Graham Barrett Cohen

Graham Barrett Cohen was born at 1:16 pm on Tuesday December 11th, 2007. He weighed in at 6.9 oz and 20 1/2 inches long. Both Graham and Mommy are doing well. They are expected to stay at hospital until sometime late Thursday morning or early afternoon if all goes well.

We will post pictures and stories either Thursday or Friday. Sorry for the delay.


Love,

Barrett, Natalie and Graham.

.................................STILL WAITING

Happy Weekend!! Nat is still on semi-bedrest and has been instructed to do as little as possible. The baby still doesn't appear to have any plans of coming out in the next year. We go to the Dr. Monday to see where Natalie is medically speaking. Another "decision day", as have been the last two appointments. I'm starting to figure this whole thing out, I think.

Most of you know that Baby Cohen's father was a steller GCL standout in baseball at Division 1 LaSalle. So whether it is a boy or girl, I got it's first jersey today for Kings High School Baseball, the Home of the Knights....Class of 2026!!

The 2nd picture might be my favorit of all time. It is of Natalie way back in 1984 impersonating a pregnant woman. In 2007, she IS the pregnant woman. Her mother made this for her at the family baby shower. Pretty Cool!

It's Christmas Time!

As you can tell, this is Baby Cohen's cousin Nolans first contact with SANTA!!!
Santa envious of Natalie's belly
First snowfall at the Cohen's happened overnight!!!

Well, tomorrow is a rather big Dr's appointment for us. Due to some of Nat's recent minor problems, the Dr. has requested another ultrasound for tomorrow. None of the problems are considered harmful to Nat and the baby and most likely, he will dismiss us tomorrow to wait it out for the next 13 or so days.

However, one solution could be to schedule a time for Natalie to be induced. It is quite up in the air at this point and will come down to tomorrow's findings. In the meantime, enjoy some of the recent pictures we have taken around the 'Nati. Hope your holiday is going well!!!

-Cohens

Are you kidding me?

Ok, the new due date given by Natalie's Doctor's is January 12th, 2008. The baby is now 21 years old and Natalie supposedly has a gestational period of 3 years. Oh wait, is that just what it feels like to me?? Wow, this is taking forever! Sometimes, I think I will be the only parent with a child who got his/her drivers liscense, high school diploma, college degree and married....all inside the womb!!! You can see that CJ and Sully are tired of waiting too!

Natalie, get a phone book!

Natalie pimping with Reds Ace Aaron Harang at the A.J. Cohen Memorial back in April

Probably our last time to relax

It seems Natalie and I have been on the go for months now in preperation for this little guy/girl. But the other day, my brother-n-law Robby was nice enough to ask if Nat and I wanted his Bengals tickets. Well, heck yea we do! I was able to get off work 4 hours early and headed home to pick Nat up. It was the first time in a long time that we were able to "get out" and do something. It was very very nice. We know these days will be few and far between so we really enjoyed ourselves.

I must tell you a little about the pregame parking however. Now Natalie is a pretty smart cookie, but when it comes to directions, she rides the short bus. Being as money tight as we are of late, we bypassed a couple of $10 lots to park over in Kentucky. Our goal was to walk across the bridge. Yes, Nat is almost 9 months but she loves walking. Now when she said Kentucky, I thought Covington, because the Suspension Bridge is right there. Natalie however insisted on Newport on the Levee. She was certain it was closer to Paul Brown. Now prior to her becoming pregnant, I would have no patience with this, but I have gotten so much better. So I said ok honey, let's park at Newport. As we turned the corner on the plaza level near the Aquarium, she asked me where Paul Brown was located. I said "turn around the other way"....Yup, we were about 4 miles from the stadium. She said 2, but trust me, it was 4! So we walked and we walked and we walked and got there just after they did a tribute to Joe Nuxhall :) Anyhoo, it wasn't that bad but Natalie felt her first strong contractions on the way back so I think the baby didn't like it. Oh well, enjoy the pics!

Dr. Update from Today.

The Dr. performed a strep test, which is routine for a mother at 35-36 weeks. 40% of mothers have the strep bug, and if a mother tests positive for this, she will be given antibiotics during labor.

The good news is that Natalie is now measuring 1cm dialated and 50% effaced. That means she could have the baby tonight, or 3 weeks past the due date. That's great, right!!? :) There have been documented cases of both. Bottom line is that the baby is starting his/her thoughts of coming out. If it is like Natalie (stubborn), it will be here in January. If it has ADD like me, it will be out tonight. We shall see!

More baby room photos

We keep adding features to the baby room. Here are the pictures we recently hung in the room. We have a couple shelves to get for the wall, but besides that, it is ready to go!

Week 34 Cartoon!

It's "MY" bathroom Daddy!

Mommy put that shampoo in the bathroom, the kind that doesn't make me cry!
And this is Mr. Frog who will hold all my toys while I get a bath.
And for those aftershaves, razors and shaving creme...I moved them too! Sorry.


Daddy,

I heard through the grapevine that when you and mommy bought this house, that she staked claim to the master walk-in closet as well as the dresser's in the room. I heard you moved all your clothes into the room which I will soon take residence in as my new bedroom! HAHA!! And now, I am taking your bathroom too!

Love
Baby Cohen