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Introducing Jack Michael!

After a long hiatus of not posting, some exciting news from Team Herilino!

Baby Jack Michael arrived on Wednesday, January 31st at 11:27 AM weighing in at 7 lbs, 15 oz and 21 inches long. As we did when we welcomed Andie into our family, we feel so overwhelmed by the love and support that helped bring him into the world!



After the fire destroyed Kristin's parents home in October, we found hope in this Mizuta Masahide quote: "My barn having burned to the ground, I can now see the moon." Seems especially fitting that this baby boy chose to come into the world the morning of the super blue blood moon.

Kristin enjoyed the nitrous oxide that helped bring Jack into the world.

Jack's labor and delivery were much faster than Andie's (~8 hrs to Andie's ~56!), and Kristin and Jason made it to the hospital less than an hour before he was born. We had our wonderful doula, Connie, with us again to help with Jack's transition out of utero (of course, everything happened so fast that we failed to snap a pic with her this time around!).








Jason re-acquainted himself with meconium in the hospital.



Kristin got a video of some of Jack's first squeaks and sneezes:




It didn't take long for Jack to get indoctrinated into the world of ocean science, thanks to this amazing abalone-larval-phase onesie from Kristin's colleague Malina.




 Jack was pretty chill about his first car ride home from the hospital.


Papa made a wonderful sign to welcome him home!



Andie is super excited to be a big sister and is adjusting well. She got to come to the hospital after Jack was born to meet him.





 Nana and Papa were excited to meet Jack, too!





Jack got some super thoughtful gifts for Andie to thank her for being his big sister: an ice cream set and a dentist Barbie.





Kristin put together montage of side-by-side photos of her meeting her baby brother, Michael, and Andie meeting baby brother Jack.



Jack has met lots of new people over the past week! On February 1st he met Ben:



On February 2nd he met Kristen, who has just started taking care of Andie.




On February 2nd, Jack also got to meet Ellie and James, who had graciously watched Hawkeye during his delivery.




Grandma Jane and Grandpa Stan visited over the weekend (February 3rd & 4th):







They made sure to give big sister, Andie, lots of Grandma and Grandpa time, too, and even took her out to the beach.



Grandma Jane made a beautiful quilt for Jack.



We had a nice family toast to the newest member of Team Herilino!



On February 4th, Jack got to meet Jay, Naomi, and Tashi.




Jay brought over some delicious Latvian perogies that didn't last very long!



On February 5th he met Patricia and Shayne, and we all enjoyed some delicious homemade sourdough from Scott.



Andie also took Jack on his first trip to the park down the road on the 5th, and she showed him how to use the swings:




On February 6th Jack met Rita ...



... and Sophie.




He can't wait to meet more of his extended family!

Kristin got a plush squid for him so we can track his growth by it like we did for Andie. Here is his first squid photo shoot, at 1 week old:




It has been an amazing first week of life, and we're so excited for what's ahead!

First milk mustache




Jack likes to stick out his big toes!





Comments

  1. Pam WFebruary 8, 2018 at 6:37 PM

    Tears again--of joy this time. Thanks for the great blog and photos of Mr. Jack. Andie, parents, grands and others.

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  2. Nancy FastenauFebruary 9, 2018 at 8:44 AM

    So fabulous! Thanks for sharing the pictures. I am glad to see he is getting the same camera time that Andie did.
    Hope to see you all soon. Love, Nancy

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