Week Four

It's hard to believe it has been a month! It has gone by very quickly yet it feels like Deacon has been here for years- it is difficult to imagine our life without him.

Enough mush - pictures!

The Booger Story

Aunt Di has been asking about Booger ever since I caught a live snapshot of him behind our house (it was just a groundhog who lives off our alley), so I thought I'd share the story. Here is the book I created while at the University of Buffalo. To be able to read the text you might be better off clicking on the slide show once it is playing to see the full size view.



On another note, if anyone is looking to move to Columbus, OH (and no, we aren't), Jill's siblings have been working hard on restoring a great house in a great neighborhood. You can check it out here. This is the second house we've worked on together as a team. Jill and I offer a little investment capital and a lot of moral support, but Mikey and Jenn did the lion's share of any actual work. The house looks great - check it out!

We've been working on getting a good head shot of Deacon. Taking good pictures of babies is tough! Let me know if you have any suggestions.

Week Three

Grandma and Grandpa Heimburg began their journey back to New York today. They took very good care of all of us while they were here - trips the grocery store, dinners, baby bouncing, trips to the doctor, handyman repairs, babysitting, and lots of love. We thank them for their gracious hospitality while they enjoyed their stay at our house. Jill and I are fortunate to have such caring families.

So, we're on our own now. This is when the meconium gets real! Wish us luck.

Here is another slideshow filled with what people keep telling us they want - baby pictures!!

Highlights include Deacon's first real bath, a great tofu loaf recipe (we'll make you eat weird stuff if you stay with us long enough), and a trip on the magical mystery glider.



The night out to the ball park was great! It was nice to get out into the other real world for a little bit. Thanks to everyone who stopped in to visit Deacon and to the grandparents Heimburg for making it all possible. (And so you know, we wish you could babysit for us every thirsty Thursday too!)

Ashevillans, will we see you Thursday?

We're hoping to reconnect and catch up with our friends around town tomorrow night. Jill and I have made plans to attend this Thursdays Asheville Tourists game and we hope to see you there! (For those of you who might not be familiar, the Tourists are the single A ball team whose stadium happens to be in our neighborhood.)

Grandpa and Grandma H. have offered to do the baby sitting to help get Jill some well deserved R & R. You could also stop by our place before the game to see Deacon if you'd like (he's not ready for big crowds yet). Please let us know if you think you may make it.

Our Little Big Man

Deacon's visit to the doctors office was a smashing success. Smashing because this kid is breaking all the records. Today Deacon weighed in at ten pounds and is 21 1/3 inches long (keep in mind, "measuring babies is a lot like measuring jell-o," according to his nurse, Andrew). Those number place our big little man in the 90th percentile for height and weight amongst his peers.

Todays other big event was Deacon's first bath! Some pics on that later.

Week Two - Life is Change

There is no teacher greater than experience. I've realized that I know almost nothing, but that it helps to let instinct take control. Although, one thing I'll say I have improved on over this week is the art of baby posing.

It was a bustling week at La Casa de Deacon. Grandparents went and came, Deacon's new friends continue to drop in (just call - we're home), a life altering metamorphosis occurred, and the reality of life with sleep interrupted has set in.

Each day with Deacon is full of surprises. You never know when he's going to want to eat, or sleep, or eat again, burp, fuss, fill a diaper, eat some more, or sleep, just sleep. Jill swears she can see him growing and I feel like I've won a free gym membership (the gym currently only has one ~ten-pound weight and every routine involves some degree of bouncing). His next weigh in is on Tuesday, so we'll try to get the official stats to you then.

We'd like to thank all of you that sent us cards, gifts, and your love as we celebrate this wonderful new addition to our world. It has truly been overwhelming.

The First Week

What a wonderful new life! As I've said since my freshman year at UB, sleep is for the weak! Actually, Deacon has done a pretty good job at sleeping for about 3 hours at a time - until last night when I got about 3 hours of sleep total. It's a good thing he's so cute!

We both want to give a big, BIG thank you to Jill's Mom, Grandma Weezie, for staying with us and helping take care of Jill and Deacon over this past week. I don't know how we would have survived it without her!

It's much more difficult to keep up with this blog thing now, but I promise not to let it fade away!

Here's our little man!