Well dangit anyways! As you may have noticed, I didn't get a picture posted yesterday. I was doing so good too. Oh well, I just have to forget about it and carry on I guess. So, here are some pictures of my other sweeties. Yeah, we're gonna do a two-fer today since we missed a post yesterday. Well carry on my sweeties and your breakfast of champions!
Here is an announcement that I put together from the idea we got from our nephew Max's announcement. We liked theirs, so we decided to do our own version.
Well today, my sister Anna got to meet Ben for the first time. Unfortunately, I was at work while she was in town so I didn't get to see her. I am glad you got to meet my baby boy though!
Me and my favorite boy. This is one of the first pictures taken of him right after he was born.
Yeah well, that's my life right now, I mean common, how can I not post more pictures of my little guy? He's perfect! This is the picture that we decided to use for the baby announcement / baby shower invitation.
A little alone time with Ben. Melinie is enjoying her new baby boy on his fourth day with us. He had his first checkup today, and everything looks great. Now we just need to learn how to live with our new five person family, both an adventure and a struggle.
Here's Benjamin hanging out on our bed at home, waiting to go to bed for the night. Cute baby boy. Your jealous huh?
Hmmm, I think we may be developing a bit of a theme here. Well, tough for you. If you don't like looking at pictures of the cutest little boy in the world, you may want to go elsewhere for a little while! So, today is go home day, and we couldn't be happier. We get to take our new little guy to see his new home. Of course with an event like a first homecoming, there are bound to be more pictures over at the other site.
Well, here is the first official outfit (sorry mom.) We wanted to get some pictures taken, and of course the growing families people wanted to come by and get some pictures taken. We will get a link to those whenever they are up. Again, more pics over at the other site.
Please welcome to the world on Mr. Benjamin Samuel Weaver! That's right, my family is now a five member exclusive club with two girls and one boy. Just like my family. I honestly couldn't be prouder, and I was sooo excited to tell everyone that we had a boy! We hadn't found out what the baby was going to be, so it was a great surprise for everybody. I even sent out a text message to several people that gave the birth stats, but didn't say if it was a boy or a girl on purpose, just so I could call and tell them in person.
Ok, so as for those birthing stats. Melinie's labor officially began at 9:00am this morning January 18, 2007, and she delivered our baby boy at 1:06 PM. Which by the way Steve I believe that has me closest on our pool ;^) So he was absolutely perfect, with no major complications during or after delivery. He is 8 lbs. 1 oz, and 20 inches.
When I saw him come out I yelled IT'S A BOY!! and Melinie started crying pretty good, which of course made me start crying. I was so excited to go down to the waiting room and tell our family that was there (My mom and dad, Luke and Pam) the great news. Thanks for being there for our special day, we really appreciate it. We look forward to introducing everyone to our new family member soon, but for now you just have to see him here! If you are reading this on A Resolution, pop on over to Weaver Family Central for more pics.
Ok, this is coming to you very late for me, and after hours of searching for an active hotspot that isn't locked down or weak sauce, I finally found SpokaneHotZone that I could connect to in the cafeteria at SHMC. Thank you , thank you 180 networks and everyone else providing internet in downtown Spokane.
Alright people! This is it. We are going in to the hospital tomorrow morning at 6:00 am to have Melinie induced. By this time tomorrow we are going to have our third baby. We haven't found out if it is a boy or a girl, so we are pretty excited! We have had what the sex of the baby is in an envelope ever since our first ultrasound, so Melinie has done great making it this far. I wasn't sure if she was going to make it. So, come back tomorrow for our official announcement of baby Benjamin or Audrey.
Here are a couple of my favorite girls in the world. I absolutely love this picture. Aaliyah's look is priceless, Sierra has her princess smile on, and we are looking good. You're getting kinda jealous aren't you?
....that's about all I have to say about that. Oh, except that Shaun Alexander is still the man, and he's gonna kick all sorts a' bootie next year. You go 37!
Well, this one isn't from today, but we just took it easy and stayed home today. This is Grandpa
Weaver from his last visit here taking a little time out to read to our girlies. They always like seeing gramma and granpa, and it is great when they get to spend time with them.
Well tonight I set out with the girls to find something to do, actually Jesse is in high demand these days and has been gone most nights this week and last leaving us lacking. The girls start whinnying when daddy doesn't come home therefore i decided that I was going to take them to our local valley mall so that they could play on the new little play area. Little did i know that it was blizzarding out side we made one stop and then the roads turned to pure ice. Being only a mere week and a half away from my due date I was a little bit freaked out being on the roads in these dangerously hazardous conditions therefore I told the girls we were going home and having a movie night. I bought them twizzlers, and popcorn which they enjoyed while watching Toy Story 2.
Just a quick pic of my baby girl Aaliyah tonight. This is one that Melinie took, and I just thought it was a cute little candid.
Ok, so for the last year and a half, it has been an ongoing battle between me and my 1990 Honda Accord to keep it running. It is getting to the point that it seems like some new ailment is befalling the poor old laborious beast. It started when one scorching hot day two summers ago when the only forward gear the car would drive in was third! Then it was the battery, then the starter (which I have replaced three times now) oh, and the transmission was always leaking fluid (which was finally successfully fixed.) The ignition broke and we had to replace it, so now I have one key for the doors, and another for the ignition. And the key is still stuck in the ignition 4 out of 5 times I turn the car off. The handle on the inside of the drivers door is broken, the seat doesn't move forward, the sport transmission light flashes constantly, the check engine light comes on every time I get off the freeway. And now the latest, yes the battery is dead yet again. I am however becoming a pro at jumping. Frick! This is why we don't get nice things kids.
So, as you can see, this post is comin' around a little late. That is precisely what prompted the (mmmgghhhmmm ,clears throat) subject of this piece. She was just looking all cute sleepin on the couch while I caught up on the details of the latest Seahawks victory. Woohoo!! You go Alexander!
Here is a little action shot of my little sweety Aaliyah. I just thought this was a fun little shot showing a lot of potential. We were finishing up with our small group at church, and the kids were just having a good old time running and dancing to Jeremy Camp's new album which you
Well, tonight Melinie was having some pretty severe back pain, and her Dr. advised her to go to the hospital "just in case." But alas, no baby tonight. Bummer! This is a quick little shot that I took on our way out to the car. Hopefully it shows up a little better on a good monitor, because mine is a giant piece of crap. So here you go, Melinie trial run one.
Well, we put the crib together for our soon to arrive baby, and Melinie just couldn't help herself. Since we aren't going to find out what we are having until the actual arrival, she put the bedding sets for a boy and a girl in there. So, there you have it, I had to get a picture of it.
Well, this is the location that I have spent the majority of my work life for the last three months. It is a residence in north idaho, and that Denver Bronco's Bar stool in the center is my throne. I have been programming a control system there with my partner in crime to the left Terry Lange. My time of endentured servitude, it would seem, will be coming to a completion soon however with the end of this project. Hallelujah, and on to bigger and better things.
For my new year's resolution this year, I decided to do something just a little different than my usual fare. My goal for the year is to have a photo journal of mine and my families life with a picture every day for an entire year. Some days if I have the time, I may work on the photos in Photoshop to create composites, special effects, or just some touch up work. Usually they will be pictures that either I or my wife have taken, but I can think of some situations where I would make an exception. I may not always be able to post the picture that day, but I hope to at least take the picture that day, even if I have to post it later. I'm sure there may be days that will get missed, but I will do my best. It's more for me than for you anyways ;^) Wish me luck.
