Fabulous Four Month Pictures!!

Here are some pictures that our friend Mandy Robinson took of Reid, and Everett got in a couple of course! She put them in a sweet slideshow, so take a look!

First Snow!

Here is Everett's first play in the "snow"!

Happy Valentines Day!

Here is a picture of our Valentine's Boys! Hope everyone had a great day!

Reid's Room

This is a picture of Reid sitting in his bed with his frog. He's actually placed next to his frog because he wasn't sitting up yet...
I thought I would show you a little of what his nursery looks like--the "theme" ( i don't really like that word!) is Frogs. I was inspired by a pillow that I saw called "Froggy Brothers" by Kelly Rightsell. The bumper is yellow, green and blue, (custom made thanks to Nan and Baby Bundles) and the walls are a spring green. Kind of a sweet "baby room" (Everett's was vehicles--not so baby.)
I can't believe that he is almost four months old! Time flies by even faster with the second one, but we are loving it!

"I'm a Big Brother Now!!

Everett is such a wonderful Big Brother! His transition to being a big brother has been such a blessing from the Lord! When he came to see Mom and Reid in the hospital he ran up to Reid in his bassinet and said "My baby Reid is here!" And he has called him "my baby Reid" ever since. He loves Reid more than I have ever seen a child care about a baby. He is always worried about Reid being hungry, needing a "patsy" (pacifier), or being "too tired". Sometimes it is love to a fault though--we are constantly reminding him that he is too little to pick Reid up and carry him around, that he can't lay down on top of Reid, and that Reid doesn't eat food yet (as he tried to sweetly share his goldfish).
I can't wait to see how their relationship changes and grows over the years!

Reid has Arrived!!

We are happy to announce that Matthew Reid Laughlin joined us on October 17th, 2005!!

His stats:
born at 12:50 pm
weight: 7 lbs. 3 oz.
length: 21 1/2 in.

Labor and delivery were quick and easy--praise the Lord!! We are so glad that he is finally here!
As most of you know, Reid spent 5 days in the NICU (neonatal ICU) after he was born. They thought that he might have a coagulation blood disorder. After many tests, tears, and prayers, we found out that he doesn't have any blood disorder at all--the lab at the hospital made an error in the original blood test! Thank you all so much for your prayers and support--we are so thankful for each of you!

Sorry that this update has taken so long to get posted-hopefully I will be able to keep up with the site better from now on!

Here are some pictures from when Reid was born and his stay in the NICU. Hope you enjoy!

Spidy Man

We thought for Everett's introduction to the website, we would use a picture of him in his favorite pajamas. He, however, does not see them as pajamas, but rather part of his transformation into "Spidyman". When he dons this "outfit" he runs around the house screaming "I spidyman, spidyman runs, here comes spidyman"--something only an almost two year old looks cute doing. The real dilemma here is what we are going to do when he outgrows these pajamas--and the time is quickly approaching. We have enough trouble when they have to go in the wash! Perhaps we will have to invest in some new super hero pajamas--any ideas are welcome!

And it's a ....

Well, after coming to the conclusion that the Lord was trying to teach me patience and we just were not going to be able to find out the sex of the baby, we had a surprise ultrasound last Thursday. I really was doing okay with not knowing, and was kind of beginning to understand why people might choose not to know. The anticipation is kind of fun. But when the ultrasound technician asked me if I wanted to know if the baby was a boy or a girl, my true feelings on the subject came out, as I said in a voice as loud as you can use in a doctor's office "YES!!!". And clear as bell on the screen was our little boy's bottom!

We are so excited for Everett to have a little brother! I know that they will be so close growing up and such good friends! The other day Everett asked me if the baby could crawl out now because he wanted to play. (Don't I wish he would crawl out!) After I explained to him that the baby would be too little to play when he was born, he said "That's okay. I just rock him". Hopefully he will continue this affection towards him once the baby is taking up some of Mom's time!

Bandwagon

So, we thought we would jump on the baby website bandwagon. Here is our attempt to follow in some pretty big footsteps, so forgive the simplistic approach to something we have no idea about.

As most of you know, we have a precious 22 month old son named Everett and another probably son on the way. Probably son? you might be asking yourself. Well, after 4 ultrasounds (the first one leaning towards a boy, the second and third towards a girl, and the fourth a boy again) we are planning like it is going to be a boy, but we could be surprised! All the gender obsession aside, the baby is healthy and growing strong-and that is what is important. The baby is due on October 26th, but I am praying for an early delivery again with this one.


Here is the picture from our 20 week 3D ultrasound that we had done (in my desperate attempt to be sure of the sex of the baby). It was so cool to be able to see the face and eyes (not the semi-scary eye sockets on the regular ultrasound). I am now 29 weeks along--only 11 more to go--but who's counting?!

kadie