Alex wants to "help!"

Alex is curious about the baby. He is giving "besitos" to Camden in this picture! :)

First night home

Last night was our first night home, with all of us here. This morning we are all tired, but that's par for the course. Thank you to Laura for dinner last night! Alex was interested and seemed like he wanted to "help" by repeatedly giving Camden his pacifier (even if that meant poking it into the baby's eye). :)

These are two cute pictures: Alex looking into the bassinet and Camden sleeping this morning.

A New Arrival!

He's here! Camden Henry Peoples was born at 3:13 pm on Tuesday, November 18th, 2008 at Good Samaritan Hospital in San Jose. He weighed 7 pounds and 10 ounces and is 21 inches long.

(He is almost exactly a week younger than his cousin Aidan, Brant and Bridget's new son, and almost a year younger than his cousin Makaylee, Mike and Stacy's daughter.)

We came home just this afternoon and tonight will be an experience because Alex has seen the "baby" (a word that Alex says now), but I don't think he realizes that the "baby" is coming HERE to STAY with us. :)

We are very thankful that Grandma Eileen is here to help us all adjust and that Erica was able to brave a night taking care of Alex while we stayed at the hospital!

So the adventure begins...

Company and cravings

We have been really lucky to have such fun (and patient) visitors over the past two weekends. During the Halloween weekend, Uncle Ryan and Aunt Jessica came out from D.C. and we all went to spend the night in Monterey (Our hotel was located on the beach and we could hear the waves crashing all through the night; it was fantastic!) on Saturday. We had fun and also really appreciate how patient they were with our "limited social capabilities!" Last weekend, my Grandma Jeanne was here and Dick and Betsy also came down for the day on Saturday (They were in The City for a business trip.). We played Euchre and cooked on the grill- and of course watched Alex repeatedly do his new trick... jumping off the laundry basket into a stack of pillows on the floor.

This week, I am waiting, waiting, waiting... and today I shared my "pregnancy cravings" with our dogs! I have been eating a LOT of frozen fruit smoothies (JAMBA JUICE!) and today, I bought some frozen treats for Addie and Malcolm- "Frosty Paws!"