A New Mom

We knew that having a sibling would be an adjustment for Canon. Today he tried to trade me in. Our friend Katie from up the street was swinging her daughter in the front yard. Canon decided to give her a try to see if she would live up to his expectations, since I am obviously not. She asked for her hand and pulled her in the house and then asked her to turn on his tractor video. I asked if I could do it and he pointed to the door and told me to go the "oway", which usually means "the other way". I asked and again and he just kept pulling Katie in and pointing me towards the door. She put the video on for him and then he let me stay in the house. I guess I get a second chance.

Savana Elise Grant

Savana Elise Grant was born June 11, 2008. She was 6 lbs 10 oz. Just a little peanut of a baby. Canon apparently thought she looked like she could use some food, as he is trying to feed her a piece of lettuce.

The delivery went very well and very quickly. I woke up at 5:30 a.m. with contractions. We left for the hospital at about 10:30 a.m. when my contractions were about 5 minutes apart. Just before we reached the hospital they slowed down to about 8 minutes apart. I was afraid of them sending me home so we drove around Seth's old neighborhood for about 20 minutes. Then my contractions jumped to about 3 or 4 minutes apart. We decided we had better get to the hospital quick. We checked in at 12:05 p.m. and Savana was born at 12:58 p.m.

Canon is adjusting to life with a sibling. He brought the teddy bear that has been in his crib and put it in Savana's crib. I wish I could say that all his actions toward her were that loving, but we are working on it. He fortunately hasn't had to deal too much with her yet just because she mostly sleeps during the day, but it is an adjustment none the less.

Comparison

Here is a comparison of
our little ones when they came home from the hospital. Savana (above) came home June 13th 08 and Canon (below) came home April 15th '06

Our House

So as many of you may or may not know, we are trying to sell our cute little house as we get ready to head east. They say Michigan is in the Midwest, but I have yet to see why. It is very much east, even in the eastern time zone. Not really anything west about it. But I just say that because if feels so very far from where we are right now.

As of today our house is under contract for the third time. They say the third time is the charm, let's hope that holds true in this case. Our realtor told me that in the five years he has been doing this he has only had one other home go under contract three times before selling. Lucky us. The first time the buyer didn't end up qualifying for a loan - in fact they had a foreclosure three months ago! The broker they were using was trying to overlook that major detail and qualify them anyway. I guess he hasn't been watching the news lately and is somehow unaware of the mortgage industry and the trouble that just such practices have caused lately. Crazy. The second offer was actually two offers. So our realtor told both offers to give us their best and highest. One came back higher and the other went and found another house. Two days after it was under contract they people decided the commute was too far. Yes, we wish they had thought of that before they made an offer and chased off our other buyers. So today - offer number three happened. Hopefully this is it.

Today's the Day

Well, today was the day. Our baby was officially due today. But I'm actually giving her another week. Which according to my calculations should be more accurate. But I guess she'll come when she wants no matter what I or the doctors say. The crazy thing is that I went in for my doctor's appointment last Friday and found out that my doctor has passed away. So now we are with a new doctor. This is the doctor that shared an office with my doctor. I didn't figure I had time to really go find someone else. Really that little bit of craziness kind of just fits into our life right now.