I'm calling out Oran!

[aimeefarrahfowler]

I randomly sorted the list of everyone who put their names in and emmagk came up first!

Let's see your little cutie and hear all about him!


(since is the first one I'll just add a little guidance: share as many pictures as you'd like from brand new squishy to now. if you'd like, you can tell us your birth story, and tell us whatever you'd like about him. as much or as little as you feel like sharing, it's up to you! And if today is not a good day for your call-out, let me know and I'll stick you back in the list for another day)

[emmagk]

oh man I always hate going first!

Team green turned blue. Oran was born at 39 weeks exactly. I was due to be induced as he was measuring small and they were worried he wasn't thriving anymore. We turned up on the Saturday morning for the scheduled induction and I was already in labour, so we just let it progress naturally. He was born at 6.41pm after only about 10 mins of pushing and weighing a tiny 6lbs1 and 20in long.



He looks exactly like his dad and the only thing he seems to gave gotten from me is my eye colour. As a little baby he was pretty easy going. He was actually happier sitting in his bouncy chair than he was being held which broke my heart a little but now he just loves mummy cuddles.

He's a chatty little man and happily chats away to his toys or anyone that says hi to him. He is however a little lazy and still doesn't crawl, or show any intention of doing so any time soon. He loves food and knows when breakfast, lunch, and dinner times are and gets angry if we run late. I'm not sure he has a favourite food but he definitely does not like avocado.

He's a bit of a globe trotter and has been on vacation 3 times already! Once to another province and twice out of the country. His absolute favourite time of the day is bath time. Even if he's super tired and cranky he always has a blast in the bath. Which is funny since he gave us major side eye during his first bath


He's recently started happy screaming at other babies and makes some of them cry. He favourite toys the flashing musical star that came with his baby gym.

And here's some more photos

First time at the pub at 4 weeks old


about 3 weeks old


first snow and in the big boy swing. He was about 6 months old, we can't get to the swings anymore


And a couple weeks ago at the lake house. We didn't have a high chair so he used a plate like a big boy. He's eating winter squash pancakes

[aimeefarrahfowler]

Thank you for sharing! He is really such a cutie. He looks like a toddler already using that plate!

Does he have a favorite song? Favorite book?

[footloose]

What a cutie! He looks so big eating his pancakes

[Doll15]

Absolutely adorable. You set the bar high on baby call outs!!!

[becole]

What is Oran's personality? What kinds of things can you imagine for his future? Who do you see him being as a 5 year old? As an adult?

[meggypoo1]

Oh my! I love seeing the tiny little baby and then seeing the more recent pictures! Cute!!

[helmink0804]

So cute!!

[meggypoo1]

Oh.. How did you come up with his name?

[emmagk]

aimeefarrahfowler, his favourite book is The Goodnight Train, he actually pays attention to every page. Favourite song is probably the wheeles on the bus but we don't do a lot of singing. I need to get better at that

becole, he's definitely a thinker more than a doer. He inspects every single thing he picks up before playing with it. Turned it upside down, looks in it, under it, talks to it etc... He's still very laid back and happy most of the time. I think as he gets older he'll be a 'but why' kid.

At age 5 I just want him to be a happy, health, caring little. As an adult I'd love for him to do something super geeky like astrophysics and work for the space program. But in reality my hope as an adult is exactly the same as for when he's 5.

[letal316]

Such a cutie!!

[emmagk]

meggypoo1, we had a short list of boys names and I decided at 35 weeks that I didn't love any of them. We sat down one night and went through a list of Irish names (DH grandfather was Irish) and we just liked Oran. I actually asked the ladies here opinions on using the original Odhran spelling and general consensus was drop the 'dh'

Other names he might have been:
Callum
Caleb
Levi

Only one I could see him being now is Callum but Levi was top at the time. He's not a Levi

[ciaobaby]

He is adorable! He looks like such a big boy eating his pancakes!

[jcrewgirl]

Since you were team green, was your inclination boy all along?

& I agree with everyone else, what a cutie! Favorite food?

[emmagk]

jcrewgirl, for most of the time I thought girl and then I woke up one saturday morning around 36 weeks and thought boy. I still remember that because it was such a strong feeling and I have no idea where it came from.

He pretty much loves all food, especially anything he can feed himself. He also loved oatmeal made with almond milk

[bliz1712]

What a cutie. Does he have a favorite toy?

ETA:  Sorry, reading fail.  Does he act more like you or your H?

[strawberryshortcake]

Love the pub photo! Our first pub visit was maybe 5 or 6 weeks.

[emmagk]

bliz1712, he's more like me personality wise. I was a chilled out baby who wasn't mobile until close to a year

[kittyriot]

Your beautiful boy is a peach! His photos really do show what a calm fellow he is.

My question - what thing are you most looking forward to doing with him this coming summer?

[krl52014]

Oh my, what a cutie! I am getting baby fever how do you make the squash pancakes?

[emmagk]

kittyriot, I think i'm most excited to take him to the kiddie splash pools and the park this summer. There's a lovely large splash pool in the park about a block from our house and last summer we used to sit by it a lot but it's not heated so it was too cold for him. This summer I think he'll have fun splashing and cooling off

krl52014, they are just the 2 ingredient pancakes with mashed squash instead of banana

[kittyriot]

Feb 19, 2015 13:16:59 GMT -5 emmagk said:

kittyriot, I think i'm most excited to take him to the kiddie splash pools and the park this summer. There's a lovely large splash pool in the park about a block from our house and last summer we used to sit by it a lot but it's not heated so it was too cold for him. This summer I think he'll have fun splashing and cooling off

krl52014, they are just the 2 ingredient pancakes with mashed squash instead of banana

There's not an awful lot to do in our small city, but we have a stunner of splash pad and park, designed by this insanely talented architectural design firm out of Toronto (the owners grew up here). It's what I am looking forward to most as well! 

[lecky11]

He's so cute! You did great going first

[kendy20]

Such a cute baby boy! Love the pictures of him when he first arrived

[QOTRnew]

Gosh, I get sentimental every time I see a brand new newborn photo. He's adorable and it's so nice to get to know him a little better.
I look forward to this series - thanks for starting it aimeefarrahfowler.

[ksyknelvr73]

He seems so sweet! I love all the pictures. I think having a laid back baby is awesome. Hopefully he sleeps well also??

I'm jealous that he's been on so many vacations also

[haykay13]

Such a cutie!!

[minae01]

He is such a handsome little guy! I like the story about his name. I've never heard it before, but I like the name Oran! You are also very lucky to have a laid-back baby.

If you have another, will you be team green again?

[Deleted]

I love the side eye bath picture!

[emmagk]

minae01, we would absolutely be team green again, we both loved not knowing until the end. Funny story though, I think the delivery staff are so used to people knowing already what they are having they didn't tell us what he was. I saw he was a boy as they bought him up to my chest but DH didn't know. He had to ask a few minutes later! So we never got our 'It's a ..." moment