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Some Fun videos and pics

2011-02-27T11:29:00.000-08:00

I haven't posted anything for a long time, so I thought I would just put up pictures and videos instead of bore everyone with my words.

Merry Christmas!

2010-12-12T14:56:00.001-08:00

The holidays are coming and we are excited! This will be Alastor's 3rd Christmas and probably the first one he will have vague memories of when he is older. So with that in mind we are trying to do better with the whole decorating thing this year. We probably won't have lights on the house just because things are so busy with work and my days off are full. Sandra really enjoys the Christmas tree and all the lights indoors, she seems pretty happy. Alastor loves the tree; every morning he gets up, runs into the front room and say "treee.." in almost a whisper, like it's sacred.
This is also the first year that we have been able to send out a Christmas card. it seemed appropriate since we have a bunch of kids and people are curious about what we are up to nowadays. I put the address to this blog in all of the cards so people can see what we have been doing and to motivate me to do work on this darn thing a lot more that once every few months.

Meghan's brothers dropped by for a surprise visit around Thanksgiving time, that was a real treat. It was like an early Christmas for Meghan. Alastor had a lot of fun playing guns and Sandra was just happy to see some new faces. We ate at a pizza buffet and ran them out of business! Not really.

Well if this blog is the only contact I have with you, have a great Holiday!!!

Long Overdue

2010-11-23T14:17:00.000-08:00

Well Sandra came, almost seven months ago! It shows how quickly life becomes hectic when you have two kids when my blog comes to a grinding halt! Well here I am and it's time to play catch up!
About three weeks before Sandra was born Alastor was getting pretty darn sick, he was throwing up several times a day and all sorts of other stuff. the Doctors wanted to do a stool sample test (pray you never have to do that!!) and then a blood test after that. It seemed like they had no idea what was going on and just guessing. Turns out he had something nasty on his old toothbrush that he was re-exposing himself to every time he brushed his teeth. Needless to say we felt pretty stupid after that one. My Mom had come down to help out with Alastor while we got ready for Sandra to come along.
Sunday May 2, 2010 Meghan woke up with slight contractions. We decided to go to church and see how things turned out. After having my hand crushed almost the whole sacrament meeting I decided it was a good idea to go to the hospital. We got to the hospital about 4:00 pm and by 7:27 PM Sandra was here! It was so fast! The sun was still up and Mom was able to bring Alastor by to meet his sister the same day. It was so crazy to be done so quickly and have time to run to Arby's afterward!
The past six or so months have been rather good. The house is getting worked on more and more, the kids are getting bigger, Meghan is doing super as a Mom of two, and I'll be getting back into school in January. Alastor recently turned two this last October while we were on vacation in California. He had a great time going to zoo and bowling on his birthday. While in CA we also bought a new car from my friend Michael Jenkins. So now we are a two car having family of four! It does make me feel rather old sometimes.
Sandra is so big now! Her growth is above average in all areas except weight, which is just like her brother. She already has two teeth on the bottom and is sitting up on her own. She seems to have more of my personality when it comes to not napping, being hungry all the time and shouting a lot. Her newest trick is to shake her head from side to side like she is rocking out! She also has her tongue hanging out of her head all of the time, curling it up at the tip and smiling around it; not sure where she got that one from.
Alastor has been learning new words every day and has a vocabulary of well over 100 words. He recently said "Zombie!!" to me the other day. He's able to tell us what he wants most of the time unless he gets frustrated. When I come home from work he immediately says "Play!" which means Play video games! When I play my games Alastor says things like "Careful!" "Oh no!" or pounds his fist and says "Darn! darn!". I had to teach him that one so he would stop repeating what I said once in a fit of rage, teehee.
Overall, life is good and things are going well. Thanksgiving is coming up and the dreaded Black Friday is upon us over at Costco. So prepare you battle plans and bring it on!!

Sandra is almost here!

2010-04-25T21:51:00.001-07:00

Well I figure I had better put something new on here before my daughter is born! She will be coming any day now and we are all excited about it! Alastor was feeling a little under the weather for a few weeks and we were beginning to become rather worried about him, but he has since recovered and is now back to his happy, silly self again.

I seem to have forgotten how to put pictures on here without then getting in the way and all that so hopefully things work out! My Mom is down to help out while we wait for Sandra to come. She has been very helpful with keeping Alastor occupied and happy while Meghan is able to relax. Finals are coming up this week, so hopefully we can get those taken care of before our new arrival!

