The Last Few Weeks

Two weeks have passed since the last entry on my blog and in those two weeks my whole world has changed a little more every day. I hope that all the fans of my blog (all 3 of you!) will appreciate the fact that I have been otherwise occupied in taking care of my 2 girls and not posting picture on the internet. Alas, the time has come to get caught up on the pictures and what has been going on since Sally Christine came to join us on June 8th.

Christie was in the hospital from the 8th to the 11th. Hoag is a pretty amazing place and except for one kinda cranky nurse the recuperation there went well. Dr. Dubyak gave us the all clear to go home on Saturday instead of Sunday because Christie was doing great and she knew that once discharged from the hospital that we all would get more rest. While a newborn makes "rest" a relative term, at least there is not stuff going on all the time like in the hospital. My favorite interruption at the hospital… the lady that came in to sell us baby pictures. She would actually wake up sleeping mommies to try and sell them a photo package. Luckily I was there when she came in and I took the packet and let her know we were not interested so that she did not have to wake Christie up.

The first few days were a little tough because Christie was still moving really slow, and Sally was not quite sure what schedule she was going to be on. All in all we made it through those days with a lot of prayer, cat naps and the support of our family and friends. Thanks to all who came by and especially those that brought all the yummy food!!

Christie has quickly regained her strength and as of Tuesday was given a clean bill of health. We have one more visit to Dr. D in a few weeks to get a final check up but for now Christie is doing great. We have been able to get out of our room and explore around town. First it was just a few short drives and then a short drive with a walk in the middle. Yesterday we went out for dinner for the first time. Christie wanted a Turkey Cranberry sandwich from Grounds since she could not have them during the pregnancy. Sally just slept the whole time! Tonight was dinner at Great Grandma Pat’s house. She made yummy burgers and then got to hold Sally for a while.

I am back at work mostly… I am still taking it easy this week… only working Tuesday, Wednesday & Thursday. I would love to be able to just stay home! I know that I am going to miss something cool, but alas, someone must provide for the family and right now that is me. The one good thing about going to work though, is getting to come home… that is a really great feeling to come home and see my girls after a long day. Sally will just curl up in my arms and sleep, knowing that she is safe in her daddy’s arms.

Right now I am in bed waiting for Christie to finish her nightly face washing routine (Mary Kay products rock… contact my wife to schedule a party!). Sally is laying in bed next to me just making baby noises and sleeping. Life is good!

Okay Okay Okay… enough of that here are the pictures. Start at the bottom of page 2 with Daddy’s Little Princess.

Sally Christine Farley is Here!

I know that I am probably going to have some people disagree with me on this, but I think that I am not wrong to say that my wife Christie and I have the most beautiful baby girl in the whole world!

I am not going to spend too much time on the details of the day, but just know that Christie has done a beautiful job of bringing Sally into the world. She has been so brave and so strong and I am sooo in love with her, and now I also have this whole new person to love.

So here are the facts…
Sally Christine Farley was born at 3:15pm on June 8, 2005 in Newport Beach, CA. She was 9lbs. 1oz. and was 20 inches long. She even aced her first test with an Apgar of 9!! WooHoo… I knew she would be smart.

I thought I would be at the hospital all night tonight, but they told me I had to leave at 10pm since we were not in a private room. So I am home and posting this now and Christie & Sally are at the hospital sleeping hopefully. I will be back there tomorrow and will post more pictures when I get them, but for now there is a gallery of images here… SALLY’s BIRTH

Thanks for all your prayer and support and I look forward to hearing from and seeing all of you in the days and weeks to come.

days and weeks to come.

Adventures

There are lots of milestones in life and when you reach them there should always be a moment of celebration. The celebration that accompanies the event is usually pretty set in stone. For a wedding you wear the dress and tux and everyone eats Jordan Almonds, and in the end you are married. For a graduation you wear the gown and the funny looking flat hat and when you are done you have a degree. Well this week my wife and I are going through another one of those milestone events, and this one involves hospital gowns and lots of nurses, and in the end we get to bring home a little baby. Christie and I are so excited about this coming day. We are ready to meet our little girl!

In anticipation of the big day Christie and I are trying to sneak in as many adventures as we can, while still accounting for the fact that Christie only needs 3 bites of anything before she is full and that she is overall just a little uncomfortable. Tonight the adventure was to Knowlwood in Anaheim Hills for a dinner of absolute gut busting food. Then we went driving around in Anaheim Hills and looked at houses and just talked. We even found one for sale that was pretty reasonable. Now we are home and are both allowing the food to go down and watching one of our favorite movies of all time… Keeping the Faith.

Over the past few days we had a few other adventures… we had a staff party at this "house" here in Huntington Beach. I say it in quotes, mostly because I would challenge you to find a lot of other houses in HB that have at least a 5000 sq. foot house with a yard large enough for a volleyball court, half basketball court, putting green, pool and cabana and of course a full rose garden. And did I mention that it also had a ginormous grill and outdoor kitchen area. Whilst there I was photographed in a tree.

On another adventure with my family we discovered a street in Huntington Harbor called Blair Lane. Now for many of you who have lots of things named after you this may be no big deal, but as the kid who could never get a keychain at Disneyland this was huge! The discovery took place after dinner with Christie, my mom and Kurt & Becky. We were at Harbor House and a fine time was had by all. Becky was in particularly good spirits. She is excited to be an aunt, and I am glad that I have been able to provide the experience for her.

Tomorrow is staff meeting and getting my desk cleaned off before Wednesday… Sally’s Birthday!!!