Friday, August 23, 2013

Welcome Baby Ryley Christopher

We welcomed baby Ryley Christopher into the world on August 18th at 6:30AM.

Here are some photos of his big day and days to follow.

Welcome into the world baby

Memaw and Papa

Papa time

So Alert

Aunti Jen

The God Parents, Jen and Kevin

The Boys: Kevin, Chris and Ryley

Going Home Outfit thanks to Aunti E


Nala the watch kitty

Daddy time

The Grandmas first sighting

Aunti Lynne and Aunti Pat -- They are going to spoil me rotton

Uncle Petey

Aunti E and my soon to be best buddy

Going Home Snug As A Bug

And were home!

First Pedal Car

Pink Puppy thanks to Uncle Petey

Wednesday, August 14, 2013

And We're Ready for LB

Ok, now LB make his/her arrival. The nursery is all set (minus my new chair which is on order).

I think it has turned out better than I could have ever imagined.

Check out the photos :)

Nala had to check things out too.

The chair will go where the playmat is when it comes in.







Wednesday, August 7, 2013

Future Best Buddies

As you know my girlfriend Elizabeth and I are due just 4 short days apart with our baby's. It's been quite the journey for both of us being pregnant and we've really embraced having each other go through the exact same milestones at almost the exact same time.

We are both excited to raise our kids together and teach them all the diverse info we have between the 4 of us. She's a mathematical statistician, her husband Sean is a mechanical engineer, Chris is a mechanic and I'm a aviation nerd. Hopefully somewhere in there we will be able to teach these little ones some common sense and how to do math!

We are also aligned on how we want to raise the kids. Both her and I have read "Bringing up Bebe" which we absolutely loved. We both love the philosophy and the ideas that the book represents. It's the simple things like getting your baby to sleep through the night, being able to sit at the dinner table when it get's older with out having a fit because it's bored and having respectable manors to accompany all those things.

We are excited to make our own food for the baby's and to extend their pallet away from the typical Mac and Cheese and fish sticks that so many people seem to think is an acceptable lunch every day.  (Not saying our kids wont have those things, but at least they will know what their veggies are!!)

In going with our theme we thought it would be fun to take a photo of our bellies just to remember these days before the kids. We plan on taking a photo of the kiddos every year together to watch them grow.

I'm on the left in the Black and Elizabeth is on the right in the Orange. Funny how our bellies are so different looking. Not to mention she is almost 5'10 and I'm respectively 5'7.

A Welcome To Grandmas House Box

I saw the cutest idea the other day for a special "Grandmas" box to give to Elaine. It's a box of a few things that will be helpful for her while the baby is at her place.


Here's what is inside:
Bath Robe, Wash Clothes, Bottles, Pacifiers, Bibs, Teether, Burp Clothes, Bottle Brush, and a snuggle Dog. 

It's not everything she will need but at least it's a good start. This is also helpful so that I don't have to pack all of this stuff every time the baby goes down to Meriden. 

Friday, August 2, 2013

37 Weeks

Today I'm 37 weeks. Officially full term. LB could come any day now if he/she so chooses.

I thought I would take one last photo. Really just to remind me that I will be so happy to be back to my normal size at some point!