Kick Everett Kick

Here is a new video of Everett swimming. He has been getting some practice and if you look you can see him kicking as he comes around.

Everett and Clare Together

This past weekend Amy's sister came up for a visit and it was a chance to have Everett and Clare together for the first time. They were both just over 4 months old and we took a lot of pictures. I have added a link to the multimedia section on the right to the full album of them together. The link is also below and here are a few of my favorites.

Everett and Clare Together

Update and Video

Everett is still growing pretty rapidly. He has hit 15 pounds and rolls around all over the place now. We also found that his hands are working well as he tries to steal our food and drinks from us all the time. He recently took to grabbing cups of water and trying to drink them so we got him his own sippy cup. Here is a video of that.

Everett and Daddy's First Race

This past weekend was an exciting one. Everett, Amy and I ran in a 5K race in New London. Amy has run races before and I have done several cycling events but this was my first race and also Everett's first. We finished strong and Everett got first place in his division (less than 1 years old). Amy scored 10th in her division (female 20-29) and due to a registration error I was 11th in her division (female 20-29, go figure).

Milestones

Everett cut his first teeth on around the 7th of the month. They are the two very front bottom teeth. In one of the videos you see him shoveling anything he can reach into his mouth. He continues to do this while he chomps on whatever is closest. We had to buy some teethers that go in the fridge and the freezer. Just like most kids however, his favorite thing is also the simplest, he likes to chew on wet washcloths. Go figure, you buy them something and they like the box right?

HAPPY BIRTHDAY DANIELLE

A COUPLE OF FOLKS WANTED TO WISH DANIELLE A HAPPY BIRTHDAY TODAY.

A few more pictures from the wedding

Here are a few more pictures from the wedding. The church was beautiful and Everett was very quiet for the most part, the only hitch was a very loud poop in the middle of the sermon, causing several pews full of people to turn around to find the source of such commotion.





After the wedding we walked over to the reception site where apparently Everett was exhausted and fell asleep.





Luckily he woke up in time to pose for a picture with the bride.

Another Video

Here is another new video taken over the last weekend. This was in the airport. While we were waiting for a plane Everett was trying to stick anything he could get his hands on in his mouth. He is beginning the long process of teething and is whiney a lot and likes to have cold things to bite on.

Everett Laughing

At the beginning of this video you can hear Everett laughing while I am playing with him.

Beach Baby

Amy, Everett and I went down to Naples, FL this past weekend for a wedding. It was a lot of firsts both for us and for the baby. It was his first plane, our first vacation, his first time to the beach and in the Gulf. He was of course dressed to the gills for the wedding. Here are a few of the beach pictures. Keep watching because I have a ton more that will go up in the next few days along with some new videos.


Smiling and Laughing in his carseat at the beach.

Little Everett footprints in the sand.

All dressed up and ready to play.

Getting in the ocean.

One More Picture

3 Months Old

Everett turned 3 months old on 6/19 and we just got around to taking his picture last night. We take a picture each month in the same chair with the same bear (an idea borrowed from a friend). Here are the pictures:

He loves his bear.

Sleepy 3-month old

Everett turned 3 months yesterday and one thing you can say about babies is that they sleep a lot...



Sometimes they fall asleep on Daddy...







Sometimes they fall asleep on Mommy...






And sometimes, they just fall asleep while playing with their toys.

My First Father's Day

Well my first father's day went very well. It started off with Everett handing me my present, a one-hour massage at a local spa. I can't wait to make that reservation.



After that we went to the boat to hang out for a while. It was a hot, sunny day so us baldies(Everett, grandpa, and Daddy) had to cover up with hats and sunglasses. Everett enjoyed his new attire.

We hung out on the boat and played for a while before we went back to grandma and grandpa's house to barbeque.

A full day of sun and food makes people tired and we couldn't resist that hammock in the shade.

Overall is was a great day, full of sun and family.

Playing with Mommy

Here are a few recent pictures of Everett and Amy.

No Pain, No Gain

Well folks, yesterday was a great day for the ride. It was partly cloudy and in the low 70s the entire time. Although the weather cooperated the terrain did not. Who knew there were so many hills in CT? I didn't. I do now. All in all despite the pain it was a good ride and we all finished. Here are the final stats:

Total Miles: 37.99

Avg Speed: 12.07 mph

Max Speed: 34.5 mph
Time: 3 hours: 8 min. 51 sec.
Donations: Around $850 for diabetes research



Thanks to everyone for their support.

Waterbaby - Part deux

I have even more astounding proof of the existence of water babies. Feast your eyes on this:

Waterbaby - A fairy tail for land babies, or real?

Originally published in 1863 by Charles Kingsley, the story of the little chimney sweep that is Tom was a very popular fairy tale throughout the late 19Th century and up through the 1920s. Similar to Peter Pan, another moralistic Victorian fairytale, it contained two worlds, the world of Christianity and the world of fairies. Unique to this novel is perhaps the greatest argument to the existence of water babies and fairies ever offered up:

as the reader says: "But there are no such things as water babies," Kingsley answers with devastating logic: "how do you know? Have you ever been there to see? No one has a right to say water babies don't exist until they have seen no water babies existing."

This argument is so great because of course, you can never prove a universal negative!

However, I now have in my possession even greater proof of the existence of water babies. Since a picture is worth a thousand words, I offer it up to you here:

Tomorrow, I will present even more eveidence. Stay tuned!

A Warm, Clear Day

The rain finally stopped yesterday and we had a nice clear evening to spend some time outside. We put on our sunglasses and got together with Amy's parents for quick bike ride. It was a good ride and the boys enjoyed themselves, here is an action shot.

There in the trailer you can see Napolean sticking his head out. So we hit the roads for about 3 miles and although it was nice and clear it was humid so we all got a little sweaty and needed showers. Here are a few pictures of Everett taking a shower in the kitchen sink. He is going to kill me for this when he gets older.

After getting nice and clean he had some milk and went to bed. He slept through the night, I guess the ride wore him out.

Outdoor Life - Part 2

My bike tour is coming up soon, I put together a corporate team of 3 of us (I work at a pretty small company) but we managed to raise close to $750 for Diabetes research. I had been putting in pretty good training rides pulling the stroller behind me. It has rained most of this week so I haven't been able to get out on the bike as much. When I do I will have to take some more pictures. Amy did manage to get one picture and I promised I would post it so here you go:

There are the boys loaded up in the trailer ready to go for a ride.