Day 4 - The Farmer's Market

I had my first public outing today to the Saturday Uptown Farmer's Market. It was fun. Daddy put me in the red "Moby" which is basically a big long piece of fabric which he wraps around his upper body and I slide into. It is way cozy. I can't help but fall asleep when I'm in it. So, I'm told that we spent about an hour and a half at the Farmer's Market and about ten thousand people (well maybe 20) peeked in at me. I like to make people smile and that is what they did - even the ones who are sometimes kind of grouchy.

Another big milestone, both for Mommy and for me, was that Mommy's milk came today. I like breastfeeding, which is a good thing because I think I'm going to be doing a lot of it. I think Mommy likes it too, though she has been kind of gritting her teeth when I first start.

Breastfeeding always makes me sleepy. No matter how hard I try after about 10 minutes I can't keep my eyes open. But it is a nice way to fall asleep.

One of the odd things that is happening to me is the hic-cups. I don't know where they come from but I do seem to spend a lot of time hic-cupping. Daddy even tried to teach me his trick to stop. He said, just say to myself in my head "I'm not hic-cupping, I'm not hic-cupping," over and over. Well that's fine for you Dad but it doesn't work for me, or Mom either, so it must be genetic.

Day 2 - No More Mr. No Name

Hi and welcome to Day 2! Today some big things happened. The most important is I got a name. This was a big deal to me because I didn't want to go on being called "the baby" or "the little bird" or any of the other references Mom and Dad have for me. I tried not to be impatient because I realized that getting a name was something that would affect me for the rest of my life. Just imagine if I got named "Randy." That would make me Randy Randall, real cute. Or "Dweezel," I'd have to be some kind of long haired guitar player.

So imagine my relief when Mom and Dad named me Soren William Randall. I was named after my great grandfather Sorensen and my middle name is for my Mom's dad William Testerman. To let everyone know, Mom and Dad and Grandma and Grandpa Testerman (Ann and Bill) hung a banner over our front porch which says "It's a Boy - Soren!" I decided I like banners with my name on them.

They say I look like my dad - what do you think?

Day 1 - I'm a Boy

Wow. Being born is an event. Well, it was eventful. So today is Day 1.

Let's see, it started out kind of wet. I was born in big tub of warm water called an "Aqua Doula tub." I would have to rate it as an excellent way to be born. No one was wearing a mask and I didn't get spanked.

So when I popped out of the water the midwife (Kathy) put me on Mommy's chest and Daddy and Mommy held my head out of the water. I had my eyes open so I saw everything. Mommy and Dad looked happy and relieved (hey, I got it under control, quit worrying). Breathing was kind of hard. The midwife cleared my mouth and nose with a little suction bottle. Looking around, I noticed I wasn't in a hospital, I was in a house (it turns out, my house, in the daylight basement - where my future bedroom may be).

There was a midwife and her two assistants, Mommy and Daddy, Leah, and Audrey (taking pictures). On the other side of a privacy sheet were two paramedics. You see, I got a little excited (some may say agitated, I prefer excited) and I "pooped" while still in Mommy's tummy. So when Mommy's water broke it was kind of green, which made Mommy worry. So the midwife called for paramedics to be on standby just in case I needed help. Well, that was fine but I didn't NEED any help at all. I was just fine, happy and healthy. Once Leah cut the cord I was out on my own in the big wide world. Watch out world, here I come!

Other highlights from Day 1: I got to help Daddy chase deer out of the back yard (someone left the gate open), I got to poop on Daddy (and he didn't figure it out for a good 10 minutes or so, that was funny), I had lots of pictures taken of me (I like pictures), and I got to meet my new family. They are really nice, so I feel lucky.

OK, I'm kind of tired so I'm going to sign off.