[MR] A Man child is born

[Dan Houchins]

I MADE MAN-CHILD!  Ok, actually, Shannon / Ulfdis did all of the work, I was just an extremely proud observer.
 
We arrived at the hospital at 0430 Wednesday morning.  Shannon was ready to be admidted by 0715.  Labor progressed very slowly until finally after Shannon had finally worked all the way through a normal child birth, when Sean decided he did not want to make an appearance around midnight on the 3rd.  She was fully dialated, but Sean just would not drop.  No matter of inducement worked.  He was brought reluctantly into the world, stubborn as his old man, at 0130, Thursday, 4 September.
 
He is 8lbs 11oz, 20inches long.  He has grey eyes very similar to his mother's and dirty blondish hair.  The eyes may change color, the hair will darken or lighten....
Both baby and Mother are doing fine, finally getting some very much needed rest.  Labor lasted all told 30 hours, start to finish.  Dad is going to get a shower and some sleep, after being awake for over 45 hours, before going back to the hospital in about 8 hours from now.  Both Mom and son should be ready to come home Saturday.
 
Uilleag o'Conmhaic / Dan Houchins