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Happy holidays everyone!

Keegan turned 3 weeks old on Christmas Eve. He slept through the momentous event, comfortably snoozing on daddy.

It was a busy week. He went on his first walks on the beach, nestled inside a baby carrier, his first stroller walk, and his first Christmas, even though he didn’t really enjoy it yet, as he was asleep for most of it. Grandma and Grandpa are enjoying their third grandchild, and Tizi and Matt are welcoming the break, and the excellent cooking of Tizi’s mom.

Keegan first walk in Pacific Beach

Keegan first walk in the stroller in Clairemont

Keegan is trying out all his new toys: his bouncing chair, his swing, and his colorful mobile. He is learning to look around and he is enjoying the music. He was introduced to Dire Straits, Dave Matthew’s band and Siouxie and The Banshees and he seemed to like them all. We will wait a few more weeks before adding Bad Religion, Social D and other Punk Bands to the mix.

His sleeping habit are still quite unpredictable, but we are enjoying his more common awake moments. He loves to look around, and he is getting stronger and stronger every day.

We took some Christmas pictures to wish you all well. Keegan is singing, rapping, praying and just staring on his best Christmas outfit.

rapping and singing in his Christmas outfit

looking around and “praying” in his Christmas outfit

It is hard to believe, but Keegan is already almost two weeks old. Time really goes by fast between feeding, naps (for him) and diaper changes. We took him to the doctor and he is doing well. By Wednesday he had already regained the lost weight and some:he was 3.4 Kg.

He is a good eater and he has already earned a new nickname: Dyson, because he never loses suction! He is a mini vacuum cleaner: careful to put anything in front of his mouth, or you will initiate a powerful sucking routine.Doesn’t matter what it is: clothes, dad’s chest, carpet, blanket, miscellaneous hands: if it is in front of him, he will suck it!

He is also getting a little more active, and now he does spend some time awake. We were able to get a pictures of him with his eyes open!

We finally got the pictures of two of the super helpful people that assisted us during delivery: our nurse, Winnie Sunshine ( how cool of a name is that?) and our Doula Andrea Liddle. They were both amazing, and really helped Tizi through the whole process. Andrea came by to visit and say Hello to the little one: she could now call him by name, as the last time she saw him, he was still “d’Agostino Boy”.

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We finally made it home on Wednesday and we are slowly adjusting to the new routine, and getting to know our little one. Matt took this week “semi” off and he has been amazing in helping mom and baby, and giving Tizi breaks, some sleep time and cooking healthy, nutritious meals. He is wonderful at soothing little Keegan when is particularly cranky. He is already proving to be a great dad!

Tizi’s parents will be here on Thursday, and will stay for two months to help out. We are looking forward to see them… and to get some help and wisdom. 🙂

Thank you to all of you that sent us flowers, congratulations and good wishes. We will try to talk to all of you soon. In the meantime, these are the first pictures of our little one. (Tizi assures that there is only a minimal use of Photoshop in those shots). Hopefully we will be able to get some photos with his eyes open soon.

Sleeping in his bassinette …

…but it always feels better to sleep on mommy

an early Christmas present

We are very happy to announce the arrival of baby Keegan Nathan Moore. He precipitously arrived on Monday, December 3 at 11.29 am, PST. He was a few days early — the official due date was today, December 8— but he decided he had no time to waste. He came into this world in only 4 hours…TOTAL! Obviously Tizi was happy to have kept the family tradition of quick deliveries… and Matt was happy we made it to the hospital on time.

Keegan was born in a beautiful, warm (70s) sunny San Diego day. He weighted 7.5 lb (appr. 3.3 Kg) and was 20.4 in (52cm) long. His hair are a medium brown and his eyes are gray: so there is some hope he may have light eyes.

Of course we hadn’t picked a final name yet — one of the many things we had planned to complete on the last week before the due date— so his hospital bracelet reads simply: d’Agostino boy. However, going over our name list, we figured that Keegan fit the best. It means:little fiery one, or bright flame. It originated as a last name, but it is now growing in popularity as a first name, ranking 225 among boy baby names in 2006. And no, we didn’t have any particular reasons to choose this name (well, Matt has some Irish blood in his veins): we just liked the name, unusual, but not unheard of and hopefully not too hard to pronounce.

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So, after much reading and debating, we finally got our stroller. We settled on an European model Tizi fell in love with. She thought that if she had to bring the baby around in public, she wanted to be seen with a cool stroller. Looks aside, this model is very lightweight, easy to maneuver, folds down to a size small enough to fit in the almost not-existing trunk of the Mustang, and unfolds automatically. It can also be used with the infant car seat, (that also fits in the Mustang) so it can be used since birth. Isn’t it awesome?

