While Tadj Was Away

A few weeks ago Tadj went out of town on business for the second time since Trevor was born. Here are some of the things he missed.

First, my aunt Valerie and cousin Heidi threw a shower for Trevor. It was really great--full of my side of the family, good food, cute decorations, and great gifts. My pictures weren't the best so I have pics of the cake, Heidi and Cirdan who shared their lovely home that evening and Trevor at just over one month old.

Next, Tadj's mom came to spend the night and help out. In the morning I gave Trevor a bath in the sink. Next thing I know, Marj was giving Kendall a bath in the sink, too. You can see in the picture that she loved it.

On Wednesday night, Kendall had a stomach bug and was up all night. I was so worried about the baby because she not only threw-up near the co-sleeper, all day she had been doing this:

But Trevor stayed healthy.

And last, but not least, we started to see a lot more of Trevor's smile!

Star Wars Halloween

I was trying to avoid buying costumes this year so I borrowed Hayden's costume from a friend (thanks Nanci), Kendall was going to wear her super fancy princess dress from mimi and papa, and Trevor was going to wear Hayden's old costume. Well, my plan was working until we took Kendall to the Halloween store and she fell in love with the Padme Amidala costume (from Star Wars). Here are my two star wars fans dressed as Obi-Wan and Padme.


To continue in the Star Wars theme, Tadj carved pumpkins with pictures of Boba Fett, Yoda, and the death star.

Trevor did wear Hayden's old lion costume. We can pretend he was Chewbacca.

But I don't think Chewie had a tail.

Here I am with my sister-in-law Jessie and one cute dressed-up cow, Gracie-Mae. Out of the five costume parties, Kendall did wear her princess dress once (she wanted to be able to wear more make-up).

Here is Trevor's birth announcement. I think it turned out cute although I learned a lesson: print one announcement to review before ordering a bunch.


I would have changed the color on the left to be more green. It printed kind of yellow but on my computer screen it looked better. And I would have made the text bigger. Oh well, the picture of the baby turned out!

Baby Trevor

We are so excited he is finally here!

Trevor Tadj

Born September 29, 2009 at 6:40pm

8 lbs, 20 inches

The labor and delivery was uneventful which is exactly what I needed after what seemed like an unusually long pregnancy that included extreme tiredness, nausea and other annoyances like shingles, pregnancy induced carpal tunnel (I had no idea such a thing existed), and finally the flu. I was also a little anxious about having a different doctor and delivering at a different hospital.

Some boring details I want to remember so I am writing them here. I was induced at 7:30am on September 29 and by 11:30am I was in active labor with contractions that were between 2 and 4 minutes apart. At 3pm I finally met the anesthesiologist. I don't think I will ever forget the 4 contractions that occurred while getting the epidural. At 5:15 I was dilated to a 6 and I thought I was in for another long labor but when I felt a lot of pressure at 6pm I was surprised to find out I was dilated to a 10. I had to "labor down" (not push) while we waited for my doctor to arrive. Once she arrived, Trevor entered the world in 20 minutes. My doctor was great along with my hospital experience. I don't have any complaints but Tadj missed the "free for all" food pantry at our old hospital.


Kendall is so in love with Trevor and wants to hold him constantly.



Hayden is just thrilled to have a little brother. Trevor looks so much like Hayden but Trevor's head is a lot smaller than Hayden's was at birth. I'll post pics comparing the two one of these days.

The happy dad.


For the first week and a half Trevor's days and nights were really mixed up. He was active at night in utero so I was expecting that might happen. But I think we finally have it sorted out so I am feeling more like myself after getting some sleep. We are just so thrilled to have him in our family.