Sam Comes Home

Although we were supposed to stay in the hospital until Wednesday morning, we decided to leave Tuesday night instead, after Tuesday's snowstorm was plowed and before Wednesday's started. After a nerve-wracking drive down a moderately plowed Memorial Drive, we arrived safe and sound at home.


Sam in his crib.


We could fit six of him in here!


In his bassinet, getting settled for the night.

Leaving the Hospital

All dressed to come home... until the zipper started irritating his face and we had to switch to outfit #2.


First Singer family portrait. The matching outfits were completely unintentional, I swear.


All bundled up for the cold, snowy New England winter. We've been told that New England winter babies are hardy, and Sam certainly is -- he didn't even flinch when we went outside and into the cold car!


Flowers from Great Grandma Bea and Great Grandpa Seymour. This is their ninth great-grandchild. And car seat from Great Aunt Joyce and Great Uncle Martin.

Sam in the Hospital

Sam greatly enjoyed his stay at Mt. Auburn hospital, including a visit from Grandma Barbara, Grandpa Michael, and Aunt Melissa.

Introducing Sam!

Sam is here!

Samuel Ross Singer arrived at 12:30 am on January 31. He weighed 6 pounds 6.5 oz and was 19.5 inches long. Mom, Dad, and Sam are doing well. I'll put up some pictures once we get home and have better internet access. Thanks for all the e-mails, phone calls, and Facebook messages!

Nursery Furniture

The furniture has arrived!

We're going to hold off on decorating until the baby is here.

Nursery

We spent New Year's weekend painting the nursery. (Well, Brian painted, and I touched up anything below five feet high with a paintbrush.) It was a bit more work than we expected, as the blue paint needed two coats and the brown needed four (!!!) but we got it done and it's looking pretty good! I also picked up some brown star decals from Restoration Hardware Baby and Child outlet, which really complete the room. Here are the preliminary pics; I'll post more once our furniture arrives.