Friday, May 14, 2010

Welcome little man.

Grant John Shank was born at 7:35 pm last night, following in his sister's footsteps as a change-of-shift baby. He weighed 7 lbs 12 ounces and measured longer than his sister at 20 1/2 inches despite being a week early. We adore him and he has been a very mellow baby thus far (compared to the wild indian, his sister).
The induction process went easily once it was under way. In fact, while we were waiting for everything to get straightened out (they had mistakenly scheduled me one day earlier than a full 39 weeks, which was against policy) I had dialated to twice what I measured the day before by 10am. Despite it being an early morning and long day, we are so grateful for the miracle of a healthy baby boy.

10 comments:

Christina said...

Congratulations!

- a long time blog lurker :)

Cara S. said...

Congrats! It's so fun to experience one of each...boys are definitely different than girls! Can't wait to hear the name!

Christina said...

YAY! He look like quite a healthy and cute baby! And you look great!

megan haughery said...

congrats on the sweet baby boy, my friend. rejoicing with you!

Anonymous said...

Congratulations, we are so happy for you!

Sandra Groveman

sgrove21@gmail.com said...

Congratulations to you!! We are so happy for you!

Libby said...

what a beautiful boy, Nora! Congratulations!

Victoria Gill said...

Congrats Nora!! He is BEAUTIFUL!! =)

Amy said...

He is beautiful! Congratulations!!

Tammy Sanchez said...

Congratulations Nora and Travis!! He is beautiful!!!