Week 31 - Somebody had a birthday!

Ohh, Allie Punkin!

"Happy 3rd Birthday to you!! Happy 3rd Birthday to you!!"



"You act like a monkey, and you smell like one too!"

She was eye-ing up the birthday "Frosty Paws" treat, and then devoured it! Look at that nose!



And then tried to eat the candles...silly Al!



Week 31 is upon us. Our Childbirth class went well on Saturday; learned all the "ah-he-ah-he-ah-he" breathing techniques that I could ever need to and all the signs of delivery (and fake signs of delivery), so when the day comes I'll be ready. We toured the hospital, it was nice but nothing extravagant. Mostly, it wasn't crowded and was very quiet, both things that Emmy and I desire. All the births happen in the private delivery room, they just wheel in all the equipment when its time. Not a lot of great sleeping quarters for 'ol Dad, but they're working on replacing reclining chairs with sleeper sofas.

Here's what's up with Baby Aidan this week! Only 7 weeks left to full-term. We've started organizing the "Go to the hospital bag". Grandma Peggy is coming into town this weekend for Emmy's "St. Louis" baby shower, how lucky and loved is she!! Very loved, and very lucky.

We've got a checkup on Wednesday, which will be the last before we pick up the intensity to every two weeks (rather than every month), this will go one for one cycle, then we'll do every week!! YIKES that little man will be here before we even know it!

Have a fantastic week everyone....thanks for reading and thanks for voting in the Baby Pool.

~Dad, Mom, Son and "Stinky Pete"

Go Crazy!!! Go Crazy!!!

HOLY MOLY, THE CARDINALS ARE CHAMPIONS OF BASEBALL!!!!!!

UNBELIEVABLE...UNBELIEVABLE!!!!

Baby Aidan, someday I'll tell you about tonight, about how this team was so bad....but is so good. I can't wait to tell you how sometimes the little things in baseball are what makes a team the champion, the determination to win and the hearts of thousands of your fans. Your Mom and I went to three games (with you growing inside), the first two, the Cardinals, these Cardinals, lost by a combined score of 25-2. Now tonight, October 27th, 2006, about 66 days until you're supposed to arrive in this world, there is joy in St. Louis.

Stick a fork in the Detroit Kittens, THEY'RE DONE!! GO CARDS!

Simply In-CARD-IBLE!!

Week 30 - Rounding 3rd and Coming Home!

Week 30 is here, and we are now three-quarters done with this adventure that started 7 and a half months ago. Baby Aidan is alive and well, kickin' and punchin'. It's amazing to see Emmy's belly move when he moves. It's really surreal to think that a 10-fingered, 10-toed, little man has set up camp in there. Just pray that he spends a few more weeks (like 6-8 to be exact) in his warm oven growing.

We can say now that Baby Aidan's room is 99.9% complete with the arrival of the glider this weekend. Luckily we got it to fit in Emmy's car and I put it together on Friday. It's real nice, I hope that Aidan (and us parents, possibly!) will enjoy being rocked asleep on restless nights. Here's how the room looks now with Grandma Tanya's crocheted baby blanket draped over the edge and his Boppy ready for some feeding-time:

Oh and I bought the "Name" picture on the wall on ebay, it reads:

Aidan

Origin of Name: Anglo-Saxon

Meaning: "Name of a Saint"

Aidan displays a great amount of charisma

He will have an outgoing and creative personality

Aidan always looks on the bright side

Aidan is a giver of peace

He is always fresh and enjoyable to be around

Aidan is full of energy, enthusiasm and vitality

His word is important to him

Aidan will step up and defend others

Let's hope so right!? (Maybe not the full of energy part at 3 o'clock in the morning)

My MBA school is on break this week, thankfully, so I've dubbed it "Baby School Week". It will be an intensive week of all things "baby". Learning about baby and childbirth on Saturday at our all-day Childbirth class at St. Luke's Hospital (our birthing location), and learning about how to "Prepare Your Pet for Baby" at Babies-R-Us on Tuesday night in addition to my continued reading of "The Baby Owner's Manual: Operating Instructions, Trouble-Shooting Tips, and Advice on First-Year Maintenance", which for all Dads-to-Be with a tinge of technical background, it's a MUST READ! I also have the follow on: "The Baby Owner's Maintenance Log: A Record of Your Model's First Year", which is sure to be as exciting.
Here's what's up with Baby Aidan this week!

