Kai (yes, that is his name officially) was released from the baby circus hospital yesterday, he and Kristina are at home and doing well. Thanks again for all your prayers; we certainly have seen the Lord through this birth!
Not much else to report other than that. He primarily eats/sleeps/poops, the usual newborn tricks. At this point we leave entertainment to our daughter Lucia. Here she is recently entertaining passersby in a shop window downtown:
and from another angle:
Yesterday Kai was released from the intensive care unit to the normal nursery on the same floor as Kristina’s room. This meant that he was off of the iv and only being monitored for temperature and food intake. They let him feed in our room, but then would take him back to the nursery after feeding.
This friday morning they discharged him from the nursery and he is in mom’s room fulltime. The doctors want to keep him for another day just to make sure he is feeding ok, but we should be able to bring him home tomorrow!
Last night at 12:30am April 19th the incredible Kristina Wendorf gave birth to our second child; a boy unofficially named Kai. That name will be confirmed shortly.
The birth is a little early and caught us by surprise, so we unfortunately had to deliver in the UW hospital instead of at the birthing center of our beloved midwife Charlotte Geddis. Kristina’s labor was quick and described by her as ‘intense’, which is an understatement.
Because Kai’s birth is at 35 weeks he is considered pre-term, so the hospital has been extra (maybe overly) cautious about monitoring his blood sugar, food intake and temperature. His first day has been spent in an incubator, but we have been able to visit him whenever we want, hold him, feed him, wipe off the black road tar that somehow ends up on his ass, etc…, so it has been more an annoyance than a traumatic situation. We trust God and his purposes in having us deliver in the hospital.
Kristina is doing well considering the nature of childbirth, and Lucia spent the day with her ‘Aunt’ Mandi and apparently had a great time. Jason is counting his blessings in that, at this point, he has only one wedding that he will have to pay for in his future.
Much thanks to everyone who has been praying for us. The evidence of God’s kindness is amazing.
More info soon…
I worked out of Cupcake Royale this morning, a cafe on Market Street in the increasingly trendy downtown Ballard. Midday Ballard is an interesting mix of suburban looking hipsters (ie guys in women’s jeans), middle aged men in sweat pants, and smelly derelicts. Kind of reminds me of the old rendezvous when half their clientele was drunk Indians. My favorite comic artist Peter Bagge did a comic/story on the evolution of Ballard that is entertaining as well as insightful. But I digress…
Cupcake Royal offers free wifi, which is a big plus. They are close to Mars Hill, which is great if I need to be close to work. Their seating is rather unimaginative, basically just ikea-ish tables and chairs. I have enough flimsy at home and don’t really want to pay money to sit at a table that wobbles while I type. The staff was lackluster; competent but no indication that they were enjoying their jobs or being in the establishment. They just seemed like they were there to do a job, not because they had anything personal invested in making Cupcake Royale a better option than starbucks and, um Tully’s (both within 30 seconds of CR).
As their name implies, CR’s focus is on cupcakes (When did this trend start?) I would probably be more excited about being there if I was 10 years old, but I did not see anything to indicate that they are branding themselves as a place for kids. While I was there I saw a lot of people like myself, hard at work, and then a lot of kids, which seemed weird. And they sell underwear with their logo. Who thinks that’s funny?
So, bottom line, I could work at CR if I had to, but I would be more inclined to head over to Tully’s (and work off of CR’s open wifi). I would head to Motore as a first choice though.
posted from our flickr account.
We took Lucia to the park last week and dropped her into the child swing, which looks a little like some medieval punishment. While it looks like she’s upset here, she actually enjoys swinging. She was screaming at mom for food since it was way past her meal time.
