Westmoreland Asays

I spent much of Saturday afternoon outside enjoying the rare sunshine and working in the yard (much to the displeasure of my allergies--I've never experienced anything this severe in my entire life). While uprooting some of the millions of weeds, Edward and Aaron joined me wanting to help. After realizing he wasn't going to make any money without a little effort, Aaron left. But Edward stuck around. He likes to weed. Sometimes he will go in the backyard all by himself and pull weeds. He also turns over the flagstones in our path, which frustrates me, but I think he does these things mainly to look for worms. So every time I announced that I had found a worm, Edward would run over, take it in his bare hands, examine it for a while, declare "he's so cute," and then gently transport it to one of the raised garden beds--the ultimate reward for a worm in our yard.

(You can follow the progression of Meg's 15-day ordeal here ) Meg and I welcomed Ian Douglas Asay to Planet Earth on April 6, 2009, at 10:53 p.m. He weighed 8 lb. 9 oz. and measured 20.5 in. long. He cried a little when he first came out, but since he's been pretty quiet and content to just look around and snuggle with his family (mostly Meg). By about midnight we had moved from the labor and delivery room to the recovery room. I then accompanied Ian to the nursery for some testing and administration of his Hepatitis B shot; he only cried after the nurse pulled the needle from his leg. I then took a 4-hour nap on the day bed in the recovery room, although I was frequently awoken with the seemingly endless visits of nurses to check on Meg and Ian. I drove home to meet my kids, who were being supervised by Meg's mom after she finished coaching Meg during labor (Meg's dad watched them just before that, after they spent much of the day at a friend's house). The boys and...