Xander and Curtis
Our little men
Thursday, February 9, 2012
Xander the Music Lover
Xander loves music. In the womb he was angrily kick Pam if the band kids weren't playing well. Out of the womb he makes it obvious to us which songs he likes and which songs he doesn't like. Don't play ZZ Top to him, Beatles are fine.
He also really likes it when I sing to him. Tonight I sang to him over the phone since I am at a state wrestling competition. Pam said that the sound of my voice changed his whole mood and put him to sleep. I'm glad that I'm able to do something for my son despite being so far away from him right now.
He also really likes it when I sing to him. Tonight I sang to him over the phone since I am at a state wrestling competition. Pam said that the sound of my voice changed his whole mood and put him to sleep. I'm glad that I'm able to do something for my son despite being so far away from him right now.
Kitty's Got a New Trick
One particular night I got very confused because I started to go check on Xander because it sounded like he was waking up when I looked over and saw that Pam was already feeding him. At 2 AM it's kind of hard to process things and it took me awhile to figure it out.
Wednesday, February 8, 2012
Saturday, February 4, 2012
Information on Xander
Xander likes to squirm and stick out his tongue. He is also very smart. When Pam talks about me he will look in my direction. He sleeps a lot so far, which makes him a very easy baby to handle. He really likes movement. He'll sleep through anything as long as you keep him moving.
He has a widow's peak, just like his mother. His eyes have already started to change color, we think they are going to be green. He has dark hair, with some blonde in it. He was born at 19 inches long and 7 pounds 9 ounces. He has cubby cheeks. Pam sees mostly my features when she looks at him, my chin, my ears, and so forth.
When he was in the womb everyone was telling us what a big baby he was going to be so we didn't bother with many newborn clothing. Now that he's here and so tiny we had to buy a lot of newborn things, much of which is too big for him! If only I had my camera with me I could upload some photos! Oh well. I'm looking forward to seeing him tonight after the competition. I'm so glad Pam brought him yesterday, that really put up my spirits.
The hospital warned us about depression when we left and said to look for it in me. I mentioned that I thought that only happened to the mother. "Oh, it happens to the father, when they have to go back to work." I'm not sure that really qualifies as depression. I leave home and miss my son, I come home and feel great being with my son. I've already read at least half a dozen books to him; he likes it when we read. I want to try to read him something everyday. When I don't have a book to read sometimes it calms him just to hear my voice, so I tell him Bible and Book of Mormon Stories.
He is so cute when we read to him or tell him stories. He knows by the sound of our voices when things are suspenseful. He knows when things are happy. He knows what emotions the characters are having by how we read the books. I know everyone says their baby is a genius and what not and it sounds corny. But when I watch his face as I read, I know that if nothing else, he knows the feeling of the story. Which is evidence of intelligence to me.
I love my wonderful and perfect baby boy.
He has a widow's peak, just like his mother. His eyes have already started to change color, we think they are going to be green. He has dark hair, with some blonde in it. He was born at 19 inches long and 7 pounds 9 ounces. He has cubby cheeks. Pam sees mostly my features when she looks at him, my chin, my ears, and so forth.
When he was in the womb everyone was telling us what a big baby he was going to be so we didn't bother with many newborn clothing. Now that he's here and so tiny we had to buy a lot of newborn things, much of which is too big for him! If only I had my camera with me I could upload some photos! Oh well. I'm looking forward to seeing him tonight after the competition. I'm so glad Pam brought him yesterday, that really put up my spirits.
The hospital warned us about depression when we left and said to look for it in me. I mentioned that I thought that only happened to the mother. "Oh, it happens to the father, when they have to go back to work." I'm not sure that really qualifies as depression. I leave home and miss my son, I come home and feel great being with my son. I've already read at least half a dozen books to him; he likes it when we read. I want to try to read him something everyday. When I don't have a book to read sometimes it calms him just to hear my voice, so I tell him Bible and Book of Mormon Stories.
He is so cute when we read to him or tell him stories. He knows by the sound of our voices when things are suspenseful. He knows when things are happy. He knows what emotions the characters are having by how we read the books. I know everyone says their baby is a genius and what not and it sounds corny. But when I watch his face as I read, I know that if nothing else, he knows the feeling of the story. Which is evidence of intelligence to me.
I love my wonderful and perfect baby boy.
It's A New Day
I haven't written like I promised I would about the birth of my son. I also haven't posted pictures on this blog like I said I would. Sorry! You can find pictures of him and information on our family blog maynardhalfway.blogspot.com. Pam and I decided we wanted a blog as a family and she felt this blog was too me. So we changed her blog into our family blog. Go and check it out for pictures on Xander. Also, I will eventually get something up here. Between work, coaching, and being a Daddy (The most important of the three) I don't have a lot of free time anymore.
I'm in Holbrook right now at the Sectional Competition for 2A North in Arizona. None of my team has been eliminated as we go into the 2nd day of wrestling. All four of the boys I brought are wrestling for metals. We'll have to see what the new day brings. I only brought four because the other five members of the team were failing classes. Hopefully they too will have a new day and bring up their grades.
Pam and Jane gave me a wonderful surprise yesterday. They dropped by with Xander! My baby has been to a wrestling meet! He slept almost the whole time but it was still very special. I got to cuddle with my wife and hold my son at a meet. Earlier that day all I could think about was how I had never been so far away from Xander. I'm so glad Pam decided to come and see me and the boys in action. I also got to explain a lot of things to her about the sport.
I finally called my brother Keith after the 1st day of the match to congratulate him on his newborn son, born just eight days after Xander. I told him about how Xander had been at the match and he made a comment that we'll have to start teaching him how to wrestle.
I'm in Holbrook right now at the Sectional Competition for 2A North in Arizona. None of my team has been eliminated as we go into the 2nd day of wrestling. All four of the boys I brought are wrestling for metals. We'll have to see what the new day brings. I only brought four because the other five members of the team were failing classes. Hopefully they too will have a new day and bring up their grades.
Pam and Jane gave me a wonderful surprise yesterday. They dropped by with Xander! My baby has been to a wrestling meet! He slept almost the whole time but it was still very special. I got to cuddle with my wife and hold my son at a meet. Earlier that day all I could think about was how I had never been so far away from Xander. I'm so glad Pam decided to come and see me and the boys in action. I also got to explain a lot of things to her about the sport.
I finally called my brother Keith after the 1st day of the match to congratulate him on his newborn son, born just eight days after Xander. I told him about how Xander had been at the match and he made a comment that we'll have to start teaching him how to wrestle.
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