Welcome Baby Sam!!

We had a bit of a suprise when baby decided to make his entrance more than 4 weeks early on May 29. Quite a big birthday present for Mommy! Samuel James was born at 4 am and weighed 5 lb 13 oz and was 18.5 inches long. Thanks Kaitlin for coming over to the house at 2 am to watch Anna so Daddy could get to the hospital.

One of the days we were still in the hospital, Bryan took Anna in to the beach so she could dip her toes, since it was still quite cold. You can see, more than toes went in. Call her mermaid Anna. There's also a few of Anna in the yard.


Luckily Grams and Grampa were at Auntie Kristen's already so they were able to coming up for our first few days home to help.


Sam two weeks old:


When Sam was two weeks old, Anna had her dance recital. I will post video soon. Sam came and slept on Bryan the whole show.


Anna decided she wanted to get her hair cut. She was afraid people would want to climb up it like Rapunzel's. Here's a few pics of how cute she looks:


Here's our first trip to the park together.

Here's Sam at 6 weeks. Mommy tried taking nice pictures, but I am not as good at it as Auntie kristen. We'll wait until she comes up next week for Anna's birthday to get some really good ones. He is a cute guy.

Old photos

I have a bunch of old photos I never got around to posting so I'll add them all here, with little commenting so I can get to the new stuff.

Here's a compilation of us decorating the Christmas tree and from Christmas morning.


Over the Christmas break we went to NYC to have a visit with the Richter's. We got t visit with Baby Ben and Ana and Ryan always have a great time together. During a carriage ride around central park we saw Lindsay and Dmitry and we all went out to dinner.


Here are a few pictures from Easter when we had breakfast with the Easter bunny (and the Hanshaws) and from Anna dressing up to find her eggs. Silly duck...or is it chicken?


In March Daddy and a very pregnant Mommy took Anna on our last family vaction as a threesome to a resort in the Dominican Republic. We had a great time. Anna lived in the pool. We met another couple with a girl Anna's age (believe it or not, they were from Stonington CT, 15 minutes away!) and Anna and Tea had a great time playing together. Anna asks all the time if we can go back.