Doctor's appointment

So one day you're sleeping comfartably in your Boppy and the next thing you know you're naked and somone is taking your temperature in a way that is less than polite. What would you do? Well, Liam would poop on that someone.


Good job son.

Halloween in May

One morning, Finn wanted to wear his bones shirt. OK, it's May, but cool enough for the long-sleeves to make sense. Then things get scary.

Let sleeping babies lay

Newborns sleep a lot. Liam isn't the exception. In fact, we've been lucky so far and he is sleeping very well. Just one wake-up in the night to eat is all it takes. I don't even notice.


He's cute when he sleeps though, which means he's cute most of the day.

Helping move in

A sure sign that Sarah is about to give birth is that we are moving houses. Just like with Finn, Liam's arrival came during a move. Here was a picture of Finn helping us move. He was measuring the windows for us to get window treatments for the new place. Everything he measured was "6" long. I had to remeasure to be sure things would fit.

Still loving the laundry basket

Finn still likes playing in the laundry basket on laundry day. he now asks us to pull him up to the train table so he can play with the trains while in the basket.

Playing on the Mall

It was such a nice day we stayed out a little longer and played ball and "throw Finn" on the Mall after the garden visit. Finn had so much fun that he laughed, giggled, and smiled the whole time.


Finn was surprisingly good at kicking the ball. We've since lost the ball. Hopefully it will show up again. We also lost the remote to our TV. Perhaps Finn invented a new game called "Hide stuff". It's not as much fun.

Spring day out

We went down to the National Botanical Garden during one of the very nice warm days. Finn liked the giant tulips that may have reminded him subliminally of the trip we took to Keukenhof a coupe years ago.

Here's the last picture of Sarah before the hospital. It was nice for her that the end of the pregnancy was in the spring and not August. The weather was hot enough in late April.

Mom and baby

Sitting with scissors

Memé sent some childproof scissors down for Finn. He likes cutting things. The other thing I noticed is that his mouth drops open when he's really concentrating on something. We'll work on that. We've got to stopo all that concentrating.

Playing with the "Big Kid"

When we go to the park, Finn likes to play with the big kids. In fact, he'll chase them and yell "Hey big kids!" to try and get them to play. He did get this guy to play. The kid told Finn all about trucks or something equally interesting to little boys. Finn tries to make friends and play with new people, which a nice thing to see.

Easter eggs dying

Finn loved dying eggs. We'll do it again next year. Maybe we'll even hide them. This year we were a little worried that we wouldn't find them all and the smell may start causing problems.

New Look and New Name

Welcome to Three Men and a Lady!

In maybe the worst Photoshop job of all time, I've created a new banner and look for the site. Now that I've done that, I'll try and catch up on some posting. It's been very busy here and the posting time has dropped significantly. Something about a new baby.

A big contribution to that was that we had to take Liam back to the hospital. No, we weren't trying to return him. He had a fever (over 103) and was admitted into the intermediate care unit for a few days. After a heavy dose of antibotics, the fever went away and we were sent home.

I'm creeping back to work, which is a reative term. The rest of the office is working 16-18 hours a day, so my 8 hours are only half a day.

I'll be adding the back dated posts starting tomorrow, so check back often!

Also, I got about a week's worth of pre-Liam pictures to get through. I don't want to jump past all those good times. I know everyone wants to see the newborn pictures, but they're coming eventually.

Grandma helps out

While we were at the hospital, my mom was at our house watching Finn. It was nice and would have been very challenging without her here.

Brothers share

Finn also shared his gift that Liam got him. The package of Thomas the Train Engine magnets stuck to the magnet board they came with, the radiator in the room, and Liam. It seems our new boy is made out of iron. No risk of anemia at least.

Big Brother

Finn has been so nice to Liam so far. He is very gentle whenever they are together. That won't last forever, but it's nice for now.

Family Pictures

Liam Noel

6 pounds 8 ounces and 20 inches

9:17 am 2 May 2009

Mom and boy are doing great!

We're at the hospital waiting getting ready for the new boy