baby owl has arrived

callan lawrence

born on january 13th, 2011

8 lbs. 9 oz. 20 1/2 inches

proud parents: marc and jen

we have been waiting for you.

we are excited for the memories we will create together.

welcome to this crazy family little one.

we love you.

henry's hospital stay

I'm very aware of the lack of postings since henry arrived. I apologize profusely! we are feeling the "busy-ness" of being parents to two children. we've taken hundreds of pictures, but have had little to no time to get downstairs to download them all. I will do my best to keep this "brief"...riiiiight. we spent tuesday, january 26th to friday, january 29th in the hospital. while it seemed like too long to be away from miles, it was definitely a needed time to rest for me. the c-section went very smoothly. it was a complete 180 from miles' delivery. most notably the fact that I was able to stay awake for the entire procedure! last time I was contemplating sleeping through the birth of my first child...after 15 hours of labor, I was exhausted. this time I went into the OR alert and prepared for what was about to happen. in the end, my healing time has been reduced exponentially! I feel fantastic, but I'm taking it easy and accepting all of the wonderful help that people have offered.

we had many visitors in the hospital and a few here at home too. it's fun to share henry with all of our family and friends.
we headed home on friday, january 29th. henry was all decked out in a new outfit. he didn't seem to mind the car seat and, thanks to lots of blankets, never really noticed the subzero temps!

henry: the remains of day 1

here are some more pictures of henry for everyone to see, since these are the reason we're all tuning to this blog right now.

Auntie Jess is lending a hand so Miles can give a gift to Henry

reminding us that Henry is sleeping and we should keep the noise down

meet Henry Kyle Kroening

robin's scheduled c-section went completely as planned this morning. there were no complications and, as a result, we're happy to announce that Henry Kyle Kroening was born at about 9:23am. he is 21 1/4 inches long and weighs 8lb 15oz. mom and baby are resting peacefully in the recovery room. we should be moving to a more permenant room within a few hours and should be able to see visitors a little later in the day.

taking a snooze.
age: 3 1/2 hours

morning in the hospital

hey everybody, Robin and i arrived at the hospital this morning at 7:05 and Robin's been prepped and plugged in. right now it's 8:30 and the nurses and surgery team are ready. we're still waiting on the doctors to arrive and speak with us before we can get started. i'll let everyone know here on the blog when we have news for you on baby's birth. stay tuned.

meet Miles Edward Kroening

***see video update below***
Robin and i would like to introduce everyone to Miles Edward Kroening.

for those of you keeping stats at home, he was finally born at 12:57am on Thursday, May 22nd. he's 22" long and weighs a whopping 9lbs 8oz.
now for the rest of the details. after our last update at 10pm we had two doctors consult with each other and determined that Miles wasn't going to be making the traditional descent because his head was turned to the side, not facing downward as is necessary. they decided that a cesarian section birth was going to be the best method to finally bring him into the world. this meant that after Robin pushed like a champ for almost 2 1/2 hours (she got some rave reviews from the med staff) she was wheeled out and prepped for the procedure around midnight. two hours later the whole family was resting comfortably while Miles tried for his first meal.
we're planning on getting some rest until mid-morning today and then taking calls to see if visitors are up for introductions. we don't know what room we'll be moving to shortly but a call to my cell phone should get you the necessary info. enjoy these pictures below or come take some of your own.




EDIT 3:45PM: from video taken early this afternoon and here for everyone to see, the animated adventures of Miles: