Say hello to Sawyer!

Sawyer Max Pyne was born at 9:02 pm on October 27th, weighing 9 lbs 1 oz, 22 inches long. Melissa was post-term a few days, and Sawyer was measuring pretty large, so she ended up having to be induced. Labor progressed slowly though, and the little guy didn't seem to like her contractions very much, so in the end she had a C-section. And after all that, she still didn't even curse me or complain. Isn't she the most beautiful woman - pregnant or otherwise - that you've ever seen?
Since he was a little bit overbaked and had some stressful contractions, Sawyer had some meconium (poop) in his amniotic fluid. So they suctioned his lungs out and watched him closely for a short time in the NICU.
In this next picture, he really looks like a redhead. And he really does have a reddish tint to his hair, but here it looks especially red (they hadn't shampooed the meconium out of his hair yet.)
Here is a video of Sawyer just after his arrival to the NICU and just after being cleaned off. People were anxious to get to see him.



Here he shows how his first priority is to eat. He also gets to meet Grandma Cashman.



Sawyer and Dad talk about life outside the womb.




The Pyne family:
Taking a walk (Meli's first since the delivery)
He's sporting some sideburns, trying to look like his dear ol' dad