Ephraim had his 6-month Dr's visit yesterday. Everything is great so far, this kid is friggin' amazing! He's been sleeping through the night for the last 4 months, smiles endlessly, and pretty much never fusses. Granted, he doesn't have any teeth yet...so there is plenty of crying to come; but all in all, I'd say we pretty much have the perfect kid. He's at 26.5 inches and 19.5 lbs. Pictures(lots of them) for whoever is interested are peckfamily.myphotoalbum.com

WilliamLowe,

Pic 30 for August is awesome!!!!

Drew and his wife make very cute kids! Beautiful smile

jb - grats! That's great news.

William - I love the name Ephraim. One question - what do you call him for short?

AWW!

I just checked out the photo album. Yep, he's perfect alright. He is soooo cute. And he's got red hair


(All you guys have to check out pic 30. It's a good one.)

Thanks for the kind words all...

Dude - Nothing, that was actually one of the allures of the name for me. I didn't want people to be able to shorten his name.

Also, within the last week and a half he went from being able to roll from only his stomach to his back, to being able to go back to stomach, to practically crawling. He hasn't quite figured out to use his hands to help yet, so he just kind of pushes himself along with his legs...but it won't be long. It's crazy how fast the changes happen. We're pretty sure his first tooth is going to come in any day as well, as he's been drooling even more then normal and his nose has been running like crazy.

Baby #1 Due January 19, 2008
We are finding out the sex this wedensday.

My wife has been a wreck ever since finding out she was pregnant. I don't know if anyone remembers them but I posted a few times about pregnancy under "soonadad1" about 6 months ago. I didn't continue posting with them since we had a miscarraige at about 8 weeks.

I'm not as nervous as my wife is since I am generally more laid back then my wife, and because I have a better way of wrapping my head around probabilty then her ( thanks poker) but I am still very nervous.

We have already had a number of ultrasounds and the baby ( we are calling it RIO now- short for embroy) is great, the doctor did some kinda Downs screening and said we have a one in 12,000 chance or something like that.

Also a friend of ours gave us a doppler heart monitor so my wife can listen to the heart beat every night, unless she can't find it for some reason which causes a melt down.

Anyways I had been activly avoiding this thread since the last time I posted about pregnancy on 2+2 it didn't go well, but now wish I had earlier.

Ken

this thread makes me wanna make babies.

kids are cute.

Wouldn't ROI be more appropriate?

UPDATE: 16 weeks in and we have had many an ultrasound in the past 4 months. Not sure why because everyone I talk to says that they only had one or two the entire pregnancy. We've had 5 in 4 months. Everytime we go to the docs office they show us our kid for a few minutes.

Last night, we had the BIG ultrasound and I'm proud to announce that my baby has upgraded from manatee status to boy status. That's right, I put the stem on the apple folks. We even got to watch him put his thumb in his mouth in full motion picture! It was pretty cool. Size and development look good and all is well with Daddy. Mommy on the other hand is a wreck. Sick every day all day and no amount of saltines or anti-emetics are helping. Hope the morning sickness ends soon. I'd like her to enjoy at least a little bit of being pregnant.

Cliff Notes: Having a boy. Wife is uber sick.

Oh, also we are naming him James Thomas after both our fathers.

Figure I should finally throw my contribution to this thread.

GF and I found out we were pregnant (woops) in March.

GFs mom very aggressively encouraged us not to find out the sex.

GF agreed for a while, but I eventually persuaded her to find out with me.

We're having a little girl! Due Nov 21st.

