Wow!

Our neighbor brought over a zucchini from his garden that is bigger than our child! Now Cooper can bake zucchini bread all day and make a giant mess in the kitchen.

Our First Week

It's hard to believe Aaron is now a week old! We have adjusted to less sleep and Aaron is doing well with being fed every three hours. We took our first shopping trip to Babies R Us, went to Golden Gate State Park to see the changing Aspen trees, went on several walks with his new wheels from REI, and even managed to go out to dinner tonight without any drama. We are having lots of fun and adjusting well so far. The cats have done remarkably well so far with the new addition.

Aaron Michael Best is Here!

We have a happy healthy baby boy. He was born on Thursday Oct. 2 at 11:01 AM weighing 6 pounds 8 ounces and was 19 inches long.

Here is the birth story for those who would like more details...

After having a procedure to "jump start" things at our 39 week appointment on Wednesday afternoon, regular contractions started at about 11:30 that night. I woke Cooper up around 12:30 AM when I realized they were here to stay this time. (I had been in "pre-labor" since the previous Friday which was the reason for the "jumpstarting".) We left for the hospital around 1:45 AM and arrived at the Labor and Delivery Triage Center. We didn't spend very long there as my blood pressure shot through the roof and I was already at 5 cm. They whisked us upstairs to the delivery room where things went pretty quickly until the end from there, but it was a bit of an eventful delivery. My water finally broke around 5:30 AM/8 cm. The baby and I developed a rare amniotic infection that caused a high fever in both of us and Aaron's heart rate dropped twice, but through all of this we managed to avoid a c-section and other interventions several times with the help of two very patient and caring doctors and kind nurses. Aaron was born at 11:01 AM.

On our way to the hospital, we called my parents in Houston who managed to get on a plane and make it to St. Joseph's just before Aaron was born. They are here now and I am very thankful for their support and help.

We stayed in the hospital until Saturday evening for monitoring and everything went very well. He is eating well and is a sweet, happy, and healthy little guy. Cooper jumped right in and was an amazing support throughout labor and delivery and has been wonderful in taking care of Aaron, who, by the way, looks just like Dad! We are all doing very well.

False Alarm # 1-Week 39

We were told to come into the hospital on Friday afternoon by the nurses on the phone. We spent several hours there, but were sent home to wait it out. Apparently, this could be a long process!

The weekend was spent with lots of walks, movies, and resting. When Cooper gets bored he cooks and bakes, so Mini-Cooper and I are well fed. :) We also drove up to the state park in Golden to take some pictures of the leaves changing on the Aspens. I started a scrapbook for the baby, which I clearly have a lot of help on from the cats.

Let's hope this baby decides to make his entrance soon. I have decided not to work anymore, but after his due date, I'm out of vacation days!

38 Weeks and Waiting

Our friend Deron came down from Eagle, CO for the day with his dog Kramer. Kramer has visited many times and is quite kind to the cats. Our little gray lion, Zela, was in the yard on his leash (Yes, the cats have leashes and harnesses) with Kramer and put on quite a display of nastiness towards the Big Brown Monster.








My co-worker gave the baby her son's first Halloween costume-A dalmatian onsie. Our friend David was trying it on.

38 Weeks!

Northcutt Family Visit in July 08

My parents came for a week in July to visit, spend a weekend in Estes Park, and help set up the nursery with new furniture for the upcoming arrival. The nursery is all ready to go and the cats have been pretty good about staying out of the crib thanks to spraying them with water when they show an interest in doing so! Because I am such a "planner", the car seat is in the car and we are "ready"!

Labor Day Weekend

35 Weeks! We spent a night in Estes Park for Labor Day Weekend. We stayed in a cabin with a fabulous recliner and went for a walk around the wheelchair accessible Lily Lake. We had another ultrasound on Tuesday (5th one-definitely a boy!) and finished our preparation classes at the hospital.