Baby Room 0.1

After many hours of trying to find "Screw G" and attach it to "Board RR", the baby furniture is now put together and in our son's room.

We're looking forward to all the clutter that will soon be filling our house and making it feel more alive!

The dogs are too!

A few new pictures (link on the right bar) have been added to our preggo and doggie albums. Enjoy...

Labor 101

We recently went on our hospital tour and to our labor class. The experience was good and a lot to take in. A few of the highlights are below, pictures are on our web gallery...

First off, the delivery room is enormous! 26 adult students were able to comfortably sit and stand inside the room. As you would expect, everything is centered around making mom as comfortable as possible and baby as safe as possible.

The rooms include a baby warmer, full medical kit for anything less than a c-section, and even a bathtub! They have his and her DVD players/TVs, lounge chairs that recline for dad, robotic lights to track momma's movements, and did I mention a whirlpool bathtub?

The medical equipment is all at hand, but also hidden from view in the wood cabinets. The effect is one of a relaxed calming hotel room.

The nursery is just down the hall from the postpartum room and looks state of the art and equally comforting. Access to the rooms has good security and each momma/baby pair is electronically linked.

Clarion Hospitals really know their stuff.

After going to class and seeing the birthing areas, we are really excited. It will be a tense but wonderful time and we have a great team of health care providers there to see us through the hard parts.

The Name Game: Round Two

Today we continue the name game. We'll be running a few polls for your opinions to help us decide what name our boy should have.

Every few weeks, we'll post a list of names, or thoughts on them, and a poll. Please post your comments and vote for each name you like (you can vote more than once per round by selecting multiple names).

This round's names are:

- Joshua, this is the name of my (Jason's) life long friend, Joshua Dunn.

- Scout, this name was more common pre-1950 and was unique then. I (Jason) love that era and think the name is a good alternative to Hunter.

- Griffin, this name was recommended by Carrie (sis-in-law) and we both decided we liked it. It has a bit of a fantasy flare and sounds interesting.

- Bailey, this is one of Christa's picks. She's spent tons of time pouring over the baby names book to find the ones that sound the best to her.

- Blake, this is one of Christa's picks. She's spent tons of time pouring over the baby names book to find the ones that sound the best to her.

- Dalton, this is one of Christa's picks. She's spent tons of time pouring over the baby names book to find the ones that sound the best to her.

- Gavin, this is one of Christa's picks. She's spent tons of time pouring over the baby names book to find the ones that sound the best to her.

- Hayden, this is one of Christa's picks. She's spent tons of time pouring over the baby names book to find the ones that sound the best to her. Jason loves this one too.

- Teagen, this is one of Christa's picks. She's spent tons of time pouring over the baby names book to find the ones that sound the best to her.

- Devin, this is one of Christa's picks. She's spent tons of time pouring over the baby names book to find the ones that sound the best to her. This one was the name of a girl in Jason's High School, but could work for a boy too.

- River, suggested by Rebecca. It is a nice natural name that we both kinda like.

(Lucas removed because the Brown family already has one - oops...)