4 months old = newborn

Reid is now 4 months old, but taking care of him recently is more like he is 4 days old. He is still getting up a couple times a night and the second time he basically gets up for the day. I try to help the most on the weekends but that doesn't mean I am not up during the week too. I don't know how Kristy does it but you have to respect her ability to balance everything. She really does a great job with Reid and Westin on barely any sleep!

I used to have a roommate that would only sleep 3 hours a night. I never understood how he did it, because it is really hard. Now it feels like we are doing that and then working 16 hour days after that.

Christmas 2007

With yesterday being Christmas Eve, tradition has been recently that we go to my parents house for opening presents and dinner. Gran Gran and Gran Fran join my parents, Emily and Daniel, and Mikey and Erika, along with Westin, Reid, Kristy, and myself. Yesterday was no different. We had food, beverages, and opened presents. Michael had his great new camera snapping tons of pictures of everything, but especially Reid and Westin. Here are a couple of my favorites.

Also, my sister recorded a conversation with Gran Gran. We got his thoughts on the War, life with Gran Fran, and more. I hope to have the audio from Emily soon. I have heard these stories many times, but it is nice to have them documented.

On Christmas Day, we were at the Whitfields. Santa came and Westin was all excited about getting a robot and a remote controlled Jeep (I like that one the best personally). Good times and memories were made. The day ended with the traditional Neal desert party. Good to see Noel, Rob, Cory, Aunt Mel, and Uncle Larry among others. Somethings never change thankfully.

Time to give this a shot

OK, thought I might give this whole blog thing a try. Sure have had an interesting week in that my youngest son was hospitalized for 4 days with RSV. Pretty scary stuff in that he had a lot of trouble breathing and getting oxygen. He had to keep those tubes off and on all week!

I also happened to turn 29 on Thursday. Not a great birthday to be spending most of it at the hospital. I was actually born in the same hospital that Reid was at. Guess you could call it going full circle.

Anyway, thanks for reading the inaugural post. Comment away...