6-27-07 Update

We just wanted to update everyone on how Max is doing. Today he had his 2 week check up and the doctor said he is doing great. He has gained 11ounces and 3/4 of an inch over his birth size in 2 weeks. He now weighs 7lbs 2ounces and is 20 1/4 inches long. The other BIG news of the day is that his cord fel off of his belly button this morning. Lee was changing his diaper early this morning and hadn't noticed that the cord was gone, but in the dim light he saw something in Max's diaper. As he bent down to see what was in his sons diaper he jumped and almost threw Max (not really) because he thought the cord in Max's diaper was a bug. Good thing dad didn't scream. Dont worry Max, he will protect you.

Julie is still doing well, and is getting stronger everyday. She isn't training for any marathons yet but she is doing awesome. She is a great mom with great instincts and much love.

Can't wait to see all of you soon.

Lee, Julie, Winton, and Max

Mister Big Shoes

This picture shows Max wearing his favorite shoes which fit him perfectly, on his way to his first doctors appointment. He has pretty big feet and hands, and his toes and fingers are very long.

Update 6-25-07

Hello all- Lee, Julie, Winton, and Max are all doing great. Max has passed his doctors appointments with flying colors. He is now eating like a champ and keeping mom busy with his viracious appetite. Dad helps where he can by changing diapers and being on burping duty. Max now loves to lay on his back in the family room and look around while his big brother Winton plays.

Max has pretty much initiated everyone by either peeing, pooping, or throwing up on them (in some cases, all three at the same time). We have been very thankful that Max is such a good baby. His sleep schedule has been pretty good. When we first came home from the hospital, he was awake more during the night and sleeping during the day. He has now figured out that he was on the wrong schedule and is now sleeping well at night.

We are most thankful for a healthy baby and the love of our family. Winton is a great big brother, and loves to talk to Max when Max starts to get fussy. The sound of his big brothers voice usually calms Max down. We are also very glad to have Julie's parents and Lee's parents helping out so much during this crazy busy time. We are getting less sleep (like everyone promised) but we wouldn't trade it for the world.

We wish all of you much love, health, and happiness, and we can not wait to see you soon.

Recent pics of Max's first walk and other pictures

We are all home-

We were able to bring Max home from the hospital today Saturday 6-16-07 around 3:30PM. Max loved his first car ride. Figures Julie's company car is now a small compact car. She had a minivan before when we did not have kids. Well we will keep the pictres coming.

Some more pics

And More Pics-

More Pictures

Maxwell Kenneth Horning

Well, we almost felt like choosing a name for this guy was harder than giving birth (easy for Lee to say). We chose Maxwell because we just liked the name (no family history) and we chose Kenneth because that is Lee's first name. We call him Max, and it definitely fits him well.

It's a Boy!!!!!

Well Pnut as he is still known, came flying (almost literally) into this world at 7:26PM on 6-14-07. He weighs 6lbs 13ozs and is 19 1/2 inches long. He currently has reddish/blond hair, and blue eyes. Julie and and Pnut are doing great. Labor lasted about 9 hours and she had 10-15 minutes of pushing, and shazam, there he was. Everything else was normal and other than being slightly low on the weight the doctors are very pleased at how well he is doing.

We will be announcing the name tomorrow.

Still in labor!!

Here is what is going on: They started the Petosin at 9:30AM, and then the contractions started. Man, when they started, they came hard. They decided to break Julie's water at 10:45AM, and then the contractions really got strong. Julie has been doing great and worked through the contractions as long as she could and then at about 12:30PM she asked for and got her epidural. She is able to rest now, and has been at 4 CM for about 3 hours now. The contractions are about 1-2 minutes apart, and Pnut is handling everything great. His heart rate started slowing down so they put Julie on oxygen and he has responded very well to the oxygen and his heart rate is back to normal. We cant wait to see this little guy. It wont be long now we think. If she keeps progressing at this rate, we shoukd have our little Pnut by tonight. Love to all.

Name, we have to have name now?????

We can't wait until we get home to name. We actually have to have name ready for him when he decides to come out?!? Well, we have narrowed it down to one of the OVER 100,000 names in our baby book. We like George, Eli, Rasputin, and Adinanabbedin, but we have not decided for sure. We really dont have a name yet, but we have decided to not sure it until the baby is born, even if we did.
Nite-nite and more to come tomorrow.

Settled In

Well we are at the hospital, it is 10:32 approximately, and Julie is doing well. She has been administered the medicine to get things moving. She is having some contraction sand they are getting slightly stronger, but nothing big yet. The picture is of Julie in the hospital bed sending emails on her Blackberry. Like the Energizer Rabbit. Well, we are going to try to sleep, because tomorrow will be a long day.

Off to the hospital we go!!

25 minutes and we are off to the hospital. We are planning an hour drive, with the unpredictable Chicago traffic. Well, ready or not here we go. This picture is of Julie working right up until 30 minutes before we are leaving for the hospital. We will be there tonight, and then they will induce us tomorrow/Thursday morning at 8AM if labor has not started yet. Love to all.

Not yet........

Well.....the ultrasound went well today . The baby has gained some weight, and he now weighs 6lbs1oz. That now puts him in the 11th percentile (down from the 23rd percentile three weeks ago), so they have scheduled for us to be admitted to the hospital on Wednesday (6-13-07) at 7PM. They will then give Julie some medicine to thin the cervix and they will start the Patosin on Thursday (6-14-07) morning at 8AM if labor has not begun yet. The baby is still healthy as far as they can tell. All test show that he is still moving well, good blood flow, and they saw on the ultrasound that he was doing his practicing breathing so everything appears normal, he is just a small guy.

Julie is still feeling great and getting around very well. We went for a walk tonight, and are really enjoying our time together before the baby comes, but we can't wait to hold this little guy, and welcome him into our lives. His big brother Winton is also very excited, although his biggest concern is that he hopes the doctors aren't wrong about it being a boy.

Love to all!!

Pictres of Winton from summer 2006

Thought everyone might enjoy seeing some pictures of Winton. These are from this past Thanksgiving in Kansas City and summer of 2006.

Birthday Update!!

Well, we are still waiting. Peanut has not decided when his brthday will be yet. We do have an ultrasound tomorrow on 6-11-07 at 2:45, and they may decide to induce labor if they feel he has not gained enough weight. So his birthday may be very soon. We will keep this website updated for sure so keep checking back.

Julie is still feeling great. Yesterday we went to an art festival in Lincoln Park (close to downtown Chicago), and did a lot of walking. Julie was a real trooper. Everyone kept saying she looked great and they could not believe she was as far along as she is. Lee has been making timed speed runs to the hospital testing different routes, and making friends with the local police just in case we need a police escort. In addition to everything else going on, we are loving having Winton here for the summer. He will be here for 6 weeks (until July 15th). He is looking forward to being a big brother and we are having fun riding the trains and seeing the sites here in Chicago.

I will give the answers to our interesting trivia questions on the 15th of June. You can check the questions out on our blog. I found an error on my computer that was not allowing some of my emails to go through and I also forgot to attach our website to the last email as a reminder.