He's here!

William Linville Pizzitola was born via emergency c-section on October 7th, 2008 at 3:50pm. He weighed 8lbs, 7.5oz and was 20 1/2 inches long. I went into labor during the night and we made our way to the hospital during rush hour traffic. After laboring for several hours, I spiked a very high fever and the doctors decided we needed to get the baby out ASAP. After a mandatory 2 day observation period in the NICU, Liam was given a clean bill of health and all signs of infection had cleared my system. We were finally able to leave the hospital last Friday and could not be happier to be home. Mom and baby are both doing great! As you can imagine, we are exhausted but I wanted to get a few pictures up for everyone. We really appreciate all of your calls, texts, and emails and look forward to catching up just as soon as things settle down a little bit.
We have now been home for several days and things could not be going better. I am feeling 100% better. The pain is very manageable and I can get around a whole lot better. Liam has taken to breastfeeding wonderfully and is getting plenty of food. We took him for his first checkup yesterday and he has already exceeded his birth weight; he now weights 8lbs 9oz. The doctor said this was very good because most breastfed babies do not achieve this for several weeks. We are getting Liam on a schedule and each night it gets better and better. Last night he only woke up 2 times! We are just so in love with him and are so thankful that he is healthy and happy.