The addition

Our new addition is finally here...Barton Macy Baesler (aka spike if you ask Mace). Barton was born on Nov 11 at 2 a.m. and was 7 lbs 1 oz and 20 inches long.

The story:

I went to the dr on Tuesday (Nov 10) for a final check up. Everything was looking good, except my progression (but what does that matter anyway right). We discussed if the baby didn't come on the due date how long would we let him go and we didn't want to wait too long, for given reasons. The dr called the hospital and the hospital was booked until the later the next week unless we wanted to go in that evening. At 6 pm we arrived at Mckay-Dee and we started the inducing. Baby B didn't like the drug (we thought), every time I had a contraction his heart rate would go down. They lowered the dose of the drug and that seemed to work for a time. I even had my water broke...but as time went on the fluctuating heart beat continued. Finally they took me off the drug and he still was having problems. They ran me in for an emergency c-section, which ended up being a good thing because the cord was wrapped 2 times around Barton's neck. 20 minutes later I was already stitched up and Barton was doing fine. Mace went in for the c-section and I thought for sure he'd be down on the ground, but he held it in and stayed conscious the whole time :-)

Grandma Hintze and Barton

Mom and Barton
Dad and Barton (don't judge the picture...it was 2 AM)

Hunting in ND at Grandpa Baeslers

Adam's loot

Mace

Jeff, Adam, Mace and John Adam, Jeff, Wayne and Mace. All in all I think they faired pretty well.

Does this mean I'm famous. J/K

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OAqcX4GxE1Q

Ultrasound images 24 weeks

10 toes
Foot profile

Still a boy

3-D images 24 weeks

Side profile of the baby's face

This one looks like an alien shot

I think his hands are up by his face.

Lucious lips??? Can't be mine, must be Mace's.

Louisiana over Memorial Day

We went down to Lake Charles to visit Mace's fam. We went on a swamp tour, it was pretty awesome. Lots of alligators and stuff...

Baby green herron

Blue Herron

Big momma gator...luckily if the gators are out sunning they have already eaten...good to know.

Cyprus trees

I know something you don't know...

A family tradition in the Barton family is to call the aunts when some news comes up and say "I know something you don't know" and hang up. It gets everyone in a tizzy. This one made for a great laugh!!!

Port Townsend

We were in Port Townsend and there was the most vibrant rainbow, it was awesome.

Road trip to Seattle

1903 Wright Flyer -- History of flight museum


SR-71...sweet!

A view of the space needle from the wharf.

Pikes market, ya I wasn't fast enough to actually show them throwing that fish.

Jenny in a tree...ha ha...the trees were huge.

The hall of mosses at Hoh rain forest

The sign said a "big tree" and it was.

Yep I dragged Mace to Forks...and we found Bella's truck.

On the way to Cape Flattery, the western most point in Washington. We also met a pack of wolves...not fun.

Discovery Bay outside our condo.

We were dumb enough to buy a trial timeshare, so the week before it was due we took a trip to Seattle. We stayed at Discovery Bay by Port Townsend. It was a super cute town. We visited Pikes market, the History of flight museum, Mace's Aunt Song, Uncle Eugene and Cousin Jeff's family, the Hoh rain forest...and did a whole lot of driving.

Christmas Break 08

This year some of our family went to Hawaii for the break. We spent 5 days in Kauai and 3 in Oahu.