K. Russell Family Blog and Vlog

Baby Ava Noelle Russell was born on October 6th (Sat) at 7:48am to the proud parents Kristi and Kevin Russell.
 
Here are the all important details on our new precious gift from God:
 
8 pounds 6 ounces
21 inches long
 
She's been eating very well and sleeping a lot - which most new babies do!  We're really enjoying her a lot - and Logan doesn't know what to think yet - but we think he likes her as well!
 
Sorry we've been delayed on the posting as of lately.  I'm sure everyone who's had a newborn baby can relate to not having time to do the 'extra' things you used to do! 
 
Please click Baby Ava's picture to the left of this posting to go view the official hospital pictures!  You can then click 'View Slideshow' on the left-hand side to view all the pictures at once.  The hospital webnusery has been having problems, but please post us a comment if you can get that to work as well.  Here is the direct link to that:

http://www.our365.com/webnursery/webnursery/Baby/BabyPageDirect.aspx?CID=0017444417

We hope all of you are doing well - and we'll be posting more pictures and video soon of Baby Ava and Logan!

Kevin, Kristi, Logan, and Baby Ava

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Hi all,

CBS officially announced the re-broadcast schedule of the First Season of Jericho for Summer 2007:

WE DID IT!

40,000 pounds of nuts later, and after the largest grass-roots campaign to save a television show ever, an official announcement was made today by Nina Tassler, President of CBS Entertainment:

Fans, and new possible fans of the show, 7 new episodes have been ordered - but to survive - you need to help watch the show LIVE - and through CBS.COM/jericho on ‘Innertube’.  This summer, CBS will be airing the entire season 1 - so please watch for details on this.  Season 2 will probably air around the first of next year (2008).  According to the show’s producers, shooting for Season 2 will start in about 4-5 weeks from now.  Also, the entire Season 1 DVD set should go on sale around September 25th - so watch for that.  We will of course post details as they become available.

The fight isn’t over - but looks much more promising now.  Keep spreading the word - and most of all - ENJOY THE SHOW!

Below is a message from CBS Entertainment.

June 6, 2007

To the Fans of Jericho:

Over the past few weeks you have put forth an impressive and probably unprecedented display of passion in support of a prime time television series. You got our attention; your emails and collective voice have been heard.

As a result, CBS has ordered seven episodes of “Jericho” for mid-season next year.  In success, there is the potential for more. But, for there to be more “Jericho,” we will need more viewers.

A loyal and passionate community has clearly formed around the show.  But that community needs to grow.   It needs to grow on the CBS Television Network, as well as on the many digital platforms where we make the show available.

We will count on you to rally around the show, to recruit new viewers with the same grass-roots energy, intensity and volume you have displayed in recent weeks.

At this time, I cannot tell you the specific date or time period that “Jericho” will return to our schedule.  However, in the interim, we are working on several initiatives to help introduce the show to new audiences.  This includes re-broadcasting “Jericho” on CBS this summer, streaming episodes and clips from these episodes across the CBS Audience Network (online), releasing the first season DVD on September 25 and continuing the story of Jericho in the digital world until the new episodes return. We will let you know specifics when we have them so you can pass them on.

On behalf of everyone at CBS, thank you for expressing your support of “Jericho” in such an extraordinary manner.  Your protest was creative, sustained and very thoughtful and respectful in tone.  You made a difference. 

Sincerely,

Nina Tassler

President, CBS Entertainment

P.S.      Please stop sending us nuts 
 

Well, as they always say, 'don't count your chickens before they hatch' - but it looks like our efforts to resurrect the cancelled CBS drama 'Jericho' - my favorite show - may have worked.
 
After 40,000+ pounds of peanuts sent to CBS Headquarters in NY and LA, a full-page ad in both the Daily Variety and Hollywood Reporter entertainment-sector magazines, and thousands upon thousands of calls and letters to CBS - it looks like it MIGHT have paid off.
 
