Ilse stopped by to say hi and took some pics of us all together.

1 week old

First trip out of the house. Went to the pediatrician.

Later that evening…

Once he is finally sated and done eating he looks drunk.

5 days old.

Nathan spent his first night out of NICU and in our room last night. He was pretty fussy, and we didn’t get much sleep. As soon as the sun came up he passed out, and he has been pretty calm all day.

He had his first non-family, non-NICU visitor today when Nancy came by with food for Elaine. She got to see his first big smile, which was probably a result of farting, but was still adorable.

We’ll have some more visitors tonight, and then tomorrow we all go home.

Still cute.

4 hours old:

BONUS: Click for movie.

13.5 hours old, and first visit with mom:

Nathaniel Stuart McGinty was born last night at 9:34. He weighed 8 lbs 2 oz and was just shy of 20 inches long. He was face up, so after 2 hours of pushing he was delivered by c-section.

He had a bit of trouble breathing at first, and was grey and silent. He started breathing after about a minute and started to pink up. His extremities stayed grayish for awhile, so they admitted him to the NICU to give him oxygen and fluids and monitor his progress. He did great and the oxygen came off around 2am. He’s still there, as NICU doctors seem like cautious people, but he should be out today or tomorrow at the latest. Elaine is recovering well and looking forward to breaking him out.

Elaine made curtains for the nursery from cloth she bought at Ikea. Then she hung them. Pretty awesome.

He’s gone from a tiny gummy bear to a chubby cheeked baby. We’re in the home stretch.

And we have a bassinet now, so we’re as ready as we’re going to be.

And this is what he would look like with hair.