Everyone be pulling for the Cardinals this week; another amazing win Saturday night versus the Detroit Kittens!

The BABY DELIVERY POOL is still open, click the link to the left to vote and possibly win! I'll update it a couple times per day.

Have a good week,

Ty, Em, Aid and Al

Wow! Oh Wow!

Growing up, I pulled for the Tigers, Pirates and Reds, but when Emmy and I moved to St. Louis we had no choice, we had to become a Cardinals fans. This town is so crazy for the Redbirds and after last night's amazing win, St. Louis is going to the World Series!

Emmy's hospital gives out gifts to the newborns during baseball season and she got a hold of one. Check it out below:



"That's a winner" is the coin phrase that the radio annoucer says after each win.

Yeah! Go Cardinals!

~Ty

75 Days Left!! Bring on the Baby Pool!

OK! The "Official" Baby Aidan Delivery Pool has begun. Click on the link here or the one on the left side panel to vote on which date and time you think Baby Aidan will arrive in this world!

The slots are first-come, first-serve and there is a BIG prize to the winner!!

ANYONE CAN and SHOULD PLAY! I want to see who really reads our blog!!

You get three (3) votes a piece so choose wisely. Email me if you have any questions at tyfrost7@yahoo.com

Thanks for playing!

~Tyler

Week 29 - Brrr....

So we had a cold snap hit Missouri this week and it reminded me that as it gets colder and colder, it's a sign that Baby Aidan is that much closer to arriving! That's such a cool thing!

We had an uneventful weekend; did some shopping and such and watched Friday the 13th on...well...Friday the 13th. I also starting making our Christmas cards, yes, you read "making" and "Christmas" cards. We figured it be best to get started early, since after Thanksgiving, it could be any day for our most loved guest to arrive! Plus, they're pretty complicated, taking 4 different forms of art; painted watercolor, watercolor crayons, stamping and digital media for each card. So, I've got my work cut out. Emmy continued working on her Pregnancy Scrapbook, which by the way, is really neat.

I felt Baby Aidan kick really hard last night...man that guy's got a leg!

Here's a "Fall Picture" we took this morning before church:



Here's what's up with Baby Aidan this week, Week 29!

Everyone have a great week, we love you all!

~Ty, Emmy and Aidan

Week 28 - Greetings From...

So here we are!! The final frontier is upon us as this week we enter the third trimester!

Emmy is doing quite well and Baby Aidan is growing like a weed. Here's a two part picture of "the Most Beautiful Mama-to-be in the World" at the end of the 1st Trimester and the end of the 2nd Trimester:

Yep, I'd say Baby Aidan's doing just fine and growing well!

We had a beautiful weekend here in St. Louis. The apple pickin' was a lot of fun, although many of the trees had already been picked. We got about 12 pounds of Gala, Jonagold, Golden Delicious, and Winesap apples. There's no fresher than pickin' right off the tree!

Except when the one she wants is waaaaaay up there!!

Got it! and our collection.

A beautiful day at the Centennial Farms Orchard with the Frost Family.

Today we got the Halloween stuff going, and I painted up the punkins:

Of course, Baby A was well represented!

OK! So here's what's up with baby Aidan this week.

We hope everyone has a great week. Special Birthday wishes to my sister, Natalie, for her 21st on Wednesday! Have fun, enjoy it and be safe! We love you lots!