Sophy Jade Wallace

Updated cast, in order of expected appearance
(bold=new/updated):

08/25/07 - phiphika1453 (#2, boy)
08/28/07 - Acehawk74 (#1, boy)
09/29/07 - Mano (#2, boy)
10/15/07 - TheDudeAbides (#2, unknown)
10/??/07 - Kaj (#1, unknown)
10/18/07 - elwoodblues (#3 & 4, twin girls)
10/31/07 - Zameus (#2, boy)
11/07/07 - olliejen (#2, unknown)
11/21/07 - Belok (#1, girl)
12/11/07 - baggins (#1, unknown)
12/16/07 - Joe Tall (#1, girl)
12/16/07 - AroundTheHorn (#1, unknown)
12/24/07 - steelcmg (#1, boy)
01/06/08 - juschuma (#1, girl)
01/10/08 - Hopey (#1, unknown)
01/19/08 - Ken_AA (#1, unknown)
01/23/08 - C-Dog (#1, unknown)
02/05/08 - acoustix (#1, boy)
04/29/08 - DrewDevil (#2, unknown)
.04/16/08 - jamzfive (#1, unknown) c'mon dealer, get there, one time

Welcome to 2+2!
08/05/07 - Nelson (#1 & 2, twins, boy & girl) 6 lbs 8 oz/5 lbs 8 oz
08/05/07 - kurto (#1, boy) 7 lbs 15 oz
07/15/07 - aces_dad (#2, boy) 8 lbs 2 oz
07/14/07 - Yo Adrians! (#2, boy) 8 lbs 9 oz
07/05/07 - carpmentor (#2, boy) 9 lbs 2 oz
06/22/07 - Black Aces 518 (#1, girl) 8 lbs 2 oz
06/17/07 - Mermade (#2, boy) 9 lbs 5.5 oz
06/06/07 - Jeff P (#1, girl) 7 lbs 9 oz
05/22/07 - Uncle_Billy (#1, boy) 10 lbs 9 oz
05/07/07 - krazyace5 (#?, girl) 7 lbs 4 oz
04/26/07 - KennyBanya (#1 & 2,One of each) 6 lbs 0 oz/5 lbs 11 oz
04/27/07 - kevstreet (#1, boy) 8 lbs 3 oz
04/22/07 - DING-DONG YO (#1, girl) 7 lbs, 10 oz
04/16/07 - SpeciesFlora (#1, boy) 7 lbs 7 oz
04/13/07 - DesertCat (#2, girl) 8 lbs 9 oz
04/02/07 - Stu Pidasso(#7, boy) 9 lbs 6 oz
03/30/07 - stan1541 (#1, boy) 8 lbs 0 oz
03/29/07 - Ballzack (#1, girl) 8 lbs 14 oz
03/26/07 - Nottom (#2, boy) 6 lbs 15 oz
03/23/07 - CrazyEyez (#2, boy) 8 lbs 13 oz
03/09/07 - Jbrochu (#1, girl) 6 lbs 2 oz
03/09/07 - samjjones (#1, boy) 4 lbs 11 oz
02/27/07 - vetman81 (#1, boy) 6 lbs 6 oz
02/22/07 - Daniel Magix (#2, girl) 8 lbs 1 oz
02/19/07 - WilliamLowe (#1, boy) 7 lbs 15 oz
02/02/07 - moldman (#2, boy) 7 lbs 13 oz
01/28/07 - dcasper70 (#1, girl) 7 lbs 15.5 oz
01/23/07 - MuckerFish (#1, girl) 5 lbs 14 oz
01/22/07 - johnwit (#1, girl) 8 lbs 13 oz
01/11/07 - pauliewalnuts (#1, boy) 2 lbs 9 oz
01/09/07 - Runner Runner (#3 & 4, boys) 6 lbs 6 oz/4 lbs 7 oz
12/22/06 - gharp (#2, boy) 8 lbs 4 oz
12/19/06 - JDVegas5 - (#6, boy) size unknown
11/29/06 - Knight Vision (#3, girl) 8 lbs 8 oz
11/04/06 - DrewDevil (#1, boy) 7 lbs 10 oz
10/27/06 - dlk9s (#1, girl) 6 lbs 15 oz
10/10/06 - ChipWrecked (#2, boy) 7 lbs 12 oz
09/30/06 - Rduke55 (#1, boy) 8 lb. 0 oz
09/23/06 - JoeU (#2, girl) 5 lbs 2 oz

In Loving Memory
09/02/06 - poincaraux - Allan Frederick Lerner, 7 lbs. 0.9 oz.

