Wrestlemania

Avery begins his career as a wrestler by putting cousin Sam in a choke-hold. This move was developed after much practice on the cat and various visiting dogs.

Ride 'em, Cowpoke!

After Zach's birth, Sara's folks came over to help watch Avery. They brought Nicky along to spend time with our rambunctious toddler. He has obviously learned patience at the hands of the cousins (Gabrielle, Genevieve, Madison, Sam).

Baby Bathtime

This is Zach's first bath. Note his expression of glee. Not visible: peeing in first bath, crying after first bath.



For comparison purposes, check out one of Avery's first baths. Thank you to squirting frog for keeping the picture clean.

Mom and the Boys

Mommy has been spending time recuperating on the sofa with her boys. Healing, nursing, and watching two babies is tough work!

Breakfast Break

In the hospital, Zachary routinely slept 5, 6, even 7 hours between feedings. This gave us great hope that maybe he would keep it up! Sadly, he is now averaging something more like 2-3 hours at a time. Here's Avery watching over one tired Daddy.

Wheeeee!

Zachary doesn't have too many of his own toys yet, but even the ones meant for him have been appropriated by Avery. We'll just have to hope that the allure wears off before he exceeds this swing's weight limit!

Avery Meets Zachary

This is a precarious situation. Touching is fun, but poking and prodding is much more fun. Avery got to appreciate his new brother up close for a few carefully supervised moments, but it will be a long time before we can leave them alone together.

-Eli