Poo Attack

Ava is sitting in a bouncy seat in the kitchen with me as I cook dinner. Blake comes in from work....

B: Did Ava spill something on herself?
R: What?
I glance to our daughter and sure enough she had a blowout that made it out the front of her diaper (I've seen it multiple times, it's Blake's first time)
B: I guess she needs to be cleaned up?
R: Haha, um, yeah Blake, she's all yours! Put her in the bath to wash her off....it looks like a bad one.
30 minutes later he comes downstairs with her dressed in a 9 month outfit (she's 6 weeks old) falling off of her, and a trash bag with her dirty outfit, the dirty diaper, and many wipes.
R: Did you not just wash her off?
B: I did. I used a box of the wipes to clean her and she's clean.
R: You mean you used wipes out of the box up there?
B: I used the whole box.
R: Nice, that's $4 worth of wipes for one diaper change.
B: At least she's clean. Also, that was poop wasn't it?
R: Yes, why?
B: I just thought that poop came out of her butt, and her butt was almost clean but the poop had gotten all over her front, out the front of her diaper, and all over her face and neck.
R: There wasn't any on her face/neck when she went upstairs.
B: She may have rolled in her dirty diaper when my back was turned picking out her new outfit.

Birth Mark

When Ava was born, she has what is commonly known as a "Stork Bite" on the back of her head. It's essentially a birth mark that will probably fade by the time she's 18 months old.

Scene: I'm sitting upstairs in bed with the baby and Blake comes in the room.

R: I am so in love with this little girl!
B: That's a good thing, she is pretty amazing.
R: What is your favorite part of her?
B: All of her.
R: You have to choose just one.
B: I think right now it's her "Ostrich Peck".
R: Her what?
B: The birthmark on her head, the "Ostrich Peck!"

She's Here!

Ava Kathryn Hendrickson was born on July 2nd, 2010 at 8:30pm. She weighed in at 6lbs and was 19.5" long. We've now been home for about 3.5 weeks, and things are great! She is the most amazing, perfect, funny, sweet, wonderful little being that we have ever met in our lives. Had we known what parenthood would have been, we would have done this a long time ago!

The Push Gift

B: So I hear I have to buy you something when Ava is born.
R: Yes.
B: I have picked out your "Push" gift.
R: "Push" gift? Ok....I'm hoping for something sparkley.
B: Ummmm, how about I pay to have granite put down in our master bathroom, it can be sparkley?
R: NO. The point of this gift is not to benefit "us". You have been able to do whatever you want over the last 9 months while I have been building a baby. No granite, no tile, no vacuum cleaner, no lawn mower.
B: But I've had to put up with you for the last 9 months!

Skip to scene 5 minutes later:
Blake on the sofa, me comfy in the bed with the dogs

B: (Calling from downstairs) Sparkley it is! Can I come back to bed now?

Are you worried?

R: What are you the most nervous about having Ava in 2 weeks?
B: I'm not nervous at all.
R: Even with things like SIDS out there, you're not worried?
B: Why worry about something you can't prevent?
R: There are a lot of things you can do to lower your chances.....do you know what SIDS stands for?
B: (thinking very hard for at least 2 minutes) "Sick Infant Disorder".
R: You are missing another S!
B: "Super Sick Infant Disorder"

Target

R: We need to take all the duplicates from the baby showers back to Target.
B: Ok.
After returning all of the items we have about $300 on a Target Giftcard
B: Why don't I just put that in my wallet to keep it safe.
R: HAHA! Um, no. Give it to me and I'll put it in my wallet so when we need something for Ava we have it.
B: Ava already has everything she needs.
R: What about diapers?
B: We have plenty.
R: Define plenty.
B: She has enough to last her at least for 3 or 4 months.
R: How many diapers is that?
B: 100.
R: That's not really enough at all.
B: We'll have more money when she needs diapers and there are things we need now from Target.
R: Like what?
B: A new grill.
R: No.
B: A new TV.
R: No.
B: You're already just like a mom saying no all the time.

Will you marry me?

With 28 days left until Miss Ava makes her arrival, I am unable to wear my wedding ring anymore.

B: Where's your wedding ring?
R: I put it at your mother's house so I dont' lose it.
B: Why aren't you wearing it?
R: My hands are too swollen to wear it anymore.
B (quiet for a couple of minutes as he digests this): Does that mean I don't have to do what you say anymore?