Since moving to Springville things have been getting a lot better. Yes, the drive to work and school is a little longer but it is manageable. Having family close by is a real blessing. Dan and Candace have also been a great help when it comes to taking care of Alastor. He is walking, talking, and causing trouble nonstop! he is just a curious little guy wherever he goes. I really do enjoy watching him play (away from my stuff).

Meghan's brother Chad and my cousin Niels will be coming home from their missions in August. Chad will have a niece and nephew that he has never met! How cool is that. I am really excited to have my cousin home in order to have someone to play with.

Alastor's First Birthday!

2009-10-26T20:05:00.000-07:00

Well it happened, ALastor turned one! AAAA! It was a rather fun and exciting day for him. Mom and Dad Workman sent him a big tonka style CAT truck that plays sounds and that he can ride around in and have all sorts of fun. We took it out for a spin and Alastor's little friend from across the street, Von, saw him and came over with his Mom to see Alastor's new toy. They both had fun and we talked with his mom, Sarah for a bit.

Mom and Dad Bunn sent Alastor a little table full of buttons and lights and songs. He really enjoys it. I couldn't put the legs on fast enough for him, he was squealing and chasing me while I was attempting to put it together. We were very happy to have such nice presents from Grandparents.

Great Grandma and Grandpa Alleman sent a card with some money to buy and new toy for ALastor as well. We got him a bucket with holes in it to put different shaped blocks into, it's amazing how well he does at matching the shapes with the holes.

Dan and Candace came over as well as our friend Evan Jed. They gave Alastor new PJ's with a pirate dog on them and a toothbrush!

Next came the cake. We gave ALastor a piece of All American Chocolate cake from Costco. He immediately knew what to do and dug right in. It was very cute and we took plenty of pictures.

Also, as you might guess from the picture below, we are having another baby! New baby is due in May and we will be finding out the gender in December. My family insists that it will be a girl, so we will have to see. I bought ALastor an outfit that says "Big Brother" on it that he will hopefully fit into once May comes along.

All in all it was a good birthday and we had a good time. It was weird to think back one year and remember the whole process of him coming into this world. Mostly I remembered how fast it was and how there was no pushing. The nurse told us that when we got ready to have a second child that we had better get to the hospital quick! I hope number 2 goes as well as Alastor did, but we are excited about it anyways.

Fall!!!

2009-10-03T21:03:00.000-07:00

Fall has fallen, and it is very cold. Work remains good, and this math class is working out rather well. I am pretty happy with my progress and I can see me passing this course, hooray! Future school is looking pretty good as well.

My co-workers Reed and Esther are looking into buying a home which has a basement apartment. They invited us to go over with them to check things out and see if we would be interested in living downstairs. WOw, it was amazing, it's more like a basement house! There would be three bedrooms, a storage room kitchen, bathroom, all that shabang. It was very impressive. They would be really good landlords and they told me that rent would be cheaper for us since they know us and wouldn't have to worry about walls being knocked over or anything like that.

It would be rather nice to live in a larger place to make room for more kids and more storage. I really liked it. They mean to do a bit of fixing up beforehand, so I'll keep an eye on it. We like our home here, but bigger is always better.

Alastor has been standing on his own more and more often and it is really exciting. I've never caught it on camera, but it really does happen! His babbling is sounding more purposeful and less experimentational. His grin is full of teeth and his hair is a bit shaggier (though not by much). He seems very happy to not be sick anymore and is probably excited for his birthday.We had Mom's birthday on the 30th, she got a lot of nice presents from her folks and mine, my presents were still in the mail on their way. Everything has since arrived and she is very pleased. Alastor loved opening the gifts and eating chocolate cake. Dan is in Pennsylvania doing work training, so we missed him. But Candace was able to come over to sing and eat cake.As for other news.....there is none. Oh well, more soon.

Repentance of the Blogger

2009-09-20T20:59:00.000-07:00

Well here I am, repentant and ready to begin again. As of this post I am watching The Bucket List and it has inspired me to better myself when it comes to writing in this here blog. This might be the only way certain people receive updates on my little family. So heeeeere we go!

