Saul loves the shower!

In the midst of Saul's three weeks of a snotty cold, ear infection AND teething, we discovered that the steam from Aaron's shower in the morning was a great way to get his stuffy nose flowing. Saul and I would hang out in the steamy bathroom (easy since we have no fan) and use the shower curtain to play peak-a-boo with Aaron. A few times, I would hand a naked Saul in to Aaron to let him get enveloped by the steam and to just make it fun. We found he loves it!

To rinse off the overnight diaper dampness this morning, Saul got to join Aaron in the shower and embrace his nakedness! Don't worry, we cut off the photo in just the right spot.

Lulled to sleep

The stroller has proven to be a place that induces sleep. Saul may be awake on the walk to Jim & Patty's, but he'll definitely be asleep on the walk home. Only once was he awake on an entire expedition in the stroller, and that was on a walk to Trader Joe's and back sometime in late-September. He must have just woken up from a nap when we started out.

These pictures were taken last Saturday morning when I walked/jogged during Aaron's dragon boat practice. I couldn't resist stopping to catch both my breath and these pics of Saul.


And, for comparison, here is a similar shot in August, when the weather obviously impacted Saul's attire.

We're going live!

I've given up on trying to catch up and, as Michelle said recently, "Just start!" So, here we go - I'll send the blog address out to everyone after this post and then see what happens.

Aaron has the flickr page with Saul pics, but there are stories and other things to share that I think will be easier to do this way.

This four-day holiday weekend is so nice. We went to Barbara's for Thanksgiving dinner yesterday, back to an old tradition from before Alexandra left for college - and now she's a college graduate! Saul had a place setting at the table in his hippo highchair and a nice wooden spoon. He didn't eat anything, but clearly found the company entertaining.

Below are a few pictures from earlier in the day. His face is so expressive! I couldn't resist posting a few of the Thanksgiving morning photo shoot.

One month birthday

We've officially been parents for a month. The good news is that according to the stats the little guy is thriving.

6/19/08: Weighed 8 lbs, 14 oz and was 21.5 in long

7/17/08: Weighed 10 lbs, 8 oz and was 22.5 in long

We're really getting a sense of his personality. Saul makes great noises (particularly while eating), loves to lay on the floor and bat at his toys, and provides us with smiles that make it impossible to have a bad day.

Saul's first month

Here's an assortment of pictures taken in the last month. Saul's definitely the same little boy, but it's still amazing to see how fast he grows and how much he changes even daily. His toes now touch the end of the little booties that he wore home from the hospital and we were barely able to keep on him at the time because they were so big.

Saul chillin' with his dad, or papa. We haven't decided what we'd like Saul to call Aaron. Of course, Saul will ultimately decide.


This is one of my favorite pictures of Saul. There's so much character in his expression. And those bright eyes capture the essence of what I see in him - an alertness and interest in what's going on around him that has us saying, "But he's only X weeks old!" No, we're not proud parents!

The little guy is celebrating the 4th of July with all the energy he can muster after a good feeding.

And, a classic baby pose.

Saul Warren's birthday - June 19, 2008

I hope this is the last bit of catch up. Then the goal is to keep up-to-date with pictures and stories about Saul growing up. I still haven't gotten to the other reason for the name of my blog . . . another day.

Here's a picture of Aaron and me heading out the door to the hospital around 5:30 in the morning. It was taken by our doula, Jill, and is a good representation of how HUGE I got carrying our little guy.

We were so glad we had Doula Jill with us! I'm not sure that Aaron or I would have thought about morning traffic. But she made sure we understood that we should either go early or we wouldn't want to go until around 9 a.m. Things were moving quickly enough, we went for the earlier option and are very glad we did. Saul was born at 12:40 in the afternoon.

Here's a picture of Saul very shortly after he was born. It's one of my favorite pictures, partly because the facial expression is one that I continue to see and love.

And here's another picture of the little guy. In both this and the last picture, you can see that he had not yet been cleaned up. But, he had already made his first poo and was working on sucking.

Growing belly

We didn't get all that many pictures of my growing belly. Here are a few from mid-April.





















The belly is much more prominent now. Aaron took a few pictures about a week ago, but we haven't downloaded them yet. Let me just say that today while at Trader Joe's a woman walking by asked, "When are you due?!" I just can't tell complete strangers how many days PAST due I am. Instead, my answer is simply, "Any day now."

Michelle was with me and after we were out of ear shot of the lady I just had to ask, "Do I really look that big?" Michelle's answer was a definitive, "YES!" Oh, well. I guess I'm supposed to considering there's a fully baked baby in this belly of mine.