The Finchling arrives!

We are excited to report that Cooper James Finch arrived in the big 'outside' world at 5.48pm Tuesday 28th November (EST in USA). He weighed 8 lbs, 5 oz and was 21 inches long. After a lengthy arrival process, he was whisked off to neonatal intensive care for 24 hours (which was very trautamic for his parents, especially his mother). 24 hrs after that, we were allowed home from hospital (at 11.30pm!) and have been having a wonderful time getting to know him. Apart from a fractured collarbone sustained during the delivery, he is just perfect in every way and we are so very happy to have him with us. Thank you to everyone for your thoughts and prayers along the way - we needed and appreciated them very much.