Back in the saddle

After about two and a half weeks at home with the family following Jack’s birth, I’ve returned to my normal work life. My wife still has some time off at home with Jack, but this has been a week of hitting the “reset” button for me. I really enjoyed being home with the family, and [...]

Who is who?

Whenever a child is born, everyone tries to find the similarities between that child and their parents.
“He has your eyes.”
“She has your chin.”
One of the immediate things I noticed about Jack when he was born was how much he looked like his sister when she was a baby. 
Here are a couple of examples. 

And one more. 

Jack’s first bath

It was a rather uneventful experience until Jack decided to express his displeasure at the bathing experience by pooping on his mother. The 4 year old thought that was pretty funny. Here’s the boy all cleaned up.

What I’m doing…

For the next few weeks, this is it! Life is pretty grand!

Thanks and more pictures!

Let me first say how much we appreciate the many comments that have been left here by family and friends as well as those who were able to stop by the hospital to see our little boy. It’s been a crazy couple of days. I was just about to begin the process of getting ready [...]

A few more pictures of Jack Alexander

Here are a few more pictures of Jack. We’re in our room right now waiting for Jack to come back from the nursery. Everyone is doing great. Needless to say it’s been a whirlwind of a day. Stephanie and I got home after working in her classroom this afternoon and she said, “my stomach is [...]

Meet my son!

It’s a few weeks early, but our little boy is finally here. Jack David Alexander was born at 8:16 p.m. on August 12th. He weighed in at 6 lbs 4 oz. and was 19.5 inches long. 

It’s starting to hit me…

Yesterday was a great day at our house. Several of our friends from the church hosted a baby shower for us at the church yesterday morning and our faith family “showered” us with gifts for our son’s arrival. It was a really fun day for all of us including our four year old daughter who [...]

Returning to normalcy

After seven of the strangest days of my life, I’m finally returning to some sense of my normal life today. I’ve never had surgery before now, and I greatly underestimated the “recovery” process that was involved in this experience. I was expecting to be up and going a few days after my procedure. I had [...]

The Big Day

Today is moving day. I’m sitting at the old house [the only option for internet service at this point] waiting for the crew to load up the UHaul. We’re finally moving into the church parsonage.