First day home

Daddy and his little guy 

So precious 

Jocelyn meets her little brother for the first time 

Jocelyn shows Mima her little bro's toes 

Pop-pop and Mima taking a look at his full head of hair 

Aunt Mysh 

Seamus's first days

Mommy's first look at her little boy

Aunt Steph's post on facebook

My little boy

Seamus O'Haire Donlan

 We welcomed Seamus O'Haire Donlan to the world on Saturday, May 26th 10:42am.  He was 7lbs 5ozs, 21 inches with lots of dark brown hair.

Labor started Saturday morning around 4am. I thought I just had a very full bladder for about an hour, until around 5am, I started to look at the clock and noticed that this "full bladder pain" was coming about every 15 mins.  Although all I wanted to do was to go back to bed, I woke Chris up.  His response, "you are walking and talking way to well, you are not in labor."  He began to roll over and go back to sleep.
I stopped him and asked him to just humor me and get up, and we began to prepare by watching the clock and packing up our bag.  Around 6 am we decided it was the real thing, and called my Mom so she could come in and be with J.  I also texted a few friends who lived close by in hopes that one was a awake and could come sit with Jocelyn while my Mom made her way in.  Luckily, Nicole was awake and came right over.
By the time we made it to the hospital, the contractions were about 7-9mins apart and I was 4 cms and 90%.  Although disappointed that I wasn't further along, I was happy to hear that the Doctor said I would definitely be staying and would get us a birthing room.  
An hour and a half later, we got into the room and they broke my water.  From there, things really took off.  The contractions sped up significantly and became increasingly stronger.  They gave me an epidural but within a minute of them putting it in, I needed to push.  Unfortunately, it hadn't even kicked in yet, but nature was calling!  40 mins from the time my water was broken, Seamus was born!  

Such a cutie! 

Love the hair!  On his forehead, back, shoulders.. he's our little bear! 

Visiting with Yaya 

Aunt Sam 

Nana

Daddy gets some hugs in while we waited to be discharged from the hospital 

Our going home outfit

First cab ride!  Being dropped off in front of our building 

Gigi Marangas kept up her streak by seeing Shea within the first few days of his birth 

Seaside weekend. Enjoying some beautiful weather

The day before Shea was born.  Friday of Memorial Day weekend- dinner at PJ Clarks and walking around Battery Park enjoying the beginning of summer

waiting for baby

a full 9 months of baby!  Can't wait to meet him! 

Ahoy- Mother's Day!

We spent a beautiful Mother's Day touring the Intrepid.  It was a gorgeous day, and perfect to spend outside enjoying the sights.

J taking in the all the sights, and deciding which jet should take her around today

mastering the art of Jet flying 

Dad, let's have a chat 

Mommy and her little peanut (38 weeks prego) 

outfit change

Before going down for her afternoon nap, Jocelyn now describes her "afternoon" outfit in much detail. 
"When I get up, I am going to wear the pink skirt, with the hearts and my shiny shirt.  Not my green skirt and grey shirt (what she was wearing this morning)".

What can we say, the girls got style. 

Piper's 1st Birthday!

Beautiful Birthday Girl! 

Some of the "big kids" making sure that all the blowers are working. 

Happy Birthday Piper! 

One very happy girl