So far, not too bad. Although whenever Lynn leaves me alone with the two of them, I do get a bit uneasy... and they do have a tendency to cry at the same time. Why? I don't know.

What we have realized is that William really was a piece of cake. Now that we have the ability to "look back" by seeing how Matthew acts, we really are wondering what all the fuss was about. I believe its just the shock of becoming parents for the first time. Everything is different... and you're like "Wow, this is tough." But really? No. It gets tougher but you don't notice anymore. Your baby that used to just sit there now starts to run around/away, talk back, throw tantrums, wash your car with rocks, and have their own opinions.

Now we have this little baby. He cries, you check him. Diaper? Change it. Needs to be burped? Burp 'em. Hungry? Hand him to Lynn. That's pretty much it. Low maintenance. Pretty much all your effort sees results, or you get a high ROI. If you're having your first baby and are thinking "wow, this sucks" (at 4AM) fear not. Soon you will sleep all night, but your days will be filled with chasing whomever around the store and/or running around church.

The rain let up again today, giving us a hint of sunshine. It was nice to head out into the backyard and throw a ball around with William.

Forgot to mention that Ryan was out here. He had a good time and enjoyed what Oregon had to offer. Maybe we'll get him back to finish up a hike we started.

My parents are coming out in the end of Feb, should be fun. This will be my mom's 3rd trip and my dad's first. We had to buy a house before he would come out, so now there's no excuse! If anybody that has been out here has any good ideas on where to take him, let me know.

I realize that I've been lax with the pictures. I'm trying to get up another picture page so I can just throw a bunch on there. This would allow others to post them as well. It'll be cool once its done. I also have new pictures of Matthew other than his 10 min old pictures.

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!