He's here. Matteo Laurence graced us with his presence on November 20th at 1:44pm. He weighed 7 pounds 11 ounces and was 20.5 inches long. He is wonderful! He is every positive adjective out there. I love him more than anything and am still in awe that we are parents.
We have been home now for a few days and are adjusting to the demands of parenthood. He is a good baby, overall, but becomes cranky during a diaper change.

Here are some pics:


Mom and Matteo right after delivery



Matteo right after delivery


Breastfeeding at the hospital



Cutest baby ever (Click for more pics)

Well, tomorrow we get to meet our baby boy. We have a scheduled c-section, as it turns out he is a big boy and a narrow pelvis. He is not moving down, I stalled at one centimeter and so it is. All the planning and preparation for a vaginal birth sans pain meds is out the window. I'm ok with this, as I'd rather have a planned, calm c-section than be in labor for hours on end trying to push a out a baby that just won't come out and end up with an emergency c-section. I'm still deathly afraid of the epidural, but will get through that.
As Mark says, it's a bit surreal to know that by tomorrow at this time we will be parents. As if this whole nine months hasn't done enough to convince us, it will only be real once he is here.
So, deep breath in, relaxing breath out!