William Henry is HERE!!!!

On Wednesday May 21st, 2008 at 7:30 am mommy gave birth to a 10 lbs 9 oz little bundle of joy. He was 22 1/2 inches long and head circumference 14 3/4 cm and his chest was 15 cm, with red hair and blue eyes. Long fingers and feet that barely fit on the foot print card. Unfortunatley he has almost outgrown all the newborn clothes that we have (I believe that he is closer to the 3 month end of the newborn spectrum). Like all babies he enjoys sleeping and eating and more sleeping and eating. Due to his enormous size and 16 hours of labor the educated doctor decided that it was not going to happen naturally. Kimberly then had a C-section performed in order to get the baby out. Both are doing well and mom is recovering nicely (Mommy is still at the hospital recoverying). Hopefully the entire family will be home on Sunday. And amazingly Jeremy did not pass out even though he was close and had to be seated during the procedure. Expect more updates after the weekend to mid-next week. Here are some pictures of William and his family.

17 Days to Go....

With only 2 weeks and 3 days to go 'til my due date, we trekked over to the doctor's office again this morning for our weekly visit. I'm still at the same point as last week, not having progressed any further. The baby's in about the same position, still not quite far enough descended to be ready to enter the world just yet. (I think it's waiting for Grannie and Paw-Paw to be here! Oh, and Parin and Aunt Emily, too!) But the heart rate is good and strong, and my blood pressure and everything checks out okay. I'm experiencing a lot of swelling, but the doctors says it should ease a little this week - it's supposed to be cooler and drier here (joy - summer will never get here!). So all's still well. We'll keep you posted and let you know if anything changes!