Fun Photo #2

Our next Fun Photo comes from a solo backpacking trip I took up to The Cabin. The photo was actually taken during my drive home to Cincinnati, which took me through the small town of Oil City, Pennsylvania along the Allegheny River.

This is a photo of the “Tri-City Monument Co.”. Notice the sense of humor in the sign on the side of the building (click photo for larger image)…

Photo Album: Cabin, Solo Trip, October 1997

First Play Date

I’m sure there are many, many more play dates in our future but this first one was a lot of fun! 

Reid has two new friends:  Cabo and Ava.  All three babies were born within days of each other!

Beautiful little Ava was born on March 26.

Reid’s birthday was March 28.

And sweet Cabo’s birthday was March 30.

My good friend Amie also stopped by during her lunch break.  Her due date was Friday so she was getting a taste of what’s to come for her!  Maybe the time with three babies was all she needed to encourage her little one!  Amie welcomed her daughter Raquel Eve early this morning!  Congrats, Amie!!

Four Week Stats

We took Reid to his four week doctor appointment yesterday.  He’s grown a lot since his two week check-up!  Here are his stats:

• Weight:  10lbs 9.5 oz (72 percentile)
• Height: 23 in  (92 percentile)
• Latest milestones: big smiles, even better head control, reacting to our faces, rolling from his tummy to his back and “playing” with a rattle. 

Jer will upload a video soon to show off Reid’s musical talents!  Aunt Stephanie will be proud of our future percussionist!

Thanks, Ammy and Papa!!

My parents drove down from Ohio to help out after Jenny’s family had to go back to work. 

They have been such a tremendous help over the past four weeks and have allowed us to maintain as much sanity as possible with a newborn!

My mom (Dana, aka Ammy) is a helping, cleaning, and cooking dynamo, while my dad (Bob, aka Papa) is always at the ready to help with the household projects.  Most of all, we are thankful for all their love and cuddles for little Reid!

Mom and Dad:  thank you both for all the time, love and support you gave our family at this very special time.  We will forever be grateful!

Thank you again!  We love you!

Happy First (Month) Birthday, Reid!

It’s hard to believe that our little man has been out in the world for four weeks. In some ways, it feels like the birth was forever ago, and yet sometimes it feels like it was just yesterday.

We’ve tried to capture as much of the last four weeks as possible on film. Checkout our online photo albums for all the photos that haven’t yet made it to the blog:

Reid Photos – Week 1

Reid Photos – Week 2

Reid Photos – Week 3

Reid Photos – Week 4

Reid’s First Swing

Here is a short video from Reid’s first time in his swing, taken a few weeks ago at the beginning of April.

This video was shot with our Canon PowerShot SX10 IS, which seems  to serve decently in a dual still/video camera role. This is not the best video, but we’ve got to start somewhere. Hopefully this will be the first of many videos to share with friends and family on our blog.

Reid’s Fourth Week

It is hard to believe our little man will be four weeks old tomorrow!   Now that I’m feeling so much better, we got out and about a lot more in the past week – thank goodness!!  Reid had his first trip to the Apple Store, Chuy’s patio for dinner and Amy’s Ice Cream, to name a few.  We even met Jer for lunch one day – hopefully we’ll do that more often!

He really seems to love baths!  (We’ll get more pictures as we get better at handling a squirmy wet baby!)

With Jer back at work, and Reid being a champion eater, we decided to try having Jer give him breastmilk from a bottle.  It is a nice way for Jer and Reid to spend time together, and I get a break!Just this week we’ve noticed that he really seems to like quiet time with us just looking around and talking to him.  He’s very observant!  I even gave him a little baby massage – who wouldn’t like that?!