Thatcher Hamilton Fayling has Arrived!

Thatcher decided to grace us with his presence at 5:19 AM on 11/07/2007. He shares the same birthday as his great-grandpa Brown. I got the call from Megan at 4:30 PM while I was at the office. I had 2.5 hours of traffic to get through before I could meet her at the hospital (thanks Jeff for ferrying her to the hospital.) 8 hours later and Thatcher arrived. He was 8 lbs, being the largest baby for the day. He has been having a few breathing issues, so he has been in the neo natal unit for the past two days. We hope to have him home by Sunday. Megan is doing well, and Seth seems to be in good spirts.

You can view some pictures by clicking here.

Thatcher at 34 Weeks

Megan had her last 3D ultrasound. Thatcher is coming along nicely and it looks like he has all his fingers and toes! We got some really good pictures this time around, and I took a 23 minute video and edited it down to approximately 4 minutes. You can view the pictures by clicking here.

Halloween 2007

Trick or Teat! We took Seth trick-or-treating and he had lots of fun. We thought it would be a big ordeal getting him into his outfit, since he was afraid of it for most of the month, but as the time came, he jumped right into the suit. There were TONS of spider-mans, wonder woman's, and power rangers. There was only ONE Cookie Monster, and that was Seth. Everybody loved the outfit. Click here to see the pictures.

Pumpkin Carving 2007

It is Halloween again, and that means pumpkin carving. Of course Seth wanted to carve a "rocket ship pumpkin" so I went hunting the web for a rocket ship I could print out and trace onto a pumpkin. I thought it would be a simple thing to do, but after 30 minutes I decided to settle on a "just ok" image. If I had any free time, I would create a website where you could find all kinds of things to print out to trace onto a pumpkin. Maybe next year...

Seth didn't want to get his fingers gooey, so Megan and I got to do that part, but he did like using the child safe pumpkin knife and helped cut out the rocket ship. His favorite part was the candles, so that is something we are going to have watch out for.

We are taking him Trick-or-Treating this Saturday (he has a Cookie Monster costume with his name on it) so look for pictures next week. In the mean time take a look at the carving pictures we took by clicking here.

I also created a short ~2 minute video of the day. Enjoy!

Seth the horse

Usually Seth rides me as if I am a horse. This time the tables are turned!!!

The Georgia Air Show

"Airplane show Saturday"...
"Airplane show Saturday"...
"Airplane show Saturday?"...

For the past week that is the only phrase Megan and I have been hearing out of Seth. We told him that the Georgia airshow was coming and it was the only thing he focused on all week.

Once we got there Seth's eyes light up as he looked at all the planes around him. He was having a GREAT time, until a star lifter (think REALLY REALLY REALLY big military jet) did a fly by, nearly deafening all of us. From that point on Seth was more apprehensive of the air show. We lasted about 90 minutes and decided to head back. Luckily as we were heading back, Seth started talking about airplanes again, so I don't think we have squashed is life long passion of flight.

Seth also got to board an Air force hurricane hunter, and sit in one of the seats. Click here to see the Airshow Pictures

Seth and his pool

It has been so hot here (most days over 100 degrees) that we decided to get a Seth a wading pool. So far it has been a big hit, with both Seth and the rest of the family. Here are a few pictures we captured.