Having fun with dad!!!

Corrin and dad have fun hanging out!
Dad is showing Corrin the ropes of how to be "cool". He sure got mom's attention!
Dad has also had a ton of fun doing art with his son. Robin's latest project is a three piece white chalk on black paper art piece for our dining room where Robin and I are looking down with amazement at Corrin!

Kim's mom visiting Corrin

We are so thankful to have had family come visit. It was such an amazing blessing to us and a huge help as Kim was recovering from her C-section and as we were adjusting to being parents!

We celebrated the new year's with Kim's mom who came for 10 days to visit. Corrin had a great time with her and appreciated the pijamas and outfits that she made by hand to keep him warm!

We had a lot of fun just staying at home and connecting but also found time to do a little bit of site seeing close to home! We went to a few market places, the pyramid and the world's smallest volcano! We even made perrogies as we traditionally do for New Year's and Peperoni bread! YUM. We miss you mom! Thanks for coming!

Corrin's Pediatrition and Nurses

We are so thankful for the great care of the Pediatrition and Nurses while Corrin was in intermediary care for three days! He was the only child there and received a lot of love and attention from them!

Christmas with Corrin

Robin made Corrin his first blocks with his initials on it for Christmas! Not only was this our first Christmas in Mexico, it was our first as a family! Robin's brother Jesse came for three weeks and celebrated it with us!


































Corrin liked snuggling up with the little bear that my uncle Jim and aunt Karen bought for him!

Corrin- 5 days old

At 5 days old, we got out the camera and did a little photo shoot of Corrin.

Many people here in Mexico call Corrin "Robincito", little Robin. We think he has features from both of us. I think his hands and feet are like Robin's. Just a smaller version! Before we know it he will be growing up and his feet will be the size of his daddy's feet. Hard to imagine right now!! It will be good to have this picture to look back on and remember how small he once was.

Getting ready to take Corrin home

On the third day after Corrin was born, we were able to take him home. This was only the second time that we got to hold him! How precious how little boy is!

December 9th, 2009- Corrin Ethan Cranson

Corrin was born at "La Paz" (Peace) Hospital in Puebla, Mexico at 9:25 pm on December 9th. (the same day as Kim's mom's birthday).

We were induced two weeks early due to my Preeclempsia (toxemia) and labored for about 48 hours. When my water broke there was meconium which was a sign of fetal distress and the doctor decided to perform an emergency c-section.

Due to my preeclampsia he was underweight when he was born, he only weighed 4 1/2 pounds.

We learned later that Corrin's umbilical chord was wrapped around his neck twice and once around his arm which made it impossible for him to drop into the birth canal causing fetal distress during labor. The doctors said if we would have waited even one more hour we probably would have lost him. His stomach was full of meconium and had to be pumped. He also was having difficulty breathing so the Pediatrition decided to place him in intermediary care until he was able to breath better on his own.

Here he is pictured in intermediary care with oxygen, the ultraviolet light underneath of him for his jaundice and the feeding tube in his mouth.

We were able to visit with him about 3 times a day for an hour at a time. He improved so quickly that by the third day they took him fully off of the oxygen and let us take him home!