Monday, March 08, 2010

Welcome, Owen Lev!

Owen LevWe are delighted to announce the arrival of Owen Lev Selfon! Owen was born this morning at 7:34 am. The stats:

Weight: 8 lbs 5 oz (3784 grams for the metric lovers among us)
Height: 21.06" (53.5 cm)
OFC: 13.58" (34.5 cm) [that's the head circumference]
Apgar: 8 (@ 1 min), 9 (@ 5 min)

Owen LevFriends J and S graciously answered our 2:15 am wakeup call to stay with Zachary, and we arrived at the hospital a little after 3 am. Four hours (and a lot of mommy work) later, we got to meet Owen in person. He's already had several quiet alert periods, looking around and being super snuggly, and objecting vocally (but very cutely) to the typical poking and prodding that hospitals impose on newborns.

The bris is still to be scheduled, but for right now we're just excited to start to get to know him. Zachary will likely get to meet his brother tomorrow, and we've already been told that everything is looking great and we'll hopefully be able to go home tomorrow morning. Thanks to everyone already for all of the well wishes!

4 comments:

katem said...

He's adorable!

Anonymous said...

Me and my co-workers say "He's a cutie and definately a keeper"! Can't wait to see him in person and smother him with kisses. Love, Grandma

Roberta said...

Absolutely gorgeous! Congratulations to all of you. I am sooooo happy for you!

Much love,
Roberta

Claire said...

He is your dark-haired little beauty!!! <3 <3 <3