Presenting Benedict Felix

So after 40 weeks and three days of waiting, Benedict Felix von Hoerl made his debut at 10:05 am, January 21, 2009. We had a c-section because when they did a biophysiological profile of him at 39 weeks, 5 days, the computer estimated that he was already 10 lbs, 1 oz! Maybe that was why the "little" guy was refusing to budge; he knew that the usual exit might not work for him.

All the hospital staff was great and Dr. M was a dream. Hearing her say, "That's a big head!" made the whole c-section thing seem like a pretty good idea. In the end he weighed in at a mere 9 lbs, 7 oz. Shervyn got to hold Ben while they counted surgical instruments to make sure there were none left inside and we brought our boy home 4 days later.

All in all, we're still amazed that two solid 7s managed to make a perfect 10.