day 3 of this amazing adventure.

mitchell is doing really well. already latching, passed the hearing test, peed on dad, and is going all the things a little fella should do, including crying to let us know he’s hungry/angry/lonely/bored. the trick is figuring out which one is which, but we’re learning and, being my boy, he’s (not really) patient. kerri is doing an amazing job, and i’m really lucky to have such a natural mother as my wife, otherwise i would be more lost than i already feel! the hospital, doctors, nurse, and other staff are all amazing, and the whole experience (even with all the scary stuff going on in hospitals with the flu and everything) has been so supportive that it’s allowed us to work our way in to this life transition. i can’t wait to go home so that our friends and family can spend some time with him (as long as they all have their flu shots!) and to dress him up in his halloween outfits (all 10 of them…that’s mom, not me). pictures for sure to follow!

this is right before we got scolded for violating the 2 visitor rule in the hospital. the 6 people on the left were all waiting to see him (and that wasn’t even everyone that was there)…

he’s a little past his due date, but i think he’s just giving them time to get their season on track…

the one good thing about junior not being here yet is that it gives me more opportunities to work with the maternity shots. sure, that’s great for me. for kerri, um, not so much. actually, we’re both pretty anxious at this point. we’re a few days past his due date, and there are no signs that he is even really thinking about coming out to meet us.

in any case, here is another batch of shots from last week!

took a few maternity shots last night, just messing around with some subtle lighting.

we picked up the baby furniture yesterday…

holy crap!

kerri and i got up early saturday morning and we took some shots in a field of black-eyed susan’s that i’ve been eyeballing for a few weeks. glad we got out there before they wilted, and glad kerri is a good sport!

you can see the set in the maternity shos here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/kettlepot/sets/72157620699564205/.

we finally got around to doing another set of maternity shots. here are some quick shots from tonight.