Wow, its been a whirlwind the past few days but we’re so excited that baby Joshua is finally here!  Joshua was born Tuesday, November 29th at 1:49pm and weighed 8lbs.3ozs!  He’s a big boy!  He unfortunately had the cord wrapped loosely around his neck twice and came out the color of a blueberry but the nurses were able to give him oxygen and get his lungs cleared out really quick.  He’s breathing like a champ and his color is great!  He’s doing great!  Faith has been doing well too!  The delivery was a bit more difficult than with Aiden but it was much shorter and Faith was way more rested!  She’s certainly tired (especially since Joshua didn’t sleep last night), but she’s commented already on how good she feels physically! Doesn’t she look beautiful in the picture above! Right after giving birth she’s still hot!

Aiden is doing well too!  The first day was a little difficult since Mommy and Daddy were away, but last night when we got home, Aiden did much better!  He already loves giving his little brother lots of kisses!  I’m posting a bunch of pictures today but hopefully I’ll be able to get some of the video clips up soon too!  Thank you all for your prayers and encouragements!  God certainly blessed beyond what we deserve!

Click any of the pictures to see the rest of the photo album!

Last night Faith, Aiden and I went on a hike up Humpback Rock!  I still can’t believe this is only a 30 minute drive!?

Bancroft Mills Overlook, originally uploaded by Cmerc.

Took this on sunday afternoon out at Alapocas State Park…HDR photography is so cool =).

So after finishing the time-lapse of Aiden in his playpen, I decided to up the ante a bit.  I realized it would be really cool to do a time-lapse of all the climbers at our local rock gym!  I’m still learning how to do all this stuff, especially since I’m doing it without all the “proper” equipment.  You can’t believe how many different variables there are when it comes to creating one of these!  You have the shutter speed, the interval between shots, the angle, the frames per second you choose to compile the images at…etc.  There’s a lot to think about!  All in all, I’m definitely pleased with the final product but there’s always room for improvement.  This particular video took about a month for me to make since I had to get to the gym three separate times for each of the three shots.  Enjoy!

We spent Christmas with the Walter’s and New Years with the Mercurio’s!  It was such a special time to be with Grandma and Grandpa (or GG and Gpop to Aiden)!  Here are some of our pictures…click anyone of them to see the whole album.