Thursday, December 27, 2007 --- Baby and Breakfast!

See the eggs in the bowl! See the cheese on the board! See the turkey links in the pan! See the helpless Nicholas on "Daddy-Cam"! IT'S TIME TO ROLL CAMERAS AND THEN TIME TO EAT!
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--- Christmas 2007


Here's some photos from our first family Christmas!
Nicholas' first Christmas was spent with Nana's cousins from Puerto Rico. We ate a wonderful dinner at Alouette and received lots of gifts from friends and family. Nana left today for her home in Florida. Now Mom's on her own with Nicholas and her other two babies! Sidenote: Mom was very happy to fit back into her prepregnancy clothes - at least her winter coats right now!

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Tuesday, December 25, 2007 --- MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ALL!

Our newest addition to the family - Not-such-a-Saint Nicholas Bridenstine - says "MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ALL! I WISH UPON YOU AND YOURS THE BEST OF THE XMAS SEASON!"

And for some Christmas Eve fun, Lori and I got a chance to see our friends Vanessa and Alf, who were up in the NYC for the holiday. A nice full moon stroll through through Fort Tryon park, followed by some tasty Italian, capped off with a nice ride on the "A" train. Who could ask for more? Nana watched the little peanut, Mr. Nick, so us young adults could do as young adults do - eat too much and chat until we were the only ones still in the restaurant. Oy!




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Sunday, December 23, 2007 --- "A" Train to PoopyVille!

Nicholas James Bridenstine, native New Yorker, can scratch one "must do" off his list - taking the subway [and making it out alive!] Check out pics of NJ, Mom, Dad and Nana as they roam the catacombs of the "other New York", the one underneath. Other firsts have been achieved this week - first time spraying Nana in the face with urine, first time projectile vomiting on Mom, first time freaking the cats out - but for reasons of sheer mercy, we will spare you photos. Enjoy!




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Monday, December 17, 2007 --- Nicholas comes home!

With no professional cameramen around, and a budget of $0, Towhead Productions Writer/Producer/Director Michael Bridenstine was forced to whip out the Treo and catch Nicholas' arrival at home for the first time. Although the resolution may be low, it's all about story - with the drama of Lori walking up the four flights of stairs for the first time since being cut open, the comedy of our front door so neatly decorated by our favorite neighbor and known baby snatcher Amy Cooper and the tears of a sleeping baby, snoring like an old man. Chez Bridenstine will never be the same...
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Sunday, December 16, 2007 --- What Evil lies behind the curtain?

Here is Lori, lying in her hospital bed, with Nicholas snug as a bug in a rug. But notice the curtain, just next to her bed. You may think that it's a simple, nylon curtain allowing two new Moms to have some sense of privacy. What you can't understand is that this curtain hides the face of true evil...

Lori's roommate, who will remain unnamed for legal reasons [i.e., she'd kick my ass if she read this!], has to be the worst roommate that any human being could ever NOT hope to sleep next to. Lori wakes up at 2:00 a.m. to the sound of WWE wrestling blaring on the television, even though ER [Evil Roommate for the sake of brevity] is snoring her 5 ft. 11 in. ass off. Her friends and family use the room's bathroom, even though it is clearly marked Patient Bathroom, too lazy to make the trip down the hall to the public bathroom. Her boyfriend and her argue at 2:30 a.m. over the nature of their fractious relationship, despite the presence of another Mom on the other side of the curtain who's been cut into. She chomps on bag after bag of chips, despite being morbidly obese and diabetic. She yaps on the phone at the top of her lungs, hangs up and then continues the conversation with herself. She picks food off of other patients' trays, after they've been returned to the Pantry tray and are set for the garbage. And her baby is 10 lbs., 5 oz., making Nicholas look like a pip squeak. All we can say is "Wow!" and pray that Lori and Nicholas will truly be released tomorrow morning by 10:00 a.m. Washington Heights will have never looked so good to Lori, and I'm with her 100%. Other people can suck!

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Saturday, December 15, 2007 --- FLASHBACK! - "Before the C-Section"

Here is a quick look at Michael's thoughts just before jumping into the operating room for the big C-Section. The off-camera voice you hear is Nana's [Mary Anne, Michael's Mom], doing a Voice Over during a monologue scene, which you just don't see much nowadays. ROLL TAPE!
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--- NICHOLAS & MOM - IN MOTION!

See him move! See him gesture! See him sneeze! Nicholas James Bridenstine's first viral video!

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Friday, December 14, 2007 --- HARK THE HERALD ANGLES SING! GLORY TO THE NEW BORN KING!



