Babies

A few things I’ve learned since having a third…

November 21, 2010

I’ve learned a few things and have had some observations in the process of having a third child.  Other things I’ve been reminded of that I might have forgotten.  Here’s a few of them: Infants smell good.  Seriously.  I love breathing in Kaelyn’s little infant aroma.  That won’t last long, but it’s a unique smell [...]

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Change is Hard – Especially When You’re 3

November 15, 2010

If you think about it, the transition for a toddler to go from being the “baby” or the one with a lot of the attention from mom to now being the “middle” and losing out on mama time to a new baby is pretty challenging, maybe even traumatic. Colin had a few rough days with [...]

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Goin’Home!

November 13, 2010

Crazy times going on at our place right now, but it’s fun.  Bringing a new child home is a great experience and also just a little bit wild as well.  It’s fun getting to know Kaelyn a bit! Thanks for all the prayers & well wishes for us and Kaelyn over the past week! Now [...]

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Kaelyn’s Here!

November 10, 2010

Big happenings today!  I’m excited to introduce here my new daughter, Kaelyn Rose Virtue. She was born today (11/10/10) at 1:07pm and weighed in at 7lbs 12 oz.  What a fun day.  She’s awesome.So many highlights about the day – going through it with Christine, seeing Morgan and Colin relate to their new sister in [...]

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Help Me Name My Daughter!

September 16, 2010

We’re dragging on getting a name for our third child, our daughter who is on the way sometime in the next couple months.I like to integrate important areas of my life so I thought I might see how I can integrate my passion of Chicago sports teams with my new daughter’s name.Vote for the one [...]

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Happy 4th!

July 4, 2010

Happy fourth of July!! This is what I’m doing at my bbq with the family today, the first holiday with my two nieces… Hope you had a great day celebrating!

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And We’re Having Another….

June 25, 2010

GIRL!!! Here’s a brief interview I did with Morgan and Colin before the ultrasound appointment.  You can get a feel for Morgan’s logical side as well as Colin’s enthusiasm for the microphone.[Audio clip: view full post to listen]Here’s the post-game interview after we’ve found out that we’re having a girl.[Audio clip: view full post to [...]

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My kids and their new cousins

June 23, 2010

I wanted to get a couple pics up here of my kids with their new nieces.  Here’s a couple pics along with an awesome video of them holding the babies for the first time. Kids and Cousins from Brian Virtue on Vimeo.

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5 Years Ago…

March 12, 2010

It’s pretty amazing to consider that my daughter is turning 5 years old today.A couple days ago she was in to watching a lot of the video of when she was born and some of the key milestones in her 2 month NICU journey moving from a little over 3 pounds to coming home.  She [...]

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