Santos Labor Day - Part Duece

Isaiah was born at 2:04 a.m. weighing 8 lbs 9 oz and 21"

Talk about a full head of hair!! He has more than Bella already, and she’s six months old!

LOVE this picture – what a happy mama!

The (almost) family picture – Liliana is meeting him later today…

I can't wait to meet this guy at Christmas! AND it turns out my friend Erin was only two rooms down from Andrea and she gave birth to a baby boy (they didn't know the gender!) last night around 10:00 - AUGH I miss so much being a million miles away! I can't wait to meet her little guy too! Not even kidding, I think I'm going to bring back arranged marriages - what do you think Erin?! I'll let Bella go for a younger man...

Santos Labor Day - Part One

Of the three of parents' grandbabies, Bella currently holds the record at taking 17.5 sweet hours to finally make her grand entrance when she was born... I'm not sure if Andrea's going to claim she gets the new record with Baby Boy Santos since her labor day has been pushed back two times that she may try to claim 48+ hours. As bad as I feel for her, and as much as I feel her pain, Bella and I aren't sharing our record yet.

Andrea has pretty severe back pain from her years of elite volleyball, and with her first pregnancy it was oddly the first time her back didn't bother her at all. The story is not the same with this one. Her back is hurting her so badly with this pregnancy that her doctor told her to make the trek to Loveland (she's delivering there because she wasn't impressed with the hospital where they live) and they were going to induce. That was Friday. Saturday morning she was supposed to go in at 7:00 in the morning, which was pushed back to possibly the afternoon. That was pushed back to Sunday morning which was pushed back to Sunday late afternoon. Seven minutes before she was going to leave for the hospital she got a call that there wasn't enough room in the hospital and they'd try Monday morning.

Alex transformed into Superman at this point and drove to the hospital to argue Andrea's case that this wasn't just an uncomfortable pregnancy and pleading her case. When informed there may not be enough room, without hesitation he opens up his wallet and gets her a private room so she can be admitted. She was admitted first for her back pain but when they saw she's at 4-5 cm on her own, they've induced her and we expect Baby Boy within a few hours!!

I'm bumming pretty bad right now though because I want to be there so badly... this is my third nephew/niece and I've missed each of their births because I live too far away. As if it weren't enough, my best friend from my high school is in labor right now as well and she and Andrea are in the same hospital at the same time! She has one of the biggest hearts and best sense of humors of anyone I've ever known, and I know a baby was on her heart for a little while, so I'm just so happy for her and excited to meet her blessing baby!

splish splash

Bella's never been much of a fan of bathtime but recently she's started making it through each bath without crying and has even (get this) laughed and played throughout the whole thing! So now that we've made it through one bath without tears I'm determined to make it through the rest of them the same... but I always fill it way too high to make sure she has enough water to play in, as evident by the puddles all over the kitchen counters and floor by the end of her bath. oops?!

but cleaning up after cleaning her after a fun and laughter filled bath - totally worth it!

Year of the Brownie

To celebrate Justin's birthday I took him to a Browns game this afternoon - Tora helped me get tickets and they were ridiculous! We were in the club level (the only way to watch a football game in my small snooty opinion) and it was one of Ohio's few sunny days. It was perfect autumn weather, not too hot not too cold, and Tora babysat Bella so we got a chance to cheer loudly, high-five complete strangers, and just spend time together. At the end of the day the Brownies blew a 17 point lead and we lost - but I'm almost used to the comical sigh of frustration that comes with being a fan of Cleveland's sports teams...

Happy Birthday J!

Lesson Learned

...so we learned today that Daylight Savings isn't nearly as exciting with a 6 month old - that extra hour gets you nowhere except the rocking chair praying she'll go back to sleep.

God is love, Rev Run