Schierer Space

These are what are children are enjoying in our latest gallery updates.

Enjoy.

Since the Central New York weather has finally cooperated to produce a significant snow fall.^[1] In fact, prior to this event Baltimore, MD, was actually ahead of Syracuse for most snowfall in a US city this year. ^[2]
After piling all of the snow from the driveway next to the driveway, the temptation to carve out a fort and some tunnels was overwhelming. With Nate’s ‘help’ we constructed a pretty decent snow park with canyon-like paths, a tunnel, a fort and a slide.

Here are some highlights:

No snow park would be complete without a snow-bunny… ^[3]

More fun in the snow in Nate’s gallery.

More pics of Rachel added too.

1. We’ve been getting steady amounts which have amounted to very little significant accumulation. This was finally a storm that dumped a significant amount over a few days. [↩]
2. A population of over 100,000 if I recall the bracket. [↩]
3. Who has since melted enough that it lost its head. Apparently this was the cause of some significant distress for one of Nate’s playmates. [↩]

Only about three weeks late, here is R’s one month pic.

And another for you to enjoy.

As always they are all available in the gallery.

One more in the gallery.

So we’re starting to settle into a bit of a rhythm with Rachel now. She’s pretty much sleeping in the early morning (this morning from like 3-8!), but this means she’s anything but sleeping from about 9PM until 1 or 2 in the morning. That’s a bad time for mental health.

Regardless, she’s still a sweetie.

And lest you think we forgot our other photogenic child…

(For those of you following on Facebook, realize that K has set up her notes to grab our blog feed automatically. Rather than harass you with all of my (Chris’) crazy rantings we’ve narrowed it to only grab the family update posts… like this one.)

K & R are doing great. K is pretty much full mobility, but perhaps moving a little slower than she otherwise might. I expect that will be true for quite a while yet. She complains occasionally of joints “moving back where they used to be”.
R is sleeping in longer stretches and is generally pretty mellow. It’s a simple life: eat, sleep, cry until you can eat again.

Here are some more pics to help you through the day…

Although we don’t keep our house very cold in the winter, it is chilly for a baby. Here’s an example of how R copes with that.

People say all babies look like Winston Churchill. For some reason this shot invokes more of a James T. Kirk for me.

Life is tiring when you’re ten (days):

More pics (including baby hands and little lambs) in the gallery.

We’ll be doing pictures with “Mousie” this time.

Bonus awake picture to show you how dark colored her eyes are.

Sleeping in the hospital:

Sleeping at home:

Hands, nose and toes:

Big brother:

K tries to get a picture of R sleeping on my chest…

Of course she starts crying…

Shhhhh….

Now what?

As always, more pics in the 1st month gallery.

As I will no doubt have my blogging license revoked soon for failing to post cat pictures, here are a series capturing the reactions of our feline family members:

The first time Rachel cried loudly:

A direct inspection. (They’re braver than last time, I don’t think they came out of the basement for several days after Nate’s homecoming.)

(This pic also shows the modern Mom’s accessories on the night stand: iPod touch for feeding and diaper log^[1], water bottle, lotions, cloth diaper as accessory rag, etc.)

Shadow doesn’t seem to approve:

The cats are missing sleep also:

K says that last shot is dying for a Cheezburger caption.

1. Yes, there’s an app for that. Several actually. One for contraction timing also. [↩]

Our beautiful daughter has arrived. Here are some pictures to hold you over. She was born at 10:43PM and weighed in at a mere eight and a half pounds.

Rachel was a little purple to start, but pinked up quickly. A full head of curly hair, and has already had her first meal. Mom was a little beat up along the way (about like last time), but is in good spirits and is snuggling with our little girl (who apparently has decided to round out her dinner with dessert).