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Amazing as it is… Dallin is over 6 months old now, almost 7 months by the time I finally write this. Time sure flies… and the kid is getting big.
He just had his 6 month checkup and here’s the vital stats:
Weight: 18lbs 7 oz (75th percentile)
Length:27″ (75th percentile)
Head:45cm (85th percentile)
I just posted up some pictures of him on his 6 month birthday. Happy and smiling as ever (not!). He really does laugh and smile… just every time we pull out the camera he seems more interested in what we are pointing at him and forgets whatever he was having fun with.
He’s now rolling all over the place, but not crawling quite yet. He’s very inquisitive, and loves to look around at anything and everything.
Other stuff
Oh what else is there to post after 3 month gap in news…
I just put up a few Christmas pictures. We had a good time visiting family, and dressing Dallin up in a Santa suit.
A few days later was Thomas and Michelle’s wedding. I had a lot of fun following around the photographer taking my own shots. I picked out about 30 or so (out of 250) and edited them between the luncheon and the reception, then had them going on a slideshow durring the reception. It was nice to get a lot of compliments on them, and to also see the pictures all over (as centerpieces and stuff) that I took for their engagement. I’m really enjoying photography again with the great camera I have. But even though I’ve had it less then a year, I am itching for an upgrade as I’ve got the taste for it and want a bit more control. I think my current camera would stay in the arsenal as it has a lot of abilities in a small package, but I’d love to take that next step.
Another few days later we had the annual Bahr Family New Years Party, where everyone from Lyman’s (Kaylene’s dad) fathers side of the family gets together.
A few weeks later was my birthday… 31 years, or 372 months since that’s how we count for Dallin. Nothing all that special… but such are birthdays when you get older.
This weekend we had kind of a house-warming party (or just a get-together I guess) at Thomas and Michelle’s house. I got to see the pics from the “real” photographer that were taken at the wedding. I was pleased to find that I had quite a few decent shots in comparison, and that others thought so as well. It was definately interesting to see the same shots I was taking, but from different angles and with different thoughts behind them. I’ll have to get them side-by-side sometime to compare and see what I can learn from anothers point of view.
Not a heck of a lot else significant that I can think of. So until the next 3 months go by….
February 6th, 2006
There were two additions to the Bahr clan this week. First Luke (Kaylene’s Brother) and Crystal Bahr had their 2nd child and first daughter, Kaylinda. Then a few days later Jason and Shersti (Kaylene’s Sister) Anderson had their first child and son, Thayne.
So today we had the blessing for Kaylinda, as well as the blessing of my step-sister’s (Stacey) daughter Angelina.
Whew… lots of babies all over the place. It was fun to see so many future playmates for Dallin, and to get his picture with a few of them.
In other news, we did go up to the fair, but the pictues there didn’t come out so well as their were too many other light sources in the area to get good ride shots. But I did get some good nightime shots of the Salt Lake City Temple. I still haven’t gone through them all and picked out my favorites though. I’ll get some posted up eventually.
I also spent the week trying to get up the canyon to take some fall color pictures, but things kept coming up like work, and babies being born (the nerve of some people) so I finally got up there yesterday and took over 400 pics. That’s definately going to take a while to pick out some favorites.
September 25th, 2005
Here are 3 quick videos of Dallin. They aren’t the super best quality, but I was trying to keep the filesize down. Will put up the original files if anyone really wants them. Just say so in the comments.
First we have him in the nursury (11.5 MB 46 sec) less then an hour old.
Next is him looking around the room at 18 hours old (8.2 MB 33 sec).
Last, but not least, is my brother Brett, holding a baby for the first time in his life (11.5 MB 46 sec) … aren’t they both cute 
An update on Dallin’s jaundice problem…
We have gotten the billi blanket and it’s pretty cool. Haven’t taken any pics of it yet, but I am sure I will. It’s basically a projector, that takes all the light and channels it into fiber optics that then go into this 5×7 or so pad that you have to put on his body, covering as much surface area as possible. We switch it from front to back every 6 hours or so.
He has to wear it as much as possible througout the day for it to be effective. The guy that showed us how to use it said that 18 hrs of use will reduce his number by a point a day (he is a 20, and should be down below 9) and 22 hrs a day will reduce him by 3. Weird how it works so much better in those last few hours.
He said that it was kind of discovered by accident. Back however many years ago there was a nursury full of jaundice babies… and one room seemed to do much better then the others. Turned out it was the flourecent lights in that room, and so now that is what they use now as one of the best treatments.
Anyway… we have the checkup tomorrow morning and will post an update as to how he is doing, and hopefully a few more of those pictures I keep promising.
