So far, so good

Braden is officially 8 days old now. He loves to keep Mommy and Daddy up at night while sleeping all day long. Sasha is doing much, much better. She really likes her little brother. It has been great to have Grandma Andersen here to help during this first week. We wish the rest of you could be here as well. Hilary says that last picture does not look like Braden at all so here are some more pictures.


We are so blessed to have little Braden in our lives. He and Sasha are the loves of our lives. It is so wonderful to have our own little family growing (especially with such cute kids!). We wish you all could be here to see him and watch him grow. Anytime you feel like coming up to visit, our couch is a comfortable one! At least, that is what Hilary's mom tells me.
Stay tuned for more pictures!

It's a BOY!!!

Well, we already knew he was a boy, but here is finally here. And what a crazy week to do it in. Here is a quick rundown before I describe him in baby detail. Sasha was admitted to the Pediatrics wing of the hospital Monday night with a possible kidney infection. This is her in her hospital cage ... I mean crib, with her IV.









She is starting to do better. She spent two nights in the hospital. They are now ruling it a viral infection. Her only symptoms have been a spiking fever of 103. Other than that, she seems ok. She just had a chest x-ray yesterday and they are still trying to figure it out. So, we spent the night with Sasha in Pediatrics and Hilary started having contractions. At 6am, the nurses looked at Hilary and decided she needed to be wheeled down to the Labor and Delivery wing. Brit stayed with Sasha until at 8am he called Hilary and she said he had better get down there. At 9:05 am, a baby boy was born. Braden Andrew Glad, weighing in at 9 lbs. 3 oz and 22 in. long. Hilary had no anesthesia, no epideral, nothing. She is awesome!











Before the doctor decided that Sasha had a viral infection, she was able to come see her new little brother. Notice her IV tagging along.





Sasha was able to go home one day before Hilary was released. Everyone is home now and doing better. We had a lot of really good friends to take care of us and we thank you all and we thank everyone else for their prayers. Here is my favorite picture thus far of Braden ...

Large with child

Here is the most recent picture of Hilary. It was taken yesterday outside our apartment. This one is mostly for Emy who requested a pic to see how big Hilary has gotten. So, here you go.

We are doing well. Hilary is not quite progressed enough to deliver yet, but we are anxiously anticipating our little boy's arrival. It could be this weekend; it could be in two weeks. Hopefully, sooner than later.

Our camera is back!

Now that an entire month has passed, we have our camera back ... again. This time there was a smudge on the inside of the lense, so they fixed that and for some reason also replaced the autofocus. I guess it was a good thing that the smudge was there. So, Hilary's stomach is looking very large right now. She is definately ready to have this baby. This picture is actually a week old. She is even bigger now!

The other day was garbage day, so emptied all the garbages and wastebaskets accordingly. This is what I found when I came back in the house...Good thing we only put paper in that wastebasket! Sasha's other favorite new game is playing with bubbles. Hilary got out the bubbles the other day and Sasha thought that was the coolest thing she had ever seen.

She sure is a handful, but she is so much fun! Everyday is a new adventure. Stay tuned for more pictures.