Under the Skin

I am approaching having lived in Upstate New York for four months. And as such, I’m starting to notice things about New Yorkers. These are just general observations, and do not mean that every New Yorker is this way, but, living about them in their rural world with almost everyone about having been born, bred and lived their entire within the same 30 mile radius, I’m making generalizations. Further, I must clarify that I love living in New York. I really do enjoy it. It is perhaps one of my favorite places that I have lived (Colorado still wins). But, there are things I’ve noticed. First, Upstaters tend to be short. I know, I know, I’m short. But I’m not the only one to make this observation. I admit fully that I am short, but I feel less short. I’m 5’1’’, and generally, people around me are fairly similar heights. My mother, only about 5’5’’, says that she will sometimes even feel tall in grocery stores when compared with those around her. I don’t have an explanation for this, but m...

More pictures! For the enjoyment of all. We all love pictures of babies, especially of babies that we love, and personally, I love this one. The above is the happy daddy! Sarah holding him Me Holding him He's ready for his close-up Uncle Caleb with the little one. Caleb says that he identifies with the little guy for many reasons (making labor difficult for their mothers with huge heads and the mean ways that doctors try to get those babies out, and huge heads that don't fit in hats among them) and is already telling him secrets and whispering things that he won't tell us what he's saying. He says that he will be the best uncle ever and a favorite. It's the grandpa! I think he's pretty excited to be a grandpa! He doesn't like life in his crib, as he would much rather be held, but that's not quite possible all the time.

So, my mom posted this on facebook, but here he is, my nephew. I suppose the only people who visit this blog anyways are the Hatches, so here's welcome to the family I guess. His name is Adam Samuel Russell (on his US citizenship) and Adam Samuelovich Russell (on his Russian citizenship, which isn't existent yet). He was born on July 5th at 4:23 am and weighs 8 lbs 6 0z. He looks a lot like his mommy, but he has the Hatch head, and doesn't fit into newborn hats. The hat that he's wearing is a 3-month hat. He also has hair! It's kind of light brown, but you can't see it in the picture because he doesn't like his head touched or his hat removed. This picture is Sarah holding him, but there are all the other pictures too, they're just on my mom's camera.