Baby Hazel Comes Home & We Celebrate Christmas

On Christmas Eve, we were able to bring our little Hazel home. Shelley is already walking around and put Hazel into the carseat (thanks Krystina) for the ride home.

Sleeping at home for the first time. 

 Shelley eats Christmas morning breakfast with Hazel while Cayman licks the baby gate.

Cayman (1.5 years old) & Hazel (2 days old)

Behind the scenes video of the Christmas photo

All tuckered after a busy Christmas day.

Hazel Stiles Roberg

We are excited to introduce and welcome to the world...
Hazel Stiles Roberg

The Parameters
December 23, 2014 (a prime day of the month)
7:57 AM (a prime time of the day)
8 lbs 13 oz
20.5 inches

We woke up this morning to a beautiful sunrise from our delivery room in Panorama City.

Baby Hazel was ready to come out. The delivery was super quick. 

 

As soon as news arrived, Grandpa Carl updated his Christmas sign on the outside of their house.

Baby is coming

Shelley is now in labor and we are expecting the baby today. We'll announce the name when the baby is born, but here are some hints.

• it's a girl
• the name is both that of an island and plant
• the following is the distribution for the name's popularity in the US (the higher the shape, the more popular the name was that year)

 Email Kendall your guesses (if you want) or reply to this blog post.

Update:
Thanks for all the name guesses. 
Hazel Island is Located Here
Hazelnut Tree
The name Hazel peaked in popularity in the 1890's (an 1890's typical Hazel shown below)

Mom is Ready for New Baby & Cayman Makes a Friend

Shelley is now past her due date and very ready for the baby to come out and enjoy an external Christmas. Shelley has been awesome. She has been walking, cleaning the house, and even doing Pilates, via Jessie her sister/instructor.

We also got a zoo membership and Cayman and I went today and checked out the petting zoo. Cayman first made sure he pet each animal exactly once in frantic around the stable frenzy. He then found a beautiful white goat sitting on a box and quietly climbed up and sat next to it. He sat there with the goat for almost 10 minutes. He occasionally pet it and even kissed the goat a couple times. The goat gave gentle goat noises of approval.

At the zoo, Cayman also got to go on his first Marry-Go-Round. He choose a fiberglass panda, but that turned out to be a slightly scary experience. Cayman was brave, however, and made through all six revolutions.

Bobcat in the Backyard

I saw this little guy in our backyard today.

Thanksgiving Belly & Mustaches

We had a great Thanksgiving at Erin's house and Shelley and Cayman had a chance to show off their bellies.

As No-Shave-November came to an end, Cayman & Kendall enjoyed a mustache for a day.