Sunday, September 21, 2008

Welcome Ford William Connors

That's my boy.


Ford was born this morning at 11:43. He weighed in at 7 pounds, 9 ounces, surprising the doctors and nurses who had predicted a 6 to 7 pound baby. When he caught his breath, he proved to have a loud voice. He also had no trouble rooting and latching on. Just a few hours old and already making his father proud.

Mama is doing great. We were admitted around 4:30 this morning. After 7 hours labor, she began pushing. Thirteen minutes later, she was holding her son.

Yeah, I just had a baby... naturally... three minutes ago.


Chimpy got to meet her brother this evening and told the nurses proudly, "That my brother, Jojo." She brought two rattles, one for her and one to share.



We are all happy and healthy and tired.

17 comments:

Momily said...

I told you he'd come early... I was one day off!

Happy Birthday Ford!!!!!

Anonymous said...

yay! i'm so happy for you guys, i can't wait to meet my new cuzzz, send kristen my love!.. she had him naturally?? no wonder she doesn't want to have anymore

Anonymous said...

Congratulations! He's beautiful. Enjoy every minute.
Jill B.

Papasan said...

Kristen looks insanely chipper and perky for a woman who just gave birth. Fantastic.

Congratulations to you all, but especially to Isabel, who now has the joy of being a big sister to a little brother. Well, my sister always tells me how great it is.

Welcome Ford! I hope you don't mind sharing your toys with Jojo.

Anonymous said...

We're so super happy for all of you! Happy birthday Ford, you're the luckiest kid there is.

Anonymous said...

He's beautiful, and Mommy looks great also! Congratulations!

Sylvia said...

YAY!!! Welcome Ford!!! I'm so glad I didn't just pick up the phone to ask Kristen about boring maternity leave questions, but decided to first check the blog...something tells me you all are probably snoozing right now!!! Ford is so cute and I'm very excited to see more photos soon! YAY!!!

Kirk said...

Congrats! He looks fantastic, and so does Kristen! And a good healthy weight. We're so happy for you guys--

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Kelly said...

Congratulations!!!! He's perfect. Congrats to Kristen for making labor look easy. That picture is amazing...pregnant women around the world can use it for inspiration. Enjoy every minute.

Anonymous said...

How exciting!! Congratulations! Ford looks so cute-and Isabel looks like is enjoying being a big sister!

Anonymous said...

YAY! Let the games begin!!
Your lives will never be the same, you have so much love to share... how wonderful.
LOVE his name.... :-)

Jenna said...

Ford William! Welcome! You're exactly where you need to be! Congratulations to all! Muah! Muah!
Love, the Philpottamussusesesesesss

Anonymous said...

congratulations on the birth of your son love and best wishes to you all from sunny Devon England

Anonymous said...

Hooray! He's here! Now I can go shopping! Great news, we're so happy for all of you. Catch up in about 5 years when life gets back to normal (sort of)! Lisa, Doug, Fred and Alfiexxx

Coe said...

Yay!!! i'm so happy for you guys. Ford is beautiful and K looks amazing for having just given birth. He's so cute. I can totally see why parents are so happy to just stare at their new babies for hours on end . . .

Anonymous said...

Congratulations to all of you (especially Kristen) for the healthy, happy addition to your family. As of this minute, we are taking a ticket for when you move through the queue of visitors. How wonderful! Sis is asking every day about Ford. Much love from Los Grossos, the Persewskis