COOPER JOHN born 9/23/07 and RYDER REDINGTON born 9/4/09

Here are some pics of our little chickens from Halloween...

Here's Ryder at his 2 month doctor's appointment. He weighs in at 13lb 4.5oz and is 24.25 inches long.

Ryder Redington Fiske-Kneafsey was born 9/4/09 at 5:23pm weighing 7 lbs 5 oz and a whopping 22 inches long! Amy gave birth one hundred percent naturally with no drugs at all and I'm still over the moon impressed with her. We are all home getting adjusted and Cooper is a bit out of sorts but mostly bursting with pride over his new baby brother...I can already see they are going to be the best of buddies and adorable together. Here are some pictures: --Dolan (aka "bursting-at-the-seams-proud-daddy")

the kid's got one hell of a sense of humor (and great comedic timing too!):

here's a fun video we made earlier tonight:



Today is also my dad's birthday. RIP, Dad...we miss you!

Here's a video of xmas morning:



more holiday pics

Here's Cooper with his cousin Molly a couple of days before Xmas at his Grandma Fiske's home:



Riley Ann the newest little reindeer:



Carmel, Riley, Cooper, and Daniel at Nana's on Xmas Day:



Nana and Norah Rose:



Christmas Day chaos with babies and kids everywhere:



Cooper and Danny in their matching Xmas pj's (Riley and Norah had some too but were asleep when the picture was being taken unfortunately)

So, things have been a hectic since the move and haven't had much time to put pictures and stuff up here but here's some newer pictures from Xmas and some of the new house (which we are loving!)...Hope everyone is having a happy and healthy holiday season! (double-click on each picture to enlarge it)

our new home (and the first snowfall at our new home)



front porch stacked with firewood...yaay!



Cooper loves the front door at our new house that he can look out all the time!



our xmas tree (first time we got a fake xmas tree....we just figured it would be much easier because of the age Cooper is at right now!)



our stockings hung by the chimney with care...



living room:



Cooper with his cousin Molly:



Christmas Eve Nana and Uncle Michael came over for a visit before Santa's visit!



opening presents on Christmas morning:



apparently Santa ran out of xmas wrapping paper and had to resort to Batman!



couldn't get the toys out of the boxes fast enough for Cooper....



....although I must say he was happy enough while he waited! ha ha



that's all for today....to be continued with more pictures soon from Xmas Day at Nana's

Here's one very soon after she was born: (check out those looonnng toes! :-)





here's one with her proud pop (my brother-in-law Derek):



Welcome, little Riley! We can't wait to get to know you!

Today my baby sister Carmel and her husband Derek welcomed their first child into the world...a beautiful, little girl named Riley Ann McDonnell. Riley came into this world verrrry quickly and with a sneeze! She weighed 8 lbs 4 oz and is 21 inches long. And she has lots of dark hair. We all love her so much already. Happy Birthday, Riley! (pictures to come soon hopefully if we ever find our camera...been lost since the move!)