Returning to work

I can't sleep. I should have been asleep well before now. But I could only lie there in bed, staring at the ceiling. You see, I go back to work tomorrow.

And I'm really not looking forward to it.

I mean, I usually enjoy my job. And I miss my friends at work. I'm just not looking forward to leaving my family all day. I've gotten used to being at home with my wife and son. And I've REALLY enjoyed it.

Not to mention, I'm going to have about two weeks of e-mails to go through. Not fun.

But at least it will be a short week with the Thanksgiving holiday.

I just hope my son doesn't learn to walk while I'm at work tomorrow.

Home sweet home

I saac is now one week old. We've been home since Thursday and it's been nothing but a learning experience for mommy and daddy.

The horror stories you hear about the first night home with a newborn are true. It was pretty rough. We could get Isaac to sleep easily in just a few minutes. But every time we put him down to bed, he'd wake up and start crying. We didn't get much sleep at all that first night. Thank God my mom and Alyshia's Aunt Candace were staying with us. They held Isaac so we could get at least a couple of hours of sleep. (And they've both helped with things around the house so we can focus our full attention on Isaac and on getting some rest when we need it. Their love and support has been overwhelming and we are very grateful.)

In retrospect, Isaac was probably just hungry. Nights have gone really well since that first one. Sometimes the hardest part has been to wake him every three hours for his next feeding. But we've learned a few tricks that help with that too.

Isaac keeps us entertained all day (and night) long. He's a very sweet baby and not fussy at all. We're just very proud and excited to be able to spend this time with him.

And, of course, we've got more pics! (Click the image to view additional pictures.)

Isaac Arthur Zimmerman



Click here to see more photos of our beautiful baby boy!

(Due to technical issues, we're having problems uploading pics on our lap top here at the hospital. We may not be able to post any pictures until we get home some time Thursday afternoon.)

The morning after

S leep for two hours, lather, rinse, repeat.

That was pretty much our night last night. Although for Alyshia, I think the two hours was more like one hour. Apparently these hospitals don't come equipped with a "Do Not Disturb" sign.

Isaac made it through his first night. Survived his various shots, circumcision, and spending several hours at a time with his newby parents. Both are actually doing quite well, I must say. But it's still early ....

Our sincere thanks to all for your congrats and kind wishes. We've received plenty of phone calls, e-mails, blog comments and facebook comments! We can't tell you how great it is to have that kind of support system.

We look forward to showing Isaac off in the days and months to come!

Hope to get some pics posted later today.

Isaac Arthur Zimmerman

Born November 11, 2008 at 1:11 p.m., in Room #11.

Seven pounds, 12 ounces, 21 inches long.

And he is absolutely beautiful.

He's got his mommy's eyes. One of the nurses said he looks just like his daddy.

Mommy was fantastic and is sore but resting comfortably, with Isaac in her arms. Daddy was just an observer, but did cut the cord and put on his first diaper.

Grandma and Grandpa Z were here to share in the joy. Plenty of phone calls were made, text messages were sent.

Pictures will most definitely be posted, probably tomorrow.

Thanks for all the congratulatory messages and well-wishes from everyone! We can't wait for you to meet him!

Mmmm ... epidural ....

W e've been here at the hospital for almost five hours now. Still no baby, but things are progressing.

Let me start with the drive here at 5:30 this morning. This could only happen to me.

It was dark and rainy as we were heading down 75. We were going about 75 in the fast lane, when it appeared out of nowhere.

A dog.

A BIG dog.

Right in my lane.

I tried to swerve, but there was just no avoiding it. Kind of put a damper on our morning. And a nice big dent in the front of our car.

But we got here safely. Alyshia is now resting comfortably with epidural (a GREAT thing, by the way), firmly in place.

Stay tuned!