Brian, Verena, Maya, Laila & Jackson in Westchester: September 2013

At Roosevelt Hospital July 9th early am

This post is coming embarrassingly late (poor third kid), but such is life with 3 kiddos and a big move to the burbs.

Well he arrived alright! 5 days late, but on his own and once labor finally (finally!) got going, it was a speedy 2.5 labor and straightforward delivery. 8 lbs, 4 oz and 20 inches long with dark hair like his sisters and looking kind of like them as well. We spent a quiet first night in the hospital, with a little girl as our roommate taking turns being hungry, so moms didn't rest much at all.

After a hospital visit from big sisters Maya and Laila who came with Tata and Abuela, we came home to an apartment full of boxes (why do we keep doing this to ourselves?!) and a whole 5 days later moved to Westchester...... right.

Luckily the kids and I escaped to the Hamptons the day before the official move leaving Brian and his parents to it. A brilliant move really, because the whole situation would have been otherwise impossible. We were able to rest in comfortable accommodations with grandparents to help - Maya in pony camp during the day which she loves, Laila, Jack and I hitting up several of the kids programs at the library (and Jack good baby sleeping through everything in the ergo).

Happy 2nd Birthday Laila!

Laila turned 2 which we celebrated at home with cake and balloons, and then we came home to Larchmont to a house that inevitably needed work but was functional - Brian did a lot in the week that he was here alone (thank goodness! Would not have been able to handle it in my postpartum state). We're starting to get our bearings and the unpacking is still coming along. How many trips to the home depot/pier 1/ikea/ bed,bath and beyond/hardware store are humanly possible??

The girls have been great with their little brother, even little Laila seems content with his existence. Maya as expected has taken all the change in stride and is excited about her new surroundings and especially her bunk bed.

We headed back to East Hampton for an end of summer stint and also celebrated Maya's 5th birthday with family, and a last minute visit from Gabriel which is a treat because we don't get to see my uncle very often at all - last time we were in Uruguay was 5 years ago almost when Maya was all of 3 months old.