Biking to Delivery [The Video]

Here's the video of our 7.8 mile bike ride to the hospital on the morning of June 23, 2015. Skylar, your mom is pretty amazing.

Bath Time

Your first real bath was at the hospital the day you were born. The current thought on baby baths is to wipe you off with a wet washcloth and run warm water on your hair.

Yesterday, when you were 16 days old, we gave you your second bath. Hopefully we will get you on a more regular bathing schedule.

Knee high by the fourth of July?

Well not quite...

Footprints

2015 penny from the Denver mint included for perspective.

Night Walk

First night walk in the neighborhood. Also, the beginning of Philip's new life as a babywearer.

Awake and alert for a few seconds

Snoozin

Home from the hospital

You came home on a lovely Friday in June. Here you are in your first outfit on your first afternoon in the backyard.

Happy New

Aunt Maggie found this great poem by Shel Silverstein:


HAPPY NEW

Joe yelled, "Happy New Year."
The cow yelled, "Happy Moo Year."
The ghost yelled, "Happy Boo Year."
The doctor yelled, "Happy Flu Year."
The penguin sneezed, "Happy Ah-choo Year."
The skunk yelled, "Happy Pee-yoo Year."
The owl hooted, "Happy Too-woo Year."
The cowboy yelled, "Happy Yahoo Year."
The trainman yelled, "Happy Choo-choo Year."
The clock man yelled "Happy Cuckoo Year."
The barefoot man yelled, "Happy Shoe Year."
There were more "Happy Ooo-Years"
Than you ever heard
At our New Year's party . . .
Last June twenty-third


June 23 truly was the beginning of something new for us and for you.

June 23rd in history

1912 – Alan Turing, English mathematician and computer scientist (d. 1954)

1926 – The College Board administers the first SAT exam.

1929 – June Carter Cash, American singer-songwriter and actress (Carter Family and The Carter Sisters) (d. 2003)

2009 - Otto William Rudolf of St Paul, Minnesota

2013 – Nik Wallenda becomes the first man to successfully walk across the Grand Canyon on a tight rope.

2015 - Skylar Sadie Schaffner of Minneapolis, Minnesota biked 7.8 miles inside her mother to the hospital for her birth.

The day we met you

You arrived at 8:23 am June 23, 2015 via csection at regions hospital in St. Paul Minnesota. 7lbs 15.3 ounces. 20 inches long.

Daddy said "whoa, it's a girl!"

Here are some pics of your first moments. 

Trip to the hospital

We got up at 5 am and got on our bikes at 525 am on June 23, 2015 to bike 7.8 miles to regions hospital. We made it there in 45 minutes stopping along the way for a few pictures. It was really fun and we all had a great ride. The next time you are on a bike, I'm sure it will be a totally different experience.

Here are a few pics. 

The day before met you

Your baby shower

At Maggie's wedding party