~Tyler, Emmy and Aidan

Baby Aidan Just Loving Life

So I had a great thing happen today....I finally felt Baby Aidan kick! It was so soft; I could only really only make it out 'cause Emmy said it was a kick. She's felt much stronger ones such that her hand moved while she was pressing on him. Pretty awesome, finally a way that I can "feel" like this Little Man is actually real.

We had another great visit to the Doc's today, with Emmy and Baby A coming out with a clean bill of health all around. Emmy's doing great, Aidan's heartbeat is right on at 162 bpm and we're all getting pretty excited for his late December/early January arrival. We also found out that we'll only have one more ultrasound, which, is kinda sad since we've seen him four times so far via ultrasound, but it's good because it means that he's doing great inside just growing and growing.

Courtesy of T.R., a friend of mine from college, I've added a site tracker, which allows everyone to see where visitors to our site are located. If you click on the link on the left hand side you'll see where people "hitting" our site are located. Pretty neat. It updates once per day. I've also added a site counter.

Emmy and I are planning to go apple pickin' this weekend at an orchard nearby, other than that finally a weekend to relax! :)

~Ty, Emmy and Aid

Week 27 - 1,310 miles later...

Whew! And we're back...

The whirlwind tour of the Midwest is complete! It was a successful trip to Findlay, New Riegel, Cleveland, and Indianapolis! Ribs have been devoured, new friends made, good friends married, and old friends housewarmed. A great trip, indeed a great trip.

I have to give thanks to Jen for being such a great host in Cleveland and to Aaron for helping her get/keep things in order. You guys are the best. Also, have to thank Aaron and Nicole for letting us share a few minutes of their busy life with little Kieran in their new home in Indy. We loved your new home and hope that it will bring you years of joy, happiness and comfort!

Thanks to Mom, Grandma Nancy and Dad and Liz for your gifts for Aidan. I put my ear up to Em's belly and he said thanks and that he'll try them on in a few months!


OK, so we didn't take many pictures, but two of them turned out very nice. The first is from Kevin and Nora's Wedding Reception at the Cleveland Zoo (left to right, Me, Mama-to-be, Aaron, Jen, Mary and Dan)



Next it's the Frost Crew with the Bricker Crew in Indy (Nicole and Emmy, and Aaron, Kieran, and yours truly)



I have to give a very special thank you to the love of my life for putting up with over 18 hours of driving in a three day span. And she did this gracefully and without complaint. Thank you dear, this trip was very important to me and really appreciate you sticking it through. I love you and that little guy inside so much.

Finally, I've decided to switch the normal "here's what's up with the baby" site to one run by Pampers. Their site is much more interesting. So without further ado, here's what's up with baby Aidan this week.

We have another appt. with Dr. Thompson this week to hear how the A-man is doing!

We wish you all a great week, and for those who watch the blog in Cleveland-town, Findlay-ville and Indy-land, it was great seeing you guys!

~Ty, Emmylou, and Aidan Matthew, too!

The Finishing Touches and some Very Good News

Emmy's routine blood tests came in today and show no signs of gestational diabetes. This is extremely good news as she had been told by a previous doctor that she would possibly develop this if she got pregnant. Her score was 103, which is well below the border line of 140 and still below the "good" line of 110. It is a very good day for Baby Aidan, now that Mommy can concentrate on eating well without having to be cautious of what she eats.

I finished up the final touches on the Nursery today and am so happy how it turned out. We found some stars and airplanes unfinished at Michael's so I painted those up and also drew and cut out with my jig saw the airplanes next to Aidan's name. I am convinced now with Emmy's, Natalie's and my work, Aidan has the best room in the house!!





Off to Findlay and Cleveland this weekend for our "final" trip of this year! We start up the third trimester in two weeks and that pretty much means no unnecessary traveling. So y'all come over to Mizzur-ah and see us if ya want!

Ty

Week 26 - A Room for the Little Man!

