Parenthood has been easier and harder than we expected. Ellis has been awesome, and is quite the handsome fellow and monkey boy. We absolutely love being parents, and treasure each moment/day that we get a chance to hang out with him. Heather has carried the majority of the load with the 24/7 feedings and also with the transition to her true calling, being a mom. I have changed quite a few diapers, and feel most useful when trying to get him to sleep, which I have had a lot of success at so far. Speaking of sleep, we are sleeping a fair amount but know that every night is a new adventure. We have been the beneficiary of some amazing dinners from our friends the Branches and also Menlo Park Presbyterian Church where we have been attending.
Here are some additional photos, and snapshots of our son. Enjoy! George and Heather and Ellis

Okay, without further ado, here is our newest addition, or Ellis Anthony. Ellis Anthony Poliszuk was born October 14th, 2007 at 12:54 am, weighing in a 7 lbs 13 oz, and 19 inches in length. Labor, from the time of the shorter contractions to the time of birth, was only about 6 hours, and he literally was out in two pushes once the latter stage of labor kicked in. I will spare you the gory details, but the doctors and nurses were surprised how quickly he wanted to come out and they were scrambling to prepare to catch him. It was a surreal sight seeing him born, and then processing the fact that he is our child. As you will see from the photos, he is an awfully handsome fellow and currently looks like a combination of the two of us. Feel free to comment otherwise, but that is our story and we are sticking with it. Heather and I could not be happier even with the sleep deprivation, and we are already deeply smitten by this guy. Enjoy the photos and video! Thanks for all of your support, love, and prayers on our behalf.

George, Heather, and Ellis Poliszuk

These were the last photos taken of Heather before giving birth. Both were taken on Friday Night October 13th, 2007, and Ellis was born a night later or on Saturday Night. As you can see in the photo, Heather looked great and did not appear to be nearly 10 months pregnant. Little did we know how much our lives would change in a short period of time...

I promised more preggo pics...and here they are - but first, an answer to prayer - Ellis had a completely normal non stress test Monday - so it looks like he is growing out of his arrhythmia!!!

(first pic is me in full nesting mode...not with a sewing machine, but with a caulking gun...very strange, but the project had been waiting for too long! :)