It's a BOY!

We welcomed Joshua Nicholas Mehler into the world on June 28th at 6:02 pm. Mom and Josh were champs throughout the entire event.

We woke up that morning and Sara was in labor. It continued steadily throughout the day with a last 40 minute burst of energy that brought Josh screaming and kicking. He actually came out in a Superman pose (he's already so aware of American culture - Michael is a proud papa!).





Josh is a BIG BOY. He weighed in at 8 lbs, 9 oz and measured 22" in length. He has his great-grandpapa's nose and his daddy's long toes. He has a very full head of sandy brown hair, but blonde eyebrows and eyelashes. He's the most beautiful person either of us has ever known and we're still amazed about the fact that they're going to let us take him home with us.

Josh decided that he wanted to wait until both of the midwives he knew - Margie and Kathryn - were around for the birth. Kathryn had knit Josh a little blue cap, which helped keep his noggin warm the first night.

Josh is taking to feeding very well, which is making mom and dad quite happy and proud of him. He likes snuggle time with either of us, although there are times that dad just doesn't cut it and it's time to hand off to mom.

So, we're all doing well and expect to be at home tomorrow (Friday) to enjoy our first weekend together. And to think, there's only 25 days until we close on the new house and get to move....