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Our little guy is finally here! Riley was born yesterday at 6:05 pm MDT. He weighed 8 pounds, 6 ounces. Lindsey and I are still in the hospital, we're waiting for my parents to come visit with big brother, Luke.

Here's a picture.

Love

Luke is fast asleep on his morning nap. That boy is stubborn like is mommy (and me), but he loves to eat and sleep. At what time he naps and when he eats, that is what he'll argue with me about. I'm learning how to be firm and cleaver with the boy. He needs to know that I'm in charge and he needs to know that it's the best idea. Dang, I sure do love that kid!

Mornings have been ours lately. My schedule requires me to work late. We've been making the best of it. We have our routine--exercise/stretch, breakfast, activity then nap. Today's activity was the zoo. We have a year pass, so we do the zoo a lot. Luke loves it and so do I. We saw the crocodiles today. There was a big one and two little ones. Luke said, "there's the daddy crocodile and there's the Lukie crocodile and there's the Riley crocodile". 

We're almost there... Riley will be here before we know it. My pregnancy app says he's the size of a honeydew melon. Just 6 weeks, and 6 days left until the due date. 

I feel a little guilt. I don't feel like I'm as excited about Riley as I was when we were expecting Luke. I think with Luke it was mysterious. We didn't know what to expect. All we knew is that our lives were about to change. Boy, did we have no idea how much our lives would change. Change for the good. Change that's been difficult, but good. And the love that's poured into our lives is immeasurable. This love is about to double. I can't even imagine. It's starting to hit me about now. We're going to be tasked with loving another human. A new life. Luke is already sorting out his toys to give to Riley. He knows who Riley is and it's super cute seeing his excitement. 

His Name is Riley

This blog was started when Lindsey and I found out that we were expecting our first little guy (Luke). Now we're on number two. It was my intention to keep this blog updated with this pregnancy. It's a good (family) historical record. Google's servers are not very soon going to be shut down or fail, so I think this is a good place to record stuff. Plus, it's good to share what's on our minds to our friends and family who care.

Right now, I'm siting on our love seat in the office, watching Planes Fire and Rescue with Luke. Luke's eating some "pop pop" (popcorn). I'm here thinking about what we'll be expecting in May. Luke changed our lives in a huge way. This new little guy, I think, will have an equally huge impact. I haven't written as much in this blog as I have when we were expecting Luke. I think there are a few reasons why, and reasons I don't really feel like exploring. Probably just my selfishness and lack of planning. Whatever.

Here's a picture of what's happening right now:

The little guy is going to be named Riley. We're still thinking about a middle name right now. We're going to do a Spanish middle name. We're thinking Ramon, Mateo, or Miguel. Luke's middle name is Manuel, so we want to keep that trend. Anyway, we're excited. Luke's excited. Luke will sometimes try to give food to Riley via giving it to mommy. He'll say things like, "give this food to Riley, he's hungry". It's cute. I'm not sure if he completely knows what's happening in mommy's tummy, then again, neither do I. Luke does know he has a little brother growing, and that he'll meet Riley soon.

So, in case it wasn't apparent, we have a name for Riley. It's Riley. And we know that he's a baby boy. I can't wait to hold him. I can't wait to see Lindsey hold him. I can't wait for Riley and Luke to meet. I just pray for a healthy pregnancy, and that we know what to do when he gets here.