Check out this blog article on the LA Times website from today (06/05/07) - with an interview with Carol Barbee - Executive Producer of 'Jericho'.
 
We're keeping fingers crossed - and I'll update on here if something official comes out from CBS themselves soon.
 
With all this effort spent to save this great show, please give this show a watch IF it does come back.  And you can watch full episodes of Season 1 now at http://cbs.com/jericho. I promise you won't be disappointed.  It's very family-oriented - very gripping - and very addictive.  Be prepared to be entertained.
 
Also, on a family note, Kristi and I have our 5-month doctor's appointment tomorrow - so please keep us and Baby Russell in your thoughts and prayers for a healthy baby.

Thanks - and we'll post back soon.   Kevin

UPDATE: Well perisistence pays off. When I spoke with Daren Bobb from KFSM 5 News today, I linked him to the NUTSONLINE.COM website, the WCBS-TV article by the CBS 2 New York affiliate, and also gave him the number for Nutsonline CEO Jeffrey Braverman to interview about the Save Jericho Campaign. Many thanks to Daren Bobb for airing this story tonight (05/24/07) on the 10pm nightly news in their Top Stories. Help join the fight at http://www.jericholives.com.

Also meant to mention, I was interviewed and quoted by the national website ABCNews.com by reporter Scott Mayerowitz regarding the ‘Save Jericho’ Nuts Campaign.  Check out that article here:
http://abcnews.go.com/Business/FunMoney/story?id=3214156&page=1&Business=true

Here is the Youtube video of the ‘Save Jericho’ Nuts story on our local KFSM 5 News posted by a fellow Jericho fan ‘Keith Hocott’ from our area. Enjoy!

Hey everyone,
 
I know it’s been awhile since we’ve posted any pictures of Logan or the family - but I felt like I had to say something about this topic.
 
Whether you’ve heard or not, or have seen the show, the hit CBS television show ‘Jericho’ was cancelled on May 16th after running for 22 amazing episodes this season.  It is a show about a post-apocalyptic town of Jericho, Kansas - that has to survive and come together after someone has attacked multiple major US cities with nuclear bombs.  CBS claims that viewership ‘dropped’ after it returned from a mid-season hiatus that left it off the air for over 10 weeks with no re-runs or advertisement.
 
To make a long story short, millions of fans - including myself and my wife - are very upset that they’ve pulled the show off the air - even though it still had 9 million plus viewers according to the ‘Nielsen’ ratings system - versus it’s original 11 million plus viewers it had before the 10-week mid-season break.  However, as many fans have noted, the Nielsen ratings don’t take well into account the number of viewers that either watched the show after recording it to DVR - or by watching it online through Innertube for free at CBS’s website or through iTunes.
 
CBS also left the show in it’s original timeslot of Wednesday at 8pm EST/7pm CST against tv juggernaut American Idol - even though they showed ‘declining ratings’ - and didn’t attempt to change it’s schedule to avoid this.  ABC’s show ‘LOST’ was also running against American Idol after their mid-season break - but ABC decided to move the show to avoid a ratings blunder and help the show.
 
To make matters worse, CBS left fans thinking that the last episode of the season was a ’season finale’ - and not a ’series finale’ - and left everyone with a major cliffhanging ending with the town of Jericho in a gunfight between a rival town - with the current military sweeping in with helicoptors and tanks to aid or break-up the fight.
 
Fans of the show, including myself, are outraged that CBS has done this - and have joined in a campaign to send actual NUTS to CBS Headquarters in New York - in protest of the show being cancelled.  ‘Nuts’ is a phrase the main character Jake Green played by Skeet Ulrich used in the last episode of the season in reference to a World War II battle cry from the Battle of the Bulge.  Their response to the enemy - and Jake’s response to the rival town - of surrendering was ‘NUTS’ - meaning - ‘you’re nuts - we’re not going down without a fight’.

