Day Seven - all is well.

Quinn, seven days old today. Had both boys in bed with me this morning. Got Jonah off to school for 8:15. Nate and I went to Home Depot to pick some things up and then met Dave K. at Tim Horton's for a quick visit. The store was almost empty so Nate turned it into a playground. At one point, he climbed unto the window sill, hopped unto a table and leaped off unto the floor, smiling the whole time. He also stole one of Dave's timbits. He had given Dave the timbit 5 minutes earlier. Dave was cool with it though, he's got 4 brothers... Picked Jonah up at school, and he wiped out on his bicycle on the way home. He skinned his knee, elbow and hand and could not continue, but did not cry. I was tending to him and he said "Dad! I was not even thinking about showing off right there. I was only thinking about doing the jump." We piled in the van, went for a drive in the country and back home for pizza and sweet potato fries. Get the kids in PJs, into bed, thats a wrap! oh wait, wake every 3 hrs...

Jonah must think Leah is not as accessible as she once was. He sat down beside her tonight and asked her "Mommy, would you like to touch me? or, hold my hand". A cuddling session was soon underway.

Here is a video of Quinn swinging away. Listen to the hiccups. Jonah gets props as the cameraman. 

Jonah watched the trailer for Conan's new show. He was lying in bed, doing 'the stare' when Leah asked him where he was.
Jonah - remember the guy who put all the explosives in his car, beat up the guy and then drove the car off the big cliff? that's what I'm thinking about right now...  umm, WHY would he do that?
Me - He was just being funny. he didn't really do it.
J - how is that funny?
M - big people find it funny.
J - umm, ok. but why did they need to put all the extra stuff in it too?
M - the fireworks?
J - yah. why?
Me - to be extravagant.
J - WHAT'S EX-TRAV-enn mean?
M - over the top. to make it really crazy so people find it funny. Do you get satire at all Jonah?
J - no.
M - good night. love you.
J - love you (head butt kiss).
haha, gotta love him.

The 5th Day

Quinn has found his voice and is willing to practice it at any time. He was awake about half the night last night. Leah is getting along pretty good though. Public Health nurse (Grant Thomas' sister) was in yesterday and was very encouraging, he is gaining weight, etc.. Nate and I are hard at work all day. I do the cooking and cleaning - He does the eating and messing.

I have tries multiple times to upload a video to Blogger but its not happening. Guess you'll just have come and see him.

Coming Home from Hospital. Didn't make a peep. Just the way we like it.

Asleep.

Proud BIG Brother. Nate calls him "Dur-ruther Baby"

Rocking his new swing

We have the same picture of the other two boys. He really looks like them here.

Car seat pushes his cheeks up. Thankfully he likes it.

makes it all worth it!

Thought I'd throw this one in. It takes him about 2 hrs to eat an apple this size. During this 2 hr stretch, the apple picks up its weight in various objects, all of which is consumed by an oblivious little boy. He just had the apple in visiting the kittens, trying to teach them how to use the litter box... I try not to look...

More Quinn

Some more pictures of the little guy. I finally got to sleep through the night... jk. Last night was a really good night for Leah and Quinn. He is just sleeping, eating and making us change his diapers. He's a pretty great little guy. Leah had some visitors in last night.

Jonah's hand. His hands always have extra stuff on them. That's because they are everywhere, always moving, never stopping to rest. Even when he is sleeping... 99.9% of the germs on his hands have been destroyed by the mandatory gel we have to use at every doorway. One doctor told us it is the 99.9% that don't hurt you that get killed. whatever, as long as we think we're safe, right?

He is attending to his Mommy. I think she looks great. She thinks she looks like a cow. I think its all in your perspective. In this case, my perspective is correct.

Auntie Melody. Nate calls her Med-O-wie. She was and is a huge help. These boys have no idea how good they have it.

Jonah finds him really interesting. Nate is hiding under the bed to avoid getting pictures taken of him.

He is rocking out to some tunes here. Might be 'Welcome to the Jungle".

All for now, we'll post later.

Quinn David

Here he is, arriving @ 11:08 am. 7 lbs 12 oz, 19 in.

This was the easiest way for you guys to see him. I'm going back in tonight.

Small, Medium and Large... Triple Trouble.

Jonah is very mature about all this. Nate could take him or leave him, although he did say he thought he was pretty big. He was expecting Quinn to be 'reedy small', like the size of a dinky car or a kitten.

I will not promise more pictures on here, but will try to remember.

too much encouragement

I am home with a stomach flu, which is horrible, but I do get to see the boys a little more. Jonah was playing a motorbike game on kidsCBC today while Nate watched him. Here is how it went:

Jonah is making jump after jump -

Nate: NICE jump, Jojo.

Jonah: THANKS Nate!

N: NICE jump, Jojo.

J: Thanks.

N: NICE jump, Jojo.

J: thanks...

N: NICE jump, Jojo.

J: ok Nate

N: NICE jump, Jojo.

J: haha. don't thank me Nate, its the game thats doing it.

N: NICE jump, Jojo.

J: OK! Nate, don't thank me anymore ok.

N: NICE jump, Jojo.

J: uhhhhh.

it was really funny. Here's a recent pic of the boys.

Labrador

I was in Labrador for a couple of weeks this fall as part of an investigative drilling program for a proposed tunnel across the Strait of Belle Isle. The following pic is at Fox Cove after a nice snow fall:

I went for a walk on a nearby beach and this is what the sign says... watch yer step!

Tallest lighthouse of its kind in Atlantic Canada!! Point Amour, if you want to look it up. Amazing sunrises and sunsets. really amazing. I wish I had a good camera to get good photos, but you get the point.

Driving into Red Bay. Historic place, used to be a huge whaling center.

Pinware River - famous for salmon fishing. It was very very loud, and the air smelled so fresh. I think this was November 22, and it was about 8 degrees celcius.

Lanse au Claire - I stayed here for a few nights when I first arrived.

Lanse au Loup - I stayed here with Francis and Dot Barney.

Family Pics

Mo took some pictures of us at Brackley Beach this summer. Here are a few.