The Fairbanks Four: Parker is Here!

Well, I guess it is time to join the world of bloggers since everyone has seemed to move to this rather then MySpace. So, we'll try to keep everyone up to date on here.

Well Parker Jospeph Fairbanks made his arrival on April 8th at 9:14 in the evening. He weighed 8 lb 2 oz. and was 21 inches long. This is huge compared to his sister who was 7lb 1oz and only 18 1/2 in long when she was born. He is doing wonderful. It seems that we have lucked out once again and gotten a really good, easy going baby. He is a good sleeper and a great eater. It won't be long before he is passing up his sister I am sure.

Brooklynn loves her new little brother and is taking this new addition like a champ. She seems to be making the transition really well. We of course have our moments, like when mom is feeding baby and she needs something, but that is to be expected. She is a big helper to mom and dad with baby Parker and loves to give her brother lots of hugs and kisses. I think that he gets more kisses in a day then I get in a week :) She has done really well at being soft with him, though sometimes her version of soft is a little different from mom and dad's. She trys to give him his binki when he is upset and trys to sooth him when he is crying. It is really neat to watch her with him. She is constantly jabbering away to him, and sometimes with such gusto it makes you wonder what she is telling him.

Lee has been such a huge help with making the transition from 1 to 2. He is such an amazing dad. He works full time, goes to school full time, and still makes time to be with his family. Sometimes I do not know how he does it all, but I know that I am truely blessed to have such a terrific husband. Brooklynn, with the help of dad, as started become a little less dependent on mom for everything and lets others help her more. She just lights up when Lee gets home from work. She starts running around the house because she knows that dad will chase her until she gives him a kiss. It is truely entertaining to watch the two of them together.