The baby formerly known as Bucky...

Jackson Henry Swanes, born 1.15.06!

I was lucky enough to get to see Clare and Jackson yesterday afternoon, when the little guy was less than a day old. Awesome. Mom and baby are doing very well, probably going home tonight or maybe tomorrow morning. And I must say he's just the cutest! I got to hold him for a while and even helped file his long fingernails... which was stressful! A gritty file right there by those tiny tiny fingers. Not too tiny though, considering he was so early and somewhere around 7.5 pounds. The funny (well, maybe not quite funny yet to some) part was that poor Ross ended up getting food poisoning from a Blimpie sub yesterday afternoon, so it was extra lucky that Clare's sister Anna, a nurse, just happened to be visiting two weeks before Clare's due date (that's her on the right behind us in the photo). Ross was there for the birth and went home I think pretty soon after that. I know he got to see the baby in the nursery. But anyway, thanks Clare for letting us come see you and Jackson, and I'm sorry we didn't get to see Dad! And congratulations!