Our newest family member....

Getting fed in NICU (Neonatal Intensive Care Unit).

All hooked up in with wires in NICU.

Isn't he cute?

In the car seat waiting to go home.

The first time Mommey got to see him

Snuggling with Mommy in the hospital room.

His bed for five days.

Austin's favorite thing to do.

In the hospital room.

AUSTIN ANDREW STEPHENSON

Born: March 13th, 2oo8 at 8:57am

21" long and 6lbs 15.5 oz

Well that is all the information on Austin for those who like to know such things. Everything went really well except that he got really plugged up with mucous and had trouble breathing and feeding properly, so he had to spend a few days in Neonatal Intensive Care Unit. We still got to visit and feed him in there, but he didn't get to stay with us until Monday. The first night at home was pretty intense, thankfully my parents were here and could help Tina and I out. He really didn't sleep at all that night, but since then he has slept pretty good at night. It's certainly a lot of work to look after him, but also kind of cool to think that one day he will grow up and be an adult, pretty amazing when you think about it. It's been hard because Tina had a C-section, so she isn't able to do too much right now, so I haven't been able to work too much. She is going to her Mom's house for a week so that her Mom can help her out. Anyway I will try to keep this updated more now, but with Austin here and all it took me two days just to get this in here. :) So until next time, ride safe and have fun.

Long time, no write...

Getting my bike ready for the first ride of the new year.

Leo waiting for me to get ready to go.

Heading to Delisle, we didn't make it all the way there, but it was a good ride for sure.

Look at that belly. :)

Almost ready for the baby.

Our new kitchen

This is our new living room, the laundry is on the right behind the closet doors. That is Tina's friend Louisa sitting in the chair, she actually took the two above pictures of us, they turned out really nice.

Our new bathroom

Our new bedroom, please excuse the cloths on the bed. :)

The baby's room!

Well it's been a long time since I updated this blog, I feel bad. We have had a lot going on lately. At the end of February we had to move out of our old apartment, we found a place in Confederation which is on the opposite side of Saskatoon to where we were before. We actually got a basement suite this time, complete with a yard and shed. I really like our new place and we were super lucky to get it, we looked for a long time before we found this on. Rentals are few and far between in Saskatoon these days. Moving was quite a production, I actually rented a moving van and we got it all in the new place in two trips. We had tons of help (A very big Thank you to all those who helped us out) so that made it go faster. I don't think I will ever chose to live on a third floor part of a building again. That many flights of stairs makes you realize that you have to much junk and should get rid of some of it. Another exciting bit of news is that Tina is going to be having a C-section on March 13th (tomorrow) so the baby is coming sooner the we expected. Still I think we have everything under control and are ready to have a new son or daughter. Both Tina and I will be staying at the hospital for a few days following her C-section, so I won't update this again until we are home. Look for photos of our little one then. Becoming a Dad tomorrow has made me reflect a lot on how life will possibly be when our kid gets to be my age. Lately I've heard that we are running out of iron ore to mine for metal, and we are currently experiencing shortages of oil as it can't be found fast enough to supply growing demands. Also gas prices are supposed to jump to huge levels this summer and it makes you wonder what the world will be like in ten years, or even one year. I think science will have to take over in place of natural resources that are running out fast, we will have to advance very quickly to make up for the loss of things like metals and oil. My bike is steel, it might start going up in value a lot here soon. :) Anyway food for thought, I have to go to bed soon and tomorrow will be very exciting for both Tina and I, we will need our sleep. Until next time, ride safe and have fun!