Glory to God!

Dear Friends and Family,
I am sure most you have heard by now but if not I wanted to let everyone know our story and that by the grace of God our family is okay. On Friday afternoon Abby, Jacob and I went to get the mail - our neighborhood has those cluster mailboxes at the end of the street. Abby was riding her tricycle and I was pushing Jacob in the stroller. A lady (under the influence of something) jumped the curb in her car and hit me as well as Jacob's stroller - thankfully Abby was out of the way. Jacob's stroller fell over and his head hit the ground. He was unresponsive and an ambulance took all three of us to the hospital. By the time we arrived at the hospital Jacob was more responsive but a CT scan indicated bleeding on his brain (a subdural hematoma) and we were admitted to the hospital so Jacob could be monitored. With the exception of minor cuts and bruising, I was just fine so Jacob was our concern. Jacob became more responsive as Friday wore on and thankfully since then has not showed any sign of complication. He spent Friday, Saturday and all Saturday night being monitored. The doctors believe the absence of abnormal behavior indicates the blood was absorbed back into his brain. The doctors discharged us today with the instructions to continue to watch Jacob closely and bring him back if he acts in any way abnormal. We are back home now and sweet baby boy is sleeping peacefully in his own bed as I type this. Thank you all for your thoughts and prayers. Please continue to pray for healing for Jacob and that there will continue to be no complications. Glory to God for His protection of our family!
Love,
Matthew & Naomi

Sweet Jacob & Precious Abby

We took Jacob to his two-month check-up last week and here are his stats:
Weight: 13 pounds, 2 ounces (75%)
Height: 24 1/2 inches (90%)
He is a joy and we are all in love with our little man. Here are a few recent pictures of our babies.

Big Sis and Baby Brother (Jacob is almost as big as Abby!)

First trip out in the jogging stroller

A couple more pics from Easter...

Abby and BeBe making fruit pizza - delicious!

Sweet Abby Girl

Jacob in the tent

Abby and Jacob in the tent

Easter Celebration Fun!

We hope everyone had a wonderful Easter! We spent Friday and Saturday in Temple with family. Matthew's parents were able to join us on Saturday for our Easter celebration. So fun! We spent Easter Sunday in San Antonio - we went to church, then out to lunch with some special friends from church and then headed home for a relaxing afternoon with our precious children. We are so thankful for God's many blessings in our life! Here are a couple of pictures from the weekend...

The Easter Princess

Madison, Abram & Abby

Abby reflecting on the day...

Our little Easter bunnies

This is how Daddy and Jacob spent the egg hunt. Thankfully Abby was able to collect all of Jacob's Easter eggs.

Our two-month-old

Jacob David is such a wonderfully good-natured and loving baby. We are blessed by our family's newest addition. We love you, baby boy!

Jacob Meets Friends in T-Town!

The kids and I spent last weekend in Temple. My best friends gave Jacob a Sip & See so that our friends in Temple could meet our little man. It was wonderful to see everyone and I loved introducing Jacob to some of the special people in our life. Jacob loved his first trip to Sleepy Hollow and getting to spend the weekend with family. Abby and Annie were reunited and as always loved getting to play together.

Abby and Annie playing dress up. Some lucky guy got to take me to some high school dance in the formal dress Abby is wearing. Ha!ha!

Abby & Annie (both uninterested in smiling for the camera)

Julie (pregnant with Jacob's best friend Henry) & Jacob

My best friends and all of the kids - Heather, we missed you!

Jacob is a BIG Boy!

I took Jacob to his one month check-up last week and the doctor confirmed what I already knew... Jacob David is a big boy! I knew he was at least above average based on the large quantities of milk he consumes all day and night. As of Friday he weighs 11 pounds 4 oz. (80%) and is 23 inches tall (90%). I thought he looked bigger than most one-month-olds:)

Jacob & Abby


Jacob with Hootsie, Aunt Karen & Pop

Aunt Karen & Jacob

Bathtime!

Jacob and Abby's PJs - I've already had to pack away Jacob's because he is too long!

Going for a walk. Abby is attempting to hide Jacob's eyes from the sun. And yes, she is wearing a swimsuit - she's very ready for swim season!

Several recent pictures...

The NEW Reyes Family of Four

Abby is really into headbands lately - she just clearly wears them in her own way:)

Mama and her two babies - Don't worry I know it doesn't look like it but I know that you are supposed to support a newborn's head.

Big Sis Abby and the love of her life, Jacob David

Our Two Kids

Wow! Life has been so crazy for us lately - sorry I've been so bad about updating the blog and posting pictures. In less than two months we've celebrated Abby's third birthday, my (29th!) birthday, Jacob's birth and mine and Matthew's 7th wedding anniversary. Everything is going well for our family of four and we are adjusting to less sleep and all that comes with having a newborn in the house. Jacob is a joy and Abby is the perfect big sister. We have had lots of help from our wonderful family and friends. Our friends here in San Antonio have kept us well fed and we've had Auntie Becki, Aunt Kristine, Aunt Judi, BeBe (Matthew's Mom) and Hootsie (Naomi's Mom) come to take care of us. We are thankful!
Here are a few updated pics of the family.

Jacob in the "tent" - one of Abby's favorite places to play as a newborn, too.

Is that a little smile? We can't wait for Jacob to really start smiling intentionally because when he smiles in his sleep he has the greatest smile!

Our little man.

Uncle B and Hannah with Jacob - they came through town for a visit and brought us a delicious dinner. Thank you two - we had fun with you!

Abby looking super cute before preschool last week.


Abby and Matthew working on the dollhouse. It looks amazing and they are having fun working on it together.