Rocket Has Landed!

We are happy - and surprised - to announce that on Saturday, September 20th at 5:06pm Corinne gave birth to a happy, healthy baby BOY!

Name: TBD! (See below)
Weight: 7lbs 11oz
Length: 19.25in
Location: Overlake Hospital, Bellevue WA

There were lots of unexpected aspects:

• The baby wasn't due for another 3+ weeks
• We were in Seattle for her baby shower, so we had to choose a doctor and hospital "at random"
• Our Hood River doctor told us after looking at our ultrasounds that she was SURE that we were having a girl! She was so sure that she said if she was wrong she needed to find a new line of work.

Everyone is healthy and doing well. One nice aspect is that we had lots of family in town for the shower. We're staying at Corinne's mother's house in West Seattle while Rocket (our codename for our still nameless son) is treated for jaundice, which is common for early babies. Our plan is to head back to the Gorge as soon as we can, hopefully at the end of the week.

We sure are glad that he came early; 7-11 is plenty big!

 

Oh, and it's time for the Name The Baby Contest - Lightening Round. We only have a few more days to come up with a name for him! None of the baby girl names that were submitted during the last round are doing us any good right now. ;) namethebaby@ilvedson.com

More details - and more photos - will follow. First, need sleep.

- Mike, Corinne, and baby-to-be-named-later