Our sweet little baby was born on July 14th, 2008! His name is George William Astor Shipp V (we call him “Will”). He is amazing. I am totally in love with him. Billy and I are so happy to have him in our lives.

He was born at 5:53am and weighing in at 5lbs, 15oz. I was 36 weeks and 6 days along in my pregnancy (according to ultrasound estimations). I ended up having a natural birth but without my doula and not at my designated hospital. I have more details to share with you about the birth, but that will come in a later post.

I have been so sleep deprived and adrenaline fueled and in a surreal state and have not announced him here nor made any calls to tell people. Billy made the family calls and sent out emails with pictures to his peeps. Now that we have the house full with 3 grandparents and I am a bit rested, I have finally pulled out the laptop to blog. I want to connect with the outside world again, and I want to share in the celebration of Will.

Billy put up a photostream on flickr of us with Will. I present you with Will (click here for the photos).