Grandparent pictures

The following are all pictures taken with someone else's camera. Both of my parents have been here in the past month and these are some of the shots they got with their camera.

This was taken right as they took Samuel out of the operating room to the nursery to get all cleaned up. So fresh!!

And here we all are leaving the hospital. Notice my camera around my neck. I'm pretty sure I didn't take any more pictures after this moment. I was too busy walking slowly down the hall because of my c-section scar.

Thank goodness my mom was there to take pictures of all the important moments!

Jason's sister, Juli, and her husband Josh were kind enough to help us home in their car. It was so nice to not worry about a cab with all the car seat drama.
This is a present I made for Jason to give to him at the hospital. It's a sling I designed and made especially for him. It's wool pinstripe suit fabric on the outside and a blue plaid shirting fabric on the inside- very manly.
I spent most of my downtime like this once I got home. And our cat, Gypsy, was just so unsure of the new screaming meatloaf we had brought home, she tended to stay close to me to feel safer.
Do all babies look like old men at first?

So after my mom left in February, we had to start talking about when we could get my dad up here to meet Samuel. He came up in mid-march to spend a long weekend meeting his grandson.
We got out and about a lot! Samuel's firsts are very exciting. Baby's first park avenue visit!
I got a sling for me to "wear" Samuel in. He pretty much loves it. I only wear it if I'm going to be out a pretty short time and the stroller really isn't feasible.
Peek-a-boo!!
And Jason can wear it too! Sam really loves it. He just snuggles down and passes out.
Baby's first NYC subway ride! This isn't really his first but oh well. He's definitely used to it.

Our friend, Caroline, had a birthday while my dad was here so we all went down to have brunch with her and a bunch of friends. Samuel was a hit...and fairly well behaved.

We're very grateful that Samuel has met both sets of his grandparents. Love you guys!!

Happy 1-month!

Our friend, Bobby, has been out of town since last summer and recently returned. He came over tonight with our other friend, Aaron, to meet Samuel so I got Aaron to snap a few shots of the great "meeting".

This one looks like Sam's singing to him. HA!

Nice to meet you, Aunt Bobby!!
And my dear friend, Jenni, came to visit last week. We have such amazing friends here who have been and continue to be so supportive. We are completely blessed and so thankful for all of them.

Last weekend our friend, Jamie, surprised Jason by flying up for a quick weekend in the city. His boss down in Arkansas sent him up here for a conference. I knew about it all week and had to keep it secret from Jason. He was soooo surprised. Well done, Jamie!

More supportive friends: This is Caroline, another friend from the barn. She has been amazing during this whole process. She was our unofficial "doula" the last few weeks of my pregnancy. She would go for walks with me and talk with me about the birth process.

She's great with babies so we will probably be calling her ALL THE TIME to babysit. We love you Caroline!!
And now, the main attraction. I snapped a few shots today to commemorate the 1-month birthday. They're a little rough but he's still pretty good looking. Pay no attention to the slight face rash. Silly newborn rash...it disappears as fast as it appears.

I kept some of the little white shirts the hospital put him in. I think they make him look like Obi Wan Kenobi. The force is strong with this one.


This is a sweater that our friend Louie's mom made for Samuel. I've never met Louie's mother and I almost cried when he brought it over. I thought it was so sweet that she made us something when we've never met her.







And...cloth diapers!! I'm pretty excited about this venture. There's a service here in New York that drops off clean diapers and picks up dirty ones every week. You pay a weekly fee and they basically take care of the rest.

Every monday night, we put out the dirty diapers from the week. Sometime between 9pm and 4am, someone comes to our apartment door and takes our dirty diapers and drops off clean ones for the next week. Very exciting. I remember using cloth diapers with my baby brother, Grant, and I loved feeling like I was doing a little something to help the environment.

Marymount's show this year is "Hairspray". I took Samuel to rehearsal a few saturdays ago and he was a hit!! He was such a good baby. I wore my sling and he just slept all day, even through most of the big group numbers!


These kids are so awesome. They're very well-adjusted and so mature! They feel more like friends, than highschool students.

Aren't these two cute?! They're dating off stage. Who doesn't love a good show-mance?!

Not a care in the world!

This is us on the train coming home from Buy Buy Baby today. He wasn't phased in the least. Yay!

Week 2- stir crazy and Grandparents and Carnegie, oh my!

I am really enjoying being a mom and all that it entails but I've been going a little stir crazy sitting around my apartment while Jason works 12-14 hours a day 7 days a week. I have wonderful friends who come to visit but Jason and I work so well as a couple that there really isn't a substitute. I've been trying to find little things to do outside the apartment. My 1st trip was to the grocery store 7 blocks away. We needed cat food so I bundled Sam up in his new carseat and stroller and off we went. The rain canopy is really meant for the stroller without the carseat attached but I made do.We were gone for all of an hour but it felt really nice to be out in the sunshine and wind. Sam slept the entire way-cars and ambulance sirens blaring and all. What a New York baby! We have also been to the UPS store. I felt I had to go introduce him to the people who had been caring for all his presents these last few months.


And here are a few pictures of Samuel in his bouncy seat. He's still a little small for it so we don't sit in it very long but I think he's really going to like it eventually. I can't believe he's 2 1/2 weeks old already!
I love these pants! Baby gap...
Today, we met Jason down in Chelsea to buy a few things at Buy Buy Baby. This was our longest outing so far. It went fairly well. We rode the subway all the way down to 14th street where we met Jason after a rehearsal and then walked up to 25th street. We shopped and he slept. He also got two diaper changes whilst in the store. It has felt great to get out and make sure the world is still happening.
While I was pregnant, I thought of how cute it was going to be for Samuel to sleep on Jason. I was right:)

Last week, Gran and Grandad came up from Arkansas to visit for the weekend and meet baby Sam. We had a wonderful time doing absolutely nothing except cuddling with the baby all day and sitting around in our pajamas and cooking. Thanks for traveling so far Gran and Grandad!! We miss you already!

Jason played at Carnegie Hall last weekend and his parents got to go watch. He was the accompanist for a 150 piece children's choir.

He even got his own dressing room with his name on the door and everything!!

And a piano in the dressing room in case he needed to run through a few last minute parts of the music. Very exciting! Congrats, Jason/Dad!!


Jason snapped this photo the other night right as he walked in the door from work. What a little old man!
That's all for now, folks. Stay tuned...

Burrow North

I feel the new name to our blog needs a moment of explanation. We are all from Arkansas, obviously, and now we live in the big bad city. Side-note: what do people think goes on here?! Real people live here and lead very normal lives. We had one Arkansan ask how we were getting him home from the hospital with all of the snow in Central Park. What was plan A? Drag him by the foot through the snow?!!! We took a car! Moving on...
My sister and brother-in-law live in Boston and have for a few years and whenever we all get together we call it a meeting of Burrow North. We are really thankful to have family so close. That's all for now. Sam is feeding the Muel and it's my turn to burp so I must run.
Jason