Baylee Regan Guth

As many of you may have already heard, Baylee Regan joined our family early this evening. Baylee made her grand entrance at 6:27 pm, Tuesday, September 23, 2008. So far she has been the sweetest little baby girl - she hardly cries and she's been sleeping good. (We're hoping this is a preview of what's to come!!).


This pregnancy was, by far, Miranda's best of the three. The labor...well, that's a different story. Miranda's platelet levels in her blood were very low. Platelets cause blood to clot; when the platelet count is low, the doctors worry about too much bleeding. Becuase epidurals have a blood thinning characteristic, the anesthesiologist refused to give Miranda an epidural.


Miranda has never had any intention of delivering a baby "au naturale", but she was a real trooper and got through the delivery process without even yelling at me once!! I am very blessed to have her as my eternal companion!! I also now have a MUCH greater appreciation of what women go through to perpetuate the human family! Miranda did say that she would have made a "crappy pioneer woman". Either way, she did great.


London and Kennedy have been great with their new baby sister - they love her so much!


Here are some photos of our little Baylee.

Baylee Regan Guth

Born September 23, 2008; 6:27 pm

Weight: 7 pounds, 2 oz.

Length: 20 inches

We're Having a Baby!!

Well, I got the call today while at work - She's Having a Baby!! We're at the hospital, sitting and waiting and waiting. When we're done waiting, we'll wait some more. Doc's predicting a 5:00 pm birth. We'll see! Stay tuned...

Bummin' at the Beach

Over the Labor Day weekend we went to Southern California to see California Besaws (Carl, Amy, Annaka, Adam, & Ashlyn). This was the first time all of Miranda's family was together in California since November 2001. A lot's changed since then - Miranda and I got married, Kent and Jamie got married, and 6 new grandchildren joined the family - Tyler, London, Morgan, Kennedy and Marcus.

One area that we as a family love is Newport Beach - so we decided a trip to SoCal isn't complete without a trip to the beach. (I did manage to avoid the Disneyland trap this time around.)












We got a boogey-board and I gave London and Kennedy rides and then tried to hit some waves myself. For the most part London enjoyed herself - she didn't like getting the salty water in her mouth, but she is adventurous and was willing to try tackling a few waves of her own.


Kennedy's experience can be summed up in a few words, and I quote, "I don't like that swimming pool very much!" She mainly stayed on the beach playing in the sand (although she's not a fan of getting sand between the toes or fingers!)

Lesson of the Day

"You can't take pictures of Mommy while she's showering!"

And, NO, I was not the recipient of that lesson! In all fairness, Miranda should be telling this story, but you'll just have to be satisfied hearing this second-hand.

The other morning while Miranda was showering, she heard noise coming from an electronic device. Wiping the shampoo out of her eyes, she saw London standing on the other side of the clear glass shower door - with the digital camera Santa brought her - snapping photos of Mommy!

After calling off the paparazzi and finishing her shower in peace, Miranda made sure there were no latent pictures on the camera that should be deleted. As a result, there are no pictures to go along with this post. Sorry, I tried!