The last few months have been full of surprises, excitement, depression, disapointment and joy. I was afraid to lose my job, afraid to go to prison, I saw my son grow several teeth and learn to crawl. To put it shortly it has been life in general.

ALastor has been crawling all over the place lately, he can pull himself up onto chairs and is able to walk while holding my hand. He has taken several shaky steps but is nowhere near walking on his own. He grins almost as much as he cries (which is often) but his smiles always light up my day. He has finally been able to meet all of his Uncles on my side of the family. Uncle Chad has less than a year left on his mission in Beunos Aires. He is really looking forward to meeting Alastor. But if he keeps referring to him as "little Al" or "AL" i'm going to hide him away until he learns to call him by his proper name. Not a big deal but I don't want a habit formed.

Meghan has been doing great taking care of our little man. He has been getting into a good bit of trouble lately, so we have been baby-proofing out cabinets. She loves taking him out on walks and swinging in the front yard. She has gotten to know a large group of mothers in our culdesac, they are a very good source of parenting tips and babysitting.

Work has been good. I recently got a raise and have been working full-time for a few months now. It is hard work but I love being able to provide for my family. I have been drawing comics for our bi-monthly newsletter and they have been received pretty well.

I am currently taking a math course that should clear up all of my Math requirements for college in about eight weeks. Sounds too good to be true, but it has been good so far. Math and I are fickle friends but we'll have a temporary seize fire for the next six weeks. Once all of this hooflah is over with I will be taking (I hope) 3D design, History and perhaps Sculpting the Human Figure. And then Photography in the Spring. We'll see how things turn out, but I am excited to continue school!

Well well, this is turning out to be a lot easier than I thought. Good.

Ahhh finally an entry!

2009-05-15T20:01:00.000-07:00

School was nuts! But now it is over. I took three classes, 2D Design. Intro to Creative Writing, and Computer Graphics Applications. All three of them were very fun, but also very time consuming, thus no entries on my little blog here. Hopefully my family will forgive me when they see all of my fun pictures!

Alastor is almost seven months old now. He can sit up on his own and he eats solids, he poops solids too Haha! He sure keeps Meghan on her toes a lot. She has been keeping our new apartment looking great. We are going to have a garden in the backyard behind the parking lot. We'll be growing pumpkins for Halloween and peppers and stuff for me to cook with.

My folks and Meghan's folks have been up to visit in the last few months, and we'll be seeing them all soon in July when we finally go down to California for a visit! The reason for all of that is because Dan and Candace are getting Married! Hoorah! They get married in July in the Draper, UT Temple.

I am taking a short break off from school to concentrate on my artwork. I got a new full-time position at work so the checks have been getting bigger. Meghan and I are having people coming over to model for our drawings pretty regularly, it has been a blast. I have a lot of fun co-workers that are eager to be drawn.

Anywho, i will leave it at that and post a bunch of pictures!

Finally!!!

2009-02-08T14:41:00.000-08:00

A bug in the system!!! I swear the last three times I have attempted to add something to this blog the site would crash, and not just for the day, it would be several days! Oh well so I will keep this brief so I don't have to risk this stupid site crashing again!!

Alastor has learned how to coo and giggle and squeel lately. He has also been quite the pain in the backside. But it's just him growing up. He has outgrown his current set of clothes so we went through the next bag. We found a cute hat inside that Mom likes to put on him quite a bit. I like it as well.

Moving has pretty much been completed, I don't think we have any more boxes to unload and the Baby's room has finally been cleared. It feels good to have everything done and have the place look complete. Soon we will be putting in a love seat that my Aunt Kris has been kind enough to donate. I think it will be perfect to have more seating in the front room so everyone can sit down when we have guests over.

January was an awful month money-wise. With rent, deposits, school, moving, never ending hospital bills and poor hours at work we saw out bank accounts slowly drop to the floor. Hours have gotten better at work lately, so as long as that continues to happen we should be able to survive having a family. It was pretty darn scary and depressing though.

On more positive news my little brother Dan is getting married! He and his fiance Candace will be getting married in July. We went out to celebrate at the China Deluxe Buffet, which is the same place where we took Dan and Candace on their first date. We love it there, lots of nice food. Meghan and I have been hoping that those two would end up together. Yay!

Moved!!!

2009-01-14T16:45:00.000-08:00

Well this week was spent moving every object from our old apartment into our new one! We now live in Orem, hidden behind the BestBuy and Michaels. It has two bedrooms so now Alastor has his onw place too!

