Amy, Tim, Mark, and Lilly

Here are a few good pictures of Mark with his relatives. We have all decided that he looks most like a Cichan.

Mark Patrick Cichan
Born 7/27/07 at 7:07 am
9 lb 3 oz
20.5 inches

We are home from the hospital and both Mark and I are doing well. We had a wonderful birth experience at the hospital. Tim and Lisa did a great job coaching through the labor. We arrived around noon on Thursday. I was induced due to my blood pressure being very high. Labor gradually increased throughout the evening and I was in active labor by midnight. Mark came just after 7 am. We stayed in the hospital through Saturday evening. Since then we have been trying to adjust to being at home with a newborn. He is eating and sleeping well, but not always at the times we would prefer. We are very lucky that my parents had a load coming to Denver this weekend. They arrived a few hours after the birth, and Tim's mom and sister were able to get last minute tickets to fly out and be with us starting today.

We have been here for almost two weeks now. It has been really hot, I have been spending most of my time inside and Tim has started his new job. We do have a few photos to share. The first is from Red Rocks ampitheater, it is open all the time and you can just walk up in it. There were a lot of people there running up and down the stairs, wow, I was winded just walking into the theater. I guess non of those people working out were 8.5 months pregnant. Herman has also arrived, Tim and Ben took a ride around when he got here. He is running pretty well, but I think that dad needs to come here and tune him up for being a mile high. I am officially full term as of yesterday! We will try and take a good belly shot this weekend and you can see how much bigger I am (is it possible to keep growing?).