Baby's First Gala Affair

Beautiful ceremony!  Beautiful reception!  Beautiful venue!  Beautiful bride!  A groom!  This weekend we celebrated the wedding of two of our best friends, Brooke and Jeremy.  Mazel tov to them!  They are a perfect couple, and I wish them all the best!


The happy couple!

I am so glad we were able to make it to share in their big day.  When Brooke first asked Allison to be a part of her bridal party, Miri was still just a dream.  Not too long after, though, we found out we were expecting.  With a due date eight days prior to the wedding!  Despite everyone's words of "you're crazy!", Alli said she would not miss standing up in Brooke's wedding for anything.  Even a c-section.  Ten days prior.  Which apparently also was not enough to stop her from doing the Limbo (pics anyone?).  What an amazing woman!



Here's the new Bashaw family all dressed up at the wedding, which took place at the Eisner, an advertising and design museum in the Third Ward of downtown Milwaukee.  We all had a great time and danced until we got kicked off the dance floor (perhaps it was Miri's version of the Forbidden Dance).



The day of the wedding Miri and I got a lot of bonding time while Allison was off with the girls doing bridesmaid girly stuff.  We took a stroll through the historic Third Ward and then decided to hit up downtown Milwaukee (which is Algonquin for "the good land").  Here's Miri being a typical tourist:

The Milwaukee River!



The Ladybug Building!



The Fonz! 

We had a great weekend with family and friends. It was very busy running around with a 10-day old (as of Saturday), but it did give us some good multitasking experience-- which will probably come in handy for this whole parenthood thing.

It's a Girl!

Miriam Aislinn was born on September 8th at 9:23 in the morning.  She was 7lbs 9.5oz and 19in long.  Miri is a beautiful redhead with big, chubby cheeks.  Only time will tell, but right now it looks like she has her mommy's (button) nose and her daddy's (squinty) eyes. 

Mommy and Daddy are extremely happy right now.  A little sleep-deprived.  But very, very happy.  The last few days have been a whirlwind.  Allison has been quite the trooper, and is/will be a wonderful mom.  She tells me I'll be a wonderful dad as well (I think the fact that I've already changed a number of poopy diapers helped her come to that conclusion).  Right now we're both eager to get home and start being a family.

Gome home day is TODAY!!!  YAY!  Then we're on our own...

The First Post and The Final Countdown

I guess this has got to be a good first post so I can keep you guys reading.  Or I guess I can just share some baby photos in a couple days and I'll have at least 4 people hanging in there to see where this blog goes.  (that would be Alli's and my parents in case you're scratching your heads)

Well, let's jump right in, shall we?  My main point in starting this blog is to share photos, videos, and stories of the Bashaw Family (and maybe a chocolate cookie recipe and/or my stance on illegal immigration).  This, as we are about to accept our first new member since 2007 (reference to Prescott, our dog).  Here is our most recent photo of the soon-to-be Bashaw:

Baby Bashaw will most likely be born this Wednesday morning (unless something happens between now and our scheduled appt).  Oh, they grow up so fast, don't they?  I can't believe our little one was once the size of a poppy seed, and is now about to join us as a big baby (or little baby depending how you're looking at it-- but I was looking at it in comparison to a tiny little poppy seed, like the one on a Chicago-style hot dog roll, which Baby Bashaw was once the size of). 


Anyways, Allison and I are super excited to finally get to meet Baby Bashaw.  Only about 34-ish hours to go!  I probably won't post again until Baby comes, but I'll be sharing plenty of pictures with all our family and friends.

Stay tuned...