September 8

Today is Shea's two month old doctor visit. He will be weighed, given a few routine immunizations, and evaluated by the doctor. Stay tuned for more details...

UPDATE: (11:10am CST)Shea weighs 8 pounds 4 ounces! Wow!!! And, his length is now 20 1/2 inches. I looked back to see what Daphne's 2 month old vitals were and found that she was 10 pounds 5 ounces and 22 inches long. But, keep in mind that Daphne was born just shy of 38 weeks and Shea was born at 34 weeks (so an apples-to-apples comparison is somewhat misleading).

Daphne's nightly tantrums and disagreeable nature has gotten worse over the last month. Between 4 and 8 pm, I swear she grows horns and turns into devil spawn. Well, maybe she's just being a typical 3 year old? She can be so sweet during the night like when she calls out for me to help her potty at 3am. "I love you, Daddy. Why don't you stay home from work and play with me today?" or "Daddy, you are my very best friend ever!"

Shea is gaining incredible neck control and losing the "wobbly head" typically found in infants. He still cries a lot, but honestly nowhere near as much boohooing as Daphne. Shea seems to spit up easier than Daphne (unless my memory does not serve).

By the time Daphne was two months old, I had snapped somewhere close to 4,500 photos of her. With our day to day activity busier than ever, poor little Shea has only been photographed about 100 times. Sorry if my photos appear uncomposed and rushed lately, but here are some new pictures of the kiddos nevertheless:






Until tomorrow,
Dave T.

September 3

Shea is two months old today! Doesn't time fly?

Here are some new photos of Shea:







Until tomorrow,
Dave T.

August 29

Shea continues to eat well and grow like a weed. His 2 month old doctor visit is next week. I purchased and assembled a brand new crib for Shea yesterday.

It's that time of year again. Daphne has a nasty cold and is a mucus machine. She looked at me last night and said, "Excuse me Daddy, I need to go vomit now..." Poor little baby. She refers to the downstairs sink in the half bath as the "vomit sink".

Here are some new photos from this weekend:

Shea's new crib...

Shea seems to like his crib

I can almost roll over!

Class clown Daphne

Daphne is a silly goose


Until tomorrow,
Dave T.

August 24

Happy Anniversary to Jennie and me! We celebrated 14 years of marriage yesterday.

Shea's room is slowly coming along. Jennie has organized all of his clothing and has a pretty good idea how we will decorate his room in the upcoming months. We have still not bought Shea a crib. I suppose we will break down and buy it this weekend.

Shea is growing fast. I stood on the scale with him and without him this past weekend. The difference was 7.2 pounds. Yay! He is over 7 pounds now and is well on his way to catching up with Daphne.

Notice anything new about this blog? Yep, I finally updated the header at the top. I will be playing around with it in the next few weeks and should get newer photos integrated as time passes.

Until tomorrow,
Dave T.

August 17

Daphne occasionally mentions how she wants "to be bald, just like Daddy". Yesterday, she experienced her first ever haircut in 3 1/2 years of life. Well, she's not bald but they did trim a few inches off the length.

NOTE: I am currently working on a new banner for this blog. I have been told by a few different people that the current photo is way out of date and needs to include Shea as well.

Here are some new photos:












Until tomorrow,
Dave T.

August 15

We had a busy weekend chock full of family and friends. We appreciate all the visitors to meet Shea. Here are some new photos of Shea & Daphne:








Until tomorrow,
Dave T.

August 9

Shea is one month old today! He weighed in at 6 pounds 0 ounces last Friday (a gain of 9 ounces in 10 days). The doctor said if Shea gains approximately an ounce per day, he would be pleased.

My Mom flew home last night after graciously helping us around the house for a week. I know Jennie is going to miss the extra hands with a crazy Daphne running around the house...

Here are some new photos of Daphne & Shea:







Until tomorrow,
Dave T.

August 4

Shea returns to the doctor tomorrow for a routine check up and weigh in.
We are crossing our fingers that he's gaining weight...

Here are some new photos: (many more to come on my Facebook profile)




Until tomorrow,
Dave T.

July 26

RESULTS FROM DR. VISIT:
Shea has grown an inch (18 inches long).
Today he weighed 5 pounds 7 ounces.
Yay! That's an increase in 4 ounces over the last doctor visit...

Daphne seems to love her new baby brother. She loves kissing him on the forehead and once I saw her plant a big pucker right on his mouth. Her behavior has predictably gotten worse (as she is no longer the center of attention). We are trying our best to make sure she receives a fair amount of attention and love.

Unfortunately, Daphne has regressed a bit with her overnight peeing since her brother's arrival. She sleeps in Huggies Overnight Pull-ups just in case of such an accident. Hopefully, Daphne's bed wetting episodes will cease before her fourth birthday in February. Prior to Shea's birth, Daphne was staying dry all night.

Jennie and I still need to purchase a crib for Shea in the coming months. His baby room has not been decorated and remains mostly empty. Shea will sleep in his bassinet beside us in the master bedroom for a few more months at least.

It's funny how we had so much baby stuff before Daphne arrived, but after Shea was born we were scrambling to find socks and any kind of baby clothes that would fit him. Thankfully, a co-worker of mine loaned us a bunch of preemie clothes for Shea. Otherwise, he would be wearing diapers, old Daphne T-shirts, and receiving blankets only.

Until tomorrow,
Dave T.

July 25

Shea has his 2 week physical tomorrow morning. We are anxious to see how much weight he has gained in the last week and a half. At his last visit, Shea was tipping the scales at 5 pounds 3 ounces (3 ounces below his birth weight).

Here are some new photos of Shea:

Happy baby


At the doctor's office...


Aunt Tammy


Zzz...


Resting


Thumb sucker


Until tomorrow,
Dave T.