We spent the last two days unloading our goodies and getting things set up to look like a home again. The television was the first to be set up of course. But now the front room is beginning to look finished, which is rather nice since the kitchen used to be covered in boxes of my books!!

We purchased some rather nice shelves to put up my books and DVDs. We watched the Xmen Trilogy while putting them up, i'd have to say I am rather proud. Driving the boxes of the shelves over was an adventure. I had one coming throught the trunk of the car into the car, then Meghan and Baby go in and I slid the other box through the rear windows whit Meghan holding them down. She was very upset at my configuration. "I hate you!" she said over and over. It was rather funny to me.
It's rather nice for Alastor to have his own room and to have another closet as storage space. He seems to sleep good enough on his own and we can still hear him if he cries. So now we all have our own personal space.

Meghan''s favorite place is the kitchen. It has room for a table and chairs...not that we have any yet, but there is room for one. It's almost finished as well once we fuind a place for everything.

Otherwise things are going great! Being closer to school and work is really working out for me. It's fun being closer to all the stores I love too. And once the snow melts it'll get even better!!

A Little Newsy stuff

2009-01-05T20:49:00.000-08:00

Well school begins soon for me this week. I am taking three classes, that's right three as compared to the hefty load of one from last semester. Computer Graphics Application, 2D Design, and Creative Writing. So it should be a rather fun time as long as the lunkheads who write my schedule at work keep me in class on time.

In other news, we are moving!! It's not a far move, but we are heading to Orem behind the BestBuy area. So it puts me right between school and work. It sounds like we'll actually have a few people helping us out so as long as it doesn't snow we should be all right. I've never driven a U-Haul before so I am a little scared about that.

I caught Alastor giggling on video so I thought I would share that with you guys. Meghan was playing with him and getting him to repeat noises she made.

Otherwise life goes on, once we move into our new place and I get the darn Internet hooked up i'll post a tour of the new digs.

Quick note

2008-12-26T10:48:00.000-08:00

I started a DeviantArt page go check it out!! it is at Stygiansatyrcarlyle.deviantart.com

Christmastime!

2008-12-26T09:47:00.000-08:00

Tis' the season and it's time to write up some memories hehe. Uncle Dan came by to see his nephew before he left for Boston to have Christmas with Candace and her family. I'm hoping that she is upgraded to Aunt Candace sooner than later after this trip. I could tell that he would miss Alastor, we miss him too. We have those two over almost every night so it's been rather boring without those two around, but we've been managing.

Alastor has been getting better with his baths and seems to enjoy them more once he realizes what we are doing to him. He has been smiling and gurgling so much! Grandma and Grandpa Workman got him some really cute stuff for Christmas. He especially likes this little Glow worm-esque Seahorse thing that glows and plays music when he squeezes it. I wasn't sure if he would like it but he was smiling and kicking the whole time. We haven't made a name for this one yet, but he also really likes his little Octopus we named Otto.

Meghan got me a travel Etch-a-sketch for Christmas, i've always enjoyed those things and I wanted one for when I am stuck in church or something without paper to draw on. I got her this DVD of the movie The Christmas Toy. It's her favorite Christmas movie but she didn't ask for it so she wasn't expecting it at all. It was her favorite gift, she tackled me and everything.

We spent a little time in Springville with the family. Granda took out some old home movies and Dan and Me when I was about four years old. It was pretty intense to see footage that was almost twenty years old of me. We also saw my cousins who are all married and have kids now when they were little. Ryan was doing some bit about nudity and how we're all naked under our clothing, it was the funniest thing ever.

On December 19th Jason and Ellen had their little boy Gavin. He is so cute! Alastor has two little future playmates in the family. Beth is a few months older and now he has Gavin who is 2 months younger than him. It'll be fun when they all get older and play together. It was really fun having Alastor's first Christmas. We dressed him in the only holiday-ish onesie he had and some cute pants that he finally fits. He keeps getting heavier and longer, it's very exciting. I can't wait for him to fit in his overalls! Anywho, the holiday was wonderful and we all enjoyed it.

