First days home

Roland and his Papa Chad.

Grandma Kathy.

Daddy holding Roland in his cute new tigger towel after his first bath.

He didn't really care for the sponge baths.

Daddy with his baby boy.

Posing for the camera!

Little frog legs!

Mommy and her two babies!

All in all, we had a pretty good time the first few days with only a little lost sleep. Ryan took two weeks off work to help out at home. Juno loves her baby brother and always wants to be by him and watches over him if he makes a sound. Roland loves all of his generous gifts and thanks everyone who came to visit, as well as those who sent him thoughts and prayers.

Roland is here!

Ready to go home!

So tall!

First night in the NICU.

Big happy family!

First look at my baby boy.

Roland Scott McGinnity was born on May 31, 2009 at 11:35 p.m. after 14 hours of labor, including 1-1/2 hours of pushing. He weighed 8 pounds 6 ounces and was 22 inches long! Unfortunately Roland had a fever and trouble breathing at birth and had to spend three days in the NICU but he is now home and doing fantastic. The staff in the NICU at Mercy were wonderful and took very good care of him. We even got to take home a quilt donated by Altoona Methodist Church. I am hoping to someday make a quilt or two of my own to donate to NICU babies. All in all Roland is a happy, healthy baby and we are glad to finally have him!