What the Heck is THAT!?

Really...this meeting went much better than it could have, let's be honest....

After a couple days of listening to me wail, and sniffing around, "Norma The Cat" finally ventured up onto Dad's lap with me, smelled my head, and deemed me "Fit For The Apartment"

Introducing....

S.W.P-G

My name is Samuel Wenceslaus Pellegrino-Grant.

Ah, you think my middle name is a little unique, eh? Well good! Because it's supposed to be!

The back story is as follows...The Christmas song "Good King Wenceslaus" was a favorite of my Mom's father (My Grandfather) The story goes that a king goes out to give alms to a poor peasant on the Fest of Stephen (December 26th) During the journey, his page is about to give up the struggle against the cold weather, but is enabled to continue by the heat miraculously emanating from the king's footprints in the snow. The legend is based on the life of the historical Saint Wenceslaus I, Duke of Bohemia.

My parents decided that my middle name would be Wenceslaus if I were born on December 26th, and lo and behold, I was, so lo and behold it is!

So far, I like it...Also, I have a rockin' Christmas song with my name in it! You can't beat THAT!

More later!

A Dot No More...

Today....is my birthday!

I am officially a baby...I have been born...

Dad, Mom, and Gramma Mindy went to the hospital, in the early Christmas evening, as Da Gramma and NotDaGramma hopped in a car and drove down from Connecticut...I refused to be a Christmas baby, so I kept Mom in labor until 5:31 on December 26...

I was 21 3/4 Inches, and weighed in at a whopping 8 Pounds 2 Ounces...Dr Keller was right...

My name is....::sigh::....I'm EXHAUSTED...that was a lot of work for me, too...I'll tell you all in the next post...with more news to follow...

To tide you over, here is my first picture. I was one hour old...

And, as requested, I am wearing an adorable little hat. My reign begins...

Off to the Hospital....

How exciting...we're all taking a little trip!

There better be a Teddy Bear, and some adorable hats waiting for me...

Merry Christmas!!

A very happy holiday to all of you who celebrate it!

To those who don't....HAPPY THURSDAY!!!

More contractions....a little stronger now...no escape for me, just yet, though...

I am also doing a lot of squirming around in here...no one ever thinks about the fact that contractions are essentially like tiny earthquakes in the only house I have ever known...

Yeah...NOW you're thinking about it...

All is calm....all is bright...

That's it for tonight...we have had a successful test of the Contraction Machine...the contractions are tapering off, and it's off to bed...

After about an hour of steady contractions, and a couple of hours of sporadic contractions, I have decided to call it a night....

Now that I know how everything works in here, expect more from me tomorrow...

Fast & Furious....

The contractions are rolling along in here...it's getting a bit bumpy...We're timing them, and keeping an eye on the sitch...I'll keep you posted best I can...but once I'm out, I have to count on regular access to the Internet to update you all...

Also, I had the hiccups again earlier today. I'm looking very forward to being on The Outside where these "hiccups" are a thing of the past...

Wait a minute...what do you MEAN they exist on The Outside?