Well, we've managed to survive our first 5 weeks of parenthood so we are feeling quite confident now...right! Here are pictures of all of North's visitors!

North Matthew Nynas

North Matthew Nynas was born on September 20th, 2008 at 4:00p.m. He weighed in at 6lbs even and was 19 3/4 inches long! North was born in our home and was delivered in the water/birthing tub we set up in our bedroom. My parents and my sister Leslie had the privilege of witnessing his first breaths and shortly after Kevin's entire family was here to celebrate his arrival as well. He is a healthy and happy baby and Kevin and I are so proud of our accomplishment.

My labor was relatively uneventful, with the exception of the umbilical cord being wrapped around North's neck. Luckily, we had a very skilled midwife working with us who took care of things with great skill and confidence. North was able to nurse shortly after his arrival and then slept for many hours, no doubt he was exhausted from all the hard work he did and stress of entering the world. Unfortunately, Kevin and I didn't sleep nearly so well our first night as we were pumped!