Interesting Fact of the Day

The world-wide average for the age for a mother to stop breastfeeding her child is 6years old. If the average age for breastfeeding in America is 1, what does that mean for the rest of the world? There was a clip on The Soup where a girl in her tweens was still breastfeeding. She said her mom's breastmilk "tasts like mango." Is it too late to continue breastfeeding when your child comes home from first grade and asks for a little snack?

Thoughts From A New Father

Babies are chick magnets! Its spoofed on nearly nearly every sitcom: the single guy babysits his friend's baby and takes the baby to a park to try to pick up girls. But its so true! Michelle and I had a sitcom experience with Eli on Friday. We were at the hospital getting some bloodwork done on Eli, and we decided to eat lunch at the cafeteria at the hospital. We made the long walk from the lab to the cafeteria downstairs. On the way (literally) every female of every age stopped as we walked by and said (all with the exact same voice inflection) "Awwwwwwww......baby!" Teenage girls, women with their own kids, doctors, nurses, patients, we even got an elderly woman (I am not making this up) being pushed down the hallway on a stretcher with an oxygen mask who sat up and said "Awwwwwww....baby!" So if there are any single guys out there who are looking for a date, you should babysit my son. You'll be sure to find a date in no time!





P.S. - I'm still working on the pics because I still cant upload any, but I don't know the first thing about computers. So when I say I am trying to fix the problem, I should clarify that I am doing the same thing over and over and it is still not working. I am accepting suggestions at this time.

And now introducing....

Elias Paul McMurtry!!

Michelle delivered Eli through c-section on Saturday November 1 at 9:46 PM. Eli was nice enough to come on a weekend and also patient enough to wait until after Halloween to come out. We just got home and Michelle is doing very well. She is recovering so fast! She is so amazing!!! Eli is doing well. We chose the name Elias (a form of Elijah) because we loved the meaning - Yahweh is my God. Eli came out 8 lbs 5 ozs and was 20 inches long.
All of a sudden since I got home from the hospital, I cannot upload pictures to my blog, or through email or anything else...very frustrating. I promise to upload a ton of pics as soon as I can figure out how to upload them.