Baby Lucas is here!

It was an exciting week for the Ciriza and Driscoll families. Baby Lucas was born on Tuesday October 13 at 9:09pm. He was 11 days early and weighed 5 lbs, 15 ounces. Everything went smoothly, for the most part, with Sonja's labor and delivery. However, Sonja had a fever after delivery and Baby Lucas, in turn, had a fever. After 24 hours with Sonja and Russ, they ended up taking Lucas to the NICU early Thursday morning. Everything is going well and he is going to be just fine. They are waiting for the cultures to come back and he needs to finish up his 7 day dosage of antiobiotics. Sonja and Russ hope to be bringing him home this Wednesday. I went down to the hospital this afternoon and snapped these pics of him all curled up and sleeping in his incubator bed. Boy it brought back memories of William's birth... such a hard thing to leave the hospital without your baby. Maddie is the most proud cousin ever! Maddie and I were there the night of Lucas' birth. We actually got to get a peek of him quickly just minutes after he was born before they took him to the nursery to get checked out. Maddie was so excited to be there that night. She than got to go visit with him the next day (before he was admitted to the NICU). Grandma picked her up from school and she got to spend some precious time holding him and loving him. She can't wait for William to meet Lucas. We're all excited to get to hold him and love him! He is absolutely ADORABLE. Congratulations to Sonja and Russ on their little man. We just love, love, love him already.