Mr. Genius Arrives!

Tuesday, October 9th at 10:13pm, Mr. Genius arrived! Six days late and weighing in at 3.4 kgs, it took us some time to do the conversion and officially tag his weight at 7lbs, 5oz...

It was obvious how many prayers were surrounding us as every detail went better than we could have planned. Labor began around 7pm and the kids were in bed and asleep shortly thereafter. Our friend Paige was able to get to our house and ride with us to the hospital. We had two fantastic interns, Keith and Wade, staying with us as well as Blair Burns, who was in from Chennai and staying overnight. That's three dads who took over the house, washed the supper dishes, made and packed lunch boxes, fixed breakfast the next day, and got everyone dressed and off to the hospital for a quick peek at Mr. Genius before school. Adelaide even arrived in a dress with her hair put up - impressive! These guys were amazing!

We did not leave for the hospital until later as labor had started rather slowly. We arrived at the hospital, with no traffic issues, at 9:30 and 43 minutes later we were happily holding our new little boy! Our OB handled everything beautifully and let us have the "American" delivery we were hoping for. We had been concerned about getting a private room for recovery and realized, after delivery, they were all full. We gambled and chose to stay in the "general ward" that has four beds and shared bathroom in it as it was empty that night. It turned out that the general ward stayed empty throughout our stay and was the (very large) "private" room we'd been praying for!

The next morning the kids came for a visit and that was priceless! Everyone was beaming as they headed out the door to tell their friends at school the news. We left the hospital early, after a check up from the OB and Pediatrician, and were home by 3pm - a total of 15 hours in the hospital. It was so nice to be at home to recover.

His name is yet to be announced...

Here are some of the pics...