Let the trumpets sound!

Lil' Genghis, also known as Isabella Kathryn, is absolutely beautiful. She arrived at 4:17 p.m. after a moderately long labor. She weighed 8 pounds, 14 ounces, or 4.02 kg. Actually, those adherents of the metric system should note that her actual weight is 39.6 newtons, but that's another story.

On to the baby pics!









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Thank God for superb nurses, a stellar anesthesiologist, a solid doctor and all of the love out there. That, and epidural drugs, which likely saved someone's lives.

... and the idea that the epidural drugs were a lifesaver, because some folks were about to kill themselves or others.