Introducing River Hambleton
At 5:29 this morning we heard the very first scream from our brand new son, Richard S. Hambleton IV – aka River Hambleton. Weighing in at 7lbs, 7 oz he demonstrated his proficiency with knots in his final 10 minutes of labor by wrapping his umbilical cord around his arm. This hastened his delivery and, with the help of a vacuum, he was delivered to us in perfect health.
We’ll be at the hospital until Sunday night or Monday morning practicing parenting basics – nursing, swaddling, and one-eye-open-sleeping (because we can’t stop looking at him). Look for more news in the “Tweets” section on the right of this page.
For now we welcome any thoughts by email (brought to us by the hospital’s wi-fi system.)
Rush, Sarah and River Hambleton
January 24th, 2009 at 11:40 am
We are soooo THRILLED! Meredith has been admiring the pictures and says, “River is SO CUTE!”
January 24th, 2009 at 11:40 am
we just saw the pics of river he is cute. congrats can’t wait to meet river in person. keep the pictures coming.. love from all of us in Florida
January 24th, 2009 at 11:54 am
Yeah! He is beautiful!
January 24th, 2009 at 12:02 pm
HOORAY! We have been anxiously awaiting pictures all night and morning… Cousin Jackson knew his buddy River was on his way because he kept us up all night. We were passing the time checking the “tweets”. We love the pictures – everyone looks wonderful… Can’t wait to get him in our arms!
January 24th, 2009 at 4:09 pm
Congratulations! He is beautiful–the pictures brought tears to my eyes–can’t wait to meet him in person!
January 24th, 2009 at 6:22 pm
Way to go team! Thanks for sharing the photos too!
January 24th, 2009 at 8:08 pm
Bawling along with River here on LI!!!! River is beautiful and how blessed he is to have the best mom & dad in the world! We are so happy and excited for all of you! I’m already jealous that River will be honing in on my chat time with his waiting Mommy, but goodness it’s about time he arrived, and it’s so good to see his beautiful face. What a perfect baby. Congratulations!!!
January 24th, 2009 at 9:49 pm
We met River and he is even more handsome in person and what good little boy…
stretching, yawning and opening his eyes and mouth. Sarah and Rush are happy and proud parents in need of some sleep. As we were leaving, he decided he was hungry and it looked as though he was learning the feeding routine.
We plan another visit tomorrow after Sarah finishes jogging and Rush gives River some instructions on how to use the laptop.
January 25th, 2009 at 12:01 pm
CONGRATS!!! Welcome to the joy and challenge of parenthood!!! Always feel free to email us with any questions! 🙂
January 25th, 2009 at 10:37 pm
River, you are so loved already!!! Congrats to the new family, let the fun begin!
January 26th, 2009 at 11:37 am
Congratulations Rush and Sarah! Thanks for sharing the pictures of River…so beautiful…Best, Anne and Manuel
January 26th, 2009 at 2:30 pm
WONDERFUL RIVER!!!!!!!
And he already has his first bolin (sp) out of the way
We are so excited for you and will be up to peek at him when he will take us!!
Love to all
Rinda and Bill