Jeremy Ryan and family

Here are some pics from Jeremy's first week of life. Ummm....it's hard to get a good picture of a newborn, so mostly its just of Jeremy joining the family.



Jeremy Willmann literally only a few minutes old.



Mom and the boys during Craig's first visit. He did ok in the hostpital. The best part was during his final visit he grabbed Mom's hand, lead her out of the room and to the elevators and pressed the down button. His way of saying "You're coming home with me!"



Jeremy in the Willmann take-home-outfit. This outfit was used to take my father home from the hostpital, myself, my sister, Craig and Jeremy. Maybe more, but those are the ones I know off the top of my head. It was made by my Great-Grandmother.



The new addition ready to come home.



Mom helping Craig hold Jeremy. Craig has been great with Jeremy. He gives Jeremy kisses and wants to hold him alot. He likes checking him in the crib and is always willing to offer you a diaper during a change. Sometimes 5 of them.



This picture is beautiful. (it wasn't posed!)



Craig holding Jeremy solo. It lasted for 25 minutes until Jeremy needed a change. Craig pouted when he had to give him up.



Daddy and Jeremy watching the Olympics. We are still adjusting to a newborn's feeding schedule, but each day seems easier than the last, which is about all we can hope for!

The Eagle has landed.

Jeremy Ryan Willmann was born at 10:30pm last night, August 14th 2008. He is 7 pounds 12oz and 20 inches in length. I can't upload pictures yet, but I can tell you he looks much like his older brother Craig exept Jeremy has a much more pronounced chin (at least at the current time.)

The labor and delivery went well (I would say, but I think Tania agrees). We got to our room to be induced at 1:30pm (due to high blood pressure and history of pre-eclampsia) and were expecting to be delivering at 1:30am. Well, Jeremy tried his best to see Michael Phelps because Tania dialated from 5 to 9 inches in just over 1 hour. Tania only had to push twice and Jeremy was born right smack in the middle of the Woman's All-Around Gymnastics final. He scored an 8-9 on his APGAR....why I don't know. I didn't really care. He was finally here.

Of course, leading up to the birth we made things interesting. Tania and I both got poison ivy!!!!! We were doing some yard work last Monday which involved cleaning off the vines from our fence. Those vines were fine. It was the giant hairy vine on the tree in the corner that got us. Only after getting itchy did I find the dreaded leaves-of-three on the vine. Craig is itch free, but I am in long sleeves and pants for the rest of the week. I am also on steroids, the only reason I am not the Olympics. (Failed drug tests look bad........) ; )

So I will get pics up when I can, but for now know that baby and Mom are great. in fact they are both sleeping right now......

Grant's Farm

Earlier this summer (before InBev) we took a trip to Grant's Farm. There are lots of cool things to do, but the highlight for a toddler is feeding the goats. A quick thought on those goats: They are needy little fellas. They have one job: drink milk. Everyday, all day, they drink milk from bottles presented by humans. Despite this occupation they treat every bottle like it is the last bottle on Earth. They certainly try to jump up and get the bottle before the other ones. But they will even head-butt other goats to get milk. They need to take lessons from the penguins. "Cute and cuddly boys. Cute and cuddly."

Here is Craig with the goats. He is certainly not afraid of them.



DANGER! Surrounded by goats with no milk!



Dad shows him how to do it.



Now he is a professional goat feeder.