And yes, we are keeping the Mustang, which, right now is the official baby-car, since Matt drives a 2 seat pick-up. We are considering a third car with 4 doors, but we are not getting rid of the convertible. Call us crazy (or naive) but we are resisting the minivan urge for now. 🙂

Hope all of you had a wonderful Thanksgiving. We had a wonderful one. The weather was great, in the low 70s, and we enjoyed our quite time together. We had our turkey and all the trimmings, thanks to Matt, the awesome chef, long walks on the beach, movies, and of course some baby shopping. We are finally getting things a little more under control. We are not ready yet, but getting there. We went for an anti-natal test, which included a 20 minutes monitoring of the baby’s heartbeat and an ultrasound. Everything looked good, and most important, the baby is positioned head down. No estimation on actual arrival date, or weight. So now the countdown begins…

Enjoying our feast on the deck

It looks like Tizi is ready to pop… but we are still two weeks away (hopefully)

Happy Thanksgiving everyone! We are wishing you all to be blessed with good company, good food…and good football. Of course this year we will be taking it very easy, no trips this time, and just kick back in warm, beautiful San Diego. Matt is preparing quite a feast and we have been looking forward to those few days as a welcome respite from our hectic life.

We almost made it to a full term baby (despite Tizi’s fears of an early delivery). On sunday, we will enter our 38th week, and everyone is telling us it can happen everyday now. Of course we are still hoping for a couple more weeks— did you hear this, little one?— but we will see. The official due date is December 8. We will have a final ultrasound tomorrow to make sure everything is all right, but the baby seems to be in the correct position. According to our midwife, he will not be a big baby: Tizi is hoping for that.

We hope to be able to talk to you all soon.

We are at the finish line already. The time has flown by: it seems like yesterday that we found out we were expecting. So this is a rundown of our pregnancy so far.

We did our home test and got positive results on Easter Sunday (this sounds like a good sign).The news caught us a little off guard, as it happened pretty quickly, once we started trying. Being the extra cautious types, we decided to keep it under wraps till we had a full confirmation.

Tizi’s first trimester was excellent: no morning sickness, hormonal swings (at least this is what she claims) or huge weight gain.

On our 15th week we performed an amnio test (see above, about being ultra cautious): after all, Tiziana is considered an “elderly primagravida”. We got a green light as far as genetic testing is concerned (and with all the expected disclaimers), and the wonderful news that the little alien will be a boy. Tizi especially was very happy about this.

This was July, and finally in the second trimester it was finally time to let everyone know: Matt at his annual family reunion, and Tizi in Italy. Both trips were great, and once back, the news was spreading among friends and colleagues.

Pregnancy continued without any big problems or discomfort, and our 20 week ultrasound revealed our baby was growing well, and he was about a couple days ahead in his development. Will the due date move to December 5?

We entered our third trimester in September. It is time to get ready. We took some pictures at the end of the month to remember this special time.

We also decided to get a 4D ultrasound: it was amazing to see the little one moving around, and yawning. Of course, being camera-shy like his dad, he covered his face with his arms most of the time, sticking out his tongue at us. We know the pictures look like an unfinished 3D model rendering, but it is still quite interesting. According to the technician, the baby has some hair, puffy cheeks and a big lips (and of course a tendency of sticking his tongue out…just like his mom when she was a baby).

We are now getting ready (so to speak) for the big day, trying to get everything organized. At this moment we are still very unprepared, but we are trying to fix it. Tiziana will go on maternity leave on November 2, and will have plenty of time to dedicate herself to everything baby-related. We have chosen a birth center pretty close to home, that practice a more “natural” birth methods (which means no epidural, but other pain relief techniques, including medicine). We will see if it will work out. It is within an hospital, so there is always the option to move back to a regular delivery unit to get some strong drugs if needed.

Tiziana’s parents will arrive in the middle of December to help out, and they are supposed to stay for a couple of months: this will be a great relief.

So, this is it for now. We will keep you posted on the progress.

By the way, some of you asked us if we have a registry. You can find it at: www.myregistry.com and search under either of our names.

It has been a long time coming, but we are finally live. This blog will help us keep in touch with family and friends all over. Yes, the design still needs help, but if I procrastinate any longer, this will never happen. So we will try to keep you all updated on what is going on in sunny (and very smoky at the moment) San Diego, and of course we will update on the little alien that is about to land.
By the way, we are safe and sound, and the wildfires fortunately, didn’t affect us personally or our house. Thank you for all your concern.

We are hoping this blog will make the distance feel a little smaller.