Monday, April 21, 2008

2 Kids, COUNT IT!


Well, Mr. Pete is now 2 weeks and 2 days old. It has been a fun and very easy process adjusting to having another child in our house. It helps that Bryan is an awesome dad and I think we are a pretty good parenting team. Aubrey loves "baby peep!" She always wants to hold him, asks him what's wrong and LOVES to give him kisses. We have been out a few times this week with our little family and it has been a blast.
Pete had his 2 week apptointment today and can you believe that he gained 2 lbs in two weeks and two days? He was 7 lbs 7 oz., 21" long when he was born, 7 lbs 4 oz. when he left the hospital, and now he is a whopping 9 lbs 7 oz. & 22 1/2" long. It is pretty amazing. He is in the 95th percentile for his height and in the 75th percentile for his weight. So, needless to say, it was a good appointment and everything is great! I have to say that Pete has been such a joy.



I love getting to know him more and he seems to have such a gentle nature. LOVE IT!

Thursday, April 10, 2008

Getting to know you...


It has been so much fun seeing Aubrey and Pete together. I look forward to seeing them grow together and hopefully have a close relationship. Aubrey is already attempting to teach baby Pete a thing or two. Check it out:

Wednesday, April 09, 2008

Bringing Pete Home










The last few days have just been a whirlwind. I started my contractions on Saturday morning at 3:30am and from then on, it has been so wild! The sequence of events leading up to this point have been so awesome!! God is good!

- I was growing weary of being pregnant and because I was a week past my due date, I was just sure I was going to have to be induced, but went into labor on my own just in time!
- My sister (and dear friend, Amy Butler) was in town from Wyoming and was going to have to leave the next day but Pete came just in time for her to see him.
- My Dr. (Dr. James Mauldin) was not on call the day Pete was born but came anyway - what a blessing and relief that was for us!
- Amy Steele (a friend from our church and nurse for Good Shepherd) was due to get off 30 min. after we arrived at the hospital but decided to stay for the delivery AND hooked us up with a nice post-delivery room.

I don't believe that these wonderful things that happened on that blessed day were by accident. God cares even about the little things that are important to me. Thank you to all of our family and friends who paid us a visit at the hospital, sent us gifts, called and texted us with encouraging words and those who prayed for the safe delivery of our child. We appreciate you and have been overwhelmed with the love we have been shown. Even now, we are thankful for those of you who have provided and will provide meals for us in next several days.
I will have to tell you that we are so glad we waited to find out the gender of our baby. What an awesome surprise! AND we are so glad we waited for our baby to come naturally. Bryan and I have been so blessed with having healthy pregnancies and (in retrospect) easy deliveries of our children. WOW, we have CHILDREN now. I am starting to get use to saying that AND that I have a SON!

I appreciate my twin bro. creating our last post. He is always good to hook a sister up. I wanted to add a few pictures to the mix of our first days at home with Pete:



Aubrey loves her baby brother! She says "I wove you baby peep," and when he is crying she asks, "what wrong baby peep?" We were aware that it would be an adjustment for her, having a new dependent in the house but she seems so be adjusting very well. I think she is already an awesome big sister!






Also, people have asked who we think he looks like and I really have to say he looks a lot like Bryan, especially his baby pictures - what do you think?

BABY PETE


BABY BRYAN

Saturday, April 05, 2008

Pete Allen Silverthorne

Today one of the best-kept secrets of the past couple of years was finally revealed: the newest addition to the Silverthorne family. Unbeknownst to even Andrea and Bryan (i.e., the parents) themselves, this morning at 8:11 AM, April 5 in the year of our Lord 2008, they were blessed with a beautiful and perfectly healthy baby boy.




Pete Allen Silverthorne was born at 8:11 AM on Saturday, April 5, 2008 at Good Shepherd Medical Center in Longview, Texas. He weighed 7 pounds, 7 ounces and measured in at 21 inches in length. Pete was delivered by family obstetrician, Dr. James Mauldin.



Andrea, over a week past due, missed induction (i.e. inducement) by a meager 48 hours. While having been dilated the entire past week, there had not been much evidence to suggest Pete would come as a thief in the night. But he did. Having checked into the hospital shortly before 6 AM, the Silverthorne's first son was delivered just over two hours later!



The day was cause for much celebration friends, family, and well-wishers stopped by to see the strapping young lad. Bryan and Andrea welcomed their son into the world, and Aubrey was thrust into the role of BIG SISTER!



The parents being hole up in the hospital, I've been given the honorary privilege of guest-blogging the Silverthorne's big news. (Check back soon to see some video footage documenting the morning's events!)

I know all loyal Silverthorne Sentinal readers join me in congratulating Bryan and Andrea on the birth of their beautiful bouncing baby boy, Pete Allen Silverthorne.

-(Proud) Unky Drew Allen

P.S. Also, congratulations to all the correct pollsters...(see top left-hand corner of blog for clarification)