Simon enjoys stuff made in China

No idea why there's a litte piggy on the headrest on Simon's new swing. Most likely encourages good ol fashioned American capitalism and greed.

Callie whispers a secret to Simon on how to get what you want from Erinn and me.

Despite the rumors, Callie is not neglected.

This is Callie's new haircut.

Boob milk now available in a bottle

Simon's first bottle (well except for those supplements to kick out the jaundice). He took to it pretty well. Might be because I swirled the nipple around in Ranch Style Bean juice. Appetite Pleasin'!

Baby mullet?

So I'm bouncing Simon on the yoga ball, because that's his favorite thing right now, and it's getting more and more apparent that he's got a pretty sweet mullet going on:

See?

If you're saying that's not that awesome, allow me to show you something to compare and contrast it to:

Case closed.

3 Day Weekend

It's wet and cool outside, so there's no better place this weekend than in the recliner.

Open House at school

As hard as it is to believe, life goes on outside of Simon. I had Open House last night where I got to shake a lot of hands. Can you tell what we've been studying?

The many moods of bath time

Not even a rubber ducky on his head can make Simon happy.

Pouty, but drying off.

Ok, I guess I like being in a warm and soft towel.

I'm hungry... again.

Hanging out

I'm aiming for at least 50 different "sleeping" poses. Here's another one.

Made especially for Simon.

More grandparents

As one set of grandparents leaves, another one comes...

Day 4

Callie still doesn't really get it, but she's very curious.

3 Days Old

Got his first bath today.

The nurses said he got this wound by sucking on his hand in the womb.

Simon's homecoming

Simon and Erinn came home from the hospital today.

I brought home one of Simon's blankets from his first night so that Callie could get used to his scent. She sniffed the blanket for several minutes. She has no idea that she just got knocked down a peg.

Some of Simon's presents. Big thank yous to Caitlin & Olivia and Ben & Katie.

After a diaper changing.

Meeting the grandparents.

Simon makes triumphant escape from the womb

Erinn is probably the most organized person I know. She's got everything on a calendar and writes a checklist to make a new checklist. So it should come as no surprise that Simon Carey Windler was born on his due date, May 7th.

Along with being supremely organized, she's one of the most teacher-y persons I know. So it should also come as no surprise that we left for the hospital at 8am and Simon was born at 3pm.

Here are the first of many pictures of Simon. He came in at 7 pounds, 14 ounces and a length of 20 inches. Erinn did fantastic. I didn't pass out. In fact, the doctor said I did such a good job cutting the cord that he'll let me do the circumcision later today.

It would be disingenuous to put up just the cute pictures, so here's one where he looks like an old man. Probably less than 10 minutes old here.