Meet Trace

OK, I think we're done now...

Trace Hale Cresap joined the circus at midnight on Monday night. Just made "tax day" baby status. 8 pounds, 8 ounces, 21". (Like anyone really cares about the stats other than the nurse with the clipboard.) He has a good strong yell, long fingers, and old-man style hair that makes him look like a baby bird when it is wet. Mom and baby are doing great. They're scheduled to check out of Balboa Naval Hospital Thursday morning.

So I realize that this isn't, and that I didn't take, a good "baby" shot. Apparently all those were videos. I'll get a couple of stills tomorrow and get those up. I would like to point out the rarity of this particular picture, however. Four Cresap boys, all within arm's reach of one another, and no one is actually fighting. About as common as a full lunar eclipse, so make a note of the moment.

Tal's 7th Birthday

Tremendous Birthday

Tremendous is the new word I'm using to describe my current shape. It's nicer than, "You're a whale!" as one friend put it. You know they are a truly loved friend when they can get away with comments like that. But I can't really blame her, lately I've been walking into rooms and I get "Oh!" and "Wow!" before people seem to be able to help themselves. Oh well, as I always say about pregancies--it's a temporary situation.

Easter

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Run, Tal, Run!

This was the annual jogathon at Tal's school last Friday. Each grade runs for 30 minutes and earns money for the school via lap pledges. We parents marked thier necklace cards as they completed laps. Tal did great 10 laps--about 1 1/4 miles. Afterwards, Jack lined up with Tal's class to go back in. Tal is always so proud of his little buddy. When the teacher inquired if Jack was Spiderman, Tal said, "No, he's Spiderboy. I'm Spiderman!"

Pre-Spring Break Trip to Disneyland

Gifted

Another post today! Clint says, this pregnancy, I'm electronically nesting. Click to view.

Naming Contest

I'm getting increasingly nervous because baby boy #4 is inbound in less than 5 weeks and we still have not settled on a name. I'm regretting that I didn't use "Hale" as the middle name for all the boys because we used up 6 great names! I just hate the thought of being home from the hospital for two weeks and finally flipping a coin on some name. All the other names we've really loved and I hope we'll feel the same about this one.
Here are some of the contenders, none of which were sure of: Sean, Kai, and Nicholas. Today I heard "Zane" and I think that's pretty cool, but Clint's off flying in Monterrey today, eating lunch at Cannery Row (I feel so sorry for him)--so he hasn't weighed in on this one.
Do you have any great boy names you think would fit into our family and sound good with Cresap? There's no reward for submitting the "winning" name, just a feel good feeling that you helped name the next Cresap person!

Jack-Jack Attack

Tree Tangler

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Jack of all Sports

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