Monday, September 15, 2008

Quattro is in the house!

On September 13th at 4:10pm, Dana Benjamin Alan Meredith was born, punching in at a full 8 pounds, 8 ounces and 21 inches in length. He beats out his older brother Lucky by a pound and a couple of inches. Of course, Lucky has almost 2 years on him, so it evens out.

As with Lucky, we gave a nickname to the baby before he was born, due mostly to the fact that we had no idea as to the sex of the baby this time around. So, the baby was dubbed Quattro, as in the number four. I'm actually having a hard time calling him anything else.

Our time in the hospital was record setting; in on Saturday morning, out by Sunday afternoon. Once the actual labor kicked in, it was over in 20 minutes (just like with Lucky) and everything went perfectly. Quattro passed all tests with flying colors, and Amy bounced back like a trooper, so we cruised on out of there in no time.

The last couple of days has been spent trying to get the household into a new working rhythm. We finally got used to there being three kids; now the new baby gums up the works (but in a good way). It's going to take a little time to find a new flow to taking care of Quattro while there is still Lucky, just barely out of babyhood. Still, all in all, it should be a lot of fun!

3 comments:

Dr. Zoltar said...

Congrats! So can we expect this little one to be bouncing on the counter in the chair at The Comic Stop anytime soon?

Elwood said...

Where did the name come from, Brian?

Brian Meredith said...

J- I doubt Dana will make too many appearances, at least not yet, anyway...

T- Dana was Amy's Grandfather's name, and Alan is her father's name. Benjamin I snuck in due to my mad-love for Avery Brooks as Captain Benjamin Sisko (One of Jack's middle names is Avery...)

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