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Here's a fun picture of Acer and Allan goofing around... Things are good here at our house. Acer is growing very nicely. Our midwife came today and weighed him; he is now over 7 pounds! He eats very well. His great-grandmother is in town helping out. Our kitchen will be cleaner than Acer's bottom by the time she goes home! Not too much else to report. The sugaring has picked back up, which is fun. 5 quarts of syrup expected today! We love you all!

-Mish, Allan, and Acer

Out of Bed!

Hurray, Acer and I made our first trip upstairs together after 10 days in bed. It has been quite a recovery so far, but with the help of so many people (Allan is an amazing caregiver...) I am healing nicely. There's nothing like a beautiful little boy to speed the healing. So, we are very slowly getting back into "the groove" and returning to some of the things we used to do around the house. I am working on catching up on emails, helping Allan in the kitchen and folding laundry, and well I guess not too much else.

I just wanted to share a picture with you of Acer's first bath. It was the day before my first upstairs trip so Allan bathed him in our bathroom sink. A little tiny even for a peanut like Acer... Today we will try out the kitchen sink. He seems to enjoy the warm water.

Once again, thank you for all the food, flowers, phone calls, visits, and loving support these past couple of weeks. -Mish

Acer's Arrival

Ahh, time to breathe and meet Acer Boreanaz Thompson, Born March 8th, 2008 at 4:57am. 6lbs 3oz. A healthy baby boy. A healthy baby family.

The Short Story:

We tapped our 50 sugar maples (Acer saccharum) on Thursday and began our sugaring season. Friday was an exceptional day and Loren and I were at it until 11:30pm. An hour later, 12:30am and with less sleep, Mish's water broke. Contractions began quick and strong, but we still felt comfortable. Mish was so strong and I was amazed to see her working through these powerful contractions. She looked so powerful. She was in labor, a fast moving labor. 2 1/2 hours later after her water broke we were on the way to the hospital. Our Wonderful midwives felt a butt and said, whoa boy. Withstanding the will to push (later described as one of the hardest body functions to work against), this breached baby (butt first) had to wait for a doctor to see. Doc Woodruff felt a foot and said "uh-oh, would you agree to a caesarean?" We (she) agreed and to the OR we went, and within 5 hours of Mish's water breaking, I had Acer in my hands. After 3 days in the hospital, we are happy to be home.



The Story:

The arrival of Acer is the begining of an amazing chapter of our life story. We are still wondering what we're doing with a child and are enjoying spending these healing hours answering that question. As a new father, I am amazed at the immediate emotions of love, protection, and wonder I continue to experience. Watching a new mother, I have realized that there is nothing more to life than the natural nurture of a mother to her new baby. It is beautiful. Life is beautiful.


Yes, Acer can come out and play!

Sweet times...

So... It's been a whole month since we put anything up here. Pretty pitiful! Can you believe that we've been very busy?! Anyway, sorry about the delay for those of you who regularly check this blog.


Things are going very well here! We continue to get more and more snow... It's hard to believe how much snow we got this winter. Hopefully spring is on its way. Sugaring season should begin pretty soon! We probably won't make quite as much as we originally hoped (with a baby and jobs and all...) but it will be a good one! This picture is from last year's sugaring.

For those of you who don't know, we found new midwives and are now planning a homebirth. We were feeling like things were just weren't quite right with our other midwives, plus we didn't love the birthing center. Too many things were out of our control. So we are VERY happy with our new midwives and our choice to be at home. You can check out this site on homebirth if you are interested in learning more: http://www.homebirth.org.uk/ It's a British site, but a great resource. This one is also pretty good but basic: http://parenting.ivillage.com/pregnancy/plabor/0,,6rl1,00.html

Only 3 weeks left to go now... We'll try to get at least one more belly picture up before the birth. In these next three weeks we are planning on continuing to clean the house, having a pre-birth celebration with friends and family, doing a belly cast, and just getting ourselves as ready as we can! Who knows, maybe the next time you check this, we will have news of the birth!!!

Take care,
Mish, Allan, and Wolfgang