Friday, October 26, 2007

One Month Old!

So, Ezra is one month old (as of yesterday)!!! It's hard to believe!! I emailed some pictures out and my mom responded by saying something about me having "healthy kids." I think that was a nice way of saying I have chubby babies :) A woman at my dr. office the other day said Ezra was a "bruiser" and I have heard several comments about his cheeks. And this is my SMALL baby!!! It is nice to know that he's getting plenty to eat and is growing well :) He was 8lbs, 4 oz at birth (down to 7lbs 9 oz two days later) and at his two week check-up he was 9lbs 6oz!!! He is working on catching up to his big brother (Sean Jr was 9lbs 3 oz at birth and 9lbs 8oz at two weeks). Ezra is a such a sweet baby. He is awake a bit more these days and is starting to smile every so often (he smiles a lot in his sleep, but has actually smiled while looking at us a few times) - it is so adorable! His umbillical cord has yet to fall off - it is a battle of wills, I think :) It is hanging on by a thread :) Someday we will see his belly button. Sean Jr is great with him and makes a cute, high-pitch voice when he talks to him. He likes to hold him (only for a minute or so, then he's done), and kiss him, and turn on the swing for him. It's fun to see our two boys together. And we are so enjoying having daddy home. He goes back to work on Nov 1, and then the real challenge will begin for all of us. Praise God for blessing Sean with such a great job and the opportunity to be home with us for over a month! Here is Ezra and his doggy (we took monthly "froggy" pics when Sean was a baby, so we got this doggy for Ezra).



Also, we took a trip to the pumpkin patch on Monday. Sean Jr wouldn't go on any of the rides or the ponies (although he did it last year), but he did go in the petting zoo. And he had a lot of fun chasing his daddy in and out of the rows of pumpkins :)


Wednesday, October 17, 2007

RENO

We just came back from a road trip to Reno for a Daley family reunion. The boys did GREAT on the road. Ezra mostly slept (just a few short screaming periods when we were almost to a stopping point). And Sean Jr did so well - he looked for cows and horses out the window and talked about what he saw, looked at books and toys, and even enjoyed listening to a Clive Cussler book on CD - kept asking us to turn the story back on. :) He was really good when Ezra would cry too - he said "mommy, I need a book so I can read to him so he can be happy." He's such a sweet big brother! We had a great time with all the family up there. We walked around Virginia City, went to buffet dinner at the Nugget, ate lots of good food, and just spent time hanging out together. What a blessing to have this family!!