The first few days

Jake and I discovered long ago that we 

have very different opinions on names, 

especially boy names.

This is one of the reasons we did

not find out what we were having.

So after the baby was born, we

chose not to discuss names

for the first 24 hours.

Instead, we just stared at our

beautiful baby and took lots of pictures.

Hospital bath

All clean

Wide awake

Fast asleep

First visitors (friends from church)

The next morning, we tackled the beast.

It went a lot better than either of us thought it would.

After several hours of discussion

(and a few phone calls for feedback),

we landed on the name Corbett Jake Deines,

and I'm happy to say that we both loved it.

We hope that he does too!

We also like the nickname possibilities,

including CJ, Corby, and little Jake.

We spent the rest of our hospital stay

resting, talking on the phone,

watching NBA playoff games,

and taking more pictures.

"I'm a boy!"

First family photo

Skin to skin with daddy

This momma sure loves her baby

He's grinning!

Jake ate the hospital's flatbread mushroom pizza every day

Thanks to the nurses, our water bottles were never empty

View from our hospital room

And then we were off!

Time to tackle parenthood at home.

We will never forget our experience at

Winnie Palmer Hospital and the wonderful

care that we received from the

doctors, nurses, and other staff.