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 soooooo precious!!!! Keep all of those plates spinnin’, Ms. Katie! PS – your other two are soooooo cute too. You appear to be one blessed woman! God be with you.
such beautiful children! congratulations!
Oh, congratulations! What a sweetie!
Not nearly enough pictures in this post! I’m super happy for you and your cute little family.
Your children are gorgeous! Congrats on your new sweet baby!
Congrats! He’s so precious! Cant wait to have my little guy with me as well 🙂
I am one of those “mean” nurses who try our very best to promote breastfeeding, which includes waking up sleepy babies. I am glad you and Will are breastfeeding well now; it really IS worth it. 🙂
I’m still a new reader, so I have possibly missed photos of your families, but your kids are gorgeous and the newest is no exception. Congratulations Mummy!
Congratulations, he’s beautiful!
congratulations kate! will is absolutely handsome! glad it wasn’t a dramatic delivery, too. save that for tv.
Oh goodness…that is one of the prettiest babies i’ve ever seen. Especially right after birth and later pictures are just precious with the other kiddos. Super congratulations!
CONGRATULATIONS! He is so adorable! I miss my babies!! – now grown and gone. enjoy him!
All 3 of your kids are just beautiful. Or handsome. Or both. 🙂 HUGE Congrats! Newborns are just the sweetest.
Congratulations – he’s beautiful!
He is beautiful! I really love baby toes thanks for sharing these pictures with us. Congrats!
Oh my! He’s precious! Congratulations. (And I never stopped loving getting up in the night for my babies – they were the best prayer times I ever had.)
Ay Dios mio que preciosidad
He is so cute, blessings for you and your family, he is just gorgeous
blessings to you and your family!
Adorable!! Congrats~ you have a beautiful family!!
Will is absolutely adorable. Beautiful baby. Lots of love to Will and all of your family.
Beautiful baby! Congratulations!
Oh Kate! He is so sweet I could “eat him with a spoon!” (as we say in the South, and how appropriate for a food blog! LOL…) Really, he is such a sweetie. Love little boys. My daughter gave birth 2 months ago to her second son. So awesome. Thanks for sharing!
Congratulations, Will is such a cutie!!
Congratulations!! He is adorable:)
He sure is cute. Congratulations.
I am a new reader of your blog, and woo-hoo, I get to read that you’ve just had a baby! Best wishes, your children are so adorable. Take care, Mama!
He is beautiful , as are big brother and sister. They look sooooo proud. I have to comment on the precious toes. I always kiss my grandbabies’ feet, every chance I get. There is nothing sweeter !
CONGRATS to all! What an absolutely gorgeous little man!!
I want to kiss those cute feet…not to mention those cheeks:-)
Congratulations! Gotta love newborn baby toes. So cute!
Congratulations. He is so cute…as are his siblings. Thanks for sharing with us.