Wanderlust

6pm

Just about the time I fell asleep for 10 minutes, it was time for Owen's first bath. So we cleaned him up, and now he smells like a fresh clean baby. I took some pictures, and as you can see, he is pretty cute. But, of course, this is coming from his dad. He's being doing great, and he's been sleeping for a good 2.5 hours so far, because he is damn tired. You would be too. We will actually have to wake him to make him eat. I don't know why, because you wouldn't have to wake me for breasts. But, mayeb it's okay, because I'm very tired. Wow, I didn't think I'd be so tired. It went so fast, but it seemed long.

Looking back, Kaz did an incredible awesome job. I can't believe it. She totally surprised me. I asked her what the pain level was on a scale of 1 to 10 (she did the birth naturally) and she said 11.5. I call bullshit on that one because I would have guessed from the expressions and her reactions an 8.75. So she did great and it was amazing to watch her push this little thing out.

Some quick facts:
-- Her water actually broke while she was pushing and splashed out like a huge squirt gun.
-- The cord was larger in diameter than a quarter. It was damn near as big as Owen's arm or leg. I'm not shitting you. The midwife was surprised and impressed. Even the placenta was extrodiarilly large.
-- Kaz was pushing for two hours, the whole labor was about 9 hours.
-- Before Owen's bath, he wasn't happy unless he was feeding.

Kaz should have her own post in a short while. Meanwhile enjoy some pictures. I'm sure I'll be taking a couple hundred in the next couple of days. And don't worry, I'll make sure we have some nice pictures taken for family and friends who want to have a picture of a wrinkley baby hanging somewhere.