Keagan after 1 week of life.

The second baby is definitely easier than the first. Heather and I had no idea of what to expect when Brenna was born. She really disrupted our lives. We were prisoners in our house the first week Brenna was with us. In fact, we even had our groceries delivered because it was so difficult for us to get out. There was that I was pretty sick when Brenna was born. I had no energy from the meds and with the lack of sleep, it was a horrible combination.

Anyhow, I have become Brenna's watcher and Heather tends to Keagan (pronounced kee gin). Heather has 12 weeks of maternity leave now. She will be returning to work in early April. Here are some pictures of Keagan. She has a lot of dark hair, much contrary to her sister at that age. Heather says that Keagan and daddy have the same haircut.





In other news, we have an offer on our house in New Jersey. The contract is supposed to be in our hands on Tuesday to sign. The buyer is looking to settle on March 2nd. We are psyched.

Allow me to introduce....

Keagan Elise McIntyre.


She was born on January 20th at 0213 in the morning. She weighed in at 7lbs 3oz. Her birth was smooth and uncomplicated. Her mom is now becoming a pro at this. She looks very similar to her big sis, Brenna when she was born. Only difference is Keagan has slightly darker hair.



Brenna saw her the next morning for the first time. She wanted to hold her non-stop. She also kissed her about 100 times.



There will be more pictures posted to shutterfly in the coming days. Here are some additional pictures in the meantime:

Peanut #2...

Well, I just wanted to log on and tell everybody:

I believe Labor is starting. Heather started getting contractions at about 5PM today. I imagine a new little baby will joining our family in the next 12 hours. I will keep you posted.

-Dan

Whew!

I can't believe it's been over a month since I blogged. The Holidays were jam packed. There is a lot to talk about, so here it goes.

Heather and I went a bit overboard on the Christmas gifts for Brenna. It was a lot of fun. I realize that you can go into Toys 'R' Us and for $100, walk away with about 6 presents. In contrast to Heatheresque type gifts, which can set a man back $600 and the little box can fit in a coat pocket.


Anyhow, I had to work from 9PM Christmas Eve until 7AM Christmas day. Heather's Mom, Step Dad, brother Eddie, and sister Maureen came over for Christmas Eve Dinner. They spent the night. Dinner was great. I hung out with everybody until 8:30 and then headed off to work.

Christmas morning, I got home at 6:45AM. Everybody was asleep but not for long. Brenna had about 50 gifts to open. By the end of Christmas morning she was a gift opening machine. After gift opening, I went to bed.


I took a nap from 11AM to 3PM. I got up and we loaded up the car and headed my parents for Christmas dinner. My Uncle Bill and Camille were already there. My dad didn't wait for us to eat. The food was a little cold when we got there, but my mom's cold turkey beats most people's turkey any day.Then Brenna had more presents to open. We crashed at my mom's that night.


The next day, we had Bill, Andrea, Valerie, as well as my best bud Jamie and his wife Berna coming over to our place in Lancaster. This is an annual tradition of drinking and gift giving. Jamie and B always make a point of visiting us. They have lived all over the country the past 10 years, most recently they are in L.A. So, it's always a great time that involves mucho cerveza. Brenna had another evening of gift opening. Everybody crashed in our townhouse. Hopefully next year we'll have a house here in Lancaster and everybody will have a bed.

New Year's we had a quiet night just the three of us. I had to work at 6AM on New Year's Day. Heather is due with (what we're told will be) our next daughter on January 19th. My scheduler tried to schedule all my shifts in the beginning of the month. I have worked 8 shifts in the first 11 days. I have a full week off around Heather's due date. Brenna is excited for her sister. She actually picked her named out of several choices we gave her. That information at this point, remains confidential;)