YES, HE HAS ARRIVED!
NICHOLAS JAMES BRIDENSTINE

Born: December 14, 2007 - 1:10 a.m., 9 lbs. 4 oz. - Length - 20.5 inches

Mom and Nicholas are fine, but both are exhausted! The day started with Nana [Mary Anne] and Lori going to her regularly scheduled Doctor's appt., after which they immediately sent Lori to the hospital due to her high blood pressure. Michael, meanwhile, was in Boston at the Celtics' practice ready to start doing interviews. But due to the impending storm, the interviews got canceled and the whole production started the move down south. 10 hours later, through sleet and snow and horrible traffic, Michael arrived in NYC at the hospital. After that, Lori had lots of pain, got diolated to 8 cms., finally got an epideral (OK, my spelling is off, but it's 3:49 a.m. and I'm exhausted, so give me a break! Lori pushed and pushed, but NJ got stuck, and they had to do a C-Section. 30 minutes later, Nicholas joined the world and his first act of life was to pee on the Doctor. Good boy!! But he's got 10 fingers, 10 toes, a big head, cute light hair (Towhead!), a beautiful pink color and a killer dimple. Note to Dads - LOCK UP YOUR DAUGHTERS! Lori did great, was completely beautiful throughout the whole night and is more exhausted than I have ever seen her. She's resting now and we'll see her in the morning. But in the meantime, take a look at some pictures and check out my beautiful, soon to be hilarious son! - Proud Daddy Michael. P.S. - The kid is really quiet. Must take after Mom!


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Monday, December 10, 2007 --- December 10, 2007- STILL NO BABY!

Just a follow up to last night's attempt to induce labor. NADA,ZIP, NOTHING! Up all night long and no contractions! Nicholas already has a stubborn streak! I am going walking today some more. SOOO the saga continues.....

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Sunday, December 9, 2007 --- DESPERATE TIMES CALL FOR DESPERATE MEASURES!

Lori has walked the walk - but still no baby. She's eaten spicy Mexican - but still no baby. She's even seen "The Golden Compass" - and still no baby. [Personally, I was thinking he was gonna pop out about halfway through the film and scream, "YOU CALL THAT CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT?!"] So, in a desperate attempt to bring Nicholas into the world, she's going "old school." Under the advisement of Nana, aka Mary Anne, Lori did as Mary Anne did the night before I was born and downed almost 2 oz. of castor oil. YUCK! Watch the event for our yourself below! And if you smell something a little off, turn your nose West...
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Saturday, December 8, 2007 --- Christmas Cookies or Smurf Goo?


So, sometime last week, I [Michael] made two patches of Christmas cookie dough - one sour cream sugar, the other pumpkin spice. They were left overnight and then set to be rolled out by my lovely wife, Lori, and our best neighbor friend, Amy Cooper, as the two got into the Christmas spirit. Well, you'll have to dismiss my word as heresy since I was not there, but rumor has it that the pumpkin cookie dough was too soft to actually roll out, so the cookie cutters were dismissed and the random "blop" cookies were created. Bright blue goo was added and Christmas hasn't seen anything this bright since the Star of Bethleham! Yikes! That said, they taste pretty good, even if they look like a by-product of an X-rated "Blue Man Group" show...

Wednesday, December 5, 2007 --- December 5, 2007


So I just got home from my weekly checkup with the Dr. I am still 1 cm dilated but 80% effaced! Yeah! She said that was just as important as the dilation. So essentially if my water breaks (which I've been hoping Nicholas would hit in the right place- since he's been punching his mom in the bladder) or start the real contractions I will finally have this child! She is estimating that he is 8lbs now! ALL baby! Michael was supposed to go to Boston for the day tomorrow for work and after they had me on the fetal monitor she suggested he stay home! I hope I win the bet we made as to when Nicholas would be born! I said the 6th. Michael said the 10th. I am so ready. My swollen feet scare me and I am really sick of maternity pants!

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Saturday, December 1, 2007 --- 60 SECOND INTERVIEW

Watch the FIRST EDITION of the "60 Second Interview", a new tradition where we talk to friends, family and the familiar to see what's up. First subject - Jeff Matthews! Take a look.
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The Bridenstines consist of five sentient beings of various intellect, value and potential, specifically:

Lori -- Wife and mother, taking a government-sanctioned maternity break from her personal training gig to birth, rear and guide her son as he begins his life and ends hers, a.k.a. “eating the metaphorical bon bon.”
Nicholas -- Newest addition to the family, born happy, healthy and eager to start blaming his parents for ruining his life. Predicted first word – Why?
Brummie -- Elder female feline, happy with warm belly rubs and cold bowls of milk. Tabby in coat, Tiger in heart.
Maya -- Deadly-but-delicious younger putty tat, with a soft face to melt the hardest heart and a proclivity toward urinating on Mom and Dad while they sleep.
Michael -- Husband and father, busy writing, producing and directing the next great American sitcom, if at least in his head. Loves to multi-task while on the phone, often by dusting while yapping.

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