Aunt Lisa, Uncle J, and cousins Evie and Claire would like to welcome to the world our newest family member. Zachary Scott Antonille was born on Wednesday, October 3, 2007, weighing a healthy 7 lbs. 5 oz. and measuring 18 inches. We’re thrilled to have him here. Congratulations, Scott and Tanya.
The Rhodys has been rather moribund of late, but we’re back, with a new look, a new software package, but the same ‘ol kids. We moved from MovableType, which had become so cumbersome and full of spam, to WordPress. WordPress promises to be more manageable and user-friendly, and allowed us to put some anti-spam methods in place so that comments could return. When you leave a comment, you will need to type the two words that you see in the reCaptcha box (the red box above the “submit” button). Not only does this help eliminate spam, but you are also helping researchers (read more about the reCaptcha project).
We have been terrible about uploading pictures, so thank goodness for Natalie, Claire’s new godmother, who posted to Flickr several pictures of Claire’s baptism this past weekend. In this photo, Father Bill (who married us and baptized Evie) holds a wet-headed Claire, while Natalie (godmother, far right), Angelo (godfather, far left) and “GG-Mom” (Lisa’s grandmother and Evie’s godmother) look on…
Enjoy the photos of our beautiful little girl and her big sister.
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Claire Savannah has arrived! Several events, including power and Internet outages, have precluded an earlier online announcement. Of course, I understand you care less about the announcement per se, and more about pictures. All in due time, all in due time. Now that our Internet is working (and hopefully continues to do so), we’ll try to share our little Claire (aka, “Baby Bean,” as she’s been called by Evie for the past 9 months) with the rest of you.
Details: Claire was born at 11:36 pm on August 29th. We arrived at the hospital at around 7:30 pm, and after being told the nurses were “not terribly impressed” by Lisa’s contractions, we suspected that they might send us home. Lisa, never one to turn down a challenge, impressed the nurses forthwith, and the phase known as “active labor” (an oddly redundant term) began. Within a few short hours (short, says the man whose primary task was to say “breathe honey; remember to breathe”), our wonderful doctor announced that the stage was set. And within minutes, Claire arrived and introduced herself with a steady wail. She was 7 lbs, 15oz and 20 and 3/4 inches at birth.
Both baby and Mommy are doing quite well, and Big Sister Evie has welcomed Claire with open arms (we’ll see how long this lasts when they want to borrow each others’ sweaters). More – including pictures – to come.
This is Baby Bean on April 5th… all is well. Due date remains the same.
That’s right, here’s the next Rhody. Baby Bean is due on August 31st. This is the ultrasound from January.
Our little girl turned two on January 25th. As has happened every year, including the one she was born, it snowed, although just a touch this time (not like the eight or so inches when she was born).
Some pictures from the various school and family gatherings that happened during the week. Click here for the whole set of photographs.
After a second try, I decided Santa was ok. But only because my two attack dogs were by my side. Merry Christmas!
Lisa just uploaded more pictures of Evie, including several of her “princess-ballerina-gymnast” tea party last week, where she put on every piece of dress-up clothing that fits within the above categories before setting a table and serving tea to Puppy, her constant companion.
