Author: garylove

It’s hard to believe the Murrow is 1 week old today.  It feels like we’ve only had him for the briefest of moments.  Although we can look back at the 48 bottles, 53 diapers, 8 leaks, 8 open air pee arcs, and countless hours of lost sleep to remind us of the time. It’s never… Continue reading 1 Week Old

Congratulations to Valerie and David!  Evan James was born at 8:08 pm on Friday night, at a healthy 6 pounds 4 ounces, and 19 and a half inches long.  Kim and Valerie were pacing neck and neck through the entire pregnancy, with Valerie scheduled to give birth a week ahead of her.  Kim jumped ahead at the… Continue reading It’s Raining Men

This is my favorite photo of Murrow so far.  It’s just so typical of him.  He must have had his hands near his face in the womb, because no matter how tightly we burrito him up, he always wiggles his little arm(s) out.  Hey moms and dads out there, did your kids do this? Or… Continue reading Murrow Power

Yal might notice that Kim and I make frequent use of the term “yellow baby”.  Basically, it’s a derogatory term for a mixed asian/white baby that we learned when watching Dragon – The Bruce Lee story. “You can do better than that.  …  Do you really want to have yellow babies?  Can you imagine that?  Yellow babies?“ Yes. Yes,… Continue reading Glossary: Yellow Baby

Today Murrow and Kim both had their first doctor’s visits since leaving the hospital. Murrow passed all of his tests with flying colors.  He’s grown a half inch and gained 5 ounces in weight.  They thought he might be a little bit jaundiced, but it turned out he’s just our little yellow baby.  He also received the… Continue reading First Doctor’s Visit

Sadly, the flow of photos has slowed down since coming home.  I’m still trying to get that prized shot of him peeing in an arc during changing (straight into Kim’s hands today), but until then, enjoy these slightly more tasteful shots.

I was actually finding the sleep deprivation pretty manageable for the past few days.  Just sleeping like normal, waking up for an hour 3 times a night, then sleeping 3 hours past the normal time I’d wake up.  However, it becomes alot more difficult when things aren’t going in their normal rhythm. For some reason,… Continue reading So Tired

Swedish is a great hospital, but we’re so extremely happy to be back home. Most other parents we’ve talked to were surprised at how quickly they were escorted in and out, but we felt like our stay was about 48 hours too long.  Especially since the Internet was down for the past few days…no Internet… Continue reading Finally Back Home

I didn’t mention it, but those who were looking at some of the earlier photos probably guessed that we didn’t have the easiest of births.  Pregnancy-Induced-Hypertension, bed rest, induction at 37 weeks, infection, fever, swelling without progress, all resulting in an emergency c-section. What that means is Momma and Murry Mo have been seperated for… Continue reading Reunited

Right now Murrow just has 3 things to do and he’s doing them beautifully.  Sleeping (so damn cute), Eating (he’s a great little eater), and “Output” (as the doctor’s chart says).  Although in his swaddled blankets, he has begun to resemble a little GloWorm.