On August 6th we celebrated Mandy's 28th birthday. She got the best present anyone could ever ask for: a healthy baby boy--but of course if I had not gotten her another present she would have called foul. We spent the evening with lots of family. Both my sisters are in town, Valerie and her two little ones in from Indianapolis and Rachel in from Baltimore. Also, my dad's parents, Dr. Braswell and Billie Locker, 92 and 86, were both present. It is special to get to have photos like the middle one with four generations represented.
Jack is doing wonderfully and gets cuter every day. He sleeps about 6 hours each night (not in a row, but usually with only 1 or at most 2 interruptions). We are still trying to figure out how to convince our bodies that 5 hours of sleep is perfectly normal, and we are getting pretty fast at the diaper changes. It finally is starting to slow down and we feel like we can take that big sigh and enjoy the moment. I finally got to smoke a good cigar in honor of Jack's birth (Fuente Fuente Opus X Reserva D'Chateau--nothing but the absolute best for this occasion).
Thanks to everyone for checking in on our new arrival and all of the kind words. It has been a real blessing to have so much support.
More photos have been added to the web album, view them by clicking here:
http://picasaweb.google.com/dryanlocker/TheFirstDays
4 comments:
Mandy and Ryan! Jenny (Gilmore) here. I am SO happy to read/see your amazing news. Jackson is beautiful!! Please email me (jennyfuselier@gmail.com) your updated mailing address and phone number when you get a few free minutes. I am so excited for you both!!
Congratulations Mandy & Ryan from Stephanie & Becky (friends of your Mom Judy).
Now that I know where a good cigar is to be found, I'm looking for Brownwood on the map. Great-great Uncle RFM
Congrats Ryan and Mandy! He's beautiful. Andrew and I are excited for you...hopefully we can get back to Texas and meet him sometime!
-Sassie and Andrew
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