Sleep? Never heard of it

Okay, so it's been a week since my last post....way longer than I wanted. I think I've figured out one reason why people say that a kid is so life changing. Everyone always joked..."sleep, that'll be a distant memory" or "sleep...you won't get that for the next 18 years." And I thought they were joking. Ooops.

Seriously, we are getting up every 2 hours (or, according to his appetite lately every 1.5 hours) to feed Connor. Supposedly we will be able to get him on a more normal schedule in the next few months...so they say. Let's hope so! I go back to work next week, so my 11am - 3 am days will need to change. Regardless, these 2 weeks with him have flown by and I am really going to miss it. As my schedule gets a little more "normal", postings will pick up a bit....not that anyone really cares. It's cool, I know all you want is pics of the kid, so I'll keep those coming.



PS. Don't forget to check out the new Connor pics in the slide show.

A new addition to our family

My wife Amberly and I had our first child a few days ago, Connor Reed Donnelly. The first few days have been blissfully exhausting. The time we are getting to bond with him is something that Amberly and I will always cherish and will fly by too quickly. Connor joins the rest of the family that previously consisted of 3 dogs and about 35 koi. We love our animals but our new "little monkey" (note:nickname is subject to change) is definitely the best addition. He immediately joins the list of my favorite things which also include my wife, camping, photography, football, cooking & eating my cooking, and beer.

Dipping my toes in the water....

Okay, so I am going to give this whole blogging thing a shot. My 5 day old son already has one, so I figure I better get with the times. (His blog is at http://www.connorreeddonnelly.blogspot.com/) From me, expect a lot of pictures and random thoughts. You should probably also be prepared for lots of hot sports opinions, a little political and music commentary, scenes from the family life, and way too many shots of random nature scenes. Sorry, sometimes I just can't control myself. Stay tuned as I take time between 2 hour baby feeding shifts to share a little bit with all of you....