jack doing the motions to itsy bitsy spider...

the arrival of oliver george...

warning, contains a couple photos from the c-section, they aren't especially gory or anything but just a warning for those who may be sensitive to that sorta thing you may want to skip this post or pass quickly over the 6th and 7th photos! :)

arriving at the hospital...

getting prepped...

10 minutes or so til baby...
it's a boy!!

oliver george meets mama...
6 pounds 7 ounces (tiny guy compared to brother jack who was 7 pounds 9 ounces!)...
getting ready for his first bath...
the brothers meet...
family of four...
mimi with grandson #3!
proud uncle "chuck"...
gramps with his new grandson...
daddy and his boy...

our celebratory dinner of lobster and filet mignon...
mama and oliver head home...

37 weeks...

can you guess baby vdm's name??

i was out to lunch with some friends today and they mentioned that it would be a fun/funny game to see if anyone could guess what we're going to name baby vdm. i totally agreed and thought i'd set something up here. if someone guesses correctly, they will win a $5 gift card to starbucks. in the case of multiple winners (doubtful but who knows), it will be the first person to have posted correctly. so... under this post, hit "comment" with up to 2 girls names and 2 boys names. make sure to put YOUR name too so i know who the heck you are! :) anyone feeling lucky?!?!

some photos of the vdm's by lisa evans...

a good friend... and burgeoning photog, lisa evans, was kind enough to ditch her own family for a morning and come take photos of mine! here are some of my favorites (check back for more, i'm still going through the CD!)...