Here's our baby! Almost 3 months ago, our favorite new person, Hunter Chase Sessions was born into this world. Since then I haven't felt a desire to make time for virtual journaling but I've been feeling a bit guilty now that 3 months have passed by so quickly.
Kaiser was great. The hospital staff was really nice and the midwife was right there for the whole delivery process. During my entire stay there the only men that I encountered were the pediatricians, which just felt right. No offense to the men who are great, but I think women are just better suited for the delivering of babies.
His name was a tough decision, not so much for Brady because he was fine with all the finalists, but for me it wasn't decided until we wrote it down on the birth certificate and the certificate lady took it away. Its not easy to decide for someone else what they're going to be called for the rest of their lives. The easy part was the middle name, for one, Brady and I both really like the name. Brady suggested it be Hunter's first name but we didn't want to have the trouble of two family members with the same name. The other reason for the middle name was that Chase is missing the first 1+ yrs of his only nephew's life because he's out serving a mission. And I thought it'd be a nice reminder to Hunter of the good example Chase and his other uncles are for him.
Hunter was such a good baby in the hospital, which was a relief for me since I couldn't send him off to the nursery if I wanted to. He didn't cry much but when he did it was so sad.
As most babies probably do he loves baths. This is his first real post umbilical bath. Sometimes he'd be crying but if we turned on the faucet he'd stop mid-cry. I wasted a lot of water that way.
I've got tons of pictures of baby+daddy napping because its sooo adorable. No pictures of baby+mommy napping though, possibly because it doesn't happen.
This was Hunter on his first day at church.
Hunter's first trip was a 3 day stay on a houseboat at Lake Shasta.
He loves being naked. Hopefully that doesn't last.
He's not as hairless as he looks, but he is pretty bald, for now.
More updates to follow...
The baby didn't mind it though. He loved riding in his car seat naked with a burp cloth/cloth diaper wrapped around him. 
But don't worry, he long lecture when we got home about how to behave appropriately at church.
This is Hunter's favorite thing. He usually smiles when I turn it on and then will patiently watch it spin while I do other things. The music it plays has gotten nearly unbearable to listen to anymore but its worth it for the entertainment it provides.
Here are the luxurious Landmark Hotel Apartments in downtown Wausau (pronounced: wa-saw), Wisconsin were we have been living since mid July.
The town is surprisingly cute and we are close to all the main attractions. City square is directly across the street from us. They have weekly farmer's markets, concerts, dog shows, and movie nights here.
The library and mall are both a block away. Its about 1/4 the size of the Roseville Galleria but its still nice to have a shopping center so close. There are also various cafes, pubs, and asian restaurants on our block.
This was a farmer's market we went to a couple days after we got here.
He was so good he slept through the whole blessing and sacrament meeting; Hunter, not Brady.
The Wheeler and Sessions families were out in full force to support us on our happy day
This photo courtesy of Aunt Ali
I was nervous about being stuck in a car for 9 hours but Hunter slept almost the entire time.
We found the grave site of the beloved prophet
and saw this...
and toured this.
Utah's mountains are beautiful especially with all the spring green.
I got to introduce Hunter to Christie and Steve's baby Blake, who is only a few weeks older.
Kaiser was great. The hospital staff was really nice and the midwife was right there for the whole delivery process. During my entire stay there the only men that I encountered were the pediatricians, which just felt right. No offense to the men who are great, but I think women are just better suited for the delivering of babies.
His name was a tough decision, not so much for Brady because he was fine with all the finalists, but for me it wasn't decided until we wrote it down on the birth certificate and the certificate lady took it away. Its not easy to decide for someone else what they're going to be called for the rest of their lives. The easy part was the middle name, for one, Brady and I both really like the name. Brady suggested it be Hunter's first name but we didn't want to have the trouble of two family members with the same name. The other reason for the middle name was that Chase is missing the first 1+ yrs of his only nephew's life because he's out serving a mission. And I thought it'd be a nice reminder to Hunter of the good example Chase and his other uncles are for him.
Hunter was such a good baby in the hospital, which was a relief for me since I couldn't send him off to the nursery if I wanted to. He didn't cry much but when he did it was so sad.
As most babies probably do he loves baths. This is his first real post umbilical bath. Sometimes he'd be crying but if we turned on the faucet he'd stop mid-cry. I wasted a lot of water that way.
I've got tons of pictures of baby+daddy napping because its sooo adorable. No pictures of baby+mommy napping though, possibly because it doesn't happen.
This was Hunter on his first day at church.
Hunter's first trip was a 3 day stay on a houseboat at Lake Shasta.
He loves being naked. Hopefully that doesn't last.
He's not as hairless as he looks, but he is pretty bald, for now.
More updates to follow...
