Wednesday, December 31, 2008

Drew comes home

Little Drew came home on Monday from the hospital with Mom and Dad. He is enjoying his Pack'n'Play and checking out new areas of the house (albeit in the arms of Mom and Dad). Bridget is recuperating well. Drew had a few visitors and expecting more later this week.

Links to more pictures can be found here.

Friday, December 26, 2008

Welcome Andrew Joseph Martin!

Andrew Joseph Martin was born today (12/26/2008) at 11:38am!  He weighed in at 6lbs 7oz and measured 19.5 inches.  Bridget is doing great and was a trooper through the surgery.  The nurses and doctors at CMC-Main are taking excellent care of the extended family.  We are lucky to have both sets of grandparents and along with Andrew's aunts and uncle around to meet him.  He is spending most of his time sleeping, which is just fine with Mom and Dad.


Thursday, December 4, 2008

Thanksgiving and Shower in Atlanta

Gobble, gobble!  Thanksgiving was spent in Atlanta with the Gibbons side of the family.  We ate way too much (cake and pie especially) but it was all in the Thanksgiving spirit.

On the Friday after Thanksgiving, we ignored the malls completely.  Instead, a few of Bridget's friends from high school threw a baby shower for Bridget and baby Andrew.  Thanks to Amy Elliott, Kristi Barbre, Alison Burk, and Cindy Phelps for a great shower.  Baby Andrew is well-prepared to come into the world very soon.  



Friday, November 21, 2008

Charlotte Shower

On Sunday, 11/16, our friends in Charlotte threw a great baby shower for us.  The hosts included Meredith Sullivan, Steve and Lindsey Rook, Jennifer and Jeff Saxon, and David and Robyn Corrado.  Baby Andrew got a number of great gifts and useful items.  Everyone enjoyed the great food and a terrific cake (cake is good).  We are getting more ready and more excited for the little guy with each day.  He's really starting to take up all available space in Bridget's belly.


Monday, November 17, 2008

Updated Baby Room Pictures

We wanted to share some baby room pictures based on updates from the weekend.  The name is on the wall (so that way the little guy can learn his name quickly) and the curtains are up.  We put some of the excellent gifts from the Charlotte shower in the wall boxes created by Grandma Martin (Andrew's Grandma).  We will post pictures of the shower later.

Here's a link to the baby room pictures.

Sunday, November 9, 2008

Martin Family Baby Shower

The Martin family threw us a great baby shower in Charlotte this weekend.  Shawn made a surprise trip to join Fred, Dawn and Melissa in the celebration.  Highlights included a special car and dump truck made by Jason's grandfather, Grandpa Martin, and painted by Dawn.  

Here's a link to the pictures on our Picasa photo website.


Sunday, October 5, 2008

Bridget's Birthday and Baby Room Enhancements

We had visitors this weekend for an early celebration of Bridget's 30th birthday.  My parents, Bridget's parents, and Bridget's sister Katie came to visit for the celebration and for the men to work on the baby's room.  Fred, Joe, and I spent time on Saturday finishing the closet and painting the baby's room.  Dawn, Betty, Katie, and Bridget did some birthday shopping and decorating for the baby's room.  

Visit our Google Picasa website for more pictures of the room and Bridget's birthday.

Monday, September 15, 2008

Finally caught up - Latest Baby Scans from Doctor

Just wanted to post the baby scan pictures from Bridget's last visit on August 26th.  This will be her last ultrasound for awhile so I suppose it will be the last of pictures for awhile.  We saw a full stomach and good movement - these "4-D" pictures are almost too realistic.  

Saturday, September 13, 2008

Jason Doesn't Learn Lessons....Runs the Blue Ridge Relay with a team of 4

I clearly didn't remember the pain from last year. For the second year, Team 4tunate took on the 208 mile Blue Ridge Relay from southern VA to Asheville, NC. For the second year, Team 4tunate realized about 80 miles in that running this event with 4 people might not be the smartest move. However, we finished and for the second straight year finished as the #1 4-person....because we were the ONLY 4-person team again.

A link to some pictures is here.

Thursday, September 11, 2008

Still catching up....12 week checkup

We are still catching up on posting some baby pictures.  This was from the 12-week checkup.  Soon after this, we started to tell friends and family.

Tuesday, September 9, 2008

8-Week Baby Scan

This posting is a bit late....it happened back on May 30th.  Our first pictures of the baby boy!