Benjamin Michael Singer -- Later in April...

UPDATED 05/03/2004

Here are some pictures from weeks three, four, and five of Benjamin's life.  As I write this, I can hardly believe that he's 40 days old, nearly six weeks.  At his one-month pediatrician's appointment, he was 11 1/2 pounds and 23 inches, which makes him pretty big!  Not chubby, but drinking an amazing amount at each feeding and growing almost every day, in front of our eyes.

The Singer family visited in mid-April:  Mary and Gary, grandparents from Spokane, and his aunt Rachel from Chicago.  It was great to have more far-flung relatives visit and help out and get to meet him!  Other friends visit and help out occasionally -- Neil, Jeanne, Anne-Marie, and others.  The bumper pads on his crib look great; we're doing lots of laundry and bathing him every now and then.  Occasionally he likes sleeping in his cradle swing or on his boppy pillow, and we've recently pulled out the activity mat for him to lie on and bat at things (little skill so far, but he's improving!).  We also took Benjamin on his first plane ride -- a trip to Washington, D.C. to participate in the March for Women's Lives.  A real activist at one month old!  We enjoyed visiting with Caroline and Brian there, too, and Melissa was very unimpressed by the effects of the No Child Left Behind act.

Caroline visits while Melissa pregnant
 Neil feeds Benjamin
 Zeyde Gary visits from Spokane!
 Levitating while doing yoga
 Rachel cheering up Benjamin
 Gary, Mary, and Rachel relaxing
Zeyde relaxing in rocker
 Feeding by the Great One
 Aunt Rachel feeding Benjamin
 Rachel giving us toddler advice
 Singer family all together!
 Singers with Melissa
Proud grandparents
 Singers close-up
 Bumper pads on the crib
 Jeanne feeding the hungry monster
 Melissa with the eternal laundry
 Bath time in the big tub!
Using the wonderful swing
 Benjamin, sleeping on the boppy pillow
 Visiting Washington, D.C. friends
 On the Washington Mall
 Caroline, Brian, and Carrie protesting
 Benjamin, protesting at a young age
lots of protesters
 Ani diFranco performing
 Joel and Brian
 No Child Left Behind!
 Melissa, the stalwart mother
 Caroline & Brian & Joel, tired
Kathy -- midwife appointment
 Benjamin on the activity mat
 in the car seat
 Mom & son
 sleeping on the mat
        Last modified:  Tue May 18  00:04:15  EDT 2004