Thanks to Vin and Mary Murphy for stopping by to see our newly expanded family. They live in Mobile, AL and made the trip all the way to see us after Sullivan was born... Or maybe it was to see their daughter who lives close by, no it must have been to see us. -Andrew
Here are all the Curran girls posing with Sullivan. Thanks to G, Great Aunt Georgia, and Great Grandma Curran for stopping by to see all the kids.
Great Grandma Curran made the long trip with Great Aunt Georgia to visit Sullivan, Reilly, and Hannah this past week. We had a great visit and took lots of pictures. Everyone is very appreciative that she made the trip, even if she did make Sullivan cry just a little bit.
Stephanie caught Daddy and Sullivan sleeping during the hockey game. A rare moment for Daddy during the playoffs.
Sullivan had his 2 week checkup today. He weighs 8 lbs 15oz--surpassing his birth weight by 1 oz! The doctor says he looks great! We're so blessed to have a healthy baby boy!
Sullivan stopped crying long enough to give a half smile, then I left the room to look at the pictures. So I assume everything went just fine after I left the room. -Daddy
Various pictures from Sullivan's first bath... As you can see he loved it.
For the third, and likely the last time, Bebe rode in on her horse to save the day at our house. Bebe has now come for each of our three children's births and stayed to help get us back on our feet after returning home with a new baby. We can not thank Bebe (and Papa for loaning her to us) enough for all the help over the past week and one half. We look forward to traveling to and invading her house soon!
Thank you so much. -Stephanie, Andrew, Hannah, Reilly, and Sullivan.
Sullivan didn't know it yet, but he was about to get his first bath. He was very awake leading up to the bath, so maybe he overhead us talking about it?
Stephanie and I are very appreciative of Stephanie's sister Jillian (a Labor and Delivery nurse) for driving over for the birth and helping out in the delivery room. In talking with Stephanie today, we realized we had 1 picture of her in the delivery room and one very Not Suitable For Work (NSFW) video, which will never be posted anywhere. Jillian took all the pictures of Daddy with Sullivan and it is rare Daddy gets to be in front of the camera. A big thanks to Jillian for all the help this time around!
Sullivan got his stocking from G on his birthday. G always makes a stocking for the new babies in the family and for relatives and friends. It drives G crazy when she doesn't know the name of the baby prior to birth because she can't put the name on the stocking. With each of our kids (3 if you are keeping track) we did not find out the sex or tell anyone the names we had picked out prior to the birth, Sullivan being no exception. So G was forced to put the name on the stocking on the way up to Atlanta when we announced the name. As is tradition, we also put the new baby in the stocking for pictures.
All,
Thanks to everyone who has checked out the website, stopped by the hospital, called, written, or otherwise given up their time to check up on us. A special thanks to G and Pop for driving up yesterday to meet Sullivan, and to Bebe and Papa for coming up and taking care of Hannah and Reilly while we are still in the hospital.
Team Chambers is doing very well thanks to all the support from friends and family.
They don't realize it yet, but they will be sharing their time at home with Sullivan in about 24 hours.
So Hannah and Reilly finally got to hold Sullivan this morning. They were VERY excited. Hannah told me on the way over in the car that "It is hard to be a big sister to two brothers." Hannah says a lot of things, much of it funny, however I can not figure out how or why she thinks it is hard to be a big sister?
So yesterday Bebe and Papa didn't get much time with Sullivan one on one. This morning they did. They are still taking care of Hannah and Reilly while Mommy and Daddy are in the hospital and we greatly appreciate it. They came by this morning at 11:10.
Sullivan is finding it a challenge to stay away long enough to eat. Babies in the first days normally do. So you have to make them uncomfortable enough to wake up and eat. We have been doing that to Sullivan, but he still doesn't really want to eat. However, to be clear, he had not been a fussy baby, I just get the camera out when we make him cry. -Daddy
The doctor came in this morning and performed the circumcision. When he came in to recap the procedure, he told us Sullivan was the 5th boy he has performed a circumcision on that had to use the largest size tool on. Rock on Sullivan!
In the chaos that has been our lives since Sullivan was born, I did not realize I had not posted many pictures of Stephanie. That is not atypical because she frowns on any pictures I take of her, no matter how good they are. Anyway, here is a picture of mother and newborn. Sorry for the delay.
-Andrew
Andrew's parent's (G and Pop) came to town today to meet Sullivan and to see Hannah and Reilly. They came after Sullivan got out of the Transition room, so they got to hold Sullivan for a short time. Bebe and Papa (Stephanie's parents) came to town a day earlier and have been very helpful with keeping Hannah and Reilly occupied while we have been at the hospital. We look forward to getting some pictures of Bebe and Papa with Sullivan now that he is out of the Transition room.
Thanks to everyone that is helping us out during Sullivan's first days.
Our Auburn Gang came by the room to meet Sullivan tonight. We even got to FaceTime with a missing gang member. They brought with them dinner for Mommy and Daddy and some drinks to celebrate. We really appreciate them coming to see us and for the great friendships we have with them all. Here are a couple pictures of the future babysitting crew:
