Noah Robert- Week 2 at Home

December 14-21, 2008

This week we were out of control with so much activity. We slept, slept some more, ate, stared at the ceiling, slept, shopped for a Christmas tree, took a very fun bath, oh, and slept. (Achtung!.. Brief baby nudity)

Noah getting pretty psyched for tree shopping!!

Noah checking if the tree is straight or not....

Noah refusing to help with the chore of putting the lights up

Hanging Noahs first Christmas ornament from Grandma Cerny. He is expressing his feelings of my poor choice of location

That's better

Quite content, now

Our finished tree, with gifts waiting for the big day

Bath time!!! We have tried giving Noah a bath by himself. It may be coincidence, but he seems to prefer screaming more than cleaning.

Hanging out....

"Hurry Mom, can't you see I'm fffrrreeezing!"

Here we are showing off our great find of the week. The sling. The baby books, say not to use it, Phooeey! It puts him to sleep in 2.5

Does this pose look familiar with his hand near his mouth? He has appeared like this since his 12 week ultrasound!

Looks pretty huge in this picture. Amazing he came out of mommy's belly less than three weeks ago!

Watching the Browns lose another one. Is that a tear? I know Noah, I feel the same

Daddy's Present for Noah and I

A Rocking Chair!!

Kurt designed and built the chair as a gift to Noah and I. The shape of the armrests/legs were inspired by the shape of a pregnant belly. It even has lumbar support for my aching back!!

Our first sit, after coming home from the hospital

Noah seems to enjoy it

By the look in his eye, the chair seems to be working......

Yup, it worked!!!!

Noah claims his throne as head of the house

Our first few days on our own.....

We've had an exciting time getting home with little Noah and adjusting to a schedule....(or should I say his schedule). We made a trip to the U.S. Consulate for his passport, to the baby store and just hung around the house.

Our first great adventure was to get Noah's passport. We were determined to have a complete application to speed up the process. Unfortunately for us, the one time that Noah did not feel like waking up for us was during his picture taking at the photo place. The only requirement for the photo was that his eyes were open.

Kurt had him almost completely undressed giving him raspberries on his belly to no avail. We decided to carry on to the Consulate with everything except for the photos. As a result, we had to hold our own photo shoot once we got home to try to capture little Noah at his best in the exact pose that we needed.

Our first attempt....not quite what we were looking for.

"C'mon guys, enough is enough.....wasn't I cute enough in the first one......?"

Noah looking a little like a convict in what was his final passport photo - meeting all of the criteria......

Noah wide awake in his typical daytime pose......

Daddy trying to get Noah to sleep.....

Noah at playtime......"I know Mommy & Daddy are just trying to tire me out.....but it's not going to work this time."

"Mommy wants to play too so that must mean I should stay awake as long as possible. "

Finally he sleeps while Skyping with great Grandpa & Grandmom Price in Texas....

On December 9th we said our good-byes at the hospital, got checked out by the doctors and were able to go home. Upon our arrival there we found a present that Daddy had designed and built for Noah & me - a beautiful wooden rocking chair. This has already come in very handy for putting little Noah asleep.

Noah and me saying good bye or Aufwiedersehen to his morning midwife before leaving. Since she did not speak much English we used a lot of sign language to communicate with her. She also taught us alot of German words we didn't know such as "kaki" which translates to when Noah does #2.

Daddy getting Noah all bundled up. He is excited that we are coming home finally. Too bad the hat doesn't fit Noah's head......it was too tight. He's a big boy.

"Hmmm......where do they think they are taking me now and what sort of contraption have they strapped me into?"

Daddy & Noah at the front door of our apartment building. Good thing Noah was bundled up - it was cold outside.

Noah Robert Cerny

December 3, 2008

Noah Robert Cerny was born at 1:57 pm on December 3, 2008. At 9 lbs, 3 oz and 22 inches long, the doctors exclaimed, "Ein Grosse Junge!!!" (A big Boy!!!) Rani is doing awesome after the 34 hour labor and Noah is quite content just hanging around, for now.... We just wanted to get a few pictures up so people can get a glimpse. The pictures go from most recent to the beginning with a short video at the end. We will be constantly updating, so check back.

Day 3

Swaddled in Mutti's blanket

Diaper time!!!


Then, Bath time



Rani's first trip to the changing room

Momma and Noah

Knocked out

Our first diaper change

Throwing up gang signs.

Large feet

Big Ol' yawn

Oma and Noah

Bassinet

Mutti and Noah

Having a little laugh

I don't know about the Euro hair style

Hard to believe Rani had just gone through 34 hours of Labor!!!

First measurements

Just opening his eyes

Our family together after Rani is out of surgery

First hand grab

Bonding.....

Moments after birth, waiting for Rani

The final baby bump picture

Getting our nails done before the big day