Ozzy James

Emily started getting contractions late Thursday, December 17th.  We ended up heading to the hospital around midnight.  Contractions were 5 minutes apart but not nearly as severe as with Owen.  In the morning there were discussions about sending us home because she wasn't dilated anymore than when we arrived.....however shortly after those discussions.....she was dilated another cm so she could officially be categorized as "in labor"
There was one scary moment when our nurse couldn't get a heartbeat reading.  All of a sudden 10 nurses flooded our room to help the situation.  They told us not to worry but anytime something goes a little awry they give the situation all of their attention.  It turned out to be of no concern and they got a reading on the heart fairly quickly.
Shortly after that, the real labor began.  Once again I was told to "grab a leg".  This was much quicker than with Owen's birth.  Ozzy came into this world at 1:04 pm.  He looked great.  (One other fairly scary thing (that I doubt Emily knows/remembers) is that when Ozzy's head came out the umbilical cord was loosely around his neck so before the doctor continued...she unwrapped it from his head.  All was fine.  There were no problems.).

Here are a few of his first pics:

1st Pic of Ozzy

Awkward photo of Ozzy where nurse is holding him up

Resting on Mommy for 1st time

Dad finally gets a turn

Owen meeting his brother for 1st time

Ozzy James

Randoms

Leaf Trip - stop to find rocks

Statue Selfie

Remembering what it was like to be a baby

Big Boy

We made the newspaper for our Scarecrow

Met a friend (and his puppy) at the Milwaukee Public Museum

Big Bites

Daddy & Dude

Gotta sit back and make some room after a Thanksgiving Feast

Eat the icing & sprinkles 1st

What a Dude!

Handyman

Owen found a screw on the floor, so he went and found his plastic hammer from his work bench to "fix the bench".  He worked on it for a while but got frustrated when the screw wasn't sticking in the wood.  I had to act like I was hammering it in the bench as well and hid the screw in my pocket so it looked like we plunged the screw in the wood.  He was pretty happy after that.  

1st Snowfall of Winter of 2015

Owen had to get out in this snow asap and spend as much time in it as possible.

"The New Zoo"

At this point, Owen and I have been to the Milwaukee Zoo probaby 30-50 times.  He knows the zoo like the back of his hand, so I thought it would be a good change of pace to go to the Madison Zoo.  This is the 2nd time we have been here and he really likes the different animals that we find here and not at the Milwaukee Zoo.  

(Owen refers to this zoo as "the new zoo".)

Leading Dad through the rain forest to see the parrots

Bears

Owen got caught in a Bear Trap

The Polar Bear Exhibition Vehicle

Owen loved driving it

Feeling an ostrich egg

Riding a tractor (and telling Daddy to sit on the back)

He usually gets what he wants (within reason)

Halloween - 2015

The Dude did a great job this year with trick-or-treating.  He wanted to be a polar bear since the spring (or early summer) and there was no turning back.  

We practiced several times on his 1) knocking on the door and 2) saying "Trick or Treat", but he was pretty shy.  

Got a lot of "cute" comments on his polar bear costume

Practicing

Ever since he saw "the big cat" in the yard he was obsessed with it.

We are getting to the time of night when he can only carry his "loot" with 2 hands.

Getting heavy.

Much needed rest hauling around all of that candy 

(and we didn't even go around the block....only made it half way)

Leaf Trip

Yes, you read the title correctly.  We took a "leaf trip"....which I guess is a trip up to hike around parks to see the leaves change.  All in all it was a good trip to 2 very beautiful areas up near the Appleton area.