Hayden with "Baby Brother"

Hayden has been great with Vince. She's responded way
better than I ever could have expected. She hasn't been
too jealous or hostile at all. If she doesn't ignore Vincent,
than she's actually quite caring. If he cries, you can hear
her saying, "It's okay, buddy. It's okay. Shh... Bincent
(yes, with a 'B')." She throws away his diapers for me and
she loves to point out his ears, eyes, fingers, and toes. It's
adorable. She's a great big sister

Jarrod captured these shots of Hayden "holding" Vince
for the first time. Oh - and by the way - I forgot to
mention she either calls him "Buddy" or "Baby Brother"

Vincent & Dad

Everyone asks who Vincent looks like and, honestly, he
looks JUST like Jarrod's baby pictures. They have the
same shaped face, the same lips, and the same
expressions. It's looking like Vincent's eyes are going to
be leaning towards brown instead of blue too. I'm never
going to have a kid that looks like me, I guess. Oh well.
I have a cute husband, so I got a cute baby. I'm okay
with that.

Vincent - One Day Old

He was a little jaundiced for a little while - which is why
he's orange looking

Vincent's Birthday

I went into labor around 6.30am on a Sunday morning, at 37 weeks and 6 days pregnant. Here are some (tasteful) pictures

Jarrod, a few hours before Vincent was born

I had an oxygen mask because Vincent's heart rate
kept jumping from the 180s down to the 100s (ends up
the umbilical cord was wrapped around his neck AND
torso) but we were both fine.

There he is! Vincent Henry Thomas Ehard was born on
October 26th, 2008 at 7.07pm (me and Jarrod were
married on 07/08 - so it's kind of cool how those numbers
were close). He weighed in at 8lbs. 2oz. and was 20 1/2
inches long - pretty big for being born just before 38
weeks

He was screaming his head off the whole time. He
was even louder than Hayden when she was born

Proud Papa. Jarrod was such an active part of the
entire labor and birth. I'm a lucky wife

And a proud, new Grandma

First feeding. He acted like an old pro