Henry Thomas Has Arrived!

Henry Thomas Kiehl arrived Wednesday, March 11, 2009 at 3:30pm. He weighed in at 8lbs 8ozs and was 21" long. He is a beautiful, healthy little boy. Everything went very smoothly, for which we are extremely grateful. Third times a charm I guess! The kids were very excited to see him. Betsy brought them in soon after he was born. Meg was more than excited, as you can see in her face. She loves having a little baby at home and is extremely helpful. Charlie is pretty much oblivious to Henry's presence and he would like it to stay that way. He has just recently started saying "hi" to him, but still will not really look at him. I keep telling myself that Charlie is going to love having a little brother very soon and I shouldn't feel like I've just ruined Charlie's world.

Henry is a perfect little baby and we couldn't ask for anything to be better. The birth, nursing, sleeping, all is going perfectly. I keep waiting for something to change, but so far so good. He's even gained weight! For those of you who know my kids, this is not normal. I normally have to take them in for daily weight checks until they get back to their birth weight. We think he's already up a pound from his birth weight! I just can't believe it. Oh, and Tom thinks he rolled over yesterday. Tom put him on his stomach and he rolled to his back. I'm not sure that I really believe it, I told Tom he better call Guinness Book and report it. He is much stronger then our other kids though. He really tries to lift his head. Tom thinks Henry's neck is already as big as Charlie's (poor Charlie kind of has a skinny little neck).

We are very blessed to have three healthy, beautiful children and continue to be so thankful. We also have been very blessed with the generosity and kindness of our friends and family here. Betsy's family has taken good care of us even though she has been very sick. And we've had many of our friends bring us meals. They are all so good to us. My mom is here now spoiling us. I will be very sad when she leaves!