The Big Arrival!

So, we have a good excuse for not writing in our blog recently, I promise.  :)  Our little boy, the most beautiful baby in the world (not even kidding), has finally come.  He was born on September 15, 2008, at Northside Hospital in Atlanta.  He was 7 pounds and 5.5 ounces. According to the hospital's measurements, he was 21 inches long.  So, we've had him with us for two weeks now, and what a big adjustment it has been.

I started having more frequent contractions on Friday night (September 12th).  Finally, on Sunday night, I decided that it was time to go to the hospital.  I started labor at 5:00 PM on Sunday afternoon/evening.  We arrived at the hospital around 10:00 PM.  Keegan was born the following morning at 11:19 AM.  It was quite a long labor.  Due to some minor complications, Keegan was born via cesarean section (which is now causing me some problems as it has begun to open up); however, he IS here and he is healthy and has all his fingers and toes and whatnot. 

He's perfect.  :)   

   

Mommy and Daddy with baby Keegan.

Keegan's umbilical cord fell off when he was 10 days old.  I thought that was a bit early, but it's healed completely now so today we were able to give him a bath for the first time!

As you can probably tell, he didn't like it too much.

  

It was still nice to finally have a clean baby though!

  After his bath, we tried to capture some nice shots of his curls.  

They didn't turn out too well, but maybe you can still see it a bit.

Thanks for reading!!

Our interest: Stormchasing

Dear fellows,

Our newest hobby is chasing storms. We thought it's way better to chase them, than have them chase us. Due to our new love, we had to drive all the way to Louisiana last week in order to see our latest storm - Gustav, a category 5 hurricane (when we "saw" it, it was not even a hurricane any more, but anyway!!) hitting the US gulf coast.

Not a lot of you knew about our secret love, so we thought we should show you guys some pictures of our trips. Please don't be irritated by the National Geographic logo, our photos have already been published!

Hurricane Erica in the wasteland of Alabama's south.

A tornado we saw on our road trip between the Grand Canyon and Prescott.

The tornado that built up next to our house in may.

The only picture not taken by us, but such a good one!

Now that you guys know about it, please don't blame us for our dangerous love of chasing storms!

"It is better to meet danger than to wait for it. He that is on a lee shore, and foresees a hurricane, stands out to sea and encounters a storm to avoid a shipwreck."

- National Geographic talking about stormchasers

Take care!