{"id":5465,"date":"2011-12-20T13:45:47","date_gmt":"2011-12-20T19:45:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.miamyke.com\/?p=5465"},"modified":"2011-12-20T14:16:08","modified_gmt":"2011-12-20T20:16:08","slug":"welcome-henry-hobbes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.miamyke.com\/?p=5465","title":{"rendered":"Welcome Henry Hobbes!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Surprise!<\/p>\n

What a week!\u00a0 Amy, Eleanor and I were all surprised with the early arrival of Henry \u2013 I was sure that he wouldn’t be here until after Christmas \u2013 but he had other plans.\u00a0 Henry was born on Friday 12\/16 at 12:13 PM.\u00a0 He was 19.6 inches and 6 pounds 15 ounces.\u00a0 Eleanor started the week as an only child, and she and Mom had a super fun day on Wednesday visiting the Christmas \u201cEl\u201d train and then going to Nordstrom\u2019s for a picture on Santa\u2019s lap (well, technically Amy was on Santa\u2019s lap, and Eleanor on hers).\u00a0 They finished the day with a fun dinner out at the Burger Bar.\u00a0\u00a0 Then on Thursday night, Mimi came over to stay with Eleanor as Mom and Dad headed to the hospital.\u00a0 Aunt LaLa and Papa joined Mimi and took care of Eleanor all weekend.\u00a0 It was a long night on Thursday with little sleep and lots of beeping machines, a bit of a waiting game.\u00a0 Things started to get going around 7:00 AM on Friday, and by just after noon little Henry had joined the family.\u00a0 He even got a red Santa hat from the hospital in honor of his December arrival.\u00a0 It took Amy and I a little while to finalize on the name (being 2+ weeks early there were\/are a number of things that were supposed to get finished before his arrival that didn’t), and I think everyone was getting a bit anxious to here more details.\u00a0 We didn’t send out anything other than “Baby arrived, he and mom doing well” until 4 something that afternoon.\u00a0 Uncharacteristically, Uncle B was the first to actually call requesting additional info.\u00a0 Once we finalized the name and got settled in our new room, all three took a quick nap.\u00a0 Friday night Uncle B, Aunt Tia, Breanne and Aunt LaLa all came to visit.\u00a0 Henry was quite good through the night, giving us one 4+ hour interval of sleep!\u00a0 On Saturday, Eleanor came with Mimi, Papa and LaLa for a visit.\u00a0 Her first reaction was to say “aise” (her word for Eyes) and point to Henry’s eyes.\u00a0 Past that, she wasn’t too interested.\u00a0 Once she settled into the room, she got a little more curious, and decided to play the “bump” game with Henry, where you say the word “Bump!” and then either tap your own head or tap the other person’s head.\u00a0 She of course opted for tapping Henry’s head, in the first of what I’m sure will be many incidents of sibling “love taps”.\u00a0 On Sunday,\u00a0Henry came home with Mom and Dad and everyone was glad to be able to relax a bit.\u00a0 Not surprisingly, there are lots of pictures this week – enjoy!<\/p>\n

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