Addison’s First Halloween

Addison had her first Halloween tonight. Of course, she basically just slept through all the trick-or-treaters coming to the door. We decided to forego the costume and just went with a pumpkin shirt with matching pants.
We’re officially out of candy so it’s time to turn out the lights and pretend we’re not home.
Happy [...]

Top 10 Tips for New Dads

Addison is now 20 days old, and I’ve learned a lot over the past 3 weeks. I’d like to share my top 10 tips list with other fathers-to-be out there. Hopefully it will make your first days with your new child a bit less surprising.

Ask questions until you’re blue in the face. Doctors and nurses [...]

Addison Watches her First Notre Dame Football Game

OK, so she didn’t really watch any of it, but she was there for moral support as my Fighting Irish got beat by North Carolina. And who says only little boys can wear sports clothing?

Addison is Here

Our family was blessed on October 8, 2008 at 12:23 PM when God saw fit to give us a beautiful baby girl named Addison. Addison weighs 7 lbs 9 oz and is 19.5 inches long. The doctors let me hold her with Jackie before they asked me to carry Addison to the nursery where they [...]

Addison’s Almost Here

5.5 hours until Jackie’s c-section.  Addison’s almost here!

More Photos of Ashlyn

Paul had some more pictures of Ashlyn made.  Go look at them now!

I have a niece!

Little Ashlyn Marie was born yesterday morning, weighing 6 lbs 3 oz and 19 inches long. Mama and baby are both doing just fine and will hopefully get to go home tomorrow or Friday at the latest. My brother, Paul, sent me the pics below. Isn’t she adorable!?!?

1 Year Anniversary

Today Jackie and I celebrated our 1 year wedding anniversary. Given that we’re going to have a baby in a little over a week, we couldn’t exactly paint the town. So we went and had a fanastic seafood dinner at a local restaurant and then watched the movie “What Happens in Vegas”. We’re now going [...]

C-Section on October 8

We went to see our doctor for Jackie’s 36 week ultrasound today. As we suspected, Addison hasn’t flipped yet and remains breached. She’s not even born, and she’s already being stubborn! They’ve scheduled a C-section for Jackie at 7:30 AM on October 8. Jackie’s not too crazy about having a C-section, but I know that [...]

Jackie’s in her 35th Week of Pregnancy

Jackie’s working on her 35th week of pregnancy now. We’re getting close! We have the nursery 99% ready – we just have to buy a changing table. We bought our first packs of diapers this week which was – strangely enough – kind of fun. Here are some pics of Jackie and the nursery: