Welcome Baby Ben!

June 30th Benjamin Isaac Tracy came into the world in a hurry!  He was born after 45 minutes of labor, start to finish, and only about 10 minutes after we arrived at the birth center.  He weighed 10 lbs 5 oz, and was 22 3/4" long.  He's a big boy!  He had the cord wrapped tightly around both his neck and his chest, so he was pretty purple for about 24 hours.  Because of his cords he got a really good squeeze that led to bruising in his face, and he blew blood vessels in both eyes.  So he was purple and had red eyes, not so attractive.  At least it was only temporary.  He has blonde hair and blue eyes, and came with little fat rolls already built in.  

After one week, he looks so much better.  No more purple, no more red eyes and swollen face.  He's quite the cutie.  He's a particular little guy, though!  He is very picky about whether his diaper is wet, and makes his desires to be changed known as soon as he goes.  He won't do anything, not sleep, eat, or anything else, if his diaper is wet.  And since he eats like a little porker, he has lots of wet diapers.  At least we know he's healthy!