There he is, our big happy son Hosea Bruce Price, who made his dramatic entry into our lives at 1:52 this afternoon. As you probably guessed from the previous post, Jeni got started with active labor, strong painful contractions, at about 11:00 last night. We'll give you the details of the following thirteen hours in some future post. What's important to know now is that labor ended with an unexpected cesarean from which both mother and child emerged admirably. Also important to know: Hosea weighed 8 pounds 6 ounces and was 21 1/4 inches long at birth. His eyes are dark blue, which will lighten up over the next few weeks I'm told, and his hair looks to be, what else, a sort of reddish blonde. Jeni and Hosea will be in the hospital recovering for at least the next three days before heading home.

Here're two shots of Jeni with about 30 minute old Hosea:





Here's me with a slightly upset 6 hour old Hosea (He doesn't particularly like being held like this.):



And yes, Jeni and I were laughing our heads off at how close you guys came to unintentionally guessing his name in the comments of this post.

P.S. Jeni won't have access to the internet while in the hospital, but can accept calls on her mobile phone. If you're adventurous enough to to brave the sea of digits and charges required for trans-atlantic telephony, email me at guitarmatt@gmail.com for her number.