Welcome: Henry Carter Fawson

Henry Carter Fawson (the Carter comes from his Uncle Carter, Bob's brother) was born on March 18, 2011 after a long and arduous labor!  He weighed 6 pounds 10 ounces and was 19.5 inches long.

After an arduous 46-hour labor with several complications, Henry was finally born!

Just moments after birth, he cuddles with his daddy.

After his initial check-up, he was measuring quite cold and his blood sugar levels were extremely low.  Later it was determined, that he had an infection and needed to go to the NICU right away.  This was his new home.  Can you see his little head tucked in there?

Bob spent his time with Cassandra in her hospital room and then with Henry in his.  A little while later, Cassandra was able to visit as well!

Finally, Cassandra got discharged and was able to go home, but Henry was still stuck in the hospital!  We visited him often, and told his sister Olivia all about him.

A week after he was born, we were able to finally take him home!  Here he is on his first car ride.  We drove quickly away from that hospital so the doctors and nurses couldn't change their mind and keep him there for longer!

Here's Henry meeting his big sister Olivia for the first time.  She has a good hold on his fingers!  We're sure this isn't the last time we'll have to keep her from hurting him!  Though we're sure he'll reciprocate plenty when he gets a bit older.

 

The first picture of our family all together!

It's bizarre how different he is from Olivia already.  And not just because he'll pee across the room if you leave his diaper off for a moment!  He is a super chill baby.  He isn't very demanding and is content just to be around you.

He has an incredibly strong neck and from the moment he was born, he's been attempting to hold his head up on his own, and succeeding some of the time.

Before he got too big, Nana wanted to do a newborn photoshoot with him.  We all looked at her like she was crazy while she was doing the set up, but then we saw the results.

Nana can come and do crazy photoshoots whenever she wants!