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Ainsley has become a big fan of Spider-man, and picked out this t-shirt for Wyatt.

(Okay, so it has been literally months since I’ve posted anything here. Please accept my humble apologies and understand it has been because too much has been going on around our house, instead of just nothing worth posting.)

For the past month or so, Wyatt has been threatening to crawl. He’s been sort-of Army crawling (dragging his legs behind him, actually) for a few weeks. Occasionally he would get up on all fours and rock a bit, usually only to plop back down on his backside.

He’s been home the past couple of days with an ear infection (no biggie, other than a lack of sleep for all). During this time, he’s managed to figure out the crawling bit; first on carpet and then across the hardwood floor. I shot a little video to demonstrate some of his new skills.

Wyatt Crawling from Jason Coleman on Vimeo.

When it came time to work on a nursery for Wyatt, we had a few guiding thoughts in mind. First, we really wanted a room he could grow up in, not just outgrow. This meant picking designs and colors that weren’t all pastel, cute, and cuddly; but would be the sort of thing a young person would still find interesting.

Secondly, we wanted to make a study in contrast to his sister, Ainsley’s room. Where her room has a pink color punch, light colored wood tones, and curved shapes; Wyatt’s room would have blue accents (okay, so the colors are hardly inspired), dark wood colors, and linear shapes.

Lastly, we do things on the cheap here at the Coleman-Dyer household. We would re-use many items that would fit in this design schema from around the house. So, this is the final result:

You’ll note another contrasting idea to Ainsley’s room is that of vertical stripes instead of the horizontal band of color. This is a very simple idea that seemed to work quite well when put along side the other elements in the room. The stripes become more architectural in this context. We also continued to use the idea of overlapping elements to tie the stripes into the furniture.

The crib was real find. We very happy with with Ainsley’s crib, so we turned to the same manufacturer (AP Industries) to see what they wold have. Needless to say, their Element crib ended up being the inspiration for a lot of the room. We were able to find the crib online at a great price (Albee Baby) and we purchased some conversion kits for toddler beds & full bed side rails at La Difference back in Richmond on a trip this past winter.

So, we’re very pleased with Wyatt’s room. I hope to add more robots & rocket ships as time goes on, but he may have a few things to say about that. Right now, we have some photos up on the walls and his sister likes to bring in some toys from her room to play while we read stories at night. That will do for decorations for now.

We went in for Wyatt’s first pediatrician visit today since leaving the hospital over a week ago. The kids’ pediatrician is a remarkably nice lady our age so it feels as much like getting to visit a really knowledgable friend as going to the doctor. At least until the needles or bills get involved; neither of those are very fun.

Well, Wyatt is a very healthy young man. He has already grown a bit since his birth. He is up to 8 lbs. 4 oz; up 12 oz. over his birth weight (and considering he no doubt lost some weight in the hospital, that may be up as much as a pound!). His height was at 21 1/2 in., which is a whole inch over his birth length. However, if you ever watch a newborn being measured, you might agree with me that there is some more error in this measurement system. So, he likely is growing some but he is definitely feeding very well.

Angela and Wyatt came home from the hospital on Saturday. Both are doing excellent! Here are a few photos from our trip home:

Wyatt tries out Ainsley’s old car seat for size. Looks like a very comfy fit.

Angela getting put in her wheelchair (the hospital requires it; she really wanted to walk on her own).

Angela carrying Wyatt from the car to the house.

Angela and Wyatt were greeted to many barks from the dogs and shouts of joy from Ainsley. She was very excited to have everyone back home again.

Grandma and Grandpa Dyer sitting with Wyatt as he snoozes the afternoon away.

Nana Deaver holds Wyatt as Ainsley sits close by.

Wyatt gets his first bath at home on the kitchen counter.

Enjoy this short video of Wyatt’s first day.

The Birth of Wyatt Paul from Jason Coleman on Vimeo.
Note: You can click the HD icon to see the video in full resolution at the Vimeo site.

I’ve a got a short slideshow of photos on Flickr of Wyatt’s first day. Just click the photo below to go there:

You can also view the photos individually by going to the Photo Set page here.

His parents are thrilled to announce that Wyatt Paul Coleman was born at 8:17am on April 4th, 2009 at Williamson Medical Center. He weighed 7 lbs. 8 oz. and was 20 1/4″ long.

Mommy is quickly recovering from surgery and Wyatt is in perfect health. All of your well-wishes and congratulations have been much appreciated.

Here are a few of the ultrasound images of young Wyatt.

This image was at just seven weeks in:

It's like staring at one of those 3D posters from the 90's.

This set is from nineteen weeks:

Close-up Profile of Wyatt

In the Pike Position

It's a Boy, all right!

No, seriously! Hello world! This is my first blog post, ever. Actually, it’s kind of my first communication of any kind other than kicking my mommy’s internal organs. So, why not just say hello to the entire world?

Okay, I promise not to do too much of that “speaking in my child’s voice” stuff. It’s kind of weird.

This site is kind of off the radar for right now. But soon enough all of our family and friends are going to be coming here for news, photos, and video of Wyatt as he grows up. And at some point, when he gets old enough, he’ll use this site for whatever else he chooses.