this is a pretty good baby

not much time for in depth reporting these days, but oliver is doing great! he gets fussy at night, but perry is the ultimate baby-soother, so he can usually be calmed down without too much trouble (as long as we can get a burp out of him). he eats all the time, and would in fact like to eat right now. more later...

easier picture website

hi there! all is well at home with ollie. we've had some challenging nights, but they're manageable and there have also been a couple great nights with just enough sleep for everyone. ollie is looking great, with fat little cheeks and appendages. he mainly sleeps and eats, which I suppose is no surprise for anyone who knows anything about newborns. but he has periods of "quiet wakefulness" where he looks around with shifty eyes and makes faces. he makes one face that looks just like my dad when he's figuring something out. if i can capture it with a camera, i'll put it up here, but each look is so fleeting it would almost have to be by accident.

anyway, speaking of pictures, we've been putting pictures up here: http://picasaweb.google.com/joseph.jenn. it seems to be easier to access than the shutterfly site and less intent on selling you things (though i believe you can still buy prints if you're so inclined). for those of you without the inclination to click the link, here's a photo you'd find there.

oliver at home: first week

greetings! this is day 3 at home, and we've had a lovely, quiet day with opportunities for rest and even sleep while our little guy slept off his milk-drunk stupor. of course, if the pattern holds, all of that will change in the next couple minutes, when oliver enters the fussy hours of about 11pm to about 5am. there he goes. more later.

"little" oliver arrives!

greetings! we've just arrived home from the hospital following the arrival of mr. oliver joseph parsons. oliver weighed in at 9 lbs 13 oz. -- must be his healthy vegetarian diet! he's 20 inches tall and has all the right parts (including huge paws!). we're in love!

we'll post some more pictures and comment on the birth later. if you want to just look at the best ones all at once, email me and i can send you an invitation to view a shutterfly album. i don't *think* you have to register or become a member or anything ...

june 2: still no baby . . .

. . . but here's one of the last pre-parenthood photos of Perry and me. The weather here has been outstanding -- sunny and almost too warm, but not with that lovely breeze!