so I'll save the excuses as to why I haven't blogged in like 9 months or so. *insert guilty grimmace*
I thought that a major life change would make a good topic for a renewal of blogging. :)
In case you didn't notice the cutie patootie in the pictures, we have a new member to the wandering wahabs. Creighton Thomas was born 1:05 am on Saturday, October 25 at CRDAMC here at Ft. Hood.
I'll save you the gory details but it's suffice to say 6 and a half hours start to finish from water breaking to baby boy in my arms. It's a good thing we live close to the hospital. Creighton is a big boy too. HA HA I have to tell you that 2 weeks before he was born I had a midwife tell me that I should expect a 7 pounder. Our little man was 9 lbs 2 oz and 22 inches long. That puts him a half pound heavier and an inch longer than his big sister. He literally was kicking and pushing off as I was pushing him out.
We are all doing great and are home and chilling out. Grace is in love with her brother and is quick to get diapers, play with or cuddle him.
Oh, I know we've had a few questions about how we found his name. Naming this special guy was a long process. We found the name Creighton on a website with Irish and Scottish names. We both liked it and added it to the short list. Then we both went through the short list marked our favs. Creighton was one of 3 that we both marked and the one we liked the best.
Interesting facts about his name:
1. It hasn't been on the top 100 list of popular names from the Social Security list for the last 100 years.
2. There is a great university in Omaha, NE http://www.creighton.edu/
3. Creighton Abrams is a USMA grad, 1st CAV soldier and namesake of the tanks Neilson works with http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Creighton_Abrams
4. We love it to pieces and it fits him to a T
4. We love it to pieces and it fits him to a T
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