zzz...

We are finally home. Will ate almost continually from midnight to 3 AM and finally went to sleep for several hours. He was circumcised this morning and has been relatively sleepy since.

We hope to sleep well tonight.

Goodnight Will!
Goodnight Moon!

I'm a happy boy!...

I'm a happy boy because I have a full tummy and clean diaper.

Welcome to the planet...

This is us at the hospital. I've only got time to post these quick pictures. I'll tell you more when I get some more time. But here is what you all wanted to know.

William James Perkins was born Monday July 10, 2006 at 3:37 PM. He weighed 8 lbs and 2.5 oz. He is 20 1/2 inches long.

I've got to go for now. Please continue to pray for us.

not yet...

We went to our final visit today. If William does not come before Monday, Valerie will be induced. We are scheduled to be induced on Monday morning.

We will actually check into the hospital on Sunday night. That means that we will spend probably Sunday and Monday night in the hospital. But we should get home on Tuesday.

Also, we visited with a pediatrician. We like him alot. I think that we are just gonna go with him.

family portrait...

It has not rained for months here in North Texas. Who would have thought that all that was needed to break the drought was for us to try to go take pictures. For the last three days, the sky has opened up exactly as we have walked to the door to go take pictures.

Anyway, here is one that we took today in the rain.

Hot Mama, part 8 3/4...

I took this photo of Valerie today after the brief thunderstorm. We are working on some taking some pregnant portraits before William pops out. Let me know what you think of this one. I doctored it a little bit.

I've got sunshine, wait, no I don't....

We got all cleaned up to go take some pictures, but guess who showed up just as we were ready to go.