Thanks for the dinners..

We just wanted to say thanks to the Wolfe's and to Aunt Sisa (Lisa) for bringing over dinners this week. And thanks to Grandpa Flinn for the breakfast. We haven't had to cook a lunch or dinner since we've been home, and that's been a big help. Trying to keep an infant fed is hard enough; it's nice not to have to feed ourselves!

Also, to the Grandma and Grandpa in Houston, thanks for the flowers. In a house full of baby supplies and tupperware, they are definitely brightening things up.

Ashlyn's first Aggie game..

Thanks to Oklahoma State somehow being ranked in the top 15 this year, our good 'ol Texas A&M Aggies got to play on television today against the Oklahoma State Cowboys. Ashlyn dressed up for the occasion and was excited to watch the game.

When A&M scored, Ashlyn was excited.

A nap was required during halftime.

Now, I'll pause here to mention that those who graduated from Texas A&M around the start of the new millennium are used to cheering our team to defeat.  Ashlyn, who will be a proud member of the Fighting Texas Aggie Class of 2031 (whoop!) has yet to learn this lesson.  She was not happy at A&M's loss.

Click here for the live version - "Ashlyn's first game"

Small update and some random pictures

Ashlyn's pediatrician called today.  Her name is Doctor Olivo, and she's an Aggie (gig 'em!).  She had good news, the glow-worm baby outfit must have worked at the hospital because she is now low risk for Jaundice.  As a celebration of this victory over a very common and relatively harmless condition, here are some random hospital pictures that we gathered from Grandpapa Flinn's camera.

And a picture of Ashlyn wide awake after a bath.

And finally, if you have an infant you might as well torture them by playing dress-up.

Two new videos...

We have two new videos for your viewing pleasure.

After 1st Bath - Ashlyn got her first bath today.  Actually, it's more of a wipe down at her age.  She didn't appreciate it at first, but seemed to get more ok with it as the bath went on.

Making Faces - Babies make faces.  Lots of faces.  Here are some of Ashlyn's.  She has months to go before we can make her smile for the camera.  The only thing that makes her smile right now might not be too appropriate for YouTube.  Hint: It's poo.

Heading home!

Mom, dad, and Ashlyn have left the hospital.  The wheelchair trip downstairs was nice.  Mom sat, Ashlyn slept, and dad followed behind with a video camera looking rather foolish.

The trip home was equally nice. The voice in the dash guided, dad drove, mom sat, and Ashlyn slept.  The first night home was interesting, adjusting to an infant is something that no amount of reading can prepare you for.  That's not to say that it's bad, there are worse things to wake up to than your baby daughter at midnight, and at 2:00am, and at 4:25am, and at 6:00am, and at... *yawn*

What's a "purple nurple"?

Okay, so after several comments about my use of the term "purple nurple" during the video of Ashlyn right after birth, I felt I should help educated everyone on what it meant.  Here is the definition of "purple nurple" according to urbandictionary.com

purple nurple:  1) The act of grabbing and twisting a nipple of another person, one's self, and even occasionaly other mammals

For additional schoolyard pranks, including the aforementioned purple nurple, please refer to the Wiki below.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Purple_nurple#Nipple_cripple

The glow worm baby..

So today was an interesting one for little Ashlyn.  She was at risk for Jaundice, so they wrapped her in lights and gave her a Zoro mask.  She didn't like it very much, but it seems to have worked.  Her last numbers looked good, and we're hopeful that she'll be able to go home with us this evening.

She's off the lights now and seems to be a happier baby.  If you're wondering what that band is on her arm, it's a small weight band.  We're trying to toughen her up so she can smack the boys when they ask her out on dates.  The band comes off when she's 22.






Also, check out a video of how quickly things can go wrong when you play with an infant.
From good to bad in 30 seconds..

Two videos

Two videos have been added, check out the "Moving Pictures" section on the right to view them.  I apologize for the picture quality, I'm still learning how to get the videos from the camera to YouTube so that the videos are high quality but small enough for uploading.

Pictures from the hospital

To Granny Jack and Grampa Wolf in Houston, and to the rest of the family, here are some pictures from the hospital.  Many more will follow!

Hospital pictures

Welcome to the blog!

For the two people who will actually read this thing, welcome to our blog.  Our plan is to update this often at first, and then slowly over time get more and more lazy with it.  Eventually we'll stop updating it, and when asked about future updates, we'll respond with "Yeah, we'll update it soon.".

Enjoy it while it lasts!