Thursday, October 05, 2006

And..... it's a.... boy!!!!

After laboring for roughly 6 hours, Laurel gave birth to a bouncing baby boy. 1 oz shy of being a 10-pounder, measuring a good 23-inches long. He made sure everyone knew of his arrival with a wonderful, healthy cry. There is a church nearby that rings their bell by the hour, and friends and relatives said that they heard the church bell rang at noon, followed by the cry of the little baby boy.

We have yet to decide on the name, but we got a couple of days to do that. Mommy and baby are doing wonderfully well. That you for all your prayers. It has been a tremendous blessing to watch God at work once again. Thank you to all the members of the birth team, you guys have been a real blessing to us to see your selfless sacrifice, going all out to help in any way possible. We love you all.

Picture above: Baby boy floating in a wonderful, warm herbal bath with mommy.

The whole family just adoring the little guy. Benji is such a sweetie - he brought both his green blankies to share with baby, and being very gentle with baby.

We will keep you posted as the days go by and as time permits!

2 comments:

SummerSky said...

Congratulations! I can't wait to know the little guy's name!! All the best to mommy, daddy, and Benji!

Anonymous said...

Congratulations! What a beautiful picture of him in the bath. How sweet of Benji to share his most precious belongings with his new brother. He is a great big brother already!