Liam wasn’t the best model, having spitting up his entire feeding of milk right as I lifted him up to show Marta what he was wearing. We cleaned him off though and proceeded with taking the pictures. The onesie still looks awesome…thanks again Jacquie!

Also, check out her store: pearlgrl.etsy.com

Marta started labor at 6AM on Saturday the 19th. We took our first trip to the hospital early the next morning around 3:30AM. After waiting around for an hour they thought she was progressing and admitted her to labor & delivery. Once the on-call doctor was on the floor and the nurses had switched over to day shift, they weighed in with their opinion and sent us back home to deal with the contractions on our own.

24 hours after our first visit we were back and Dr. Clayton, Marta’s OBGYN, was walking the halls and came in for a pep talk. It was time to have Marta’s water broken, get an epideral, and finally sleep after 48 hours of none. We both passed out for a couple hours until family arrived. Marta was measuring at 4cm so I went down to the cafeteria with Marta’s mom and sister to get some breakfast, while we were down there we got a call from Marta saying she was at 9cm and was going to start pushing! Needless to say we raced back up there. One hour of pushing and Liam was out!

Born at 12:20pm on December 21, 2009 // 9lbs. 2oz. // 21″

Marta is a superhero woman. The end.

Click here to see some photos of Day 1

1. Right now Marta is 36 weeks pregnant and still working.
2. Last weekend, Marta shut Henry’s foot in the car door and broke his toe and he is stuck in a cast & crate for the next four weeks.
3. We have been remodeling our bathroom and have a house without a functioning shower for two weeks
4. We are still operating on one car.
5. My bike has a flat that I have been too busy to fix and really it only takes about 30 minutes to fix, but we have just been too busy for even that.
6. I came down with some sort of flu and have been holed up in bed for the whole weekend.

Ok, so the latter isn’t as crazy, but it has been more frustrating.

Here is our first baby with his injury:

Marta’s a Pro

Gender: Boy

Origin: Germanic

Meaning: 
It is the Irish diminutive of William, originally a German name, will + helm “desire + helmet” and suggests “strong protector.”

Origin: Hebrew

Meaning: My people

Pronunciation: (LEE um)

Form of: William

Categories: Irish Names, Celtic Names, English Names

Used in: English speaking countries

Additional info:
This name is a short form of the Irish name Uilliam (William) which is now use independently as a given name. As a Hebrew name, Liam means “my people; I have a nation”.

Famous bearers include ‘Oasis’ singer Liam Gallagher, former Irish Taoiseach or Prime Minister Liam Cosgrave and actor Liam Neeson.

Liam is currently a particularly popular name in New Zealand (#10 in 2006), the Australian states of South Australia and Western Australia (#7 in both in 2006) and the Canadian provinces of Nova Scotia (#5), Alberta (#8) and British Columbia (#6).

But seriously, any suggestions? We sort of wanted to do a typography-themed room and/or may go with an aviation theme since we do have a series of 3 childish paintings we did awhile back called “bird” “plane” and “hot air balloon”. I can’t find a photo of them right now, but I did just find some awesome illustrations by Paul Thurlby. I’m excited again…there is hope!

Check out his Alphabet Shop to see all of them.