Oden is a very orderly fellow

Oden organized all of his magnetic letters before bed tonight...

Then he posed with his creation:

Do I look more like a Feder now?

What do you think?  A look I should keep?

SuperOden Slays the Monsters and Saves the Day!

Thanks for the VDay Balloons, GMa Rowley

Oden is loving the balloons that he got for Valentine's Day from GMa Rowley. He loves them too much old....whatever that means.

Thank you GMa Rowley!

Oden Dancing with Gma P

Once the Backyardagans came on, Oden made GMa P get up and dance with him..... so spoiled.

Oden and Shai Video - Oden loves his little brother

Maybe not that entertaining for non-family members, but very sweet. Oden is a great big brother already!

Oden likes the Bubblewrap

While Shai sleeps, Oden entertains himself (and Daddy) with the roll of bubble wrap that came with the new (used) iMac. This kid knows how to have fun...

Our Wonderful Life

Oden really loves his little brother, and always wants him to include him.  "Let's play hide and seek with baby Shai!" and "Can baby Shai go the the park with us?".  Oden is very sweet.  He is still always giving his little brother hugs and kisses, and wanted to share everything with him.

Oden loves his little brother, even though he is always sleeping.

Shai has had a couple of alert sessions, but not too many yet : )

But he is still awful cute, eh?

Oden wants to hold him and give him lots of kisses!

Here, he is thinking of waking up.... but doesn't.

This is Shai's way of saying "Momma!  I need milk!!!"

Our baby looks happy and content....

We were able to Oden to the park today too!

It was in the 60's....very nice.

He missed the park during the last cold spell.

Oden was running around and ...

chasing ducks all over!

The Birth of Shai Allen Phousongphouang Rowley

just photos for now, will follow with the story later on

Shai is born 4 weeks early - this is Mommy's first time to hold him. due to signs of respiratory distress, he went strait to the NICU, where he was considered a "Rock Star" patient.

Shai was put onto just 25% Oxygen (we breathe 21%, so not much), and he was able to come off after just 6 hours. However, we couldn't hold him - which sucked.When we awoke the next morning, his face tubes were gone, but he still had the IV in his hand (poor thing). However, we got the go ahead to start feeding at 9:30 AM. He was doing great.

We finally got to hold him (needed the face tubes off), and Patricia cried (Dad may have too). Dad got a cold at the wrong time (the day before!) and had to wear a mask in the NICU. We hope Shai won't come down with a cold when he comes home.

Later that day, we went to get Oden. Here we were clowning around in Mommy's room before heading to see Shai. Both mom and dad were pretty tired.

Baby Shai has a picture of Big Brother Oden in his crib, even in the NICU. Oden loved it.

Oden first sees his little brother.

and is very excited....but he only gets to touch his toes!

First family photo!

Shai gets to go home the same day as Mommy! He was a great NICU patient. Look how small he looks in his infant car seat!

Here we are on the way out! Mommy and Shai are coming home!

Oden loves his little brother, and is smothering him (literally) with kisses and love! Oden must have given his little brother a hundred kisses that night, and would have given him more if we didn't limit the 'exposure'.

Oden loved holding Shai, and Shai survived.

more to come