Earthquake, Hurricane, Oh MY!!

What a month this has been!! Nick has been growing and keeping me busy! So busy it has been a whole month since I blogged! We had a earthquake this past week and we also had hurricane Irene hammer the east coast. We spent Saturday morning to late last night with no power! Thank goodness my parents had a generator and saved my frozen breast milk!
1 Month Stats:
*10 lbs.
*Nursing every 2-3 hours, 15 minutes on each side
*Sleeping 10 or 11PM to 6 or 7AM on most nights, some nights more, some nights less!
*Had a bottle of breast milk for the first time 8/24 from Daddy, 4.5 ounces! He's a PIG!!
*Spitting up with burps every feeding! LOTS! But both Grammas say Paul and I both did it so he got it honest!
*Holding head up unassisted!
*Turned from tummy to back: 8/11
*Loves to play in my activity gym, to ride in the snugglie with Mommy

He has arrived!

Our precious baby boy has arrived! Sorry for the delay in blogging it has been a crazy time to say the least. Nick blessed our presence 23 hours after our arrival at the hospital for an induction at 41 weeks. Our birth plan was to have a natural birth, but the plan had to be alter after hours of pitocin and no progress, he arrived by way of C-section. Not our plan, but God's plan. We are settling in at home and our new roles as parents. My stomach drops when I think about Paul going back to work on the 16th and it drops even further when I think about me going back to work. Please keep our little family in your prayers during this special time in our lives.

Nicholas Stephen Russell

July 27, 2011 @ 7:20AM

9lb. 6.3 oz. 21 inches long

Holding my precious baby for the first time!
"How sweet to hold a newborn baby and feel the pride and joy he gives, but greater still, the calm assurance, this child can face uncertain days because HE LIVES!"