Here are some snapshots that mommy took of Fionn at 6 weeks old.

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We sent out invitations for Fionn’s Baptism. He will be Baptized at our church, St. Agnes, on Sunday May 16th after the noon service (about 1:15pm). St. Agnes is located in down town West Chester at 233 West Gay Street.

Following the service, everyone is invited to join us at Ryan’s Pub, which is just across the street on block over at 124 West Gay Street. We will have drinks and munchies available, and for lunch there will be a choice of Hot Roast Beef sandwich, Crab Cake sandwich or Chicken Cesar Salad.

Please RSVP to myself or Bridget. We are looking forward to seeing everyone there!

Fionn just had his 1 month old birthday, and had his checkup at the pediatrician.

Fionn is very happy and healthy. He started to smile this month, and just loves to cuddle. He is still a little nervous of his big sister at times, because even though she tries to be gentle with him, sometimes she isn’t.

Here are his stats: He is 22 3/4 inches long, which puts him in the 90th percentile for height. His head is 15 inches, and he is now 10 pounds and 4 ounces, both of those measurements are right on target at the 50th percentile. For some reason, both Siobhan and Fionn are very tall, at their current growth rate Siobhan will be taller than her mother and Fionn will be taller than me.

Here are some 1 month pictures:

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Here are some pictures that I took of Fionn and Siobhan for Fionn’s birth announcements and Baptism invitation.

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With the warmer spring like weather here, the birds around our house have been very active. Right now I have 4 nests on our front porch just outside of my office window. There is one larger one that built a nest on top of a support column, and a few smaller ones that are hidden between the shutters and brick. They hang out all day long, on the windows and in the front tree. I just love being able to watch them during the day.

Here are some pictures that I got of them today

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We decided that it was time to put Ben to sleep yesterday. He was having a lot of difficulties with moving around and getting up off of the floor. The vet said that his breathing was very shallow, so it was time before he started really suffering.

He was a wonderful dog, very gentle and loving, and he will certainly be missed.

Bridget and I have decided to limit access to all posts and pictures of the kids on our blog only to people we know that register for the site.

You can easily register for a user name here by following the Register link on the top right. You just need to pick a username and provide your email address. After you are registered, I’ll add your account to our “Family and Friends” group so that you can see all of the posts. There is also a link to Login to the site as well.

Thanks for understanding!

Here are some more pictures of Fionn and his big sister Siobhan.

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Siobhan enjoyed the Easter Egg hunt so much yesterday at Waterloo Garden that we just had to have another Easter egg hunt for her here at home again on Easter Sunday. She just loved going around the yard collecting eggs and putting them into her basket.

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