Xmas 2007

Thatchers first Christmas was action packed. He had a visit from his grandmother Brown, and his aunt and uncle Mantel. We had three kids running around the house (actually one running, one waddling, and the other laying on his back).

Megan and I have been getting on average about 4 hours of sleep each. One sleeps while the other watches the kids. Adding visitors just made it more interesting. Added to all of this Seth is currently potty training now (he is almost there!) and he starts his first day of pre-school on Monday!

I have created a short video that sums up the holidays as well as posted more pictures. Enjoy!

Seth is a Pro Bowler!

Seth was getting cabin fever, so we decided to all go to the local bowling alley and teach Seth how to bowl. They had a special seven pound ball and bumpers for the lane. He got a 70 on his first game, all by himself.

Here are some pictures we took of the game, as well as a few around the house shots of the family.

Thatcher's 1st Week

Thatcher has officially been home for a week now. And it has been a very eventful week. Thatcher has been to the doctors, and has had two visits to the hospital (to check up on his jahndis levels) Seth has also had a doctors appointment, so... bring on the medical bills!

Here are some pictures we took during the past week. Enjoy

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!