Welcome home, Sir Henry.

When we left the house on Monday afternoon to go to a previously scheduled (41 week) appointment at the midwives' office, I said something like, "We might be coming back home tonight, so let's not get our hopes up." Fortunately, we left with bags in tow and our recovering dog ready to be taken care of by very gracious neighbors. Three days later, we've returned to our house and a recovered dog with those suitcases and one additional person.

As you all know by now, this guy was born Tuesday, November 17th at 9:34am.

Henry Leo Cummings's fighting weight started at 8 lbs 9 oz and 21 3/4 inches long, which just might give him a chance against his slightly older cousin Garrett.

We're still processing everything that took place this week, but we're pretty thrilled to have everyone healthy and ready to start this adventure. Thanks to everyone to has visited us, emailed us, fed and cared for our dog and generally conveyed happy thoughts in our direction. They were appreciated more than you all know.

Stay tuned over the coming days and weeks for more about us and him trying to figure this all out.

-dad