As promised, here are the pictures of Mr. Aidan's nursery. Me, the Mom & baby and Aunt Natalie painted, built furniture and hung pictures this weekend to make Baby A's room the best it could possibly be. We still have a little more work to do on the room, some painted stars and planes that go here and there, but for the most part, minus the glider/rocker and of course the baby :) , the room is "cleared for take-off!"



Me and Natty working hard. We kept Emmy out of the painting loop (little fume-y for Baby A)



Emmy and I working hard on the dresser, and the completed look with the airplane pics in frames that I finished.



The finished product...well almost. We still have a few more things planned around the block letters, and the glider/rocker will go where the papsean bouncer is sitting.

The Frost Family and me and Aunt Natalie. Thanks Nat for all your help...baby Aidan will always know that you came to help make his room spectacular!


Here's what's happening with Baby Aidan this week. We've got yet another busy week, the last of our four Cardinals tickets on Wednesday and then a cross-country drive back to Ohio for our friend's Kevin and Nora's Wedding in Cleveland. Until then, everyone have a great week and we love you!


Tyler, Emmy, Allie and "The King of His Castle" Aidan!

100 Days!!

Only 100 days left until Baby Aidan will be here. Whoa.

Aunt Natalie is here and the room is almost done. Just a few more touches here and there and Baby A will have a warm and comfortable place to land. Pics coming tomorrow!

~Ty

A Happy 3rd Anniversary!

It seems just like yesterday that my beautiful bride was walking down the aisle on that perfect early fall day in Cincinnati. And what a day it was, so much fun, excitement and joy. I love you today even more than I did then; you make everything in the world good, even when school, work, and life in general has got me down. I can't believe that Baby Aidan will be here in just a few months and our twosome will become three. You will make a great mom, and us, wonderful parents together, forged by the love we pledged on this day, three years ago.

I love you!

Week 25 - The Big Clean Out!

Whew....after a long hard day, we've put a dent in cleaning out the house for the coming of Mr. A. Yeah, I know it's early, but we decided to do a deep clean of the house well in advance of the baby's arrival. The basement is finished and today we've moved on to the kitchen. Today's daunting tasks were wiping out all the cabinets, trim boards, appliances, pitching items we don't need or are broke or never used. We even set up "Bottleland", armed and ready for action:

Other than that, we've purchased the paint (Haze and Whispering Wind are the color names (a tan and sage green)) and supplies for decorating Aidan's room this coming weekend. We will have another distinguished guest to help out; none other than Aunt Natalie will be coming all the way from Bowling Green, Ohio to paint and enjoy making Aidan's room simply awesome.

Here's what's happening this week with Baby A as he kicks and punches his way to a late December Delivery. Interesting this week as his hair should be well defined by now. What color will it be? Emmy and I both had blond hair as young kids, but eventually ended up brunettes. Who knew?

Have a great week everyone!

~Ty

Week 24 - A Culinary Masterpiece!

We had some great visitors to St. Louis this week and ended the weekend with Emmy's "Culinary Masterpiece". My mom had bought us a kit back in May on how to make what you see below. It's really quite easy and the results are spectacular. Emmy's great work is for her co-worker's birthday party tomorrow.

Other than that, we have started working on the nursery. I put up the chair rail and finished my cutsy airplane paintings, for his airplane-themed room (of course, what else would it be right?).

Emmy is feeling really well, we went out today and got her an elegant and flattering outfit that she'll wear to our friends Kevin and Nora's Wedding in Cleveland at the end of the month.

Our little announcement (that we had to push back a few days), is that Emmy has gotten a new job!! She will still be working at St. John's Mercy Medical Center in the Clinical Informatics Department, however she now will be the Medication Event Report Analyst. This position will gives her autonmous outreach over St. John's and interface ability with the corporate office as well as the other hospitals in the Mercy Medical System. She will be responsible for compiling, investigating and resolving medication errors given by the 3,000+ nurses at her hospital. It is a great position that will help her broaden her knowledge of the quality and compliance side of the business, while helping her network with nursing managers and administrators both inside and outside the hospital. Congratulations, Emmy!!!

