Front porch of our Winspear Avenue house in Buffalo

When Bill was born we lived in an upstairs apartment near the Buffalo Zoo.  I don't have any pictures of that place; we weren't there long…but we finally moved into faculty housing on the edge of the campus of the University of Buffalo.  

Our address was 208 Winspear Avenue.  We enjoyed that house a lot. It had a great sun porch and a fireplace in the living room.

The lady on the left in these pictures was Bill's godmother.  Her name was Charlotte Claflin.  I met her through la Leche League.

As you can see by this time I was in maternity clothes again; Margaret Ellen was on the way.  She was born January 30, 1962.

Loving the outdoors, Western New York, fall 1960

 In the fall of 1960 Hayne and I took the kids to the country.  We visited a couple of state parks, and even spent the night in one of them.  One of the advantages of breast feeding a child is that you can just pick up and go anywhere …and we did enjoy our weekends when the kids were little.

Baby Bill Reese

Bill was born on June 28, 1960. We named him William Hayne Waring Reese.

 Anne liked him, I think.  But every time I sat down to nurse him, Anne would run out the front door. (She had figured out how to move the little lock on the screen.)

We had a very busy summer.  Bill grew fast; he stood at 8 months and walked by the time he was 9 months old.  I really enjoyed both kids that year.

Anne's birthday tricycle

Anne Flavia was two years old on August 1, 1960.  Bill was just 2 months old.  We were living on Hertel Avenue in Buffalo in a garden-style apartment.  For her birthday Anne got a new red tricycle.

She is so well coordinated, by the end of the day she could not only ride but back up and turn around.

More from the scrapbook featuring Anne Flavia Reese during the 22 months before her brother Bill was born.  Photos from Iowa City, Iowa, Buffalo, and Lockport, New York.

The song I sang here was a favorite of all 3 kids. It is
The Old Woman and the Little Pig from a record by Jean Ritchie.

Hayne and Patsy Reese in Iowa City Easter 1958

Easter 1958 in Iowa City.  A friend made these snapshots. I had made that black maternity suit for myself.  I don't know what the monument was for; something about the campus I am sure.

The "baby bump" I had was Anne Flavia of course.

More About Anne Flavia's first months

These pictures were made after we moved to Buffalo.  We lived in an apartment near the campus for a few months and then we moved to the country.  We house-sat for a professor who was on Sabbatical for that semester. The farm was beautiful, with a big barn.  It was near Lockport, New York, on the Erie Canal.

We had neighbors across the street who had never been more than 25 miles from home.  They were farmers.  The place was beautiful but very cold.