Introducing Paul Eldred Bills

Paul Eldred was born on 8/9/10 at 8:06 a.m. and came out at 8lbs. 15 oz. and 20 1/2 in. For those of you expecting this post much earlier this week, our apologies, but the week was anything but normal and included an emergency surgery for Paul on his birthday and a 3 day stint at the NICU at Winnie Palmer in Orlando. Hopefully this monster post will make up for the delay . . .
As stated earlier Paul was born at 8:06 a.m. Above is a picture of Paul seconds after he was born and in the arms of the good doctor who delivered him. Below is the first "family" picture, although you might be able to see that Melanie was a bit "out of it" (she will be happy to explain the drama of her c-section with a spinal that didn't take too well!).

Welcome to the planet little guy . . .


Grandma Russ gets her first chance to hold the baby.
Proud father (of course I am!) and loving sisters below. A whole blog post could be done around how much Hannah and Eliza are loving on baby Paul. Eliza especially cannot help but beg to hold the baby every 5 minutes. If she hears the baby crying she is off in a dead sprint to go "comfort him." Hannah likes him . . . but doesn't like that she has to wash her hands before she holds him. As such, Hannah holds him a bit less.


Dad and baby Paul had a lot of bonding moments when he was in the NICU and away from Mom who was stuck in Clermont recovering. That was one positive from the situation.
Where am I?

Mom's first real chance to hold the baby came on Wednesday. It was a very happy moment to see them reunited . . .


Some more pictures of Hannah and Eliza holding the baby. Also one of Paul's aunt Jen and his "Grammy" Bills . . .




Paul on the quilt that his grammy made for him.