G-ma Porter!

Proud Papa!
Friend Lyndsey and me trying my hardest to sit up in bed!
This is a sight i'm sure we will see alot more of!

I just can't limit the number of pics too much so here's more, and more to come!

More pics of our little guy!

Looks just like daddy, don't you think?

So i know i said that i am "totally obsessed" with our little Brody... so i have to post some more pics of the past 6 days, his life, so far...

Well, I don't know when Brit is going to get a chance to update everyone so she told me just to. This baby stuff is pretty exhausting. Anyways, on Tuesday she was having contractions but wasn't sure if they really were contractions. That night, she got checked out and thought we would be getting up sometime early in the morning and heading to the hospital. We stayed at her parents so Stuart could make sure things were a go. She continued to have contractions all night and at 6am, she was checked again. She was 90% there but wasn't dilating still. Stuart called the hospital to see if there was room for her to be induced but they didn't have any. He called a half hour later and told us to just go in. At the hospital, they hooked her up to the monitors and sure enough she was having contractions about a minute apart. She still wasn't dilating though and the could see that after each contraction, Brody's heart rate would drop pretty badly. They broke her water to see if that would help dilating and when they did, there was merconium present. So Stuart made the decision to perform an emergency c-section because of the stress on Brody. When they pulled him out, the cord was wrapped around his neck twice and they rushed him to a room next door where a respiratory team was waiting. I walked in about a minute after to see how he was doing only to see one of the team members intubating his bluish little body. His Apgar score was a 1, which is the worst. Brits mom was in the room too and she looked pretty scared, I was definitely freaking out inside and felt a little internal struggle between the firefighter and dad in me. I kept telling myself that they know what they are doing and are some of the best in the valley. They stuck a suction tube down into his lungs and sucked out a bunch of liquid then threw a bag valve mask on him and started breathing for him. He started to breath a bit on his own but was gasping and grunting for breaths, so they took him to the NICU and hooked him up to a cpap mask, meanwhile Brits is super worried about him. He made a quick recovery and spent over two hours in the nicu. I stayed with him the whole time. Brit was wheeled in after 3 and still didn't get to hold him, just see him. We took him to the nursery to wash up and warm him up. It was a little after 4 when Brit finally got to hold him. We are so lucky and grateful that her dad knew what was going on and made good calls to take care of our little guy. We are having so much fun. Its been 4 days as a parent and it definitely is one of the greatest things.

We're going home today.

I think this blog stuff is a lot easier and exciting once you have a kid, its kind of a funny way to brag to everyone about them. Anyways, we are going home today so I'll make sure Brit gets a chance to update everyone sometime today. Its amazing being a Dad and Brit is loving being a Mom. She says she "is totally obsessed with him."

He's Here!

Brody came on Wed at 11:21 am. Had to make it a little stressful and dramatic for us but I'll let Brit tell that to everyone... They are both doing great and we are still at the hospital because Brit had an emergency c-section so its taking a little bit longer to recover than a normal delivery. Heres a couple pictures... we'll post more later. I'm definitely a proud papa bear.

One of the funniest pics ever...Courtesy of www.badboysodas.com -My buddy Jared photoshopped it.

A new respect for Elton John...

I love music. I enjoy all sorts of genres of music and one guy I've always enjoyed is Elton John. The dude is a stud on the piano and vocals. I read an article today, which I will post, that made me respect him even more. With the recent passage of Prop 8 in my home state of California, the gay rights activists have been protesting out in front of temples, Book of Mormons have been burned and just recently an envelope of white powder have been mailed to the Salt Lake Temple. All of this may or may not be connected but I still think it is horrible tactics for a group to protest tolerance and equality at places of sacred worship, church or Temple. Shouting and rallying while members of the church are attending meetings is a great example of tolerance.
I even saw on a friends blog that someone they didn't even know, wrote some unwanting comments and accusing them of being "insecure in their marriages." I still don't understand what "rights" gays are lacking in California. The facts are this, the votes are in... It passed. I am all for freedom of speech but lets be honest, singling out one organization that had its members support the proposition is just silly. I'm grateful Prop 8 passed and can go on and on but here is the article. Elton John gets it, why can't the protesting gay community?

NEW YORK — Elton John, accompanied by his longtime partner, David Furnish, had some choice words about California's Proposition 8, the ban on same-sex marriage that passed on Nov. 4.

In December 2005, John and Furnish tied the knot in a civil partnership ceremony in Windsor, England. But, clarified the singer, "We're not married. Let's get that right. We have a civil partnership. What is wrong with Proposition 8 is that they went for marriage. Marriage is going to put a lot of people off, the word marriage."

John and Furnish, and their two cocker spaniels, Marilyn and Arthur, were in town for Tuesday's annual benefit for the Elton John AIDS Foundation.

"I don't want to be married. I'm very happy with a civil partnership. If gay people want to get married, or get together, they should have a civil partnership," John says. "The word 'marriage,' I think, puts a lot of people off.

"You get the same equal rights that we do when we have a civil partnership. Heterosexual people get married. We can have civil partnerships."

Here's a few pics of Clay and i a few weeks ago. just to clarify, no, clay does not have a simpathy belly, he's been on some medicine for an allergic reaction he had to Amoxacillin and the medicine made him a little bloated! Hehe, he looks pretty close to me at 8 months pregnant! And YES, i am huge!!

So here i am, 8 and a half months pregnant! My last day of work was on friday, and although i have lots of little things to do to prepare for the little one and i'm completely physically miserable, i am also bored out of my mind!! I think finally i will have the time and the patience to get into this blogging thing! I just wanted to let you all know that we are still here, all is well and our little guy should be coming anyday now! As soon as we are home from the hopsital we will post some pics, and let you all know how we are doing! I know millions and millions of women have had babies for thousands of years and they are fine but i am TERRIFIED none the less, so keep me in your prayers!!