The birth of little James Austin

It's a BOY!! It's a BOY!!!

James Austin was born at 4:10pm Sunday, December 5.  The little man weighed in at 6 lb. 11 oz.  Most importantly, both mom and baby are in excellent health.  

We were scheduled to induce labor Monday, but Austin wanted to do things his way.

Here he is - one minute old.

We are SO HAPPY!!!

Time for his 1st bath.

...and the official weight is - 6 pounds 11 oz.

Awwwwwwwwwwwww

Lauren gets to see her baby brother for the 1st time.

"Mommy - he's out of your tummy!"

"He's all wrapped up!"

Lauren's first time to hold her baby brother.

We had a bit of a scare our first night. They detected a slight heart murmur, and put Austin in the N-ICU. They observed him that night, and all his vitals were good. The next day the Cardiologist got to see him, and said the murmur was gone - he was a healthy kid. We had a big HUGE sigh of relief.

So here we are, ready to go home.

Curbside baby delivery - awesome.

He's so tiny in that car-seat.

Finally home, and in the arms of Grandma.

Austin with his big sister, and two Grandma's

Nana and Pops watch Lauren hold the little man.

We tried to get a nice shot of the baby without using a flash - he really didn't like the flash.
This was the best shot we could get.

Most of 'em looked like this....he can really wiggle.

Mom and baby are looking GREAT!

Waive good-bye little man!