Exploding Into Existence

So Mikey's coworkers in the Governor's Office were going to take us to tea this past week to thank our little alien for not coming out during their busy period and letting Dad get some work done.  Turns out, it was really a surprise baby shower!  They had food and cute little favors.  And plenty of people were there.

Exhibit One: The cute little favors

There was only one problem.  The party was on Tuesday and our little Liam exploded into existence on Saturday, July 2!  

Liam Gene Satoru Ng

So our little alien is of the male variety!  He was born at 807p on July 2, 2011, and was 6lbs. 6.3oz, and 19.75in long.  I won't give the gruesome details of the labor and birth other than to say that he was born natural with no drugs and no epidural (toward the end I asked for the epidural thinking I still had a long way to go, but he came too fast!  That was why it felt so unbearable!), and he literally did explode into existence given that once delivery actually began, it only took eight minutes.  Well, I had been telling him that it was time for that for the past couple of days, so at least he was obedient.  

We  have since brought him home and are experiencing the joys and frustrations of new parenthood.  We've been told that this time is magical and that it goes by too fast.  Honestly, we've agreed we don't like the floppy newborn stage.  Liam has our blessing to grow a little bigger and a little less floppy, and then stay there.

Yeah, we have fallen victim to the new parent bias...this guy is one cute buggah!