We just got a look for the first time at little Mattsey9. Ole' Dad put the biscuit in the basket!!

He/she's got a strong heart rate and a due date of 4/12/08. This is really freaking cool!

our #2 is due 04/01/08.
meddlesome grandma. this is not a good sign. respect to gf for siding with you.

well; had hoped i could post here; but our invitro didn't work. well, maybe we'll try again.

congrats to all who are expecting; we do have 1 and while year one was tough...from 18 months on it has been about the most fun i've ever had.

Congrats Ken. I'm pretty sure 1 in 12,000 is the rate that everyone has, but maybe Mrs. Utah can confirm.

Why did you get the heart monitor? To just calm your wife down and make her feel better? I would think that maybe that would drive her even crazier. Does she use it every night?

So what's the sex?

Glad to see you here Steve. Hopefully things go better when you try again. And yeah - around 18 months is when they get really fun.

Here is my six month update picture for Madelyn. She's still a little peanut but doing great. I'm really enjoying being a daddy and watching her grow and mom is so content now I can get away with murder!

Why did you use the word WE? We got my wife pregnant.
Man what the hell happned?

Hello moms and dads ('to be' and otherwise),

Hope everyone is great!

I wanted to stop in and give an update of my 4 month old son Jonah.

He is so sweet; my wife and I can't get enough of him.

We had a brief scare a few days ago when his doctor diagnosed him w/ meningitis. I can't tell you the emotions I went through for a few hours. I'm not too proud to say I can't remember ever crying that hard in my life.

Turns out he has Coxsackie Virus (hand/mouth/foot disease). I'm not going to get into the misinformation and misdiagnosis that we received but let's just say I wasn't very thrilled. Although I was pleased as punch to find out he'd be ok in a few days.

Other than that he is doing great.





I love dropping by and reading all the great stories and seeing the awesome pictures everyone shares.

This is a fantastic thread!!

Updated cast, in order of expected appearance
(bold=new/updated):

09/29/07 - Mano (#2, boy)
10/15/07 - TheDudeAbides (#2, unknown)
10/??/07 - Kaj (#1, unknown)
10/18/07 - elwoodblues (#3 & 4, twin girls)
10/31/07 - Zameus (#2, boy)
11/07/07 - olliejen (#2, unknown)
11/21/07 - Belok (#1, girl)
12/11/07 - baggins (#1, unknown)
12/16/07 - Joe Tall (#1, girl)
12/16/07 - AroundTheHorn (#1, unknown)
12/24/07 - steelcmg (#1, boy)
01/06/08 - juschuma (#1, girl)
01/10/08 - Hopey (#1, unknown)
01/19/08 - Ken_AA (#1, unknown)
01/23/08 - C-Dog (#1, unknown)
02/05/08 - acoustix (#1, boy)
04/01/08 - wheelflush (#2, unknown)
04/12/08 - mattsey9 (#1?, unknown)
04/29/08 - DrewDevil (#2, unknown)
.04/16/08 - jamzfive (#1, unknown) c'mon dealer, get there, one time

