When the relatives came

Barrett told Nana a story

Haas showed Barrett who's boss :)

It was a bit tiring showing off for everyone!

Viv shared her ubie with baby Barrett

Haas tried to determine if Barrett measures up-

"his feet look pretty little..."

"don't you think, Mom?"

"now let's check his mouth to see if there's anything in there"

and Mark, Mike (with his dog Putz), and Josh (Mike's cousin who lives here in town) went pheasant hunting, and we now have 9 pheasants in our freezer!

It was fun to have some company, and I think we all enjoyed the weekend.

Living in a boomtown

According to Harvey Brock at the Dickinson Press, you might live in a boomtown if:

• Your neighbor's house guest hasn't moved his RV for three years, and your other neighbor has nine pickups parked in front of his two bedroom house.
• Subdivisions spring up overnight and folks are still living in their cars.
• You can't find a dry cleaner but coin-operated laundry mats stay busy 24/7.
• Guns, bottled water and energy drinks don't fly off the shelves because they don't hang around long enough to make it to the shelves.
• You get a U.S. geography lesson counting license plates while driving through the Walmart parking lot.
• There is no such thing as fast food and ordering a cheeseburger would be easier with a translator.
• New fine dining features award-winning BBQ and moves around on four wheels.
• Three out of four vehicles on the road are white pickup trucks.
• Scoria is a color as much as a road building material.
• Star gazing has been replaced by counting gas flares more numerous than lakes in Minnesota.

More Barrett

He's been a pretty laid-back little guy, just doing a lot of eating and sleeping. 

Today's visitor.

He doesn't do a whole lot of this. Mostly during clothing and diaper changes.

Fun fact: thus far, we are the only couple to have a boy first in either of our families. This may be one of the reasons I thought I was having a girl. I was very surprised to hear "it's a boy!" as they held him up.

Our Baby Bear is here!

After a long labor and then a cesarean section, our baby boy arrived. Barrett Gyshek weighed in at 7 pounds and 12.5 ounces and is 20 inches long. 

My mother thinks he looks like me as a baby, but with Mark's eyes. We just think he's adorably amazing :)

His first visitors came today. This one got a treat from the nurse, and kept calling our little guy "she".

We are so happy to have our little one here, and can't wait to see what life is like with a third member of our family.