the little dude

This is Dathan Drew. He was born Feb 16th at 11:36am. 21.5 inches 7lbs 11oz long and lean like his dad. The birth story will have to wait, but how he got his name here you go. What had happened was...

Growing up Drew had always loved the name Nathan, he had imagined his first son would be named Nathan. He let everyone know that, including his former girlfriends. When we found out we were having a boy, Drew was so excited! He could name his little man Nathan Drew, I however felt a little awkward about that (since his former girlfriends knew that name). I just felt it wasn't the name our little guy should have, very common and it wasn't a name we had come up with together. So Drew said if I could come up with a better name (in his mind highly unlikely) he would think about it. Everyday I was throwing out names and so was he.

Then Drew mentioned the name Dathan and immediately I loved it. Drew then told me that Dathan was a name from the Bible in Numbers, a rebel who rose up against Moses. Now I am not in any way promoting rebels, in fact I pray that Dathan will someday stand strong in Jesus. Dathan seemed to me a great compromise from Drews childhood dreams and my need to have a name we chose together.

After we picked out his name, a month before he was born, the Olympic Trials for the Marathon were on TV. If you know us, you know we LOVE running. Guess who placed 4th, a guy named Dathan Ritzenhein. That friends, solidified our name choice.

Check out his onesie... Thanks Korryne, queen of artsy things! Perfect for his debut on the blog.

I hope to update often, so much has happened from Makenzie's mom returning from deployment to Mr. Dathan's arrival!

gain 30 minutes

Makenzie informed me today that if I only made her brush her teeth for 2 minutes instead of 3 that she could gain at least an extra half hour of time per month to do other things. I informed her that she could spend that extra time at the dentist getting cavities filled. She decided 3 minutes a day wasn't so bad.

I don't usually keep score in the game of insta-parenting... but if I did, 1 point!

picture this... and laugh, it's ok it's even funny to me.

I am 31 lbs exactly (to the ounce) bigger than I was before being pregnant. Having this extra weight is like lugging a really heavy bowling ball that I can't put down. With 3 weeks to go, I still can't get used to it. With that being said, what had happened was...

I was in Target the other day, walking around when I realized my shoe was untied. I debated how to go about tying my shoe. Anyone who has ever been pregnant would know this is not an easy feat and in fact at 37 weeks I wasn't sure if I could do it. Most of the time, I ask my husband or I smartly wear clogs, not sure why today I decided on shoes that tie. I looked for a place to sit down but was afraid with my recent larger size that I may break something. So I decided to attempt to tie it myself, I bent down with the grace of hippopotamus attempting ballet, you have seen fantasia right? I actually think those hippos may display more grace and beauty than I did in Target. I begin to tie my shoe, when I realize my belly is cutting off the my airway.. and I am having a hard time catching my breath. I tried to tie faster, but got more panicked and realized I was actually fading out. I went to stand up and realized that I wasn't strong enough (due to lack of oxygen) to stand up! I have a choice, throw myself backwards and lay on the floor to regain my breath or finish tying my shoe, pass out and hope I don't injure anything. I chose to throw roll myself backwards (with the prowess of a leopard, OK maybe not)... So yes, there I am my hippo self sprawled out in the middle of the aisle on my back, not even sure what to make of the event that just happened. I didn't see anyone around (hooray) so I rolled on my side, stood up brushed myself off and wondered if I was the only pregnant person in the world this has ever happened to? surely not, right?!

I wonder if target has security cameras, I certainly I made some security officers' day.

You can laugh, really it's funny.