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(Copyright © 2013 by Wil C. Fry. All rights reserved.) Benjamin is a week old today. He turned his head from left to right — and back again — while on his tummy on the Baby Einstein gym. Rebecca also did it for the first time on that gym. She was 33 days old when[...]

Benjamin was awake for a good two hours during the night, feeding on and off and generally just wanting to be held and to look around and listen to us talk to him. So I was exhausted when Rebecca woke me at 8 a.m. (Copyright © 2013 by Wil C. Fry. All rights reserved.) Today,[...]

Benjamin at four days old (Copyright © 2013 by Wil C. Fry. All rights reserved.) The first day with all of us in the house (Thursday, June 13) passed quickly. I honestly don’t recall most of what we did. I think we ate at Chick-fil-A for lunch, Benjamin’s first time in a business establishment —[...]

Morning: Rebecca, my parents and I all drove to the hospital to meet Benjamin. Took a bunch of pictures. MF said she was fine, didn’t need me to stay. (Copyright © 2013 by Wil C. Fry. All rights reserved.) (Copyright © 2013 by Wil C. Fry. All rights reserved.) Lunch: MF ate whatever the hospital[...]

First photo of Benjamin (Copyright © 2013 by Wil C. Fry. All rights reserved.) The day began slowly enough. My wife went to work as scheduled. Rebecca and I played in the back yard as long as the shade of the house would allow. I should have known something was off; she hasn’t wanted to[...]

Benjamin Wesley Fry was born at 7 p.m. June 11, 2013, at Metroplex Adventist Hospital in Killeen, Texas. He was 6 lbs. 2 oz. That’s all I know as I write this. I have a much longer entry scheduled for tonight, but it probably won’t go live until morning. :-) CORRECTION: 6 lbs. 1.8 oz.[...]

We hit 99°F today, which is a record high for this day, according to both weather.com and wunderground.com, and the hottest day of 2013 so far. Still, the month has been cooler than the past two Junes. (Copyright © 2013 by Wil C. Fry. All rights reserved.) Rebecca helped a bit as MF sorted through[...]

Rebecca played in the evening with her friend (“Daley”) across the street. They’re moving in about a month. They played tug-of-war with a jump rope, neither ever winning or letting go — it’s been fun to see her play with someone so equally matched in almost every way, which seems to be rare among children.[...]

(Copyright © 2013 by Wil C. Fry. All rights reserved.) (Copyright © 2013 by Wil C. Fry. All rights reserved.) Morning: MF & RLF went to Old Navy and Ross; MF needed new shorts to fit her pregnant figure (She hit 180 lbs. today, finally reaching her max weight with Rebecca). She says RLF helps[...]

(Copyright © 2013 by Wil C. Fry. All rights reserved.) Rebecca spent much of the day talking about Benjamin (“Bennamin”) and wanting to play in his crib. As seen in the photo above, she would lie there and pretend to be a baby. She said Benjamin would like the octopus and star (on the mobile),[...]

Janice: You're welcome. Cassie: Thank you. So far, yes. Shari: Thanks. The next couple of nights were better. :-)

Cassie: I think she's getting it now. :-) Sharon: It was better the next day. :-)

Oh yes.. it's a skill you learn, changing baby boys' diapers. :)

Right now it is a huge change for Rebecca. But, it seems as though you and Marline have a ...

Nice family picture. It's been a busy week. I hope you begin getting more sleep soon.

Nice pics. Sounds like everything is running pretty smoothly so far.

Thanks for the update and new pictures.

Wow, that is awesome!

Shari: We were beginning to suspect that too. And of course, after our 26-day ordeal last time, we were in ...

Cassie: Her doctor (who didn't get to deliver last time, but was on hand for this one) said he thought ...