William is 3 today! Yikes! Could it be so long ago that he was born? It doesn't seem possible (although I have a hard time remembering what it was like not being a parent). Today William had a great time with his friends. We had a bowling party and had a Cars cake designed by Lynn. William thanks all for his birthday presents!

Ok! Lets see here. January 10th. Quick recap of what happened in the last few days.

1. Lynn & Matthew came home
2. Ruth Pedrick (MIL) came out
3. Jason's been working from home / taking time off / back at work

Matthew has been a pretty good sleeper.. unfortunately for us its only during the day. At night he's all about eating, or at least trying to eat. Not wanting to be left out, William is also getting up at night more often. Yikes. Only 18 more years.

None the less, its lots of fun to have two kids. I'm not seeing the full impact quite yet. I'm sure when Matthew reaches that point when he decides to take a stand against the tyrany of his older brother and goes head-to-head (mano-y-mano, toe-to-toe, face-to-face, etc) and starts fighting, I'll start to understand the true bliss that only one child can bring.

Anyways, we're alive. Stay tuned for more pictures.

Matthew John Horihan was born this morning at 4:55AM. He weighed in at 8 lbs 3 oz and has a height of 19 inches. Mom and Matthew are resting now at the hospital, both getting some needed sleep. Both are doing fine. For those of you who are concerned, Dad and Son #1 are doing well do. I have a bit of pain in my left calf, but I'm sure it will go away. Anyways... For the rest of you, three pictures of the newly named Matthew.







More later!

Heads up everybody, Lynn thinks she's going into labor... yikes. It might be go time!

Lynn, William and I headed out on Sunday to get our own Christmas tree. This would be Lynn (and William's) first real tree! On a tip from our neighbors, we headed to "Loch Lolly", a tree farm ~10 miles north of Hillsboro. It is situated in a hilly area, with a small artifical dam with ducks and geese... I'm guessing that was Loch Lolly. Anyways, the three of us romped around the Noble Fir area until we found a tree that we liked, then immediately found another one we liked better. I got down on the ground, bused out the bow saw and cut down my first Christmas tree. It wasn't as exciting as I had thought. Anyways, we had it baled... anybody ever seen a tree baler? Its pretty neat... like a hay baler, except for trees. Kind of like putting twine on a bale of hay, except its plastic like net wrap (for all you farmers out there). We then tied the tree to the top of Lynn's Car. We think the guys working there were taking bets to see how long it would take for the tree to fall off. Everyone else there had big SUV. Come on people, with a little ingenuity, and a wife to hold the string inside the car, you can use anything to get the tree home.
We got it home and put it up. Lynn had it decorated within an hour... yikes. Sometimes her efficiency scares me. Now if only we could focus that energy... :-)