We are very excited to announce that we have a happy, healthy baby boy!! His name is Brandon David Downey, and he was born at 3:00 a.m. Monday morning (7/30). He's a big kid - he tipped the scales at 9 lbs., 3 oz. and is 21 inches long.
Cindy was scheduled to be induced this morning, but I guess Brandon had other plans! Cindy started having contractions at around 2:00 a.m., and after a 90 mph car ride to the hospital and a very short but pretty intense labor, we had Brandon an hour later.
Mom and baby are doing great and we are now at home. Brandon has jaundice and is requiring light therapy. He gets to look like a little space alien for another day or so - but at least we are at home and not at the hospital.
Devin is doing an excellent job at being a big brother. He instantly wanted to touch, kiss and hold Brandon. And declares all the time that he is Devin's little brother. The hardest part is getting Devin to leave Brandon alone and just let him sleep. As we were told this morning, "Little brother doesn't want to sleep, he wants to wake up."
