Bear awaking from hibernation

It's been awhile, but somebody has been keeping us pretty busy around here. She insists on being held most of the time, prohibiting us from getting anything else accomplished around here. John has class three nights a week right now, plus an occassional study group. Which means that I am home with little Delcia alone most of the time, which can get a bit exhausting. She did eliminate her 1:00am feeding this week and now sleeps from 11:00-3:00am and agian until 6:30, which has been very nice and I can only hope it continues.
On the weekends, John is more than happy to hold his baby girl as much as possible and change and feed her. John and Delcia took full advantage of the "cry room" at church this morning while I sat and enjoyed Pastor Troy's message. Bridger and Paisley have also been helpful keeping an eye on her while I take a brief shower in the mornings. When John asked what I wanted to do this weekend I replied, "I want to take a really long shower and shave my legs." The small luxeries of being a mom! Besides John being super busy and a bit stressed out, things have been going quite well around here and we are enjoying little Delcia, even when she cries so hard that her face turns purple. Oh, and it's finally snowing here after a long dry season and a week long inversion.

TIME keeps on ticking...

Well we haven't been the most productive since Christmas. However, I've tried to devote a little time time making this video. Some photo's are when my cousin Kiera came out from Indy earlier in the pregnancy (you can tell because they are the really nice photo's). We also set up a the camera to take 1 shot every 5 minutes while Janessa was in labor. (I did edit out a few photo's). But anyways we hope you enjoy this side of the lense of labor.

Hey, whatchu lookin at?

Well, we've made it through our first week and then some of parenthood. I don't think we've screwed her up too much yet. She may tell her therapist different though. We are having fun and feeling like we are getting more settled. Bev and Eldon were here for a week, so it was fun to have grandma and grandpa attention for awhile. They were very helpful providing meals, doing laundry and holding baby. Delcia and I are adjusting to our first week home alone. Bev and Eldon left yesterday and John went back to work. Delcia is doing well on about a 3hr. eating schedule. She is a bit fussy for a few hours in the evening, but other than that is a pretty easy baby- we do sense a bit of fiestiness in her though, (I don't know where she gets that from). She sleeps for about 3hrs. at a time, so I am only up twice in the night to feed her. We couldn't be happier though and love every moment of being parents. You can see more pictures on our picaso website (link on the right).

Happy Birthday!!!

Happy Birthday Delcia Marie Erdmann!! Born December 27th, 2008 at 6 lbs. 14 oz. and 21 inches long. She's doing well and mom is recovering too.

She's wide eyed and bushy tailed and loves wigling her fingers and toes and has so far been good at eating.

She can't wait to meet big brother Bridger Dog and sister Paisley Cat.

No NEWS is not Good news for Ness!!

Well we've officially passed our due date. Janessa reached 40 wks (I guess that's the magic number), this past thursday (Dec. 18th). She has celebrated this milestone by hiking, massages, and anything else she can think of to speed the process up. It's been snowing here in Salt Lake and we've gotten probably around 1.5 feet in the past several days. We were trying to keep Ness occupied and under some physical capacity so we set off for a walk in the snow at the park. She even chased after Bridger and his captive duck for a while, but Delcia will not budge. At least it's beautiful out here. We'll keep you all posted. And this will probably be one of the first places we post a picture, when she does arrive. Keep tuned. It's looking like more of a Christmas baby than we'd expected.

It finally Happened!!!!

It snowed in Utah. Since the birth of Delcia isn't amongst us just yet, I had to make it out and tell the snow that she soon would be and that I might have to take a few days away from the snow. It's been a bare year, and we were definitely reminded of that on the out, but up top we were able to manage to find a few sweet turns. I was also reminded of how long it had been since I walked up a hill. I'll get um next time. So much for the ripping year squezzed in before Delcia.

Kirra Mar's in Town

Jillene, Colin and Kirra were in town for the week, so we had the priveledge of babysitting Kirra Mar a couple times. She is such a fun, sweet little girl with a big smile and lots to say- even though we can't quite understand her. She loves her uncle John and is always happy to see us and Bridger. She got so upset at our house one day and I finally figured out why- she couldn't find Bridger, he was sleeping under the table! She is a very funny little girl. We love having her around.