This is the first time I've really gotten a chance to sit down and write anything since William Alan Ryker McLaren arrived on June 11th, 2010 at 8:27am weighing in at 8lbs 14oz and a length of 20.5"

The house has been pretty busy as we all try to slide into a new groove. My inlaws were up during the first 3 weeks to help out while I continued to work. Those were some pretty long nights. William seems to be a gassy lil man with a lot of stomach pain.

Patrick and Kathryn have been GREAT with him. Very curious, gentle and proud of their baby brother. When William is awake, it would appear he loves following their movements and when they talk to him!

As I write this, William is about 3 1/2 weeks old. I've started a 7 week parental leave to help out. Deb's recovery is going a lot slower this time and she still can barely do most tasks without the pain flaring up. It's driving her MAD not being able to do a lot of these things and to top it off, William is not being the greatest sleeper at night so she (and I think everyone else here) are getting a might be sleep deprived. To top things off, we have a suspicion that William may be lactose intolerant right now due to a nasty rash and the gas he's been having. With this in mind, Deb's cut out dairy from her diet and I just went and picked up Soy based formula for him. I really hope this works for the rash and gas issues!

Anywho... I'm tired.

Peace out ya'all!

FUTURAMA FOREVER!