The Manley/Coleman Family

Reeve had his six month checkup yesterday.

Height = 27.5 inches (90%)
Weight = 15 lbs 6 oz (35%)
Head circumference = 43 cm

So basically he’s holding steady as being built like a string bean. He’s been maintaining those percentiles pretty much since birth. He’s a tall and skinny kid!

Today Reeve is five weeks old, and had two big events today: one was that he went to the pediatrician for a checkup, and we found out that he’s now 9lbs, 11oz!!! WOW!! This kid is growing like a weed. Five weeks ago at birth he was just 7lbs 3oz. Lordy lordy, imagine how much we’ll have to feed this kid when he’s fifteen.

The other big event was that the Coleman grandparents flew in and got to see their grandson for the first time in person. Naturally, lots of pictures were taken.

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!