July 18th, 2005
Yeah yeah… we don’t have a name for him yet His name is Dallin Aaron Barker, but we do have him.
Born 7/13/2005 at 6:05 (3 weeks early, was due Aug 2nd)
7 lbs 10oz (thank goodness it was 3 weeks early)
18.5 Inches long
I’m just home real quick grabbing some stuff, so this will be short. Mom and baby are both doing fine. Everything went great, Kaylene had an epidural (sp?) and didn’t have much discomfort at all. Got officially checked in at noon, and had baby 6 hours later.
This is the earliest picture I have… only a few minutes old here. My mom has earier as I was doing video for the first 7 mins.
This one is after he’s all cleaned up and had a bath… he was sucking on everything so I gave him my finger. I’m guessing that’s not the last time that will happen.
And here’s the happy family (well Kaylene won’t be so happy when she finds a picture of her looking like that online, but you get the idea.)
Will do more updates when I have more time… am guessing I should get back to the hospital with all the stuff I am supposed to be here getting.
Update 7/14 11:00 am
Home again to make sure the dogs haven’t destroyed the house. Here’s a little more info:
Baby (really need a name) had a little bruising on his forehead, and also wasn’t staying pink all that well, so they whisked him down to the nursury pretty quick. After a little watching and getting him on an oxygen monitor he was doing just fine.
He hasn’t eaten yet, but so far they say that isn’t totally abnormal. So hopefully we’ll get somewhere with that in the next 6 hours or so.
Mom and baby continue to do fine. Dad hates the funky chair that converts into a bed thing… and is a little sleep deprived as a result. But I guess I can’t be the only one getting sleep.
So far the UVRMC staff had just been awesome. All the nurses have been very friendly and extremely accomodating… it’s been really nice to be taken care of so well.
Not sure when I’ll be back to post again, one bummer of UVRMC is that they don’t have internet connections available (get with the times guys ), and I can’t even pick up any local wireless access from the 4th floor *sigh*. But if all goes according to plan, we will get released tomorrow at 11am (I think). Oh well.
Thanks for everyones kind and supporting words, it’s great to have so many wonderful friends.
Update 7/15 4:15pm
Well we are home, and trying to get things situated… since he’s early (and we are slackers) we are not quite prepared. No crib yet.. so will have to get that done.
But in other news… we have a name. And he shall be called “Dallin Aaron Barker”.
Gotta go help with Dallin (ahh… something to call him… whew). Will be back with more details later tonight.
Update 7/17 3:30 pm
We had to go get Dallin’s bilirubin (the stuff that makes you yellow/jaundice) level checked, and it seems it is a bit high… just shy of having him admitted actually. So they are sending over a home health nurse with a “bili blanket” that uses fiber optics to give him some light. Then we will go get a check of his number first thing in the morning to see how effective it was.
I guess expecting a perfect introduction to the world was a bit much to ask for. We know Jaundice and stuff is fairly common, but we are still worried parents. Will post any updates as we get them. And hopefully a few more pics and video later today, that will be in a new post. So make sure to check the front door of the site for new postings that would be missed if you came directly to this page.
July 13th, 2005
OK… so we can’t seem to come up with a name we like for the little guy. So this is a request for any input into the matter.
A few requitements/suggetsions.
- The baby is a boy… no girl names please
- We’re not really interested in really funky names… no “Alehandro” type things.
- I’m kinda picky about names that have way obvious nicknames that the poor guy is going to get made fun of all the time. Charles (upchuck), Richard (you know what it is), etc… are a no go
- Middle name is potentially going to be Aaron to carry on my distinct heritage in ways other then screwing up half of his DNA.
- No “Utah” names… Brigham, Moroni, etc
Names that are currently on the list, but that we aren’t 100% sold on are:
Yeah… not a very long list. Thus this post.
Will update with any new requirements, and names as we come up with them. Thanks for any help!
Update - 2:53PM MST
Here is a list of names that are out due to family conflicts or just no-likey:
Family
- Lyman (K-Dad)
- David (K-Bro)
- Joe (Joseph) (K-Bro)
- Luke (K-Bro)
- Thomas (K-Bro)
- Mark (K-Bro)
- Jacob (K-Bro)
- Jesse (K-Bro)
- Ben (Benjamin)(K-Bro-In-Law)
- James (K-Bro-In-Law)
- Jason (K-Bro-In-Law)
- Steve (A-”Father”)
- Brett (A-Bro)
- Robert (Bob Barker = Bad… credit to Linda)
- Doug (Doug could be Dog Barker, credit to Linda)
Related, but not as close, so remote possibilities:
- Jordan (Nephew)
- Alan (Nephew)
- Ryan (Nephew)
June 13th, 2005
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