Eamon decided to show up on the 1-27-09 at 6:42pm. Just in time that Laura missed dinner. Seems to be a trend in her family (or karma exists, take it as you like). We got Subway a few hours later.
He weighed in at 7 pounds 12 ounces and 19.25 inches. Well below the 9 pounds that the ultrasound was predicting...
For those of you who want details: We decided to induce labor since the kid was overdue and predicted to be big. Laura had not been able to sleep for the last week and she kept having false labor pains and back labor (if you don't know what it means, you probably don't want to... google it). They started the induction at 10pm on the 26th. An epidural was added at 10am on the 27th (Laura thanks Bob L. for the use of the word "proactive" :) ). At 3pm we were at only 5cm dilated and at 5:30pm we were suddenly at 10cm. The pushing stage lasted less than an hour (Yay!) The doctor wanted to know when we'd had the previous 3 kids....).
We were happy with the west facing birthing room. Nice mountain views and a Minnesota sunny day (gorgeously sunny and a low of -7 :) ). And all the labor nurses wear purple scrubs, so Eamon came into a world full of Vikings fans.
He is a big fan of bath time. As you can see.
Eamon has a full head of hair for the moment, no apparent birthmarks of any kind and 10 fingers and 10 toes -- and some very sharp fingernails. His eyes started out brown, quickly went to blue/hazel....we'll see. We do get to see a lot of his eyes- he's pretty alert, and was especially alert about 3 last night. Tonight should be fun.
Thanks to everyone for their good wishes, and we'll have more updates soon!
Hello Grandson I am having difficulty pronouncing your name. But I will keep at it. Unfortunately as I look at your pictures it looks like you have my square chin. Hopefully by the time you are three months old you will have figured out another chin. If your Dad complains that you need to figure out that daytime is for being awake and night is for sleeping. He didn't figure that out for at lest three months. So I would say payback.
ReplyDeleteLove you much Grandma Laura
Love the story and the pics! I can totally hear Laura saying those things!!
ReplyDeleteEamon - Welcome! I detect the Grunzinger nose as well. That's ok, without the name Ray, Laura or Steve, it's the only way to know you are from the Baumzinger group. Keep my big brother up and working hard. If you pee on him, I won't mind either.
ReplyDeleteEamon says to tell his aunt Laura "Done, and done". :)
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