She's here!

Tennyson Leigh Keafer was born at 5:10pm on Thursday, May 31, 2012.  She weighed 5 pounds and 11 ounces and was 19 inches long.  She has a nice head of dark hair and is just absolutely perfect.  The delivery was fairly uneventful (Cate opted for the epidural, which she described as "magical") for the first 11 hours or so after induction.  However, at about 4:45 Cate started to feel different and when the nurse checked her out, she was obviously ready to go.  After one push, the nurse actually told her to stop because the doctor was still on her way down.  The doctor got there at 5:00 and Tennyson was not waiting any longer!  Just two more pushes and Tennyson was in the world!

Tenny is absolutely perfect.  She is so interested in everything that is going on and when she is up her eyes are open and searching!  After a few minutes of trying to figure it out she has latched on with breastfeeding no problem and has gone through a series of 20-30 minute eating stretches.  She was awake for the first 4-5 hours of life and got meet both sets of grandparents and a great grandma before she went off to sleep a bit.  We are so excited for her and absolutely love spending every minute we can with her!  Can't wait to get her home.

Cate is having a bit of a rough go.  The actual labor went very smoothly, but after it was done Cate has been having bleeding issues throughout the night.  The doctor was actually called and and performed a procedure that finally stopped the bleeding (we can fill anyone interested in on the details later!)  After getting to the hospital at 6:00am yesterday Cate is finally sleeping next to me at 6:20am today.  She's going to get some blood and hopefully some nice, much needed, much deserved rest.  She has been so amazing and I could not be more proud of my wonderful wife!

And here is what you have really all been waiting for...Pictures!