Announcing Baby Simon

(Sent to friends and family on 6/27/12.)

I'm quickly learning new parenting skills such as one-handed typing and culling photos down to a sendable number (the latter is harder).

Official stats:
name - Simon Charles Barger
birthday - Sunday, June 24, 2012, 2:42pm
weight - 8lb 6oz
length - 19.5"

Birth story:

Labor started with mild contractions at 1am Sunday morning, and things progressed fairly quickly (with a sitcom-like breaking water episode on the living room rug as we're leaving the house for the hospital at 7am), until noon when the almost three hours (!!!) of pushing began. Big-headed baby was stuck at the pubic bone but eventually came out with lots of patience (Bradley & my labor team) and a broken tailbone (me) without any drugs or medical interventions. I was allowed to "unwrap my present" (It's a boy!), and Simon was deemed healthy-yet-cone-headed, while my cervix was stitched up following 1200ml blood loss. I'm recovering just fine, with no need for a transfusion, while poor Simon's boy-face has developed a rash from my girl-hormones. That should go away before too long, though. Bradley is a natural father who calms Simon as quickly as I do, and he's yet to let me change a diaper.

our first family portrait