First Moments of Life

This is the little guy five-minutes after his entry into the world. Yes, his hands are raised in a gesture of victory. It was a long hard fight, but he and his mom made it through unscratched.

As for the baby, he's 7 lbs 3 oz and 19.5inches. He cleans up very well and has his mother's good looks.

As for his mom, it was a very long, anxious, exhausting and painful 40 hours in the hospital. The highlights: she went from 0% dilated to 100% ready-to-push within five hours, then she went onto push furiously for 90 minutes until the head, shoulders and body came through in one piece.

Congratulations one and all.