First Thanksgiving

Ivan spent some quality time with his Aunt Kelly on Thanksgiving. He also spent lots of time wiht his Uncle Marc, Aunt Kristen, Grandma and Grandpa, but we did not seem to get too many good pictures this time. I guess this is something we will have to work on :)

First Bath

We decided it was time to give Ivan his very first bath tonight. As you can see Ivan was not too thrilled with this experience. He decided that he is not a big fan of being naked, cold and wet all at the same time. He was a much happier baby once he was warm and cozy in his hooded towel!

Home Safe and Sound

Ivan is all snuggled in, ready to enjoy his first night in his new home. At least we hope he is going to enjoy his first night home! We are so exicted to finally have him here and can not wait for all of the fun adventures to come. We love you Ivan!

Proud Daddy

Mike was so happy the day he found out he was going to have a son and I think he is even happier now that his son is finally here. Mike really was so wonderful during the labor and delivery. I think he even mentioned that "this is nothing like it is on TV" Which basically meant I did not yell at him once!

I know Mike is so anxious to be able to play with legos, play cars and of course build anything and everything with Ivan and I just can't wait to watch the two of them laugh and play together. I know Mike is going to be an amazing dad!

Ohio Sate - 14

*ichigan - 3

Great job cheering on the Bucks for your first game day, Ivan.

Thanks Aunt M & B for the great photo and onesie!

Here's the story of Ivan Michael, born Friday November 16, 2007.

It all began early Friday morning, when Lori jumped out of bed and said, "UH-OH!" I joined Lori in an excited state of confusion, as to what had just happened. A brief discussion, a call to the doctor (a shower for Me) and we were off to the hospital.

Lori got checked in and we headed back to the birthing room. We would soon find out that Ivan, not wanting to miss his first chance to see the Buckeyes beat Michigan, would be arriving sooner than the doctor expected. Despite his excited little heart missing some beats along the way, Ivan would soon appear. The doctors did a thorough check of our little guy, then handed him over to a very anxious new mommy. He was perfect!