Henry Lyon Riker
Keri Hains Riker and Timothy J Riker are pleased to announce the birth
of a new baby boy! On April 4th 1999 (that's 4-4-99) at 10:00pm Henry Lyon
Riker entered our lives. He weighed 8 pounds 2 ounces at birth and was
20 inches in length. He has his father's height including long fingers
and toes, and his mother's cheeks and hair.
Pictures can be expanded by clicking on them. I've added a place at
the bottom of the page where you can register your e-mail address to receive
notification every time this page changes.
2002.03.08
Tim left the computer on in an IRC
session and Henry started typing.
2001.08.08
Random shots of Tim's almost completed office, and some of more of Henry. Henry has
been singing quite a few songs lately. I made a brief movie of
Henry singing.
2001.05.03
Pool pictures and some of Nathan. Also two more movies
catching bubbles and getting a
piggy back ride.
2001.05.03
Birthday party pictures. Henry got a tricycle which was a big hit.
2001.01.05
A few more pics: Henry in costume, Disneyland, etc. Movies of
pushing the vacume and
laughing at a computer game.
2000.07.19
We were in the Hill Cumorah Pageant again. Here is a picture dump. I'm going
to write an image browser someday... ;-)
2000.05.10
Henry kept putting his (clean) diaper on his head, so we took his picture.
2000.04.24
more for your amusement and another
and another movie clip.
2000.04.17
and another movie clip.
2000.04.16
Here are more from today. I also include a
movie clip. Which you may want to try. It is in mpeg
format so you may need to obtain a viewer. It includes sound, though many
software players will only show the video. Please tell me how it goes.
2000.04.15
We just picked up a digital camera. Pictures should be more frequent now. These are just
me messing around with it. I'll take some good ones soon.
We entered Henry in a local pageant. He is now Mister Hawaiian Tropic 2000 for his age
class. We are grinning from ear to ear.
2000.04.02
Henry had a birthday party here yesterday. Friends and grandparents and new
toys. We had fun. Today, Henry decided it was time to start walking. He was
cruising all over the house, grinning all the time. I'll put up some
pictures soon. I really need to get a portable digital camera.
Just as an FYI, we will be in the Hill Cumorah Pageant again this coming
summer. Please drop by and see it and us!
1999.10.15
Well, I scanned the pictures I've been keeping around. Keri and
I have been really busy. I will write more about them someday, but
here they are anyway for you to see! Some of these are from the
Hill Cumorah Pageant
and are pictures of us in costume.
1999.05.31
We had some of Keri's family in town this weekend. Uncle Tyler
wanted some web pictures taken, so here they are. It's been a few weeks
since we wrote to you. Sorry. Henry is growing fast! His hair continues
to grow. A week ago he was fussy and managed to grab a handful of his own
hair. He started pulling and then screaming because it hurt which made him
pull more and scream more... you get the picture. I had to hold his hand
up against his head till he calmed down enough that I could get his fingers
loose. This is a tough thing to do while you are laughing.
1999.05.09
No new pictures today. Henry is getting better at smiling. He still get's
lots of gas bubbles and cries about them. We got some drops for him that
help sometimes. Henry types this to you "
nnnnnnnn. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,llll
nnnnn i,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiikkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk".
I'm not sure what is means yet though. The space bar is his favorite key
so far.
1999.05.02
Today we blessed Henry at our church meetings. Many friends and relatives
came to participate. I took a few more pictures so you could see his outfit
(and his toes!). I will scan in some of the pictures of people that were
here later. I did scan some older pictures that you may not have seen.
We are all doing well.
99.04.24
Henry had his first doctor's visit this week. He is growing well! He
now makes faces for us. His favorite things other than eating, pooping
and sleeping are: rocking with mom or dad in the rocking chair his grandparents
gave us; and having his dad swing him around in his car seat. I guess we'll
have to get a swing for him soon.
I got around to scanning the cross stitch that Lisa sent. We like it
a lot!
99.04.15
Henry now has his IV out so here are a couple more pictures. Notice
that you can see both hands! He is a content baby most of the time. Keri
is still tired most of the time. We all miss each other every day while
I'm at work. We chat once in a while over AOL's
IM. You can reach us as KeriRiker and TimRiker. Henry does not chat
on the computer yet.
99.04.10
We are all doing fine at home. Henry was up crying a bit last night. I think he
had stomach cramps. Once he got some gas out of his system he was fine. I can
sit and look at him for the longest time without getting sick of it. Eleanor
and Ken Bach came by today (great grandparents). We were glad they stopped by
as we have not been up to traveling much yet. We really appreciate the help
everyone is offering, meals etc. Thank you all so much. We received a wonderful
cross-stitch from Lisa Barker (Keri's sister) today with Henry's name and birth
date on it.
99.04.09
Henry has been discharged from the Hospital today! We don't know exactly
when checkout will be, but anytime is fine by us. Mom is especially pleased.
We all want to go home. We will be setting up at home IV services to come
and administer antibiotics at 10am and 10pm every day till next Wednesday.
Henry is getting his checkout tests done as well. Liz Ovard stayed at the
house last night. Keri and Tim both look forward to sleeping a real bed.
We will take more pictures when we get home for all of you!
All of us arrived here around noon. Safe and sound.
99.04.08
Still at the Hospital.
Today we have a new pediatrician working with us. She came in and talked
to us this morning at about 9:30. She lowered his IV from 16 to 7.5 to
see if his eating keeps improving. Next step is TKO (To Keep Open) which
means he would be living off food entirely. We have an at-home IV service
lined up and may be going home tomorrow. (sound familiar?) The doctor is
great, we are just itching to go home. Keri's mom is coming up from St.
George today (6ish) and I may head into work for a while.
99.04.07
This morning our doctor did a spinal tap on the baby. Things went very
smoothly. Samples were clear and two of the three test results are negative.
(which is good) We should hear about the third in a day or two. His blood
culture is also still negative. We don't know what it is his body is fighting,
but he seems to be winning.
We have decided on a name "Henry Lyon Riker". Henry is already showing
his regal streak in controlling his parents every action. He is beginning
to take a bottle and we are very excited about that. We jump as soon as
he wakes up because he is sleeping a lot. We are working on breast feeding
as he get stronger. Stay tuned!
He is getting pinker all the time, I told Grandma Riker he has about
as much color as his Aunt Janet now. ;-)
He weighed in at 8 pounds 6 ounces today.
99.04.07 Other news
Aunt Janet gave birth at 7:07 this morning in Rochester to Marleah
Hope Davis. Janet, Matt and Marleah are doing well. Henry now has two
cousins born within a week of him! Congratulations go out to them all.
99.04.06
We gave the baby a bath and washed his hair, so pictures 2-8 show his hair
better! Our baby is now off oxygen and stable. I changed my first diaper and
even caught the poop before it hit the blanket! We are truly enjoying
ourselves. Keri may be able to start nursing in the morning if the baby is
still doing well. We must get sleep whenever we can, so I'll write more later.
99.04.05
Keri and baby were both running a high fever during the last stages
of labor and the baby has some form of infection (they suspect Strep B).
Mom and baby are both on antibiotics and doing well.
Baby is pale with a low red cell count and a high white cell count.
He is on oxygen some of the time and an IV. He is much pinker now than
he was after birth.
Tim Riker World