Long awaited update

2008-12-11T06:04:00.000-08:00

Well it has been a long time since I wrote anything on here, and people have been very noisy about me not writing (Zack I'm looking in your direction). I have just been avoiding writing on this thing because there have been a few woes in the last few weeks. I did this on my mission journals too, I tried not to write anything too sad because I knew people would be reading them most likely. But not writing about something does not make it go away. Also I have been working in a ten page final paper that almost killed me, really really.

Thanksgiving was really fun. My folks came up around Wednesday before the holiday to visit. Brad was stuck at work, but it was nice to have most of the clan together. Dad and Ben got to see Alastor for the first time and it was really fun to see the both of them smile, which doesn't happen too often. Ben became very attached once he warmed up to the little guy. It was fun to have another gamer to talk to, what with Niels gone and all.

I'm not big on the traditional foods of Thanksgiving, other than stuffing oooh stuffing, but this year was pretty good, I had my fill. My folks took us out a few times, which I consider better than the big meal.

We've been looking for an apartment ever since we found out that we have been keeping our neighbors up at night with our constant walking. I was a little upset that they didn't tell us directly, but I'm over it. I figure if they don't tell us then I won't personally worry about it and we won't dive into a bad apartment just to get out. That said, I hope the tennants who move in after us are both very overweight and snore loud like a plan taking off.

Looking for an apartment has been hard though since work has been cutting back on hours and my checks have become very small like last winter. This was easier when Meghan could work, but it's different now. Some nice people gave us money in order to have a real Christmas this year and help on some of our more pressing bills. You know who you are, thank you so much.

Meghan's folks also joined us the weekend after Thanksgiving for Alastor's blessing. We did it in the Alleman home in Springville surrounded by family, rather than strangers in a ward we probably won't be in for much longer. It was a really good time.

I am currently working in a new department in Costco selling TVs, computers, cameras etc. It's been real nice to not have to push carts and come home exhausted. Now I can help out more with the baby. It's just a seasonal posistion but who knows it might stick.

Alastor seems to be getting bigger now and we hope he has been gaining weight. We'll find out today at our WIC meeting. He seems to eat a whole lot more than he used to and it looking rather chubby in the cheeks and legs, so hopefully we'll get some good news this time around when he's on the scale.

Otherwise, things have been getting better. We put in an application on a rather nice looking apartment so perhaps that will work out, but it's not too stressful. Work is going well. Meghan seems to be happy and so does Alastor. I figure i'd better load a few pictures before I end this since i've been so lax in writing.

Oh! and I start a Deviantart page. It is Stygiansatyrcarlyle.deviantart.com check it out and show it to anyone who is looking for an artist please please!!!

Alastor's fun time

2008-11-21T21:01:00.001-08:00

Well life has become fun for Alastor. At least we think so. He eats a lot, poops a lot and gets to hang out with Mom a lot. Dad on the other hand has to go to school and work a lot. Not so exciting. School is almost over, just one more ten page paper and I'll be done at least until spring. The neighbors below complained about us being up and walking through all hours of the night, which was stressful because we thought we were going to have to move. But we figured that if you move into a downstairs apartment you need to understand that there will be noise, reguardless of anything. So we don't worry about that anymore, we'll move when we can.

We gave Alastor his first bath a few days ago, it was wild. He really liked being wrapped up in the towel and having warm water poured over his head, but as soon as he was exposed and in the water he was terrified! AAAAAAAAA! What are you doing!? But we hope that he will get used to them soon. he needs to be clean!

Meghan has been doing pretty good with Alastor and keeping up on sleep. We got into the WIC program so that should help while work is slow and I'm in school. My family is coming up next week for Thanksgiving and blessing the baby, that should be rather fun! Yay!

Another Grandma Visit!!

2008-11-09T19:46:00.000-08:00

This week my Mom (Grandma Workman) came by to help and make life easier. She arrived on Sunday and went home today, it was a good week. We ended up going needing Mom around a lot more than we initially thought.

We took Alastor to his two week appointment to have him check out. We were excited to see how much weight he had gained and all the other things. It turned out that Alastor had actually lost weight. He was down to 6lbs 6oz as compared to his birth weight of 7lbs 3oz. The Doctor seemed very concerned and wanted us to make sure that Meghan was producing milk and nursing right. It wasn't very fun to find out that most likely we were doing something wrong! Meghan took it pretty hard, but Mom was able to help her out while I was stuck at work. We have doubled-up on feedings and started giving him some formula also. He gets weighed in tomorrow, so we are keeping our fingers crossed.

