Ezra Lives!

Please welcome to the world of humanity, Ezra James Spitzer. He arrived at 3:45am, after a superhuman effort by his mother to deliver him with absolutely no drugs, inductions or painkillers. It was a thing to behold. Ash rode out intense contractions every 2-3 minutes for about 13 hours, before pushing that kiddo out. I knew she had some extraordinary reserves of strength in there, but this amazed even me. I have never been prouder.

Ezra is a stunning presence -- really beautiful for a newborn especially! I regret that I have no pics to post just yet -- we have the cameras, but we neglected to bring our USB cables ... and of course they do not provide a card reader here. We will rectify that post haste. Meanwhile, I may post a short video in the interim.

For now, visual description will suffice: Ezra is tiny: just 5 lbs 4 oz. This came as a bit of a surprise, since after last week's ultrasound we were told he was already 6.5 lbs. Being little, we're having to monitor a few things (like blood sugar) very closely, and there's more pressure to get feeding figured out sooner. But beyond that, he is healthy as a horse and we are told there's no reason to worry.

He has a healthy shock of dark brown hair, a sublime little button nose and striking almond eyes. He's been pretty calm so far -- we'll see how long that lasts.

We've all been up more-or-less non-stop for about 32 hours now, so we're trying to stagger some naps. I promise to return with pics or video very, very soon. Thanks to all for your well wishes.

Very much love,
Gabe