It's a Boy!!

Ta Da!! After 42 weeks and a whopper of a last day our little boy was born in the early hours of New Years Eve. He entered the world screaming and didn't stop for 30 minutes...must have had a lot to say about how long it took his momma to push him out! Maybe he got it out of his system because he's been a happy little baby ever since. Here he is just a few hours after he was born. His stats: 8 lbs. 9 oz. and 21 inches long. Head: 14 3/4 inches. Yowsah!


We managed to pull off the out of hospital birth just under the wire, getting labor started just 6 hours before the dreaded deadline. It was a huge relief to go ahead with our plans with the midwives and everything worked out just as we had hoped. The birth was uncomplicated and relatively quick at around 8 hours, though 3 of those hours were spent trying to push this baby Kaufman head the final two inches - poor baby! (And I think Max will agree...poor momma!)


Max's first time holding his little son. He's a natural baby soother and has been a huge help while I've been recovering. This baby likes to bounce and bouncing isn't in the cards for me at the moment. Luckily Daddy likes his job and happily volunteers to take even our temporarily unhappy little baby boy.

Our fantastic midwife Vanessa helped Max give the baby his much needed first bath. Here he is all pink and clean.

Ten fingers and ten toes. Perfect and healthy. We couldn't be happier. Thanks to all of our wonderful family and friends for your support and encouragement and good wishes. We can't tell you how much you all mean to us and how important you have been through this whole experience. We look forward to introducing our little boy to all of you soon!