More Bennett

Bennett Dustin Peterson was born on September 7, 2007, at 3:21 pm after 25 minutes of pushing by the beautiful and brave Samye. He weiged 8 lbs 7 ounces and is 21 inches in length. As you can see from some of the pictures, he has a ton of hair. Halle really took to him after initially being a little stand-offish. One of the pictures shows her going in for a kiss. She LOVED holding him on Daddy's lap and definitely felt like a big helper. She gave him a little toy that she had picked out at the store, a blue teddy bear, and she beamed as I picked her up so that she could place it in his bassinet -- she chucked it from about 4 feet away and it landed on his face. :) He had no idea, and it is a light, soft bear. It was one of those "Here ya go bud....enjoy; now where's my movie" type things. However, she loves watching him and I think she will be a great helper with the binky. Bennett is eating like a champ and latched right on to Mommy after merely a few minutes out of the womb. He knew exactly what to do and, according to my most recent call from Samye, he has fed 6 times in the past 6 hours (they usually strive for 4 feedings within the first 24 hours). Samye finally told the nurses to just take him and feed him formula because he is being to leave her in a little pain. Anyway, Samye is feeling great (considering) and we are excited to get them home on Sunday morning. For those of you in Bloomington, Samye is in room 2817 at the Bloomington Hospital and feel free to give me a call at 812-272-1710 to verify that she is available for a visit. For those who aren't, feel free to call her phone and leave a message or drop her a comment or email.

Thanks for all of your support! More pictures and updates are on the way!