Time to rest for Mommy and Mariah
Posted by helmut
Finally after moving around the house Kari and Mariah take a time to rest and relax.
Mariah Denise Granda
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I wanted to get on here quick while i have a minute and welcome the newest member to the Granda family. Mariah Denise Granda, born October 17th at 1:40pm. 8.2lbs, 20 inches.
Since we are on waiting time
Posted by helmut
We are in waiting time now. Mom is being able to take a quick cat nap an Lauren just called to ask how Hayden takes his nap. Funny, I never thought about it. I guess it was just a given the ritual before he goes to bed for a nap. Also we were explaining Lauren what Hayden does in the morning for breakfast.
In the mornings during work week I usually wake him up and get him from his crib to change his diaper. He spends a few seconds gathering all the puffy toys he sleeps with. One he gathers them then I take him to the changing table where we have a small chat and then he decides what toy he wants to take with him for breakfast. I guess it is a ritual and never thought of it that way…
I was also remembering of when Hayden was born. Everything went so fast, I know we comment about how fast 2.5 hour delivery was amazing. At least I think so. I’m sure the unbereable pain made it feel like 2.5 days but it was great to see Hayden so quickly. The delivery room was empty since no one was expecting the outcome, but in a matter of minutes the empty delivery room was filled with doctors, nurses and tools to help a new baby come to life. Minutes later he was alive and making a very familiar sound “crying”.
Before the baby
Posted by helmut
Quick update.
We headed to the hospital at 6pm yesterday (16th) and things seem to be going well but they slowed down so we headed back home at around 10:00pm. Kari spent most of the night having contractions and by 6am we headed back to the hospital to find out that this time we were here to stay.
Kari is doing ok at the moment, even though the contractions have been more severe the doctors were able to give her some medication that helps to aliviste the pain some, not completely of course but it seems like it is helping a little… More to come
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My favorite picture of Hayden from our visit to PA.
Helmut after the 10K.
Helmut and Hayden at the zoo.
Hayden and I at the San Antonio Zoo.
Hayden and his motorcycle 21 months old.
Ready to pop at 38 weeks
Long Time Coming
Posted by helmut
Ok, so I have to apologize to everybody that’s been checking up on this blog regularly. I started blogging on my myspace and facebook accounts (www.myspace.com/karigranda) and have completely neglected to update this site. I’m having a touch of insomnia now so i figure i might as well share an update.
Things have been going pretty good here. We’re coming down the final stretch pregnancy wise. I’m due October 20th so hopefully we just have a few days left. The pregnancy has been fairly easy i suppose, ask me in about 6 months and I’ll probably say it was great with no bumps. I’ve dealt with more contractions this time around that started up around week 32 and went pretty strong until a few weeks ago…..at which time they seemed to quit almost altogether. I’ve also had a bit of depression, which was completely unexpected, but i’m told that carrying a girl will do that to you because of the double dose of female hormones (which sounds reasonable to me). Otherwise for the most part I’ve felt pretty well. I’m definitely ready for this ride to end though and am really looking forward to having a new addition to the family.
Hayden has been growing in leaps and bounds. He’s putting sentences together now and talking non-stop. He’s learning how to play with other kids his age and to share (which is a tough lesson for him so far). I call him my little monkey because i can’t seem to keep him from climbing everything in sight. He figured out how to climb out of his crib a few weeks ago and that seems to have lead to more ambitious climbing, including the backyard fence (which is about 5 ft high). He’s also learning how to count and to recognize colors and he can recognize the difference between a tractor, truck, digger, motorcycle, scooter, and bicycle.
Helmut is doing well. He had to get his wisdom teeth taken out last week, but he’s starting to come around again and seems to be handling the pain really well. He’s taken up running and has been running about 4-6 miles everyday and plans to run in a marathon here in Austin in February. He ran the Nike ‘Human Race’ 10K several weeks ago and loved it and has been running enthusiastically ever since.
Almost there but with a few hickups
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As most of you know we are days away from the birth of our precious girl. We are very excited by the fact that it’s almost time but with the wonderful experience of having 4 wisdom teeth removed and one more (just on case) it has made the wait a whole lot more exciting. Specially since I’m not used to take drugs I feel like I’m in a different world for few minutes at the time.