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January 24, 2008
Tristan is now double digit days - it went so quickly!
Yesterday he hit two big milestones, as he broke 7lbs at his weight check, and his little cord finally fell of that night.
You might count the number he did on his daddy between 11:45pm - 2:30am as another event to remember, although Greg is trying to forget it as quickly as possible. We have had to introduce formula into his diet and it seems to be messing with his schedule a little bit, though he is still one cool dude.
Ticker has been wonderful with Tristan. He has been easy on us; understanding that our attention needs to be on this new addition rather than heavily on him as it used to be. He has in act adopted his own new set of responsibilities and keeps a constant, close eye on his little brother. He is very particular about who gets close to him and makes sure that he always serves as a buffer. It's very sweet.
I had several hours alone with Tristan today, and it was good practice. I'm totally comfortable with Tristan, but having a tough time figuring out how to deal with not being at work. This is my first time in 21 years that I haven't had a full time job to go to and it is very difficult to balance demands here and computer time. It will come though, I know it is a new challenge in my life that will help me grow and broaden my perspective of what it takes for many others to live a healthy and balanced life.
January 19, 2008 - Tristan's Due Date, and the first opportunity we have had to sit down and do any kind of announcement since his actual birth date on Monday January 14.
Tristan was born at 7:10am on Monday after about 9 hours of natural labor. He was 6lbs 14oz and 19.5". A perfect little bundle. He is quite a little peanut as he has lost the typical few ounces and is at 6lb 5oz right now (and gaining back quickly). He is obviously a thinker, as he was contemplating his arrival into this new world shortly after he arrived.
His birth was an amazing experience . Greg was incredible, as usual. He was exhausted trying to catch up from a tiring business trip, when I woke him up at 10:30pm on Sunday night to tell him that although I had assured him there would be another day or two to catch up, I needed him to rally.
The non-stop action started right then. Greg ran a bath for me, timed a few contractions and seeing that they
were 1.5 minutes apart, he realized he better pack bags and get us on the road. We arrived at the hospital at 12:30am and things progressed rather quickly from there. With the help of an experienced doula, warm baths and meditative hypno-birthing techniques that we studied over the previous months, we were able to bring our baby boy into the world in the very calm and beautiful way we wished. Tristan worked hard and fast to get here on a beautiful, sunny Boulder morning with great views of the flatirons. True to his mom & dad's love for the first light of the day the sun was just breaking. We're not sure if this particular birth journey has contributed to his wonderful demeanor but we have a very mellow, alert and joyful baby that has made this new experience as easy and peaceful as any new parent could possibly ask for.
His first visitors (besides a thousand nurses and doctors) were Auntie, Uncle and his cousins Tate and Daphne.
We bundled him up on Tuesday night and made the journey home where he was welcomed by his Grandma Baumgart and a couple days later his Grandpa Giffin.
We couldn't have anticipated how busy this perfect little bundle could keep us. Our life prior to Monday was consumed with running a wonderful business and keeping a fulfilling and fun marital, family and social life moving at a pace that we thought (prior to Monday) was very busy and sometimes taxing. Our entire focus in life now is to feed this beautiful little body enough food every couple of hours, catch up on daily tasks and attempt some rest in-between. The feeding is going well, the sleep is coming, but let me just say, running our company comes much more naturally and easily than this seemingly simple new set of tasks. We have been absolutely spinning, even with all the help from Grandma and Grandpa.
Our new life is becoming more familiar, calmer and more joyful each day.
We are so incredibly in love, and in awe with this gorgeous, perfect little soul who has brought new love, life and meaning to our family.
Ticker has been wonderful with Tristan. He has been easy on us; understanding that our attention needs to be on this new addition rather than heavily on him as it used to be. He has in act adopted his own new set of responsibilities and keeps a constant, close eye on his little brother. He is very particular about who gets close to him and makes sure that he always serves as a buffer. It's very sweet.
