

Just saw the Doctor.

We just saw our doctor and it looks like things are really getting going.  We should have a little one by lunch time.  Holly said the funniest thing, "perfect then we won't interrupt nap time for the girls".  This brings up two points, 1) she's already trying to get Ella on the nap schedule.  2) It reminds me of a Jeff Foxworthy skit about redneck women popping babies out and getting out of the hospital cus they got stuff to do... not to suggest that Holly's a redneck woman, rather that she's tough as nails.

The anesthesiologist is on his way in for the epidural and it's starting to get exciting.

Holly is absolutely amazing.  She really is tough as nails!  

So far this morning I've done a little work on my website and Holly spent some time editing her big book project.  We both got a little sleep but spent most of the quiet time listening to Ella's heartbeat.  

I took some pictures but I think that I'll have to get Holly's approval before posting them.  Sorry... she's a photoshop junkie.  

More to come...

Phil

3 hours and all is well...

It's 3:00 AM now and Holly sent me out to the gas station for chap stick.  

The nurses all thought that was a little odd.  I told them that I just do as I'm told.  I didn't mind and I was able to buy a candy bar and get a bottle of water.

It's slow going but Holly is doing great.  

We have another 3-4 hours of this stage and then things should start getting exciting.

Holly doesn't remember it being this uncomfortable..."I guess you forget about this stuff when it's over".   

I just don't like the smell of the hospital.  The Dad chair is the worst in the world!  But we like our hospital and our doctor.

For some strange reason Holly felt like watching Top Gear, the greatest car TV show on the planet.  This could be a good omen for me... I hope that Ella is a gear head like her dad.  Natalie loves horses, it looks like Alana will be a dancer and I really need a race car driver.   Since I've lost hope of ever getting a boy and I don't know if I'm feeling the 4 kid family vibe Ella is my best shot.  

More updates and ramblings to come.

Phil

We're at the Hospital!!

All Right!

Get ready for a play by play series of postings as we bring our new little girl into the world!  

We checked into the hospital at midnight this morning and it looks like things are progressing well!!!  YE HAW...  

We're still trying to work out the spelling of Elanore, Eleanor or Eleanore.  What do you guys think?

More to come.

Phil

Video Chat

Hey all

What video chat applications do you all use? I'm trying to set up video chat with my parents and just downloaded the SightSpeed application. I haven't tried it yet but I wanted to get everyone's thoughts.

Thanks for your help

Phil

Late on Christmas Eve

Well it's 11:12 Christmas Eve.

Santa has come and gone...we had a lovely chat.

Holly asked me to download all the memory cards from the cameras so that we could be prepared for the big day and I came across this little clip.

I laughed so hard I almost woke up the kids....

BTW, we were cleaning the house getting ready for friends to come over. Thus the vacuum and the trash can in the middle of the room. This also explains why we're rocking out... I just can't clean without some good music to get me into the mood.

!!!Warning any who would be offended by a 1 year-old dancing in a diaper to awesome "classic" rock Don't watch this video!!!!

Merry Christmas!

Music is one of the all time greatest songs... All Right Now by Free