Jaron's Hebrew Name...Yaron Navin Yitzhock

Jaron's Hebrew naming ceremony (called a bris) was on Sunday. It was a short ceremony held at the local synagogue. It is located so close to our home that Heather, Romi, Jaron, and I walked from our home to the synagogue.

Jaron's Hebrew name is Yaron Navin Yitzhock. Yaron (Yah-RONE) because his first name comes from this Hebrew name already. Navin (Nah-VEEN) is a Hebrew name made from the combination of two English names, Naomi and Victor, Heather's maternal grandparents. Yitzhock (YITZ-hock) was Matt's paternal grandfather's Hebrew name. (Tom's stepfather, Edward Smith).

Yaron means "he will sing, cry out", Navin means "understanding", and Yitzhock means "he will laugh."

Everyone doing well

Everyone is doing well. Jaron is a sleeper and an eater. Romi is bouncing up and down from excitement. We have the help of Heather's Mom, Loralee, and my parents, Tom and Tracy (T&T). We'll be sending out, via email, an easy way to sign up for a night to come visit us and bring us food for the next 2 months.

Look at these three faces...how beautiful! -Matt

Jaron Wesley Green

We would like to announce to the world that there is a new addition to the Green Family and his name is Jaron Wesley Green. His first name is pronounced like Aron with a 'J'.
He is named for his Grandfather Jack Peake Tracy and his Grandmother Winnifred Harriet Bauder. We will announce his Hebrew name after his Jewish Naming ceremony (Bris) which is on Sunday.

Had To Call 911

Here's some pictures to give you all a visual sense of what happened. While I was in the ambulance, I was holding the little one against my skin as the other paramedic was setting up the car seat. Imagine, just born and minutes later being put in a car seat. Wild!

It's A Baby Boy

Wheh...finally some time to write to all of you and let you know what happened.

As some of you know, the punch line here is that Heather's active labor was about 35 minutes and the baby was unexpectedly born here at home!

Wow! Well, Sunday morning, I woke up to get some water and came back to bed around 6:30am to hear Heather breathing with some intensity. After the contraction passed, she smiled and told me that she had been up since 12:30am with random contractions and that that one was the first one that was a bit painful.

Our first labor experience with Romi took about 2 1/2 days. I had some urgency when it came to finishing the packing for the hospital, but obviously not enough. We called the Doula, Michelle, and she said she would start getting ready to come over to our house to help us transition to the hospital. The contractions continued to increase in intensity over the next hour. Heather started to make louder noises, sing, chant, and groan.

However, when she told me that she felt like pushing, I called Michelle again and she told Heather to lie down on the bed immediately. That's when the intensity really started to rise suddenly. As Heather was lying on the bed, in between contractions, she yelled that she felt as if she was going to explode and that the baby was coming out. Still in shock, I called Michelle again. I told her what Heather said and she told me that she was right around the corner and for me to call 911.

What? Romi took 2 1/2 days! This was definitely not supposed to be happening so soon!

As I was leaving the room, Michelle ran into the house, looked at Heather, pointed to the phone and said, "Call 911 NOW and tell them that a baby is coming right now."

I called 911 from our land line in the dining room. They put me through immediately to whomever I was supposed to talk to. They asked me questions, told me to stay on the phone....and the next thing I knew, I heard "WHHHAAAA" was coming from our bedroom. I put down the phone, ran into our bedroom, and there he was, in his birthday suit, lying on Heather. My beautiful wife, bless her soul, gives me the biggest smile and says, "I think it's a boy." Geez! We both start crying and Michelle confirms, yes, it's a boy.

Almost immediately, I could hear the paramedics coming through the front door. The troops have arrived! They jumped right in, set up shop and got to work. Very relaxed and profession guys.

They took Heather out in a gurney and put her in the ambulance. We arrived at the hospital, did all of the regular procedures and confirmed that the baby was recovering beautifully, Heather didn’t tear at all, and all was well.

He was 7 pounds 12 ounces, 20.2 inches long, and had 10 fingers and 10 toes…Thank God!

Still don’t have a name yet.

It's A Baby Boy

Wow. That happened so fast that I wasn't even able to grab my computer.
Right now, still hanging with family. Will put up the whole story later. But it's a baby boy, born at 8:55am on 10/09/11 born in our home. We were all taken to the hospital in an ambulance. Totally healthy and so is mommy. We just got home at 7pm. No complications so we are home. Yeah! Haven't decided on a name yet. We'll keep you updated.
Matt and Heather.

False Labor or a Slow Start?

I've been awake on and off since midnight when full wave-like uterine contractions began. At two, I got up to take a warm bath and they faded, but came back once out of the tub. I did get back in bed and fell in and out of sleep as mild & short contractions continued. Then, closer to 5 am, I took another bath. They didn't fade in the same way, but the bath did feel great. Now it's 6:30AM and they are more regular and longer, but not crazy. I've have four just like this in the last 20 minutes....

A quick tightening in my lower back followed by discomfort that rapidly becomes painful. The wave then works up my uterus and the pain ceases, but the tightness remains in the uterus as it fades in my back hips, then finally releasing completely.

I find that bouncing and hip rotation feel the best.

Game on? Probably.

Monitors All Set

Hi everyone. Every night seems as if we are totally ready followed by the next night full of tasks until 11pm leading to thoughts like, "Ok...NOW we are ready!"

New Baby Approaching

For all of you checking in, It's Tuesday 10/4/11 and the baby is not here yet. The room is set, the clothes are washed, plans are made. We are just waiting. We'll keep you posted!

Matt and Heather

Happy 3rd Birthday Romi

Romi,

You are amazing! I love having you as my daughter. You are so fun, energetic, loving, caring, silly, smart, strong, and beautiful. When you run into my arms when I pick you up from preschool, I melt. Your bright face in full smile shouting 'mommy', arms outstretched, rushes toward me and I fall more deeply in love with you.

You just had your birthday and we've been celebrating for over a week, now. I made two big batches of cupcakes, zucchini and pumpkin. I wasn't offended with your preschool friends just licked off the icing and didn't eat those zucchini muffins posing as cupcakes. :-) They weren't the best, but the pumpkin ones for your party turned out well. :-)

And, what a party it was. A Haircut, a Violin performance, a pinata... running around with friends. It was wonderful to see you so happy. I was very impressed with your patience during your first haircut. My baby became a child!!

Kisses to you, Romi!!

Love, Mommy.

Baby #2 - On its way!!

Our family of three is about to become four. Heather is 39 weeks pregnant with baby #2, gender unknown.

Tune in here or Facebook for updates as things progress. :-)