OK, so he's been here for over three weeks now (as you can see above!), but I've just not taken the time to keep up with my cyber friends (either here, on my blog, or by email) since his birth. Sorry!

Jackson Samuel was born on March 25th at 5:15 AM after 2 1/2 grueling hours of labor!  He weighed in at 6 lbs. 15 oz. and was 20 1/2 in. long.

We've had a ton of help here in the past couple of months starting with one of my sisters coming the end of Feb and staying until Easter weekend. My Mom and Grandma were here for three weeks (they arrived almost a week before Jack's birth), and my Mother-in-law was here for a week, arriving when Jack was about a week old. My whole family (almost- short two brothers) was here for Easter weekend - Mom and Dad, two brothers, four sisters, two grandparents, and one sister-in-law. One of them (my sil) stayed on for a week and another of my sisters stayed for two weeks(she just left this morning ). I'm feeling mildly lonely today (like the whole world had deserted me!), but I've enjoyed interacting with and taking care of the kids a little more than I have recently.

I'm thinking about writing up a birth story , so stay tuned for that (hopefully! - but don't hold your breath! ).

OK, the next challenge is, since I've put this off so long, is to find pictures that everyone else hasn't already shared! (There are already several others that have posted about him including my husband - three times, my sister Rachel, and my sister Debra.)

One day old 

Two days old

All of the brothers and the sister