good morning

Good morning! We are enjoying our last sweet day all together at home before I go back to work tomorrow. These three weeks have flown by and have been so wonderful. I just wish I could stretch out the time a little longer. We got a lot of snow yesterday and it is coming down again today, so G and I may have to go play outside today. Garrett is starting to let us know how Ezra is feeling and what he needs. We often hear "Baby Ezra no happy" "Baby Ezra hungry" or "Baby Ezra Mama nana" (translation: Ezra needs to nurse).

An almost smile from Ezra

more pictures and updates

We are all doing well here and staying busy loving our boys. Ezra went for his two week appointment and is continuing to gain weight at a great rate, he weighed in at 8lbs 8oz. Uncle Brett (Uncle Baa) came to visit us last weekend and meet Ezra. He was a big hit with both of the boys, which is no suprise. On Sunday Uncles Brett and Jared came sledding with Garrett and myself. It was a lot of fun for all, especially watching all three boys squished onto one sled flying down the hill. This week Grampa came to stay with us to have some quality time with his grandsons. Garrett has enjoyed having Grampa around - someone else to play cars with!

wide eyes (feb 8th)
sledding with uncle brett & uncle jared

the long walk back up the hill

meeting uncle brett

bathtime for the b-c boys

happy (feb 18)

lunchtime

fun and snow on biddle street

We had our first "real" snow storm of the season this week and it was cause for lots of excitement (especially since neither of us had to go to work!). We are continuing to enjoy our time at home just the four of us. Wednesday brought us loads of snow to play in outside and a sleepover with Mima who didn't want to drive home Tuesday night in all of the mess on the roads. Everyone was very excited to play outside, except of course, Ezra.

Ezra is continuing to do very well, he is a very laid back baby and gets lots of love all day long from his big brother and his moms. Garrett really has been having fun helping Mom cook. This week we made pizza for dinner, cupcakes for our friend Tessa's 3rd birthday, and zucchini bread last night. He loves cooking!

february 3rd ezra with great grams and mom


snoozing with mima

making pizza with mom

garrett, mama, & ezra

sledding in the front yard

lots of snow

shoveling

tummy time

decorating cupcakes for Tessa's birthday

ta-da the finished product

garrett & tessa

garrett, ezra, mama, & tessa

happy monday

All is well on Biddle St. We have been enjoying the company of many friends and family over the last several days. Ezra had a check up at the doctor and gained a whopping 4 oz in less than three days. He is just about back to his birth weight and doing great. Hats off to Cindy and the big eater Ezra!

brothers

more pictures

Here are more pictures from Ezra's first few days and the visitors that have come to see us.

ezra patrick day one
opa, oma, & ezra



grampa & ezra

mima & ezra with uncle jack and big brother garrett
mama & ezra


the family

the big brother


snoozing ezra

look at me!

uncle jared & ezra

ezra & great grams

grams, ezra, mom, garrett, & grampa

cowboy garrett playing with uncle chad

ezra & uncle chad

introducing ezra

Greetings! Just a quick update on our family. All four of us are doing well and adjusting to the new addition. Ezra has been nursing like a champ from the moment he was born and he is an absolute delight. His birth was truly amazing, Cindy did so well, which is no surprise. She worked had and labored for 12 hours before he came into this world. Garrett was at home during the whole experience. He did not seem too bothered any of the activities in the house on the birthday. Since he arrived Garrett has been very interested in kissing and hugging Ezra.

We are having multiple technical difficulties right now, our computer got a virus last night is out of commission and being fixed at the shot right now (we hope!). Also today our camera got wet today and is on the fritz. Hopefully it will come back full force after it sits in a bowl of rice for a while. In the mean time we dug out our old camera took a some pictures and are borrowing a computer (thanks uncle jared and aunt elizabeth). We hope to retrieve all of the great pictures we took over the last few days including when Ezra got to meet his Oma, Opa, Grampa, Mima, Uncle Jack, Aunt Elizabeth, and Uncle Jared for the first time

he's here

Just a quick update......

EZRA PATRICK

born February 2, 2010 at 1:47pm
8lbs 1 ounces 21 inches
all four of us are doing well and enjoying our new love!
we will post pictures and updates later

It's all about perspective...

... and we are taking the positive one. Some may say that Cindy is 16 days past her estimated due date, we've decided that she is only 2 days past her EDD. How does this math work you ask?? Well since babies tend to arrive two weeks on either side of the EDD - she is two days past the two week mark. Get it?
Cindy is doing great and so is the baby. She continues to stay at home having all kinds of fun playing with Garrett during the day while I'm at work. We are having frequent visits with the midwife and are confident that this baby will come when she/he is ready. Just gotta focus on the Four P's a little bit longer..... perspective, patience, positive, and peaceful!