Mom bought us a rocking chair (pictured above) for Meghan to nurse in, rather than running off to the bedroom whenever Alastor gets hungry. It has been wonderful , and i turns out the chair we got was one that Meghan had been eyeing for a long time.

Work has become very short, with not many hours worked in the week. I worry that my paychecks won't be able to cover a lot of what is needed for the baby and for us. We have an appointment with the WIC program so hopefully they take pity on us and help us out.

On the other side of the fence, things are still going very well. Alastor seems to be happier and more content with his need feeding schedule, and we feel more secure as parents. He keeps getting cuter everyday and we sure do love him. He was even quiet through all of sacrament meeting! We can only hope things continue to get better.

2008-11-01T23:05:00.000-07:00

Well the second week has come and gone rather quickly. As I sit in front of my computer just minutes away from the time my son was born two Sundays ago I can't help but feel a little sad at how quickly the time goes by and how fast we have gone back to the way things were, plus a baby. My son does something new and cute everyday. He peed on me two days ago, I had to laugh.

It was amazing having Grandma Bunn over for the week to help out and keep us sane when Alastor was being a problem child. She really helped out Meghan when things seemed to be closing in on her. I was so happy to have her around. Now this next week will be my Mom's week. Sure we're confident enough to do this on our own, but we want to see her and she wants to see Alastor!

Halloween was a hit at work and at home. I was able to enjoy the holiday with family and watch some scary movies. Monster House is a big favorite in our home. Dan and Candace dressed up as the main characters in Grease and Alastor had his skeleton onesie on (pictures coming soon).

Alastor has his second checkup this week, which we are looking forward to. I wonder if he will have gained any weight? We hope that his jaundice is just minor and that nothing too serious will be needed to be done. I can't tell if he is yellow, it's too subtle for my colorblindness to pick up, how sad is that?

Anywho, this is kind of a short post, but I have been busy this week with Grandparents and other visitors so I'll try to keep up.

Precious...

2008-10-25T09:10:00.001-07:00

Well, things are getting very fun. I finished my paper and everything is going well with school, as far as I know. Alastor has been eating and sleeping really well lately. He pretty much slept the whole night already! Any Moms I mention that to just freak out "What!? That's not supposed to happen till at least 4 months!" hehe.

This pregnancy was so simple and easy with no morning sickness and no weird complications, so I figure the baby would come out just as simple. No pushing required to get this one out. Now that he is home and settled he has gotten very good at sleeping in his crib and eating when he is hungry. He lets us know when his diaper is dirty but not immediately, so he's a good kid.

The more time I spend with my son the more I find he belongs to this family. He loves to burp and pass gas like his Daddy and he is a very sound sleeper like his Mom. I was singing to him the other day and since I didn't know any baby songs I sang some Mindless Self Indulgence to him. He must have been confused because his little eyes went cross and we nearly died laughing. he is so darn cute!Grandma Bunn will be joining us soon and I hope she is impressed with how the little guy behaves. He already is starting to fill out in his little face and get some meat on him. I'm so excited to see how he continues to grow and surprise us with his little quirks.

Next week I start work again. It'll be sad to have to leave Alastor for work, but then I will be able to come home to him and see him after a few hours! Yay!

First Day Home...

2008-10-21T17:25:00.000-07:00

Oh my stars, the first night. Meghan and I think that perhaps the nurses were spoiling Alastor while he was in the nursery or something, because he was so nice to us in the hospital. Apparently we didn't do the same things because he was up a lot. We fed him several times and changed his diapers twice. I'm surprised how much I don't mind changing his diapers really. We eventually got some sleep in 1 or 2 hour intervals, but it was enough to retain our sanity. Mostly I worry about the downstairs neighbors more than anything. I don't mind waking up to coo the child to sleep or change a diaper, I signed up for that. But the poor folks downstairs did not. I hope they can understand I have no control over the little tyke.

Morning was good though. We had our breakfast while taking turns holding Alastor's sleeping little body. I ran some errands and turned in a letter of intent for a new position at work. I'm not sure if I need it right now, I am making some good money over at the Front End (at Costco).

I have also been working on my paper for English, golly it is tough to work on homework while my baby is at home and needing me. I really enjoy being with him rather than anything else. We even had some time to watch an X-Files episode while he slept in the crib next to us. I sure do love the little guy.

