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Let's see. Sleeping, cooing, eating, pooping, sunbathing, and being a cute baby. That's pretty much the action around here!

Big brothers are still totally into it, which is nice. We'll try to take better notes so we can remember all the funny things they say.

SUNBEAMS!

Genevieve has her hands full. We are generally opposed to censorship, but we had to edit this last shot because it was a bit too much like a scene out of the Spearmint Rhino. (By the way, if you are at work you probably should not google Spearmint Rhino.) Yep, after six months, Stoko has fallen off the wagon. Oh, dear!

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Day 5

As we watch our new little one grow, we pause to appreciate how wonderfully lucky we are. Our thoughts are with Joey, our friend in Egypt, and all of those people in Egypt who are standing up to get a democracy going and to end the Mubarak dictatorship. Stay safe, Joey! Hopefully, our own democracy-loving government will do the right thing and support the transition to democracy.






Genevieve is doing great, except for some soreness, but she is getting some excellent physical therapy for her after-baby healing. Thank you, Roxanne!

Huckabye is doing great too. A lot of eating, pooping, cooing and sleeping, and not much crying. So far, his mellowness level is off the charts. At his first check-up, he weighed in at 7 lbs 15 ozs, and he measured 21.5 inches. Yes, that is a little bit of shrinkage. Fortunately, he has plenty of giant boob power to propel him in the other direction.



Welcome to Kodiak, Nana! Thanks for all the help! It's nice not to be outnumbered.

Two big buddies, helping out. (This is a pre-birth shot, but they are definitely being helpful buddies.)

Here they are, helping Boppa and Huxley take a power nap. So helpful! Pretty sure we couldn't have done it without them.

Captain America Helicopter Huxley Reeve Zinn IV

Welcome to the world!

Can't help but be reminded of the Steven Wright routine:

When I was a baby, I kept a diary. Recently, I was rereading it. It said, "Day 1 -- Still tired from the move. Day 2 -- Everybody talks to me like I'm an idiot." I was upset because on my second birthday, I went from being one to being two, and my age doubled in a year. I figured at this rate, by the time I'm six, I'll be ninety.

I like this one... the Fat Albert.



Genevieve was amazing, of course. Stoic and strong. Genevieve's high pain threshold caught the nurses by surprise. La la la la la, what's your pain on a scale of 1-10, oh a 5 or 6? oh, la la la la la oh let's see we will hook up these monitors and okay let's check around here WHOA YOU ARE FULLY DILATED. After that they hustled the doctor right in.





The night before I tried get one last big belly beautiful pregnant lady shot, but the star was not into the whole paparazzi thing.



Everything went fairly fast. Three AM wake up. Building contractions until 7. Went to the hospital. Water broke at 8:30, pushing started then and out he came an hour later. We heard a lot of commentary about his blonde hair before we actually got a chance to see him. For about 45 minutes, with each push he was very close, but he would decide to go back and stay warm for a little bit longer. Who can blame him?



His stats: 8 lbs, 3 ozs. 22 inches long. 13 inch head. 9:28 AM.



The view from the birth room.

After the birth, we had to hang around the hospital for 11 hours. Fortunately we had a few visitors. Pauline and Andy stopped by with the big brothers. And Aileen and Sawyer stopped by. Thanks for the visits!

YoCoWil Christmas

Team WilYo took the ferry down to warm Kodiak for Chistmas. Nami took a lot of awesome pictures, and blogged about the visit here (ferry ride and beach adventure) and here (surfing) and here (Chistmas). It's always entertaining to get a Google Translated Japanese perspective on our lives. Thanks for visiting, Uncle Regan and Aunt Nami, and cousins Musashi and Arashi! We are looking forward to your next visit! Hopefully you can come back again in the summer... see the bears, catch some fish (and waves), climb some hills, and pick some berries!

We built a snow cave, dodged waves, hung out, learned all about gaming, saw Little Fokkers, ate some tasty food, got randomly caroled, opened some presents, enjoyed warm fires, and generally enjoyed a double family style Christmas. We are always thankful to be able to spend time with family!

Our pictures are not nearly as excellent as Nami's, but here are a few we took:



Christmas Skyping to Oki Island, Japan. (Chistmas Eve here, but already Christmas there.)

Uncle Regs!

Hanging out.

The cousins introduce Pax and Stokes to the joys of video gaming.

Santa's present for Paxson Revel:

Pax just made the age limit for hockey, but there is only one other four year old. He and the other four year old go to practice, but they are pretty much oblivious to the rules. They just skate around, pushing each other, and occasionally kicking a puck. He seems to enjoy it.

Here he is teaching Stoko fall down moves. (Cool tricks.)

The hazards of placing Christmas tree decorations within toddler reach:

Snowcave and sledding action.

Opening a box of presents from Aunt Rainold.

Two pregnant ladies at the coffee shop.

Welcome to the world, baby Sawyer Thoreau! Come out whenever you are ready, Captain America!