The story...

As some of you know Baby Lily was scheduled for eviction Thursday 10/6.  Obviously that didn't pan out.

On Wednesday, Jamie started to feel what she thought were some Barxton-Hicks contractions around 2:30.   She took a nap, not thinking much of it, but at 4:15 she decided maybe she was going into early labor and called my cell, and Grandma Carla.  Luckily, Grandma answered, my phone was in the locker at  the gym.  Grandma Carla made a dash for our house, arriving around 4:45, which is about what time Jamie's parents managed to reach me.

Unfortunately, I was leaving the gym in everett, which should have been a 1/2 hour drive at most.  Due to traffic I made it home almost exactly at 5:30.  Matt was  running around looking stressed out, so I threw on some Mr. Rogers and gave him a snack.

After talking with Grandma, and looking at Jamie's condition I knew there was no way we were going to make it across the Lake at rush hour, so I called UW Labor and delivery to find out what were our best options.  I got put on hold, and gave up that plan pretty much immediately and called 911.  Jamie's water broke while I was talking with the dispatcher, and the Firemen were there about 5 minutes later.  It's now about 5:45.

The Firefighters did a quick assessment, and the paramedics arrived about  5 minutes after they did.  After another quick check, they determined they would rather deliver on the bed than at the side of the road, and got everything prepped.  Auntie and Uncle saved the day also by showing up somewhere in here and hauling away Matt.

Lily was born at 6:04.  Huge thanks to Medic 35 and Aid 35 for their awesome work!  At that point were were transferred to the hospital.  We've been the talk of the hospital ever since.

Huge appreciation to Jamie, who, while fairly stunned during most of the process powered through like the amazing woman she is!  I also can't thank my family enough for being there to help, especially Grandma Carla for being there help deliver her 2nd Grandchild.

While not exactly the birth plan we had put on paper, in the end everything turned out great.  I'm sure I'll have some more pics to post later, once we get her home.

Jake

Notice the look of shock still on her face in the Ambulance.

Medic 35!

Happy  at the hospital

A little nap

Meeting Baby Sister!

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Little Sister Arrives!

Lily Catherine Virnig (or simply little sister to Matt) was born last night at 6:04 PM.  She was scheduled to be evicted today, but decided that our time table was unacceptable and arrived on her own.  (More on that when I have some time).  Mommy and baby are doing great.

Born 10-5-11
Weight - 9lbs 4oz
Length - 54cm

Jake

Jeepin'

When Matt was about 8 months old I cam across one of those Hotwheels battery powered Jeeps at a garage sale.  It had no batteries, so I haggled the lady down to $10, figuring I could get batteries later. Turns out the batteries for those things are a LOT more $ than I though, so it's been sitting in the garage, where Matt uses it to pretend drive.

Last week Jamie found a person on craigslist selling a Barbie Jeep with new batteries. It was cheap enough that we decided to get it.  Now, we've got one set of batteries and two jeeps, but Matt likes to drive them both.

He's working on his driving, but coordinating the feet and hands isn't going to well for the fine maneuvering.  I'm not looking forward to 13years from now after this last week.... 

With his driving ability rivaling that of a blue haired 90 year old lady, he is of course required to wear a helmet.


Jeepin' from Virnig Family on Vimeo.

Jake

Waiting for Baby sister!

All 3 of us are anxiously awaiting the arrival of baby sister, who is expected any day now!  Hard to believe it's been 9 months already!  Matt and I have been hard at work getting the house ready both for baby sister and for winter, which sadly seems to be approach rapidly.

We did manage to have a pretty good time during the few short weeks of warm weather we got in the Seattle area this year.

Some days are rougher than others.  One day I came home from work and found this.

Before Ned had to go back to Texas we managed to get our boat out on Lake Washington. Matt had a good time getting to drive the boat. 

Jamie had a baby shower for Baby Sister one Saturday, so Matt and I met up with Drew, Ben and Ty at the park for a few hours.

Swingin'

Snack Time!

Matt's started to get very into building stuff.  Crinkles are a favorite, as are blocks and Wedge-it's.

We got a new electric leafblower to make an attempt at keeping the back deck (and therefore the house) pine tree debris free.  Matt's decided this leafblower is his.

During some of the hottest weather we managed to get some time to play in the splat mat.

Celebrating chocolate chip pancakes!

This is the Mr. Rogers face.  He LOVES Mr. Rogers.

At the Fair with Grandma, GranDan and Mommy.

Pumping

Grinding Grain

Matt's usual favorite, the pony rides.  You can see he doesn't enjoy this at all...

On the roller coaster with grandma.

One of the Mr. Rogers episodes is about pottery.  Matt was so enthralled that we got out the pottery wheel, blew the dust off and made some pots.

It's a dirty job.

Trevor and Marie came over one day and brought Matt some trains, so we got out his train set finally.  That weekend I'd say he spent 6-7hours playing with the trains.  For a 2 year old that kind of attention span with 1 toy is amazing.  It now has a permanent place in the living room.

Making Pet Rocks and playing with the dumptruck.

Enjoying the new pool with Mommy last weekend.

Making cookies!

Judging from Jamie's belly, the next update will be on the happenings of 2 kids, not just 1!

Jake

San Juans Trip 2011

Last weekend we met up with the usual crew in the San Juans for a weekend of boating, playing on the beach, and relaxing.

Matt had a great time with all the other kids, every morning waking up, looking outside and asking "Where'd my friends go?"  Usually they were all still asleep because he was up TOO early.  oh well, who needs sleep?

On the ferry with Uncle Ryan

Matt and Felix getting into trouble

Going for a little run

This was in somebody's yard, but really, can you have a stone bunny in your yard and NOT expect toddlers to want to sit on it?

We went to the Lopez Island Farmer's market to browse a bit.  

Mmmmm Costco Muffins....

Hanging out with Maya

Uncle Ned thought he could sleep in just because he was in a tent.  No such luck.

Notice the right hand yellow glove.  We'll get to that in a minute.

Digging clams!

 

Poor Matt managed to put his finger in the hinge on the boat seat.  Lost some skin and some tears, but it's about a week later now and he's healing fine.

Chillin on the boat with Ned.

Matt had a blast driving the boat, declaring himself the Captain early in the weekend.

Helping Auntie untangle the real.  Wonder how THAT happend?

Glow sticks!

There's a Poppy dog on the other end of that leash....

Helping to try and "fix" the cart.

Hanging with Grandma.

With Auntie and Uncle back on the Ferry

The whole crew.  There's a few more of us than when we started doing this about 25 years ago.