Caitlin and I were thrilled to greet the arrival of our son, Ryder on September 28th, 2006. William Ryder Page arrived at 11:49AM, weighing in at 6lbs.13oz. and 20″ long. We went to the hospital at about 12:30AM on Thursday and Caitlin delivered him about 12 hours later. We couldn’t be happier to have him here, at long last. The family’s all home – and we’re tired, but recovering somewhat after the first week. We’ve had some visits by grandparents who agree in our assessment of his ultimate cuteness. Sorry for not getting around to posting about this earlier. Here are some links to pictures we’ve posted:

http://ryder.snapfish.com

We were admitted to the hospital around midnight on 9/28. I can’t believe I’m writing this now, but I’m not allowed to be in the room while Caitlin is having her epidural put in. I’m wandering around the hospital in search of a vending machine while they are performing the procedure. Caitlin’s dilated to 5cm, they’ve broken her water, and so far everything is proceeding smoothly. If there are more breaks I can write some more, but this will likely be it until our boy arrives. We are so excited.

I put together this collage of pictures we’ve been taking of the baby-boy-bump over time. It’s a remarkable transformation overall and demonstrates how much growth comes towards the end of the pregnancy – at least in our case. Today is actually our due date – 9/27 and while Caitlin’s feeling something – we’re not exactly sure how long it will be until the little guy is born. We’re thinking it’s going to be soon, but that’s what we thought last week! Enjoy.