So I’m going to straight-up warn y’all that this is not a recipe post. Because we’re coming off of a major holiday, we figure lots and lots of people are off work and on vacations and hanging out with their families and not perusing the internet for recipes, so if you are looking for recipes, we have lots and lots of them to browse through, just not in this post. Also, if you don’t like babies or stories about babies or pictures of babies, you’re also excused to check out the recipes. Because this post is about babies. Not food. We’ll get back to cooking next week.
I wish I had some dramatic tale to tell about my water breaking in the middle of Target or going into labor and not being able to reach my husband on his cell phone while he was at work–I think movies and TV have really raised my expectations in terms of how much drama I think my life should contain. What really happened was that last Thursday, my alarm woke me up at 4:15 am, I took a shower, did my hair, put on makeup (don’t mock me…I wanted to look cute for all those post-baby pictures that never happened. I’d show you the pictures we did finally get, but I don’t want to scare you all), and threw a few last-minute things like a flat iron (ha!!) into my suitcase.
Because my first baby did arrive in a rather dramatic fashion, I get to have c-sections. I’ll spare you the icky details, but I will say that of all my c-sections, this one was hands-down the most pleasant. If there is such a thing.
William Samuel Jones arrived at 8:16 am, screaming and hungry. He was 8 pounds 1 ounce and 21 inches long.
I spent the first 36 hours of his life convinced that I had a grumpy, mean baby, but it turns out he was just hungry. He comes by his hunger-induced grumpy meanness naturally. He’s actually a very sweet, happy, healthy, super-alert baby…
whose loves include the lady with the milk (me), the chenille side of his burp cloths, and snuggling. Dislikes include being naked, his car seat, and that mean nurse who used every trick in the book to wake him up so I could feed him when he wasn’t interested in eating. He told me all about how much he didn’t like her for the next 9 hours, which made me kind of dislike her, too.
Will’s big brother and sister think he’s pretty cute, although not nearly as exciting as they had hoped.
They’ve been busy hanging out with Grandma, so I’m not sure reality has set in. Although maybe it hasn’t set in for any of us because I kind of like waking up with him at night right now. We’ll see how long that lasts.
Thank you so much for all of your kindness and well-wishes over the last week (heck, over the last 9 months). We have the best blog readers ever and are so grateful you let us share a little bit of our lives with all of you.
Questions & Reviews
he is absolutely lovely – aren’t babies wonderful??????
Simply adorable! Congratulations!
He couldn’t BE any cuter! Congrats to you all. Enjoy your sweet family of five. 🙂
Super cute little guy. Congrats. Snuggle for as you know they get big fast! My littlest is almost four months and it feels like it has flown by! Thank you for sharing your stories not just your your recipies. It makes us all feel like we are not alone as we travel this journey of motherhood. You know the elbow deep in poop, haven’t slept in days, excited to have gotten a shower and wouldn’t trade it for anything in the world job of bring a mom.
Congratulations on the new addition. He is so cute and it’s so sweet how happy your kids look holding him!
Oh my…if you get tired of him I’ll take him:) What a handsome guy and I love the picture of your three kids. All beauties!
Congratulations on your beautiful baby boy!
So cute! Congratulations! Love his name, I am mommy to a Samuel. 🙂
OMG!!!! You breed such cuties!!! Congrats!!! Enjoy this special time!
Angela
Congratulations!!! He’s absolutely beautiful! And I love his name 🙂
Officially one of the cutest babies I have ever seen. He is absolutely perfect. Your other two are really cute as well, so I guess that means you have to keep reproducing! Congrats and try and get some sleep!
He is absolutely adorable! I’m pregnant and these pics just make me wish Sept 26 (or thereabouts) was here already so I can meet my baby girl! Congratulations to you and your family!
Awww! Absolutely precious! Thanks for sharing with us. Makes me want to have another one, even though I already have a 3 year old and a 14 month old, both boys! Am I crazy? 😉
OK HE IS AS GOOD LOOKING AS CAN BE. WHAT A SWEET BOY. LOVE THE PICTURES. HE FITS
RIGHT IN WITH THE REST OF MY WONDERFUL GRANDKIDS.
WAY TO GO KATE AND SAM.
What a precious angel!!!!! Congrats!!!
I don’t typically think new borns are the cutest or sometimes even at all attractive, however…….Will is super cute and just looks very sweet! Congrats!
He is gorgeous! All of your kids are super cute. Congratulations!
Let’s face it – C-section babies, born without all that stress and trauma, are, from the get-go, more beautiful, less deformed and squished-out, have nicer skin, look much less like little trolls and have happier looking mamas! Congratulations to all the family!
So so so precious! Congratulations! I want another one. 🙂
That is one of the cutest babies I have ever seen!
Beautiful! He is so beautiful! Congrats!
Okay, so he’s really cute. All newborns are precious, but not all of them are cute, and I wouldn’t randomly tell someone on their food blog that they have a cute baby if it wasn’t true. Congratulations!!
Congratulations!!! What a great looking family! Glad you two are well!!
Rarely do I think newborn babies are super adorable (grumpy old men?) but yours definitely is. Congratulations!!
Congrats! He is so handsome, and he has a wonderful name! I love it!
Congratulations!! He is simply adorable!! Newborn snuggles are the best!! Enjoy!! 🙂
What a doll! The siblings pic is too cute for words! Congrats to you and your family on such a beautiful addition
Congratulations, he is beautiful. Love that hair!!!
He is precious. Congratulations! 🙂
Thank you for sharing. I think I would have been mad at the mean nurse too! Enjoy this time!