Here's what's up with Baby Aidan this week!

Everyone have a fantastic week; we miss you all!

Tyler, Emmy, Aidan and Allie Punkin

A Visit from a Good Friend

So I got a call Friday Night from none other than Mr. Tom Sommer; Dad of one of my best friend's as a kid growing up, Aaron. He was in town for a pre-planning meeting for the Grazing Land Conservation Initiative. They are having their 3rd National Conference on Grazing Lands here in St. Louis in December. Check it on out if you have any cattle you want to let loose!

We went down to Laclede's Landing and had a nice dinner at the Morgan Street Brewery. It was really, really nice seeing him and talking about times past. For those who know me well, I spent a ton of time at Aaron's house as a high schooler and Tom's influence and humor has had a lasting and positive effect on who I am today. Good seeing you 'ol friend.



~Ty

Baby Aidan Doin' Just Fine and a Special Visitor!

We had another checkup for Baby Aidan today and he's doing just fine. We did not have an ultrasound, but we did hear the heartbeat again and it was swishing around at 168 bpm. Emmy's belly measured in exactly what she should be for 23 weeks and Dr. Thompson gave us some insight on how Baby Aidan has some slow days (i.e. no kicking, punching, movement) and has some active days and how that is completely normal. He offered some tricks to get the baby moving, such as eating a large snack supplemented with a little caffeine, that he says, will pep up the baby and let you know that he's OK!

Hey, who's this guy?! (sorry about the bad picture quality (taken on my cell phone))




Yep, that's Dan the Man from Cleveland, on a last minute travel trip to St. Louis!! We had a nice dinner at Houlihan's at Union Station and reminisced about the old times. Good seeing you buddy!


That's all from here! We'll have a little announcement to make on Friday, so stay tuned!

Ty

A Tennessee Experience

What a great time we all had this weekend.

Starting with:

• A superb dinner Friday Night
• Visiting with family and friends
• Playing Mexican Train
• Sitting by the pool with no sun :(
• Meeting Cisco and Sonata
• Taking "Grandma Peggy's Super Tour of the Country Music Stars' Homes"
• Walking through the Opryland Hotel and seeing Downtown Nashville
• A good Sunday Mornin' Breakfast
• A great baby shower!!
• A nice relaxing Sunday night
• And a safe trip home.

Here are some more pictures from the weekend. It was nice seeing you all and thank you again for such a great time!

The G-ma's and the Frost Family and Emmy and her best friend Patricia

Natalie hangin' on to Cisco and Daddy, Lil' Sis and Mama at Opryland Hotel

Baby Aidan's First Teddy from Daddy, "Blue Angel #1" and Mexican Trains!



Emmy with Grandma June and Shower Hostess Extraordinaire Aunt Dawna

Allie in her new bed and us with Baby Aidan's Car Seat!



Baby Aidan's Nursery tonight, I promise Baby A that we'll have it ready for you in January!!

Thanks again everyone! We love you all very much.

Ty, Emmy, Allie and Baby Aidan

Week 23 - A Wonderful Baby Shower!

I cannot thank enough all the people who gave their time and effort on making Emmy's Baby Shower such a fantastic, fun event. This includes all those who prepared and decorated the shower, and all those who traveled close and far to attend. Just a wonderful time and I'm so glad we have such great family members and friends who care so much about Baby Aidan.

It just makes you so thankful for what you have and those who love you.

Here are just a few pictures from the event:



Baby A's Shower Cake....Fantastic!



Patricia "sizing" Emmy with TP during the Baby Shower Games



All the Family....such a happy bunch!

And finally, here's what's up with spoiled Baby Aidan this week!

Everyone have a safe trip home, and thank you, thank you for coming down.

Special thanks to G-ma Peggy for housing all of us, your hospitality was splendid.

Ty