Chillin' in the OC

The first week of June, we traveled to Newport, Ca. We had a blast.

Happy 2nd Birthday

Happy Birthday Little Miss Elizabeth!!!

We celebrated Elizabeths Birthday with her cousins while we were in Utah. As you can see from the pictures she was in heaven!

Up to date pictures!

keeping up

Since I am so good at keeping up to date on our blog and I did actually did get some sleep, I posted a few pics that were taken before the baby came.
In late January we went with some friends to the Wisconsin Dells which was a blast. Elizabeth was not too fond of the slides but loved sitting on her knees in the water. Jackson had fun driving the cars and playing "dance dance" with Elizabeth. Catherine was a little too big to display any pictures.
I will post some more recent pics next.
-Catherine

16 days and still alive!

Bringing Thomas Home

Here are the pictures of bringing little Thomas home on March 3. He's been keeping us busy since!

Thomas Scalley Lever

The last week has been turbulent, wonderful, and full of snot. Catherine delivered Thomas Scalley Lever via cesarean on Friday, February 27th. Thomas weighed in at 7lbs 10 ounces and was already peeing as the doctors pulled him out. Thomas and mother are healthy and recovering. We feel very blessed!

So far, Elizabeth has been doing well with little brother. She hasn't told us to take him back to the hospital or tried to put him in the trash yet... don't worry we're keeping our eyes open for the little guy.

It happened that the day that we delivered, I got sick.... sick as a dog. After delivering, I was resting with Catherine and I told her I couldn't believe that my entire body was aching. I thought that it was a transcendent moment in which my body was in somehow so linked to my wife's that I was worn out- ya, right. The cough and sore throat started shortly after that and I finally realized that I caught a viral bug from a classmate. Catherine spent the next four days in the hospital and due to my cough, I had to stay away. It was hard.

Luckily, Catherine's mother has been taking care of all three of us, nursing Catherine and I back to health and keeping the little ones alive. Finally after over a week, I'm feeling back to baseline and Catherine is feeling much improved.

Thank you for all of your well wishes. We wish you could be here to see Thomas yourself!