Saturday, October 25, 2008

Monday, October 13, 2008

8 Pounds 7.8 Ounces of Pure Joy

The Offspring

Three Days Young

Just resting up for tonight

The Best Big Brother...with mixed feelings at times




Henry has been very curious and surprisingly gentle with little Ben. Dave and I have been secretly watching him when the two of them alone. Dave said that Henry tried to feed Ben a bottle while he was asleep and then wiped his mouth with a tissue after some milk dripped. I walked into the room and found the baby rattle next to Ben's head. I smiled and praised Henry. However, the next time I walked in the room Ben's head was covered with a receiving blanket. Maybe he thought that if he couldn't see him he doesn't exist. I think that Henry is enjoying a new baby, but misses getting all of the attention. For the most part he is doing very well. Once we get semi-caught up on sleep we're going to have to take him to do something special. Afterall, being a Big Brother is a hard job and Henry deserves a little recognition. :)

Baby Ben on his Birthday

Happy 0th Birthday!!!
It was Love at First Sight

Saturday, October 11, 2008

He's Here!!!


Benjamin Nash

Born: October 8, 2008 4:08 pm
Weight: 8 pounds 7.8 ounces
Length: 21 inches

Benjamin:
Origin: English, Hebrew
Original Meaning: Son of my right hand

Market Basket:
Loaf of Bread: $2.49
Gallon of Milk: $3.85
First Class Stamp: $0.42
Gallon of gasoline: $3.88
New Car: $21750.00
Average New Home: $265000.00

Populations:
Redding: 78490
U.S. Population: 305004819

Today's Weather:
Sunrise: 7:13 am
Sunset: 6:40 pm
Local high: 81 degrees F
Local low: 61 degrees F
The nation's weather extremes were 103 degrees recorded at Riverside, CA
and -16 at Arctic Village, Alaska

Dow Jones:
Dow Jones: 9447.11

Other Interesting People Born on this Date:
1846 - Elbert Henry Gary - American lawyer and first chairman and CEO of U.S. Steel who introduced employee stock ownership, profit sharing and safe working conditions.
1869 - J. Frank Duryea- Inventor who, with brother Charles, of one of the first automobiles and the first to be built and operated in the United States - in September, 1893.
1890 - Eddie Rickenbacker - Fighter pilot, industrialist, and the most celebrated American air ace of World War I having won 26 air victories in Europe.
1922 - Dr. Christiaan Barnard - South African surgical pioneer who performed the first successful heart transplant in 1967.

Other Notable Events on this Day in History:
1890 - In one of history's most incredible solo military actions, U.S. Army foot-soldier Alvin York single-handedly took out a German machine gun emplacement, killed 25 enemy soldiers and captured 132.
1956 - New York Yankee pitcher Donald Larsen, recorded the first ever perfect world series game, no hits, no runs and no walks in a 2 - 1 win over the Brooklyn Dodgers.