2007 Tilden waking up

Hi Everyone,

Tilden and Tam are doing fantastic!!!



Tam is up and walking and anxious to go home today. She is breast feeding and Tilden is responding well. There are some normal difficulties that we are working through. We've seen specialists to make sure we are getting the best possible help. The good news is that Tilden has been gaining weight.

Catching up on sleep has been fairly easy while in the hospital - the care has been nothing short of amazing here. It will certainly be an adjustment going home. We have Granny Joy here now though. She's certainly enjoying here newest grandson - "cloud 9". But making herself completely available - very reassuring with the pending transition to home.

I'm certain I haven't covered the half of it, so don't be shy about calling. We're happy as can be and are pleased to share all that we can.

Please enjoy the new pics:
http://picasaweb.google.com/tguttenberger/20080731TildenSIntroToLife

July 27, 2008 - TILDEN IS BORN!!!

Hi Everyone!!!

Yhep. Tilden has joined us. He is absolutely perfect. Tam was such a trooper. And both are doing fantastic!!!



Here is a link to more pictures:

http://picasaweb.google.com/tguttenberger/20080727TildenBorn


The story...

Tam and I were in Costco and sampling all that we could. :) Tam had to stop a couple of times and work through a couple of contractions. Didn't think anything of it at the time... But after we got home Tam thought about it and decided it was time to "test run" our timing of contractions - ha! we all know it wasn't really a test... She told me to get out the watch I'd just gotten the very same day just for this purpose. Sure enough she was 8 min. apart. Couple of hours later and we were 5 min.s apart and the doc told us it was time to check in to the hospital and get a monitor involved. A few hours later and we had a doctor asking if we wanted to do it "now" or see if things quited down a bit by the morning. Tam said "now" and that was that. WoW!!! What a trooper - not sure I could be that strong...

Tilden, still breach, got us all into the OR and before we knew it, we heard his cries after the perfect C-section. Doctors and nurses all checked him out and scored him the highest APGAR score CO gives!!! Though Tilden joined us two weeks ahead of his original due date, the doctor that inspected him says she wouldn't have known that he hadn't carried to full term by just looking at him.

His stats: Born 11:36 PM on 7/27/08. 7 lbs 6 oz and 19.75 in. APGAR score 8.9.

So now it's snooze time every chance we get. Feeding every couple of hours and trying to recover from a long night last night. But Tilden is stubborn about loving his sleep - already seeing some Tommy in him... :)

Tommy is in Tucson and bugging Mom for more text messages with pictures. He'd never tell me, but I think he's tortured by not being here to love on his new brother. (I've never seen a kid better with babies and youngsters than Tommy.) ...Soon, Kiddo.

All are welcome call. We are sleeping as much as possible, but we turn the phone to silent when we're unavailable. So don't worry about calling at the right or wrong times.

Love to All... More later.

Oh, and things look like they are on the verge of being under contract for selling the CO house...!!!

Less than two weeks to go!!!

Hi Everyone,

Can you believe it's less than two weeks away now!!! And there's been a small adjustment to our delivery date. The doctor bumped us up a day - meaning Tilden will be joining us on August 4th!!!

Tam and I went to see the doctor yesterday and attempted a external cephalic version (turning the baby head down). Tam was a real trooper - I was not easy for her. And unfortunately the procedure was unsuccessful. Tam playfully says Tilden is already taking after me - stubborn. So, that means Tam's supposed to keep up with some exercises, maybe do some somersaults in the swimming pool, and keep up hope and maybe he'll turn on his own. But, we've scheduled a c-section instead of the original induction. The good news is that whichever happens we know we have excellent care and Tilden and Tam will be safe.

So, once again, re-mark your calendars for the 4th!!! And if you've been watching the dates move from the 12th, to the 5th, and now the 4th, you might consider that there could still be yet another earlier date... Tilden might be in a rush to get here. :)

Hope all is well with everyone.

Lots of love to you all,
-ty

We found it!!!

Hi All,

We found a house in Florida!!! We have a verbal offer we are taking. (That makes it already binding in the state of FL.) So we are working the paper contract, getting inspections, and all that other fun stuff. But the news is we found our new home!!!

The address:
7718 ROLLINGRIDGE COURT, ORLANDO, FL, 32835
(you can Google it if you like…)

Here are some of the highlights that interested us:
• One of the top high schools in the state!!!
• An enclosed (screened-in) pool that is joined by the house interior great room by a bay window and a three panel sliding glass door (like the pool is part of the living space!!!)
• Guest room available for all those interested
• A charming long-ish driveway.
• Big (tall and broad) trees that shade the entire property
• Just a short walk to a very nice lake
• An even shorter walk to a big open space for the dog to run
• And just charming all over…

Check out the pictures:

01 - Front Exterior


02 - Living Room


03 - Family Room (Great Room)


04 - Kitchen


05 - Kitchen (looking into Family Room)


06 - Guest Room (look inviting?)


07 - Master Bed


08 - Master Bath


09 - Bath Room


10 - Back Yard Pool




Tam wasn’t able to make this trip because she’s JUST TWO WEEKS AWAY!!! But we fell in love with a house that was just a couple of blocks away that has the exact same floor plan. Except this one’s better… So I’m pretty certain that we’ll all be very happy with it. I feel bad that she didn’t get to see this one, but we did so well agreeing on all the things we liked and didn’t like about each house on our last trip that I just can’t see her not loving this house as much as I already do.

Can’t wait for everyone to come visit!!!

Cheers for now,
-ty