The First Week

Well, we survived our first week. Tom was home until Wednesday and then my mom came to stay with us. Everyone is adjusting well. We had our newborn photo shoot during the week and these are some of the photos.

Almost one day old

Here are some more pictures and a video of Henry. Things are going well. His blood sugar started off low so they are frequently monitoring it. He will be circumcised today so I spent a lot of time nursing him last night because he will probably do a lot of sleeping after the procedure. So far he has been a great baby. He likes to sleep and he appears to be nursing well. I am really thankful that he came when he did, allowing Daddy to be there. I'll share more about his birth story later today with some more pictures.

The Kids with Henry

The kids were very surprised to wake up and find Grandma and Papa at the house. They were already in bed when things started to happen. Here are pictures of their first encounter with Henry. And then some video of them as well. They all think he is great.

Henry Ignatius Towers

Henry Ignatius Towers was born at 10:12 am today. He weighed in at a whopping 8lbs. 14 oz. and 21 in. long. He was three weeks early. More details to follow.