http://www.helmutandkari.com Staying in touch with our family and friends Mon, 17 Nov 2008 20:29:01 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I thought i should get on here and add some updated pictures. Mariah is now 1 month old and Hayden is 23 months old. We've been having an interesting transition here between the baby's colic and my messed up back. It's been a little rough, but we're pushing through and ... http://www.helmutandkari.com/2008/11/17/1-month/ Finally after moving around the house Kari and Mariah take a time to rest and relax. http://www.helmutandkari.com/2008/10/25/time-to-rest-for-mommy-and-mariah/ 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. http://www.helmutandkari.com/2008/10/24/mariah-denise-granda/ 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. ... http://www.helmutandkari.com/2008/10/17/since-we-are-on-waiting-time/ 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 ... http://www.helmutandkari.com/2008/10/17/before-the-baby/ [caption id="attachment_98" align="alignnone" width="500" caption="My favorite picture of Hayden from our visit to PA."][/caption] [caption id="attachment_97" align="alignnone" width="500" caption="Helmut after the 10K."][/caption] [caption id="attachment_96" align="alignnone" width="500" caption="Helmut and Hayden at the zoo."][/caption] [caption id="attachment_95" align="alignnone" width="500" caption="Hayden and I at the San Antonio Zoo."][/caption] [caption id="attachment_94" align="alignnone" width="500" caption="Hayden and his motorcycle 21 months ... http://www.helmutandkari.com/2008/10/16/100/ 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 ... http://www.helmutandkari.com/2008/10/16/long-time-coming/ 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 ... http://www.helmutandkari.com/2008/10/13/almost-there-but-with-a-few-hickups/ Or is it diapers? Warning! Spoiler for single males. Please wait until you experience the wonders of diaper changing until you have your own :). So it finally happened... the first time I was grossed out by changing a diaper. I wanted to let go of all my breakfast, lunch and dinner ... http://www.helmutandkari.com/2008/07/07/daddy-changing-diepers/   We had our sonogram last week and decided to cheat and find out what we're having. I'm very proud to say we're having a Girl! Yippee. We're both really really excited about it. For one it means we're going to bow out of the baby making for a long time......if ... http://www.helmutandkari.com/2008/06/09/its-a-girl-21-weeks/