Its Super Camden!!

Welcome to the world, Camden!

Camden Zane Nisbet was born at 6:04 AM, October 17th, 2008. He weighed 7lbs 15oz and was 20" long with lots of hair. Of course his mom and dad think he is the cutest bug EVER!! Mom and baby are both doing great, if not a little worn out. We are going to be in the delivery room for a while until a post-partum room becomes available - was a busy night here at Overlake Hospital Birthing Center. Erika, Camden and I are looking forward to a little nap this morning, after a very busy night. So with out further ado:

Here we go!

Let the new Nisbet clan adventures begin!

Erika's water broke around 7:30 PM this evening, so we are timing contractions, packing up last minute things, and getting ready to head off to the hospital. We plan to leave as soon as the doula is here. And I am getting VERY nervous! Here we go!!

(Don't worry, I remembered my stuff! Oh, and the wife - she's important!)

Thanks again for everyone's love and support. We look forward to introducing everyone to Camden Zane Nisbet very soon!

Love, Aaron and Erika....and Camden!

Another Update: Nothing yet!?!

Hi all-

I know, I know - What is he doing in there still?? It MUST be comfy, because this little bugger is just as content as can be. Monday was another OB appointment, and the doc says that he is RIGHT THERE, ready to drop out at any moment. However, for some odd reason he just doesn't want to come out and meet us quite yet. Unfortunately this behavior has dear old dad questioning his role in this process - are we really ready to be parents? Is he afraid of what we might do to him? Does my breath stink so bad when I talk to him that he avoids every opportunity to join our little family? So many questions, so little time....

In the meantime - Erika is doing well, enjoying(??) her maternity leave and continuing to prep the baby's room. I have been preparing some things to do for the first few days at home with the bug; looking over sports schedules (hooray for the world series and football!!) and trying to talk Erika into an X-Box (honey, the baby won't mind if we use his gift cards to get one!). We also met with the pediatrician today, and received some new parent info. Turns out infants are unable to play catch at such a young age, so I guess I'll have to put the gloves away for a while. Anyway, we are doing our best to be somewhat prepared for the big event, going as far as having hospital bags ready to go and the car seat already in place. Not bad for a couple of true procrastinators!

By the way - a lot of people have called Erika and I in the last few days to check in on us and see if they are still in the "good news" loop. Becuse it has potential to send the wrong message ("if they are calling, they must have had the baby!"), we have decided to be fairly selective to who and when we are returning calls. So, please don't be offended if we fail to return your call, its just that we want to keep the excitement down a bit.

A few pics from over the weekend taken by our friend "Ansel Adams" Todd. We enjoyed a nice BBQ and game night with some friends on Friday night - good times had by all.

Stay tuned for another gripping update; you never know when it will be "The One"!

AZN

Update: Still cooking....

Well, we made it to the weekend without a hospital run (so far!), as it seems that our little guy is VERY content just chillen in the womb. In fact, he's been pretty content in there for the last two plus weeks. Guess this is a very planned and coordinated tactical statement from the bug that we are on HIS schedule. I hope this is not a precursor of who will be in charge of the family down the road....

Erika had her last day of work Friday, and we are hoping that the release of work-related stress will help move things along a little quicker. If this doesn't work, I'm afraid Erika might resort to drastic measures - has anyone ever induced labor by chugging a bottle of Castor oil? If that won't work, the other end result can't be good!?!?

Erika and I almost have a baby nursery put together; still needs a bit of work (especially since we cannot paint the walls), but I am liking the outcome. As you can see we decided on a baseball/Seattle Mariners theme, at least as much stuff as we could muster up. We found a few little Mariners hats, baseballs, and some friends gave us a cool blanket and some memorabilia (all about the Ichiro bobblehead). If I ever can find a few good posters, those will go up on the walls to drown out the dull whiteness in there. Some pics for anyone who cares (mom, that's you):
Stay tuned for another boring installment of Baby Watch 2008 in a few days - unless of course we can post the big news. (I believe this is called a "tease" in the industry)

AZN