Zach loves Owen

Too Sweet!

Reading Car Trader Magazines with G











Watching Cartoons with Nana

Owen hanging with Uncle Andy

Happy Thanksgiving

We went to my Dad's house for Thanksgiving and celebrated with the Clark's. It was a nice day with lots of great food. I am so glad we were able to spend time with everyone!

No More DIY Plumbing

This was supposed to be a quick, easy, Do-It-Yourself plumbing project:










Chris was trying to take the copper colored piece out and was going to put a closed plug in its place. Then the whole piece broke off the main pipe. Oops....














Before, During, and After the Plumber. (and several $$'s later)

Dump Truck?

For some reason Zach has decided that Owen's umbilical cord is his dump truck.....

Zach - The Big Brother

Owen Comes Home

Owen meets Aunt Kelly

Owen - Day 2

Owen with Mommy


Owen with Daddy







Owen with U. Mike and A. Jane


Owen with G






Owen with Nana


Owen with Karl and Josh








Owen with Daddy, Zach, and G

Owen's Birth Story

10/31/07 - Halloween
In the previous post, I mentioned that "we" took Zach down to Main Street for Trick-or-Treating. Oops... should have let the boys go alone.

I only made it about a block and I started having contractions. I had to stop walking. They continued all evening, but never really got worse. I was able to sleep through the night.

11/1/07 - Thursday
I felt better in the morning and went to work. I worked all morning trying to clear my desk - I was having contractions the whole time. Once again, they weren't getting "worse" - something told me it was not really labor yet. But, by 1pm I had to go home. I laid down for a little while at home and suddenly got the chills and couldn't stop shaking. I have a fever and my belly has become really sore/tender to the touch. Finally I told Chris I was ready to go to the hospital.

We arrived around 5pm - they started their admitting process. Then they had me CHUG water and 7up like crazy. The contractions started to subside. Turns out I was dehydrated and it was causing the false labor. They put me on an IV for fluids but were still concerned about the fever. They did a lot of bloodwork and couldn't figure out what was causing it. I was told to get some rest because they would be inducing in the morning.

11/2/07 - Friday

10am - Pitocin drip started.....









4pm - Epidural started.....









7:32pm - Owen Michael Urban enters the world!

Zach Meets Owen

Zach was interested in his new brother briefly - he was much more interested in jumping on the couch. At least he didn't hit him....

Owen's First Visitors