Transitioning

We are still in the hospital and Sophie and I are so very eager to bring our boy home.  It is exhausting so far, and he was up crying all last night. This whole lack of sleep thing is going to be tough to get used to- and this is supposed to be my summer vacation! Oh well, I feel good when I look at his little face. Having the nurses on hand to help with things is nice for now, and I'm sure it will be scary once my mom goes home and we're on our own. "Normal" life is gone now, and we're in this strange transition period as we figure out what our new "normal" is going to be. For now, here are some pictures of me and my son. 

Arthur is born!

Sophie and I were relaxing around 9pm last night, watching Star Trek episodes on the Xbox, a new feature we just found out about with lots of free shows and movies through Amazon. We watched, had ice cream, and talked about all the things we were going to do over the next 6 days (that's how long until baby was due). I was in the kitchen and suddenly I hear Sophie cry out for me. Her water had broken and so we tried to remain calm but were in shock. We called her doctor's office and then waited for the doctor on call to call us back. We gathered our things and got to the hospital around 10:30. After all the checking in and filling out forms, etc. they got her into a room and called in the anesthesiologist. Everything zoomed by so quickly. He was born by C-section at 12:57am. Little Arthur Joseph Armstrong weighed 8lbs 4 oz and is 21 inches long.
We have been awake pretty much nonstop since then and I am exhausted. My parents are here and they are a big help.  I am still amazed.

Almost Here!

We have had an eventful few weeks. We are at 37 weeks, and have had several appointments in the past few days. we had a scan at the OBGYN on Tuesday and our boy is still Frank Breech. That scan showed him to be 7lbs 4oz and in the 76th percentile. Two days later, we went to try Version to get him to flip. We went to a place just in the parking lot of the hospital where they do lots of ultrasounds. They scanned him at 8lbs 3 oz and 90th percentile. Sophie's amniotic fluid was on the low side of normal, so the doctor decided all things considered that Version would be pointless and just cause a lot of pain for nothing. So now we are looking at a likely c-section and we're not happy about that but are trying to stay positive.
Meanwhile, I have been working hard on finishing the floor in the baby's room. It is mostly done now, and thanks to help from our friend Michael, it will hopefully be done tomorrow.