First day of nut deliveries, check out the 1000 pounds of nuts on 05/22 (Tue):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yoxePewKK8o

Then check out the third delivery of over 5000 pounds (yes 5000!) of nuts via UPS and hand-delivered by Nutsonline.com CEO Jeffrey Braverman again to CBS Headquarters in New York on 05/24 (Thu):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AL6a4GmN5rw

Daren Bobb from KFSM 5 news in Fort Smith contacted me earlier today about the story - and 5newsonline.com is running a web poll about the ‘Cancellation of Jericho’.

Please help show your support by going on their website at http://www.5newsonline.com and voting for the show!

You can also read all about the NUTS story directly on http://www.nutsonline.com/jericho  - and also by reading the article that WCBS Channel 2 of New York posted on their wesbite fully explaining the campaign:  http://wcbstv.com/topstories/local_story_143105458.html

Help join in the Save Jericho fight by visiting http://www.jericholives.com and http://www.jerichorallypoint.com.  Also check out and participate in the CBS message boards at http://www.cbs.com/jericho - and click on the link that says ‘Message Boards’.  Tell network TV that you’re tired of it canceling the shows that WE, the viewers, want to watch!

If you haven’t seen this great show, you can go on CBS’s website at http://www.cbs.com/jericho and watch full episodes of the show.  I suggest you watch the last episode ‘Why We Fight’ for some very compelling story.

Thanks in advance for your support - and help us SAVE JERICHO - and bring it back for a second season!

Kevin Russell
Fort Smith, Arkansas

Hey everyone - we have added a second set of Baby Logan pics for today (Aug. 30th, 2006).  The title of the new album is ‘Baby Logan and Forrest Family Shower’.  Access them as normal through the ‘Photo Gallery’ link at the top of the website.

Kevin & Kristi

Hello everyone!
 
It has been awhile since we’ve posted - as we’ve been a little busy taking care of our little man! : )  We finally had a moment to upload some of our most recent pictures of Logan.  We will try to upload pictures of Logan from the hospital and shortly after birth as soon as we get time to do this.
 
Little Logan is growing like a weed and you can see this by looking at the new pics.  We hope you enjoy viewing them and please feel free to leave us a comment - even if just to say hello.  We would love to hear from you!

Just click on Logan’s photo in this post to view the new pictures.  Then click ‘View Slideshow’ to view the pictures one-at-a-time automatically.
 
Enjoy!!
Kristi and Kevin

Logan Michael Russell was born on July 5th @ 5:16pm at Saint Edward Mercy Hospital in Fort Smith, Arkansas.
 
Baby Logan had been scheduled to be induced after the Friday, June 23rd appointment - since he was showing to be already over 9 pounds at 36-37 weeks.  So on the scheduled induction date of July 5th, and after much, much effort (1 hour and 45 minutes of pushing) from a tireless and wonderful mommy, Baby Logan was finally born via ‘c-section’. 

Here are the all important specs from new baby:

Born: 07-05-2006
Birth Time: 5:16 pm
@ St. Edward Mercy Medical Center
Weight: 9 lbs 3 oz
Length: 21.5 in.

Baby Logan and Mommy are doing great - and Mommy is recovering well from surgery.  Kristi and I are truly blessed with this beautiful gift from God - and please continue to keep Kristi and Logan in your thoughts and prayers.

Logan was a long and big little man - and we are truly enjoying him - albeit the lack of sleep that goes along with having a new little one.

For now, I’m posting a link to the hospital web nursery site where you can view Baby Logan in his cute hospital pictures (click the ‘http’ link below).  More will follow .. with some pictures and actual video from the hospital (none of the actual birth of course ).

http://www.growingfamily.com/webnursery/babypage_view.asp?URLID=1S4S5K9I7R

Please leave us a comment as we’d love to hear from you!!!

Kevin, Kristi, and Baby Logan