Ryan and Debi & Toren

Author: rcragun

  • Toren at the beach

    Toren had his first visit from family on the 13th when his uncle, Brent Robbins, overnighted in Tampa. We went out to Clearwater for dinner and Brent was kind enough to take a photo of our little family – the first with all three of us. It’s not the greatest photo (not Brent’s fault), but…

  • the amazing human body

    I took pictures of Debi’s belly just about every week of the pregnancy to see how amazing it is.  Here are the photos in a slideshow:

  • the new babysitter

    Debi tried this out one day while we were eating breakfast and Toren seemed fine with it: We use it occasionally while we eat, which is usually just after he has eaten. Every time we do it I look at him and think, “He is so small!”:

  • Toren’s many faces – video this time!

    Here’s another video of Toren: Early on his pretty content then he starts fussing a little. His fussing does get a bit worse than this at times, but, really, this is about as bad as it gets at the moment. Yeah, we’re pretty lucky!

  • How can you not give him more?

    I was never really a fan of newborn babies. They always kind of looked like chimps to me: Of course, everyone always told me I would change my mind when I had my own child.  I hate it when everyone is right and I’m wrong!  Anyway, I think what really did it was when I…

  • karmic hiccups

    While I don’t actually believe in karma, I’m going to pretend it exists for the sake of this video. Just before I shot this I changed Toren’s diaper. He urinated on me for the 4th time (we now have a shield on the changing table to prevent him from hitting us when he lets loose).…

  • etymology of Toren Marx

    Several people have asked us the origin of “Toren Marx.” Here’s the etymology as best as I can put it together. First, “Toren” was a name Debi came up with while thinking about possible baby names. It met our criteria – it sounds good with “Cragun” and is not widely used. At the time, we…

  • Toren eats his own arm!

    I prepared a bunch of videos in advance but am going to post one a day to keep people happy. Here’s today’s video of Toren rooting on his arm:

  • by popular demand, more Toren!

    Sorry, I know it’s been a few days since I posted about Toren – and yes, several people have emailed complaining. So, I’ll try to post a bit more. Yesterday Debi had a doctor’s appointment, and since she can’t drive on her own yet, I took her to the doctor’s office. Toren and I took…

  • Toren, baby model