Happy Birthday YiaYia!

Unfortunately my scanner is NOT cooperating,

so this image will have to do!

Happy Birthday YiaYia!

XOXO-

K, P, O, and Little P

Merry Christmas and Happy Anniversary Grand Mom and Pop Pop

Merry Christmas everyone! We took quite a few pictures over the holiday so we're a little late in updating. Uncle Joe, Aunt Ann and the boys stopped by on the 26th to meet their newest cousin. Hope everyone had a great Christmas.




Nina checking to see if Pearce has any spare food.



Nope, no food. See you later baby.



Me and Pearce watching the fights.



Mom and Pearce.

Pearce waking up.

He's not liking the flash on this one.

Pearce's hair is starting to blonde over. I'm thinking a young Daniel Craig.

Play-Doh! Play-Doh!

Bo!

Liv, tongue out drawing.

Liv playing hide and seek with Sam.

Bo taking over Liv's high chair.

Kate, Bo, Aunt Ann and Pearce. Sam popped in like a Whack-A-Mole.

Olivia playing with the boys.

Me getting to know Bo.

Our first a attempt at the family photo.

A little better.

Grandmom and Bo Bo.

Uncle Joe, Liv and Kate.

And finally - another Olivia video where she violently tucks in her Bitty Baby. She's much better with Pearce.

Wrinkly Baby Elf

Here are a couple of photos of our little elf!

This one is my favorite. I contemplated stuffing
him in his Xmas stocking and taking a photo. Despite
using lots of butter, he just wouldn't fit. I had to
settle for the hat look instead!

Pearce has the cutest forehead wrinkles. They
really complete the "toothless, almost hairless,
old man look" that makes babies so adorable.

The wrinkles are on the sides of his forehead...
no wrinkles in the middle (yet!).

Hope this fulfills your need for a Pearce fix.
Photos of Olivia to come...

Photos of special agent hit the net!

OK...we've heard your cries. Here are a few photos
of our little 007. Just know that all proceeds from the
release of these photos are being donated to charity
to help buy new shoes for an angry Iraqi reporter.

Pearce is 2 weeks old as of 8:46 this morning. We
can hardly believe he has been here 2 whole weeks
(mainly because he is quiet and barely opens his eyes!).

007 took his first bath last week and all went well. As you
can see, he bears a strong resemblance to Olivia in
his cozy yellow bath towel.

When Pearce is actually awake, he spends

his time thinking. We assume he is pondering his next

meal as all this child does is eat! He is nursing like a

maniac. Unfortunately, he does not at all have any interest

in taking a bottle. Today, cousin Liz was kind enough to

babysit so Mommy could go to the Dr. and Mr. 007

kindly refused to eat until Mommy returned. Hopefully

we will be able to break this habit soon. We were lucky

that Olivia would always take any food in any way she

could get it (hence the reason she is 27 lbs at 21 months-old).

As for his Angelina-like pout...well, it is here to stay.

Pearce has his Daddy's dimple, his Mommy's coloring,

and his Papou's full lips!

The playmat: this is our attempt to keep the

little man awake during the waking hours. Hopefully

this tactic will continue to keep him from waking

during the sleeping hours!

In other news, we have been blessed to have both Grand-Mom

Henry and Yiaya Skafidas here the last 2 weeks. The

grandmothers have enjoyed spending time with Pearce as

well as teaching Olivia lots of fun catch phrases. Grand-Mom

taught Olivia to say "ta-da!" and Yiaya taught her "OH MAN!"

and "okey dokey." Olivia continues to refer to the guest

room as "Grand-Mom's" or "Yiaya's." She is so cute!

As for the Mom- I am doing great. People continue to ask me

about my elective c-section. I have to say it was the best

(and really, the only) surgical experience I have had. I mean,

how often do you get to pick out the music in the operating room

and actually stay awake (without pain) to enjoy it while you

are having a baby?! Oh, and the anesthesiologist ended up taking

the best newborn photos of Pearce, Mommy and Daddy...soooo

cool! This experience sure beat the hell out of 16 hours of painful,

drugless labor, with a baby that was turned the wrong way!!!

As for recovery...it has been a miracle! So much faster and easier

than the regular delivery I had with Olivia (and I had a great

recovery and uncomplicated natural delivery with her).

We are thrilled to be so blessed during this holiday season!

New Pics and Videos

Sorry for the slow updates, we've been a little busy. Here's the pictures of Pearce leaving the hospital yesterday as well as the videos I talked about. We have a brand new video camera which is supposed to be HD. Apparently I had it on the "old shitty movie" (excuse my language but I thought it was the most appropriate way to describe the shifting of the frames) setting and not on the HD setting when I took the videos. Be careful, they might cause an epileptic seizure.



Leaving the hospital.



Another angle.

Mom and Pearce

Pearce in his going home outfit.

Liv and baby brudder.

Pay close attention on this one, you can hear Olivia call Pop Pop Fran.

Meeting baby brudder for the first time. She didn't like what was left of the cord.

Pics from Saturday

Hello again everyone,

Here's a few more pics of the new guy meeting his big sister, Grandmom and Pop Pop. I have some hilarious videos of Olivia (she called Pop Pop by his first name) but it's a new camera so it will be a couple of days before I can get it figured out.

The man.

Me and Pearce.

First attempt at the family photo.

Break in between photo attempts

Attempt # 2

Best we could do.

Olivia meets baby brudder for the first time.

Olivia saw whats left of his cord and asked Grandmom to put his clothes back on.

I told you people no pictures!

More pics and Happy Birthday Uncle Fran!

Hello stalkers!

Sorry we can't keep up with the demand for pictures of Pearce, we've been a little busy. Hopefully these will hold everyone over.

Tomorrow we'll have video evidence of "Grandmom" indoctrinating Olivia. Olivia is now convinced that "Grandmom" bears a striking resemblance to a 23 year old super model. The videos will explain all.

Introducing Pearce Alexander Henry

Hello everyone!

We welcomed Pearce into the world this morning at 8:46 AM. Here's the stats:

6 Lbs. 14 Oz.
19.5 Inches long

Mom and baby are doing very well. We will have more pics soon along with Olivia meeting him for the first time. Thanks and hope to see everyone soon.

Prepped and ready to go.