Reeve Alexander Coleman arrived early this morning, Thursday, September 4th at 2:45 am! He’s 7 lbs 3 oz, blonde hair and blue eyes, very long fingernails, and super cute. And Allison did it all with no drugs! Very very difficult (and excruciatingly painful), but worth it in the end.
The name is from the Manley side . . . Reeve goes back to Felix Alexander Reeve (our little guy’s great-great-great-grandfather) who was in Abraham Lincoln’s cabinet and married into the Donelson family. Oddly enough, Felix was also born on September 4th! Go figure. And Reeve is Allison and Dr. Manleys’ middle name, so it was about time it was resurrected. And Rob hated the name Felix, so . . . Reeve it is!
He doesn’t cry much (yet) and is feeding and sleeping very well. The doctor was awesome, as were the nurses. Oh, and because the orthopaedics here at Rush hospital are the doctors for the White Sox, all babies born during the baseball season get free skybox tickets! So Reeve was brought to our room this morning after his bath with four free tickets in tow. Bonus!
The Manley/Coleman Family 
November 7, 2009 at 1:22 am
I was researching the name Felix Alexander Reeve because I have a set of 22 volumes of 1863 Charles Dickens with the personal nameplate of Felix Alexander Reeve. Surprisingly enough I found you. We picked up the set at an auction in Seymour, IN last year. Do you have an interest in these books?
February 26, 2010 at 4:42 pm
Hello i was just researching Col. Reeve and ran across your site, im a reenactor in the 8th tn inf, protrayin the unit that Col. reeve started durin the Civil war, congrats on the Baby!
Travis Devine