Welcome to 2+2!
08/05/07 - Nelson (#1 & 2, twins, boy & girl) 6 lbs 8 oz/5 lbs 8 oz
08/05/07 - kurto (#1, boy) 7 lbs 15 oz
07/15/07 - aces_dad (#2, boy) 8 lbs 2 oz
07/14/07 - Yo Adrians! (#2, boy) 8 lbs 9 oz
07/05/07 - carpmentor (#2, boy) 9 lbs 2 oz
06/22/07 - Black Aces 518 (#1, girl) 8 lbs 2 oz
06/17/07 - Mermade (#2, boy) 9 lbs 5.5 oz
06/06/07 - Jeff P (#1, girl) 7 lbs 9 oz
05/22/07 - Uncle_Billy (#1, boy) 10 lbs 9 oz
05/07/07 - krazyace5 (#?, girl) 7 lbs 4 oz
04/26/07 - KennyBanya (#1 & 2,One of each) 6 lbs 0 oz/5 lbs 11 oz
04/27/07 - kevstreet (#1, boy) 8 lbs 3 oz
04/22/07 - DING-DONG YO (#1, girl) 7 lbs, 10 oz
04/16/07 - SpeciesFlora (#1, boy) 7 lbs 7 oz
04/13/07 - DesertCat (#2, girl) 8 lbs 9 oz
04/02/07 - Stu Pidasso(#7, boy) 9 lbs 6 oz
03/30/07 - stan1541 (#1, boy) 8 lbs 0 oz
03/29/07 - Ballzack (#1, girl) 8 lbs 14 oz
03/26/07 - Nottom (#2, boy) 6 lbs 15 oz
03/23/07 - CrazyEyez (#2, boy) 8 lbs 13 oz
03/09/07 - Jbrochu (#1, girl) 6 lbs 2 oz
03/09/07 - samjjones (#1, boy) 4 lbs 11 oz
02/27/07 - vetman81 (#1, boy) 6 lbs 6 oz
02/22/07 - Daniel Magix (#2, girl) 8 lbs 1 oz
02/19/07 - WilliamLowe (#1, boy) 7 lbs 15 oz
02/02/07 - moldman (#2, boy) 7 lbs 13 oz
01/28/07 - dcasper70 (#1, girl) 7 lbs 15.5 oz
01/23/07 - MuckerFish (#1, girl) 5 lbs 14 oz
01/22/07 - johnwit (#1, girl) 8 lbs 13 oz
01/11/07 - pauliewalnuts (#1, boy) 2 lbs 9 oz
01/09/07 - Runner Runner (#3 & 4, boys) 6 lbs 6 oz/4 lbs 7 oz
12/22/06 - gharp (#2, boy) 8 lbs 4 oz
12/19/06 - JDVegas5 - (#6, boy) size unknown
11/29/06 - Knight Vision (#3, girl) 8 lbs 8 oz
11/04/06 - DrewDevil (#1, boy) 7 lbs 10 oz
10/27/06 - dlk9s (#1, girl) 6 lbs 15 oz
10/10/06 - ChipWrecked (#2, boy) 7 lbs 12 oz
09/30/06 - Rduke55 (#1, boy) 8 lb. 0 oz
09/23/06 - JoeU (#2, girl) 5 lbs 2 oz

In Loving Memory
09/02/06 - poincaraux - Allan Frederick Lerner, 7 lbs. 0.9 oz.

Missing in Action
08/25/07 - phiphika1453 (#2, boy)
08/28/07 - Acehawk74 (#1, boy)

Apologies for not updating sooner =)

Wife had the baby August 26th, 2007. 8lbs 8 oz. She's doing great, as is my son

Put me in the line of slow updaters.

My son, Parker Blaine, was born 8/16/07. Turned out to be a nine day early planned c-section. My grandfather's b-day and my wife's grandparents' wedding annviversary were both on 8/16/07, so we asked to have him early and the doc was cool with it.

Now for the pics:

I am very pleased to announce the birth of my son Mihali George. He was born at 10:58 A.M. on Sept. 18, weighed 8 lbs. 8 oz.'s and measured 19" long. Both Mihali and his mother are doing fine.

For those of you who were around during the "birth" of this thread, can you believe your children have turned/are about to turn one year old?

My daughter is 11 months on Thursday and I am blown away. This past year has been at the same time fast (she's ONE already?) and slow (my every day is filled with fatigue).

We're in the process of sending out her first birthday invitations. This is all very weird.

And the best part is, she's more perfect than I could have hoped for, except for the fact that she has only just started sleeping through the night this past week. And...I just jinxed it.

Here's the pic we used for the birthday card. This is her about 10.5 months (last Sunday):