Porter Meets His Uncle

Pat made it up yesterday to see his new nephew and stay the night. He's gone now and hopefully didn't leave too much of an influence on my kid. Can you believe he actually thinks he can make my boy a Raiders fan? I couldn't give two shits about football but I'm going to make Porter into a 49ers fan just out of spite. Seriously though, it was good to see Pat and I was really happy to see him and my boy together.

Just Visiting

John, Eithne, and Atticus have been in town for the last week. It's been a good visit, unfortunately they head back to Detroit tomorrow. Hopefully we'll live closer together in the future and won't have to wait a year plus between get togethers(it turns out we're all thinking seriously about the 'nix as on option right now).

Happy Halloween!

From my lil' skeleton boy.

One Month (Almost to the Minute)

Well, Michele, Porter, and I have made it through the first 30 days without any major incidents, unless of course you count that the kid keeps a pair of hair trigger loaded weapons in his pants. Doesn't look dangerous, does he?


On the plus side, we seem to be getting closer to a bit of a pattern where he will do the lions share of his sleeping during the night. Not all nights are working out so well of course, last night for example consisted of a lot of wailing and gnashing of teeth much to my disappointment. At the moment however he is sleeping quite soundly and that's just about right by me.

Porter and His Seven Ackbars

So not long after Porter was born there was a lot of doc talk that was taking place all around me. This is how things normally go with Michele around, she and the doc will talk in their own secret code and Michele will decipher everything for my benefit. However, with Michele in her post delivery state I was not getting the interpretation. There was a lot of talk about his Apgar score and what it was at 1 and 5 minutes. Anyway, what I heard was Ackbar and I just kept imagining my boy with the admiral that led the Rebel Alliance against the Death Star in Return of the Jedi. So, later while sitting in our hospital room I worked up a Photoshopped image of what I was seeing in my head.

May I present Porter and his seven Ackbars:

Welcome to the World My Boy

Porter was born last night at 10:59. At the time of birth he weighed 7 pounds 12 ounces and measured 19 inches long. Both Porter and Michele went through the wringer last night(and me a little too) but everyone's doing fine and we'll all be headed home soon enough.

The Biggest Misadventure to Date

This is Porter:

Michele and I found out that she was pregnant at the beginning of the year. As of right now she's just shy of 20 weeks and due in early/mid September. We found out we were having a boy last Friday and named him Porter. While I actually couldn't give a shit if we have a boy or girl, I've had a boy's name picked out for the last 4 1/2 years. Char, our lovely elderly neighbor from Phoenix, used to tell me all about her husband Porter. He sounded like a good and decent man and I instantly fell in love with the name. On Sunday I told her the news and she wholeheartedly endorsed Michele and I using the name(not that we really needed the endorsement). Anyway, Michele's wrapping up residency in a few months and headed into fellowship while I finish my education in the middle of August. The timing couldn't be better for Porter to come along. I'm getting more excited by the day.