Lots of people have been sending their congrats to us and we really appreciate it. I never knew how many people were waiting for our son to be born. Lots of people at work were excited to hear the news. My Mom is stuck in California and can't see her first grandchild's first weeks, so she has commissioned my brother Dan to come over and take lots of pictures, even weird ones like his feet. But then again, if I were away and couldn't see him I would want a lot of pictures too!!

I have one week off of work so I intend to get as much as I can done for Meghan in the week I have. Luckily her Mom is coming over for a week once I am back to school. So there will still be help around when I am stuck pushing and loading carts at work. My only other worries at the moment are money issues. Hospital bills always have horror stories to go along with them, so I am a little reluctant to see what they turn out to be. Work next week is 6 days instead of 5, so I will have a little bit of overtime to build up the funds, I just hope it will be enough.

Aside all that, life is good. We have a healthy son home and entertaining us when he can, I still have my beautiful wife around, and I have a job that can continue to support my family!!!

Besides, it's almost Halloween!!!!!

A new age has begun...

2008-10-19T01:52:00.001-07:00

Alastor Dane Workman came crashing into our lives at about 12:49 AM October 19, 2008. Meghan started feeling contractions about 9:30 Saturday morning. It was the first sort of contractions she had ever had, so we didn't think much of it, nevertheless it was exciting for me. i told my son (through the belly) that if he could get me off of work about an hour early, it would be greatly appreciated.

Meghan kept me up to date with everything through texts while I pushed carts at work, and through my phone calls on breaks. On my last break (about 5:30) she told me she would call me if anything happened and she needed to go. Almost 10 minutes later she called and I was off to the rescue (about an hour before work ended I might add.)

Next Dan and I worked on getting the carseat into the car. The strap that was supposed to tighten the darn thing in became stuck and we had quite a time of cursing and swearing to get it un-stuck. Eventually it worked and we were ready to go.

Once we arrived at the hospital we checked in and labor was underway. Meghan had quite a bit of trouble with the contractions until the "magic man" as I called him came in and gave her the epidural. Then things went smoothly, she slept through a lot of the contractions and became fully dialated in about 4 hours. Even the nurses were shocked at how fast she was.

The time for pushing came, and there was no pushing. In fact the little guy practically flew out! It was amazing, and absolute miracle. He rated a 9/10 on his APGARS or whatever, basically he was in tip top shape.

Holding my newborn son and having him look into my eyes was incredible. I must have said "you're so cute" like a thousand times! I don't care how stupid I sound, I love my son!

Patience

2008-10-17T23:20:00.000-07:00

Well, another interesting day. Lot's of people at work have been asking if my baby has been born yet. I guess if i'm at work that would be a no. Our current plan is to induce if he hasn't come by Thursday, so we'll have to see.

I really don't want to work on my paper for English, but I know I should just in case my son comes early. It's funny how I spent so much time bragging to Meghan about writing papers, and now I don't want to work on one, even though it should be pretty easy.

For the most part I would have to say I have been thinking a lot about how my life is going to change once I do have a baby in the house. I'll have to devote my time to another person and have all of my plans revolve around him. I'm not too sad about it, more excited. Other than being married I really haven't had something that I am terribly accountable to. School and work still feel like extras. I look forward to having another person to love.

Spending time with my cousin and his family today made me see that I am making a good decision here. While i'm still working on school and a larger career, I feel very happy with what I have. A family means more to me than some big job. While I still want a career, I want one to support my loved ones.

Well I am getting a little verbose and it is late. Off to bed!

It Begins....

2008-10-12T10:55:00.000-07:00

Well, I have never done anything like this, so here goes... It is 11 days until my wifes due date and our son will be coming rather soon, or so I hope. Meghan's doctor thinks the baby will be a little late, like the 30th or something like that. I'd rather he come on time, so I have been taking Meghan out on walks to get that little baby moving lower and lower to bring him out on time.
The Idea of being a Dad is still pretty new to me, but I am excited for it all to start. I can;t help but think about my own parents when they were waiting for me, their first child, to be born. They never had an ultrasound so I was still a surprise waiting to happen. I bet they were excited and a little scared, like I am right now.
Anywho, it feels good to get my thoughs out like this and have a place to look back on them. I've grown rather lax on my journal writing so this is the next best thing!!