Home

Now that we are home, our days have been pretty easy. We basically love on our boy, feed him, then clean up everything around him afterwards as he likes to share his milk with the apartment, then repeat, all day and all night long. Thankfully though neither one of us have a set schedule of places that we need to be, so we are able to rest whenever we can. This will be the case for the next 5 months. We are lucky, we know. It's also nice to finally figure out what has made your kid cry for a few days without relief....we pulled out a giant booger this morning that had filled his nose and his sinuses, blocking his breathing. The minute it came out, we had our sweet and quiet little man back. He fell asleep within seconds. (Not pictured below are Mehren and Erinn, two of my girlfriends who have also spent time with our man, yet I have failed to take pictures of).

Our sweet friends and neighbors, The Traders, stopped by

 Jackson Trader, who is also a student in my class, did so well loving on the creature that had been in his teacher's belly all year long.

Two of the five Rudzitis's stopped by as well, bringing a dinner made by the entire family that took three days for us to eat. We love them.

Tiffany and Maxfield Optimus Himes (aka MacPherson's first friend) visited, along with Alexis.

Maxfield and MacPherson on a gassy, sleepy play date.

 Thad. He's having a great time.....

Random shots to finish off this blog post:

And finally, Happy Easter everyone! 

MacPherson

Eh, our last blog post was around this time last year. So here's one for 2011, and if time allows, maybe a few more might pop up as well.

A lot has happened since our last post. Here's a brief recap: I (Amy) have done a bit more with the improv world through the UCB and have taught another year in my largest class to date here in NYC-21, Scott's joined another band, and.....I became pregnant and gave birth to our first son, MacPherson Charles DeVore, on March 30, 2011. He is a perfect little package of sweetness, humor, and striking good looks. The "birth experience" wasn't too bad, but it did last a total of 26 hours (I was without pain and sleeping in the delivery room for the first half of this so don't feel too badly for me). I did opt for the epidural and even had it "topped off" 4 times once the pain became stronger. At one point, the Dr. even said to me "you'll have to feel some pain at some point." "Not now though" was my answer. He complied.

Macpherson is Scott's middle name. It is a family name on his dad's side. We are not sure what we will end up calling him yet. Probably a mix of Mac, Big Mac, McNugget, Lil' DeVo, or something along those lines.

Here are a few early photos of our little guy. Many many more to come.

 Amy's Mom and Dad and Hank and Louise meeting MacPherson right after his birth

 

 Amy's Mom

             Two good friends, Michelle and Alexis, made it out to the hospital as well

 Amy's Dad

 Resting In Grandpa Hank's arms

 Finally Home

Spring

The snow is gone, things are growing again, and our heavy coats have been placed back into storage (meaning crammed into a crate which also contains swimwear, workout clothes, a lamp, and an old tennis racket..One day we'll have space...)

This makes me happy, because it means that Spring is here. Spring means two weeks off of work, which is one of the few perks left in being an educator these days. For the break, my dad invited us to come and stay with he and his wife in their new cabin at the top of a mountain in Gatlinburg, TN. It was needed. We both love the energy that living in Manhattan brings, but after a while, one just needs to be still in a quiet place. The sweet tea, rocking chairs, fried foods, and fireplaces were all nice touches as well.

The first two pictures are of the river that wound around the mountains. Peaceful.




My dad and I in front of the river.


The road leading up to the cabin.



The view of downtown Gatlinburg from the scenic bypass.


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More of downtown from the scenic bypass.


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The daytime view from the back porch of their cabin.


Fireplaces were our friend. We lit one nightly, even when it wasn't that cold out, as fires make for excellent napping environments.


If you look left off of the back porch on a clear night, you can see downtown in all it's glory.


The last three pictures are my favorites. All were taken off of the back porch. They are un-doctored. Not too shabby.






"On a clear day you can see forever."

Blizzard

Snow.

The past 5 months have been long. They've been cold. They've brought myself and the children of NYC 2 days off of school...no complaints here.

The greatest snowfall of the season turned into a blizzard that lasted for almost 24 hours and brought the city roughly 18 inches of white. Below are pictures that Scott took in Central Park during that day.

Thanksgiving

My sweet friend Mehren invited a few of us to her parent's home in upstate NY for Thanksgiving. It's crazy how beautiful the landscape is just an hour outside of this chaotic city.