The set-up When Sarah was about 20 weeks along with this baby, she began to lobby for us to not find out what the gender was until the baby was actually born. After all, she figured, we could be surprised by learning if it was a boy or a girl at 20 weeks, or at… Continue reading And then there were five… (The story of Claire’s birth)
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Early-morning musings of a 9-month-old
Based on real events of the morning of Nov. 1, 2008 What’s this? I’m awake all of a sudden. Judging by how dark it still is, probably about 4:30 in the morning. So long as I’m up, the rest of the family might as well be. Let’s start wailing to see if… Continue reading Early-morning musings of a 9-month-old
PUTTIN’ ON THE RITZ!
My family’s always had an affinity for the film Young Frankenstein — we’d always get a laugh by saying “What knockers! Oh, thank you!” or “Frau Blucher {horse whinny}”. I even caught myself mentally referring to a kid dressed up like Frankenstein’s Monster as a “little zipper-neck” at our ward party the other… Continue reading PUTTIN’ ON THE RITZ!
Baby update
You’ve all been asking yourselves, “Where’s our 7 and a half month old update on Nathan Gibby?” Right here, that’s where. Nathan has become a very busy baby. He got into the commando scoot about a month ago, but now he’s full-on into crawling, and he’ll go anywhere in the room if you… Continue reading Baby update
And baby makes four
This morning Sarah woke up at 2:15 with pretty strong contractions. She got me up soon after, and we called for Becca (her sister and doula) to come help with the labor. We looked out the window and saw that it had snowed quite a bit overnight, so the roads were pretty bad. Becca and… Continue reading And baby makes four
You Gotta Love It, Baby
I got the chance to laugh at Sarah the other day while we were tossing around names for Baby Brother. (A few weeks ago, we were pretty much settled on Nathan, but we’ve since backed off it.) Our neighbors have a son named Stockton (after Utah Jazz great John Stockton), so Sarah said, “We could… Continue reading You Gotta Love It, Baby
Baby announcement! (Oh boy!)
We’ve got a big announcement for everyone! We’re happy to tell you that we’re expecting a little boy — at our ultrasound today the tech told us that Sarah’s probably due at the end of January 2008. It took them a while to officially determine the gender, but we’re pretty confident in the results —… Continue reading Baby announcement! (Oh boy!)
A First for Audrey
This week, Sarah and I went to the temple for the first time since Audrey was born. That meant that Audrey had to stay with a babysitter for the first time. We left her with one of Sarah’s very reliable Young Women and told her to feed Audrey a bottle with formula. When we got… Continue reading A First for Audrey
Baby Blessing Day
Here are a couple of pictures from yesterday, when we blessed Audrey. Everything went really well at the blessing. Both of Sarah and Curtis’ families were able to attend, and the blessing talked about growing old and finding a companion that would help her grow strong in the gospel, as well as how much we’d… Continue reading Baby Blessing Day
I’m a dad!
Judy (Sarah’s mom) summarized everything really well in her email to the family, so I’ve slightly edited it so it comes from my voice and not hers, but this is mostly her writing: — Late Monday night, Sarah went into labor and after a long and difficult day, she delivered a beautiful baby girl. Audrey… Continue reading I’m a dad!