Procreate in '08 Participants

We would like to thank everyone who is taking part in this year's theme of procreation, including the families of baby Liam and baby Tyler who have recently made their debuts.

Here are two of our local participants, Amy Alday of the House of Alday (due in November) and Victoria Partridge of Peartree Manor (due in Feb).



Keep up the good work ladies! We are looking forward to meeting baby Marmaduke and baby Wolfgang.

Sick and Tired

This past week was filled with some significant milestones: Deacon began taking bottles at daycare, he also began taking naps, and he got sick! The good part about the latter of these is that Deacon's immune system seems to be working fine. He did have some good sniffles and a little fever that have kept mommy and daddy up at night - but we've adapted by going to bed before 10. As you will see in the pictures, Deacon handled it like a champ. Jilly also picked up a bit of what we assume Deacon had (Jill is a champ too!). Thankfully everyone has made it through the worst of it and is now on the mend.

Last week also marked the beginning of my fifth year at HCC (see the back-to-school picture).

This week were getting ready for another trek up to OH-IO for Baby Fest '08: Labor Day Edition.

That's all the news that's fit to print.

P.S. We've also included some pictures of our pets: Smokey, Bandit, and Karma. Remember them? They've been feeling a little left out lately. Little do they know that in another six months or so they may be getting more attention than they have ever wished for!

Boy Oh Boy!!

That's right, Lori and Trent had a boy!! Tyler Michael Huff was born on 8-18-08 at 6:14 PM. He weighed 7 lbs 1 oz and was 19 inches long...and couldn't be cuter!!



What a beautiful family! You can just tell that Rachel is going to be a great big sister!



Congratulations Huffs!! We can't wait to see you all and meet baby Tyler in a couple of weeks!

Week 19 - The back-to-school edition

This past week was Jill's first back to work and Deacon's first at daycare. To commemorate this sacred indoctrination into society, we took pictures each day before school.


Deacon has really come along way during this first week. He created his first word document, which is included in its entirety here:

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Congratulations Skeans Family!

Please give a warm welcome to William "Liam" Beckett Skeans. He was born on Wednesday, August 13 at 8:27 pm and was 7 lbs. 3 oz. and 21 inches long. Great job Jocelyn and Damion!


If you'd like to find out more about this newest addition there is a link to the Skeans's family website under our links section.

Week 18 - Deaconpalooza and more

Just pictures for now. Thanks for coming to Deaconpalooza!! Deacon misses all of you!